Scott Swanson
Of The New Era
Children entering kindergarten should have had 1,000 hours of one-on-one reading, says Victoria Fridley, program manager for the area SMART – Start Making A Reader today – program. Many children, she said, have had zero.
Fridley spoke about the SMART program to local community members at the Sweet Home Economic Development Group’s monthly Breakfast Club, held on the last Thursday of each month at the Community Center.
She said…