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Week of March 8, 2010
Literacy Blog Tour 2010 To Raise a Reader
DAY ONE: Go visit the host Scrub-A-Dub-Tub.
Host: Terry Doherty @Scrub-a-Dub-Tub
Topics of the day will encompass the relationship aspect of helping children learn to read: parent-child and teacher-parent partnerships, literacy outreach; and libraries, to name a few.
Imagination Soup’s Post for Day 1 is Parent-Child Book Clubs.
DAY TWO: Visit The Book Chook for – Literacy My Way/Literacy Your Way
Host: Susan Stephenson @the Book Chook
Creative literacy in all its forms (writing, art, computers) will be the topic of the day.
Imagination Soup’s Post for Day 2 is Video Games and Learning.
DAY THREE: Visit the Reading Zone for – Just the Facts: The Nonfiction Book Hook
Host: Sarah Mulhern @The Reading Zone
This is the day for exploring the different genres of nonfiction (biography and memoir, science, nature, math, etc), as well as the use (or not) of historical fiction.
Imagination Soup’s Post for Day 3 is Are you a Fiction or Non-Fiction Reader?
Day4 – Reading Through the Ages: Old Faves & New Classics
Host: Donalyn Miller @the Book Whisperer
Topics include “boy books” and “girl books,” as well as newer titles that fit with some classics we loved as kids.
Day5 – Reading for the Next Generation
Host: Jen @Jen Robinson’s Book Page
Join us as we talk about how to approach reading when your interests and your child’s don’t match. It may be that you don’t like to read but your child does, how to raise the reader you’re not, and dealing with the “pressure” of feeling forced to read.
Check out Share a Story for more information.
March 1, 2010
Literacy Lava Magazine
Literacy is a top priority for all parents so Susan, the Book Chook, Stephenson developed a literacy magazine called Literacy Lava. The Literacy Lava Fourth Issue is now available FREE for download here. In it you’ll find great ideas for themed baskets, books and boys, writing for kids who hate it (which I wrote) and plenty more. Susan’s gift to the world through Literacy Lava is incredible. Thank you, Susan!
Writing classes for kids are posted here.
