{"id":141593,"date":"2026-03-18T10:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T10:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/141593\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T10:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T10:18:09","slug":"celebrate-national-reading-month-make-reading-a-daily-habit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/141593\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate National Reading Month: Make Reading a Daily Habit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March is National Reading Month, a nationwide celebration that encourages children, families, schools, and communities to make reading part of everyday life. Reading strengthens vocabulary, critical thinking, imagination, and confidence in learners of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>Families and caregivers play a powerful role in helping children become confident, skilled readers. You are your child\u2019s first and most important teacher. The language and literacy experiences you share at home help build a strong foundation for lifelong learning.<\/p>\n<p>Five Ways to Support Reading at Home<\/p>\n<p>Read aloud every day. Reading together builds vocabulary, comprehension, and a love of stories.<br \/>\nExplore many types of books. Try fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic novels, and audiobooks to keep reading engaging.<br \/>\nTalk about what you read. Ask questions about characters, events, and ideas to strengthen understanding.<br \/>\nPlay literacy games. Practice rhyming, identifying letter sounds, and telling stories to build early reading skills.<br \/>\nVisit your local library. Libraries offer free access to books and programs that inspire young readers.<\/p>\n<p>Helpful Resources for Families<\/p>\n<p>The Reading League offers practical, evidence-based guidance for families who want to support reading development at home. Explore their Families and Caregivers Compass for tips, activities, and information about effective reading instruction.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s work together to make reading a daily habit this month and throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sprunger-shauna.jpg\" alt=\"Shauna Sprunger\" class=\"staff-member-photo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Coordinator of Communications<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShauna Sprunger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March is National Reading Month, a nationwide celebration that encourages children, families, schools, and communities to make reading&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-141593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}