Mesquite ISD Puts Literacy Initiative on Wheels
The Mesquite ISD is working on meeting students where they are when it comes to reading. The Read Play Talk bus is now mobile and serving students throughout the district. Its puzzles, books and games. A lot of these things families may have at home, but its just packaged in a unique way. Its on a bus, said community liaison Lindsay Paris. Paris said its a project under their Read Play Talk initiative that started back in 2018. It was created to encourage parents and caregivers to read, play and talk with their kids every day. Paris said that concept is more important than ever before. Its a project that started in 2018, but hit a few speed bumps along the way. Now, they are ready to roll it into the communities where kids really need the reading reinforcement. These past two summers I have heard the terms being through around called the super summer slide because of the pandemic. Some students havent stepped inside a school building since March. Even though online learning has been there for a lot of our families, there is going to be significant learning loss for our students, and we have to help with that, Paris said.
Mesquite ISD Puts Literacy Initiative on Wheels
The Mesquite ISD is working on meeting students where they are when it comes to reading. The Read Play Talk bus is now mobile and serving students throughout the district. Its puzzles, books and games. A lot of these things families may have at home, but its just packaged in a unique way. Its on a bus, said community liaison Lindsay Paris. Paris said its a project under their Read Play Talk initiative that started back in 2018. It was created to encourage parents and caregivers to read, play and talk with their kids every day. Paris said that concept is more important than ever before. Its a project that started in 2018, but hit a few speed bumps along the way. Now, they are ready to roll it into the communities where kids really need the reading reinforcement. These past two summers I have heard the terms being through around called the super summer slide because of the pandemic. Some students havent stepped inside a school building since March. Even though online learning has been there for a lot of our families, there is going to be significant learning loss for our students, and we have to help with that, Paris said.