A Variety of Ways to Promote the Super Reader Program

Advertisers say people need to see a message six times before they internalize it.  Mix and match the following ideas to encourage your students and their families to participate in the Super Readers program this summer:

Use the letters and small advertisements we’ve included on this site to send home with your students.   Feel free to personalize with your letterhead and signature. We’ve included a variety of letters, press releases, etc. for multiple communications with parents.  Spread out the messages over the last month of school to remind parents of the importance of summer reading and how they can easily incorporate it into their family activities.

Hang posters in high traffic areas, such as the drop off and pick up locations, in your school.

Create a bulletin board with the poster and/or other Super Reader images.  Most Super Reader images are available in color from the reproducibles section for you to print off and use.

Call your nearest Milwaukee Public Library and ask the children’s librarian to come to your school to promote the Super Reader program to your students. Librarians can promote to each class or an assembly.

If your school has a phone tree, plan on having a Super Reader reminder message go out this summer.

Read one of the shorter messages during announcements, or have some of the students read the Super Reader messages.

Incorporate the ideas for the class rooms into lesson plans.

Send the Milwaukee Public Library schedule of hours and the Summer Calendar home with your students.  (Call your neighborhood library to receive multiple copies of the schedule of hours and calendar.)

Send a Super Reader folder home with each child.  Include the letter to the parents.