The basic idea of the Ellsworth Schoolwide Book Club is that every family at Ellsworth will read the same book at the same time.  Reading aloud at home is valuable because it better prepares your child to be an effective reader. But it is also a fun, worthwhile family activity. With the Ellsworth Schoolwide Book Club, we aim to build a community of readers at our school. Everyone - students, parents, teachers, even administrative staff - will be participating, and we can all reap the many benefits. Thank you to Home and School for supporting this club.

Ellsworth often chooses a book from the Read to Them program. According to the developers of their program, “the benefits of reading aloud are remarkable—studies have shown that reading to children helps them to listen better and longer, build bigger vocabularies, understand concepts better, feel positive about books, learning and more!  When an entire school reads the same book, the buzz and excitement around the book being read increases these benefits and there is the added joy of building community in the school family.”