The Read to ME Challenge is a month-long public awareness campaign to promote childhood literacy in Maine held annually during February. It is an opportunity to contribute to a child’s literacy growth by reading aloud to one or more children in any language for at least 15 minutes.
Steps for Taking the Read to ME Challenge
Read to and/or have a child/children read to you in any language for at least 15 minutes.
Read an engaging book, chapter of a novel, newspaper or magazine article, comics, nursery rhymes, or poetry.
Capture a photograph or short video (15-30 seconds) of yourself reading to the child.
Use #ReadtoME or #ReadaloudME to post the photo or video on social media with your challenge to others to read aloud 15 minutes to a child or children they know.
Recommended social media platforms include Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube.
If you live far from a child you’d like to read to, use Zoom or Facetime to read aloud via digital means.
Additional ways to participate in the Read to ME Challenge:
Donate a book to a school or public library, a food cupboard, a homeless shelter, or a little free library near where you live.
Sing to or converse with a child (these methods also build language).
Visit the Read Across America site for additional resources and ideas.
The above information is quoted from: https://www.maine.gov/doe/literacy/readtome