_/Y For Parents Children Excited About Reading “Adventure” (NAPS)—According to recent studies, voluntary reading influences a child’s achievement in school, including on standardized tests. Reading needsto be an educational priority, but many parents find it difficult to motivate their children to read. A popular Website offers a fun wayto help get children to read. One wayto get children excited about reading is Book Adventure, www.bookadventure.org, a free online resource which harnesses children’s fascination with technology and computers and usesit to makereading fun. With entertaining and colorful graphics, children in grades K-8 are led by Rex Reader (a Tyrannosaurus Rex with a love for books) and Bailey Bookmark (a dog who reads everything he can get his paws on) through the process of choosing and using books. Based on the child’s grade level andinterests, a personalized book list is generated from over 4,000 titles. The child reads the books offline and returns to take a quiz about what he or she has read, earning points which can be redeemed for fun prizes. The Website isn’t just for kids. Parents and teachers can monitor reading comprehension with reports generated by the site on the books the children have read and their quiz scores. Thesite also offers a variety of learning tips, homeworkhelpers and other edu- cational Web resources. Book Adventure wascreated by the Sylvan Learning Foundation to motivate children to read. To join the more than 380,000 regis- tered users and 30,000 classrooms using the site, visit www.book adventure.org.
