Research shows us that 16% of children who are not reading proficiently by the end of third grade do not graduate from high school on time—a rate four times greater than that for proficient readers.
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Read for fun
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Build general reading skills
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Increase their reading confidence when they are out of school
Through a grant from Rotary North of Peoria, we are pleased to have all thirty-two titles of the Elf-Help books for youth and their families to read here at the Greater Peoria Family YMCA. If you would like to schedule a time to read these books to your children please ask the front desk.
Titles in the Elf-Help Series:
- God Is My Friend: A Kid’s Guide to God
- Time-out from Technology-A Kid’s Guide to Unplugging and Having Fun
- What Really Matters? A Kid’s Guide to What’s Really Important in Life
- What Happens When Someone Dies-A Kid’s Book About Death and Funerals
- Learning About Virtues: A Guide to Making Good Choices
- Fit Can Be Fun! A Kid’s Guide to Healthy Choices
- Worry, Worry, Go Away!
- Making Christmas Count
- Saying Goodbye, Saying Hello When Your Family Is Moving
- Feeling Bad, Getting Better: A Kid’s Guide to Illness and Injury
- It’s Not Fair: A Kid’s Guide to Being Treated Fairly
- Letting Go of Stress: A Kid’s Guide to Putting Worry in Its Place
- You Are You, I Am Me: Understanding Diversity
- Mad Isn’t Bad-Hardcover
- Happy to Be Me!-Hardcover
- Bye-Bye, Bully!-Hardcover
- A New Baby is Coming
- When Someone You Love Has Cancer
- Learning To Be A Good Friend
- Standing Up to Peer Pressure
- When Bad Things Happen
- Forgiving is Smart for Your Heart
- Bye-Bye, Bully!
- When Your Grandparent Dies: A Child’s Guide to Good Grief
- Keeping School Cool!
- Happy to Be Me: A Kids Book About Self Esteem
- Respect: Dare to Care, Share, and Be Fair!
- Right and Wrong and Being Strong: A Kids Guide
- Help Is Here for Facing Fear!
- When Mom and Dad Divorce, A Kid’s Resource
- Mad Isn’t Bad: A Child’s Book About Anger
- Sad Isn’t Bad: A Good-Grief Guidebook for Kids
- “Making a Boring Day Better” Elf-help Book
