Every parent wants their child to enjoy school and the learning process.
Some kids have no trouble adjusting to the schooling system, and others face a struggle every day they attend class.
Some people face bullying, learning disabilities or too much homework for their capabilities.
Reading is one of the most important abilities that a child will learn in elementary school.
Functioning in everyday life would be rendered nearly impossible without the ability to read signs, books, newspapers and more.
Furthermore, students wouldn’t be able to enjoy stories and develop their imagination without the ability to read.
Reading is crucially important for helping children succeed in school and their future careers.
When Belinda George was younger, she didn’t know that her father couldn’t read. He was an intelligent man and never seemed to have any trouble functioning.
Belinda just assumed that her father could read well. In reality, her father left school after fifth-grade and her mother left after eleventh-grade.
Belinda credits her elementary school librarian for helping her develop a love for reading.
She attended grade school in Louisiana where the librarian used to read from a rocking chair with a Winnie the Pooh backdrop.
She would read to children as their imaginations would get lost in the stories.
At the age of 42, Belinda is now the principal at the Homer Drive Elementary School in Beaumont, Texas.
She was appalled at how awful her students scored on the state reading test the prior year.
Less than half of the third-graders passed the exam. About 60-percent of the fourth-graders managed to pass.
In an attempt to help raise these scores for the next year, Belinda thought back to the librarian who helped her fall in love with reading.
She decided to modernize this tradition by reading bedtime stories to her students every Tuesday night.
Belinda puts on her pajamas, turns on her iPhone and streams a live-reading of a book for her students through Facebook live.
Her students love to participate in what has been dubbed “Tucked-In Tuesdays”.
Belinda takes the time to call out to each of her students by name.
