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Book Buddies shares its founders' passion for reading by nurturing a love of books in young children, helping them strengthen their reading skills and lay the foundation for lifelong learning.
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What is Book Buddies?
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Book Buddies is a non-profit organization of volunteer teens who share their love of reading with young children in their communities. Book Buddies volunteer mentors read to children in schools in their communities, live online to groups of students through Zoom or Teams, and record readings available on the Book Buddies website for students to enjoy at any time.
Read AlongsBook Buddies Mentors
Book Buddies mentors read to and with elementary students in the local community, sharing their love for reading and opening childrens' minds to all possibilities. |
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Why Book Buddies Matters
Correlation between reading proficiency and academic success identified in many studies
We attended an Atlanta-based Kindergarten thru 8th grade charter school and, throughout those years, we observed friends and classmates struggling with reading. Often times we could recall the challenges arising in the early elementary years. The challenges were often magnified once students transitioned to the zoned Atlanta public high school. There seemed to be a connection between difficulty and lack of interest in reading and overall academic struggle. As we explored the development of Book Buddies, we found vast amount of research that confirmed these observations. Study after study showed a correlation between reading proficiency and future academic achievement.
According to a study by the Annie E Casey Foundation, “Early Warning! Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters,” reading proficiency in third grade has a direct correlation to success in high school and beyond. Their study found a link between reading proficiency level in third grade and likelihood of high school graduation.
Book Buddies was founded to share a love for reading and to help young students set themselves up for future academic success.
According to a study by the Annie E Casey Foundation, “Early Warning! Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters,” reading proficiency in third grade has a direct correlation to success in high school and beyond. Their study found a link between reading proficiency level in third grade and likelihood of high school graduation.
Book Buddies was founded to share a love for reading and to help young students set themselves up for future academic success.
For additional information about the chart above visit https://www.chapinhall.org/research/third-grade-reading-level-predictive-of-later-life-outcomes/