Glasses have gone from a one-time “geek necessity” to a cool “fashion accessory.” National Eyewear Day invites us to celebrate the fact that glasses, besides correcting our vision, can help create a whole new appearance. This is the case for children who wear glasses too, but not all students are happy about wearing glasses and they need lots of encouragement to do so and praise when they do.
International Eyewear Day, also known as Sunglasses Day, is celebrated on 27th June. It's a day dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of wearing sunglasses to protect eyes from harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays and I will say more about it on the 27th June. There are also other days to celebrate sight and eyes. See
Here are some interesting facts about glasses that you may not know:
- More than 165 million adults in the U.S. wear prescription glasses. That’s more than 60% of the total adult population.
- Corrective lenses have been around in some form for nearly 2,000 years. It’s generally believed that the Romans were the first to use glass to magnify small print.
- Glasses in a frame were invented in Italy in the 13th century and were mostly used by monks who had to hold them up to their eyes or rest them on their noses. Glasses for vision correction also appeared during this time.
- 61% of people who need eyewear are nearsighted and about 31% are farsighted.
When a parent comes to the library saying that their child doesn't want to wear their glasses, I always go looking for books for them to share with their child. Children love
One out of four kids either wears or needs glasses, and their parents will want their child to feel that glasses are awesome because they're cool, fun, and enable us to do all the things we want to do. That's where Arlo steps in. He's a shaggy, free-spirited dog who loves to play catch, until one day he can't see the ball anymore. He needs glasses!
Calvin's misreading words and tripping over chairs: he needs glasses. But when his family checks out his specs, they tease him. Poor Calvin. Then he gets lost and trapped, and it's Calvin's glasses (and smarts) that save the day. Soon EVERYONE thinks glasses are great—and Calvin's clan becomes the coolest flock of starlings in the sky.
Rex has new glasses and he HATES them! He does NOT want to wear them to school, and he tries to hide them – in the strangest places! But it's pretty tricky hiding specs that are so big, and round and RED . . .
It's funny how things turn out, though, because Rex's specs end up winning him a gold star, and a new friend. Even better, he can SEE properly.
It's funny how things turn out, though, because Rex's specs end up winning him a gold star, and a new friend. Even better, he can SEE properly.
Ava is not keen to wear her glasses in front of her friends. That is, until her teacher convinces her that the characters in fairy tales would have been much better off if they had been wearing their glasses.
When Sam gets his first pair of glasses, he feels like no one knows who he is anymore. His parents say he looks handsome in them and his grandpa thinks he must be a superhero, but Sam just wants to be himself. Even at school, everyone except his best friend George seems to have forgotten who he is. How will Sam make the world see him again?
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