{"id":53428,"date":"2013-10-01T09:30:59","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T13:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=53428"},"modified":"2013-10-01T09:30:59","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T13:30:59","slug":"youngest-knights-to-help-set-reading-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/youngest-knights-to-help-set-reading-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Youngest Knights to Help Set Reading Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Preschoolers from UCF will join with more than 2 million children across the country this week to help set a world record.<\/p>\n<p>Read for the Record will begin at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in the Global Communications Room of UCF\u2019s Morgridge International Reading Center. This is the fifth consecutive year that preschoolers from UCF\u2019s Creative School for Children have participated in the event.<\/p>\n<p>With the help of students from the College of Education and Human Performance, the youngsters will read <em>Otis<\/em>, the story of an old tractor and his farmyard friends by Loren Long.<\/p>\n<p>There also will be sing-alongs, crafts, science activities and milk and cookies for the children in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by Jumpstart and the Pearson Foundation, Read for the Record is an annual national reading event that stresses the importance of high-quality early education in America. 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