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30 Jan Barrick, CEO of Alpha Plus
2019 Slow Down and Read in Summer’s Last Days
Page The fourth of July has come and gone, and while
0004 I personally love our most American of holidays,
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resized it also marks the beginning of the end of sum-
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mer. It just seems as if summer starts slipping away
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For most families, the beginning of a new academ-
ic year is now less than one month away. It’s time for
back-to-school shopping, schedule juggling and activ-
ity scheduling. Prep work for the school year can make
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Can we go visit a theme park one more time? Can we
take a short weekend trip? Is there a free weekend left for a
sleepover, or a campout or a visit to grandma’s?Making sum-
mer memories is fun, but it requires time and money, after all.
Unless it doesn’t.
I would argue the best use of time shared be-
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nal, hurried breaths can be spent reading together.
Only through reading can a family travel across the globe
without a passport. A good book can provide a glimpse into a
culture, a community or a world that’s … well … a world away.
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things that were previously unknown to them. Parents can
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There are roughly 15 days remaining before school
begins. As a lifelong educator, I urge you to spend
a part of each day reading with your child. If you read
20 pages a day, there’s still time to read 300 pag-
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were hoping to make with your child this summer
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