Reading Solutions – May 2019
You really can put wheels on your books. Bus drivers are ready to deliver your donated books on the road to Anthony, Chaparral and Sunland Park. The Red, Turquoise and Purple routes are reviving the spirit of old time book mobiles. Bus patrons are invited to browse the books as they ride and take […]
Reading Solutions – January 2019
A chapter a day keeps the grim reaper away! Has your New Year’s resolution lost its luster? Dump it! Here’s another that will extend your life span without dieting or exercise. Read books. Yes, that’s it. Three and one half hours a week should do it. According to a study published in the journal Social […]
Reading Solutions – November 2018
Babies and Books There are almost 3,000 babies born in Dona Ana County each year. About half of them are born at Memorial Medical Center where MMC Auxiliary volunteers make sure that every one of them goes home with baby’s first book. As new moms get ready to leave the hospital, volunteer Claud Westcott tells […]
Reading Solutions – October 2018
Reading to Your Child Ends “Word Hunger” Disparity between children’s educational success isn’t so much a matter of economic poverty as it is “word hunger.” Research reported in the Journal of Human Resources suggests that one change in parent behavior changes educational outcomes in just half an hour a day. Parents who engage in face […]