The UCF College of Education and Human Performance held its sixth annual Read for the Record in the Education Complex gymnasium last Thursday. Jumpstart, a national organization that promotes early-age literacy, launched the reading campaign 10 years ago. The global event encourages adults and children to participate in a shared reading experience.
CEDHP associate lecturer and Read for the Record organizer Lee-Anne Spalding feels the event is beneficial for pre-kindergarten children and education majors.
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The fun festivities included eight literacy activity stations associated with the book. Children counted goldfish crackers, wrote the number on a piece of paper and drew tally marks with an iPad app, scooped plastic goldfish out of a tub of water with a small net, learned the difference between service dogs and pets by Canine Companions for Independence and picked a perfect pet by writing their name on a cat, dog, bird, turtle or hamster picture.
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Reading along with the interactive games educated children during a well-rounded, synergetic program.
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