I don't believe AR is meant to instill a love reading in kids. Some kids
are turned on to reading by the program, but I feel it's main benefit is
that it gets kids to PRACTICE reading so their skills improve. As I tell
the kids, just like piano and football and dance, you can only get better
with practice. Furthermore, reading is the one skill they will need for the
rest of their lives. At some point they will have to give up sports, they
don't NEED to play the piano or dance, but they will ALWAYS need to read.
In my 7 years of using the program with hundreds of students, only a
handful of kids have said they didn't enjoy reading until they started AR,
but never has a student said "I'm not a good reader because of AR."
Roberta Kobbe
Swaney Elementary
Derby KS
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