Media Specialist
CES MEDIA CENTER
Lisa Mitchell
CES Media Specialist
334-899-6072
mitchell.lisa@hcboe.us
MISSION STATEMENT
CES strives to promote a lifelong love of reading, learning, and literacy.
Key Strategies to Promote Reading:
- Establish a Routine: Make reading a part of every day, such as a bedtime story ritual.
- Be a Role Model: Let your children see you reading books, magazines, or newspapers.
- Create a Reading-Friendly Environment: Set up a quiet, cozy, and comfortable spot for reading. Keep books in easily accessible, child-friendly places like baskets or shelves.
- Make Reading Interactive: Use different voices for characters, make sound effects, and ask questions about the story.
- Let Them Choose: Allow children to select their own books to encourage ownership and interest.
- Visit the Library: Make regular trips to the library to discover new books and attend events.
- Diversify Material: Offer magazines, comics, graphic novels, and audiobooks to appeal to different interests and reading levels.
- Incorporate Reading into Daily Life: Read environmental text like street signs, cereal boxes, and recipes.
- Limit Screen Time: Reduce television and device usage to create more time for reading.
- Start Early: Begin reading to children even as infants to build early literacy skills.
