Summer Reading for High Achieving Readers

Perhaps some of you parents, and even maybe some avid student readers, are familiar with the website Goodreads.  If you are not, and you love to read, you should definitely pay it a visit and join (it's free!).  It provides extensive and honest book reviews written by others who love to read.  You can keep track of the books you have read, rate them, make a list of books you are hoping to read, check out what your friends are reading, and much, much more!

Recently, Goodreads created a large list of Favorite Books for Gifted Young Readers.  The books on the list (which has 100 books on it!) are all books for advanced readers, ages 4-12, that do not contain the mature themes that higher level books often have.  Basically, they are books that are appropriate for advanced readers who are not of advanced age!  Below is a link to the list.  There are dozens of fabulous titles on it...some old, some new.  You can even vote for your favorites, write a review, or just browse through the list to get some ideas for your summer reading!  Take a look!

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/47468.Gifted_Young_Readers

Learning Fair!

With the Learning Fair coming soon (June 10, 2014) I am excited to announce that K.E.S. has about 40 students participating this year!  There is representation from all of the grades, and the topics are fun, interesting, and unique!  Did you ever want to know more about Guatemala?  How about learning how lava lamps work?  Maybe you are curious about Black Holes?  Come to the Learning Fair and learn about all of those things, plus dozens of other topics!

As a reminder, the Learning Fair runs from 6-7 pm.  If you are a participant, you can arrive as early as 5:30 to set up.  Be prepared to talk about your project and answer any questions people might have!   If you plan on attending, bring along a friend, neighbor, grandparent, or anyone else who might be interested in doing some new learning this spring!