Family Engagement Adult Book Club

Program Overview

This Adult Book Club is intended for parents/guardians of Mesquite ISD students. In the book club participants are given a book to read a chapter at a week's time. Then they will meet with at our center with a group of people who are reading the same book. We have a facilitator who leads the book club with questions that allow participants to interact with sharing opinions, emotions, real-life experiences, etc. To help participants read and prepare for the next week, we provide them with a booklet to jot down important notes, thoughts and also provide some question stems to prompt further thinking when reading at home. We have found that this is a helpful tool in helping adults remember what was read. We currently hold these book clubs in Spanish and English on separate days so that they can feel comfortable speaking in their home language. These book clubs have made an impact in our families and want more. In order for use to make a choice in our book, we survey parents on what topics they would like to learn about. After collecting data we get two books and give them a choice on which they would like to read. The adults love the book club that they want one with their kids! We are working on doing a Family Book Challenge as well.

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