Rec N' Read Programs and Services
College of Allied Health and Nursing |Services, Centers and Departments |Department of Recreation, Parks & Leisure Services
Rec N' Read After School Program
Rec N’ Read is an after-school recreation and literacy program to help struggling readers in grades K-5 improve their reading and writing skills while having fun and playing games.
- Fall and Spring Semester
- Fee: $100 (sliding fee and scholarships available)
Rec N' Read provides 1:1 literacy intervention in a group setting. Sessions include 30 minutes of recreation and 60 minutes of literacy intervention. Children work together as a group, but are assigned one university student to implement individualized intervention.
Camp Maverick: Rec N' Read
Camp Maverick: Rec N' Read is a summer camp to help struggling readers in grades K-5 improve their reading and writing skills while having fun and playing games.
- Weekly sessions
- Monday through Friday 8:00am - 4:00pm - before/after care available upon request
- Fee: $180 per week (sliding fee and scholarships available)
Camp Maverick provides small group literacy intervention and thematic recreation activities. Three hours of literacy intervention provided throughout the day, including word work, comprehension and decoding strategies and writing activities.
About Rec N' Read
REC N' READ IN THE NEWS
- "Minnesota State Mankato opens registration for spring Rec N' Read program" KEYC, January 2021
- "Camp Rec N' Read adapts to COVID-19 to help children with reading, writing" KEYC, 2020
- "Camp Maverick material pick up" Mankato Free Press, 2020
- "Camp Maverick: Rec N' Read" Pulse Magazine, 2018
- "MSU offers literacy summer camp for children" The Reporter, 2018
- "Making reading and writing fun: Literacy Camp Pairs Learning, Recreation" Mankato Free Press, 2017
After-School Programs
Rec N' Read offers after-school programs for kids in grades K-5 who struggle with reading or writing.
The Rec N' Read Experience
Rec n' Read incorporates literacy intervention and recreation activities in each session.
About the Directors
In addition to our expect Rec N' Read faculty directors, participants get to work with our dedicated and enthusiastic student leaders!
Rec N' Read Forms
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Contact Rec N' Read
Reach out to us with any questions you have about Camp or additional services you may need.
