Reading Buddies Program

Reading Buddies, or Book Buddies, is a practice where teachers pair younger (K-2) students with older students (3-5) to share books. Book Buddies can also be used to involve volunteers of all ages in the classroom to read with students of any grade level.

Importance for Older Students

Book Buddies can help build fluency in older students by allowing them opportunities to read aloud without the pressure of peers being the audience.

Benefits for Younger Students

Book Buddies helps younger students build self-esteem and reading skills by providing individual attention from older students.

Volunteer Book Buddies

Using Book Buddies with volunteers can help build ties to the community while increasing students' reading skills through individual reading sessions.

Friendship

Children build friendships outside their age group and grade level. This helps them foster ties to the larger school and the community.

Leadership skills

Older students build leadership skills by helping guide the reading of younger children.

Joy of Reading

By sharing favorite books, children begin to understand that reading can be pleasurable. This will help them improve reading skills and foster a lifelong love of reading.

References

• Teacher Vision

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