On Thursday, March 7th, over 150 students and their families gathered to celebrate literacy and their love of reading at the Arthur CUSD #305 Knightly Reading Family Literacy Event, held at the Atwood-Hammond Grade School. The night marked our completion of reading the book Mustaches for Maddie, by Chad Morris and Shelly Brown, together as part of a district-wide reading program.
Literacy was the theme of the event, and it did not disappoint. Every station was centered around literature and included activities such as If You Give a Mouse a Cookie cookie decorating, Snowflake Bentley snowflake craft, The Day the Crayons Quit origami bookmark, and Ten Apples Up on Top stacking game. Students also enjoyed moving at the Giraffes Can’t Dance dance party and the Brown Bear, Brown Bear Book Walk. It was so fun to watch students read out loud to one of the dogs provided by Pawprint Ministries and/or listen to a read aloud by local firefighter, Ellen Lynch. Students and families got super silly and took crazy pictures together with our props at the Mustaches for Maddie selfie station. In addition to all the fun, games, and prizes, families could also shop at the Scholastic Book Fair. Free hot dogs, chips, and water were provided to all attendees by the United Church of Atwood.
Special thanks go out to all the volunteers who helped make the night a success.
We hope that this event will not only inspire our community members to love reading together, but also to see the joy in coming together to positively influence our young people. We look forward to celebrating our students’ literacy journey with another Knightly Reading program again next year.
