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I don't know about you, but I think this was probably the best Share a Story - Shape a Future blog tour we've had. With the focus on literacy for infants through Kindergartners, we not only had lots of great ideas, but plenty of personal stories, too.
I'll be back in the next day or two with a full recap and all the posts. In the meantime, though, there are folks waiting to learn if they won one of
our fabulous book giveaways!
This year, we have two submissions and two winners for our week-long Writing Prompts contest!
On Monday,
Michelle Breum answered the question:
If you were creating a children's library from scratch, what ten books would you start with, and why.You'll enjoy her answer,
10 Really Good Books for Children on the
Parents: Feel Successful Today! blog.
On Wednesday, Ingrid answered the question:
Have there been any books that you originally borrowed at the library and then ended up buying because your toddler loved reading it so much?You'll enjoy her answer
From Library to Home Bookcase: The Winners That Broke Through on the Short Tales blog.
I gave each entry a number and used the random number generator at
mathgoodies.com to determine the winner for our Grand Prize - a complete set of the
STEAM Multicultural Book Collection for their favorite school or public library.
Michelle has won her choice of any of the five book packages donated by The Reading Tub.
Thank you all for another great Share a Story - Shape a Future blog tour.
Welcome to Friday's Writing @ Reading prompt challenge. We think of it as Our Closing Ceremonies!
We've had lots of fun this week exchanging literacy ideas, reliving special times with our little ones (who may not be so little anymore), and sharing creative ideas in words and images. Here are the final Writing @ Reading Prompts for our 2013 Share a Story - Shape a Future event.
- Have you read a book with your child that you want to save and share with them when they get to middle or high school?
- Today is Poetry Friday ... here's your chance to write a poem for a Kindergartener!
- The other day we asked what characters you like to "play" when you read ... what / who are the characters your toddler- to Kindgergarten-aged child likes to imitate (e.g., dress up as).
Can't decide on just one topic? Yeah! We hoped that would happen. Remember, you are welcome to write a post for any or all of them! Each post = 1 entry for our fabulous book prize packages.
Rules Reminder:
- Winners will be selected in a random drawing. Each post written as part of our Writing @ Reading series will count as one entry for the contest.
- Each set of Writing @ Reading prompts will be published at Noon each day, March 4 to 8, 2013.
- We accept entries all week long, so if you decide to write to Monday's post on Wednesday, that's cool!
- All entries must be submitted by Saturday, 9 March 2013 at Noon Eastern time.
- The drawing will be held on Monday March 11, 2013, and winners contacted by email by Tuesday, March 12, 2013.
We hope that you've been enjoying all the posts so far this week for our 2013 Share a Story - Shape a Future literacy blog tour.
Before we know it, the school bells will ring, and we'll alternately worry about how our "babies" are doing and dreading the spelling lists! But lets not rush it! So today, we'll enjoy the footloose, creative creatures who are our preschoolers.
Today's Writing @ Reading Prompts reflect the joys of the dramatic life ...
- Is there anything your preschooler has taught you about reading?
- Help: what do you do when the rhyming book doesn't rhyme like it should? Tips please!
- Create a book ad! Susan Stephenson, the Book Chook sent us this one as an example of the limitless possibilities.
Our kids are bombarded with commercials and advertisements for cereal, toys, the latest Disney movie ... you name it. What if we substituted those pitches with book ads? Think: image or video like a book trailor, but tailored to lure a 4-year-old. What book would you advertise, and how would you pitch it to a preschooler?
Can't decide on just one topic? Yeah! We hoped that would happen. Remember, you are welcome to write a post for any or all of them! Each post = 1 entry for our fabulous book prize packages.
Rules Reminder:
- Winners will be selected in a random drawing. Each post written as part of our Writing @ Reading series will count as one entry for the contest.
- Each set of Writing @ Reading prompts will be published at Noon each day, March 4 to 8, 2013.
- We accept entries all week long, so if you decide to write to Monday's post on Wednesday, that's cool!
- All entries must be submitted by Saturday, 9 March 2013 at Noon Eastern time.
- The drawing will be held on Monday March 11, 2013, and winners contacted by email by Tuesday, March 12, 2013.
Our theme today, about preparing children for preschool and beyond, could easily be called
I am three, watch me read!
I don't know about you, but in our house, the threes were much more terrible than the twos! More vocabulary = more ideas, more ways to express herself, etc.
It wasn't that our then 3-year-old could actually read, but she thought she could ! She morphed into the Bedtime Stories Casting Director. When she wasn't reciting her books herself, she was correcting us when we
skipped missed a [word, sentence, page] or didn't use the right character voice.
Today's Writing @ Reading Prompts reflect the joys of the dramatic life ...
- Is there a book your child loves (or loved) to read to you? What is it, and what do you love about their reading style?
- Tell us about a time when a book first came to life for you.
- Let's turn one of your toddler /3-year-old's/preschooler's books into a mini-movie. What is the book, what stars would you cast in the various roles, and why?
- Have you ever had a situation / event in your adult life that reminded you of a book, story, or character from a children's book? [Either one you read as a child, or one you've shared with your kids]
Can't decide on just one topic? Yeah! We hoped that would happen. Remember, you are welcome to write a post for any or all of them! Each post = 1 entry for our fabulous book prize packages.
Rules Reminder:
- Winners will be selected in a random drawing. Each post written as part of our Writing @ Reading series will count as one entry for the contest.
- Each set of Writing @ Reading prompts will be published at Noon each day, March 4 to 8, 2013.
- We accept entries all week long, so if you decide to write to Monday's post on Wednesday, that's cool!
- All entries must be submitted by Saturday, 9 March 2013 at Noon Eastern time.
- The drawing will be held on Monday March 11, 2013, and winners contacted by email by Tuesday, March 12, 2013.
Welcome one and all ...
We hope you've enjoyed reading the posts this morning and saved some energy for Writing @ Reading! Today's Share a Story 2013 theme is The Terrific Twos, and our writing prompts center on literacy-related ideas and activities for toddlers. So without further ado ...
- What (or who) are your favorite characters to "play" when you share stories with your child(ren)?
- Please share three, non-book literacy activities that you use (or have used) to engage toddlers.
- Have there been any books that you originally borrowed at the library and then ended up buying because your toddler loved reading it so much?
Can't decide on just one topic? That's okay ... you're welcome to write a post for any or all of them!
Rules Reminder:
- Winners will be selected in a random drawing. Each post written as part of our Writing @ Reading series will count as one entry for the contest.
- Each set of Writing @ Reading prompts will be published at Noon each day, March 4 to 8, 2013.
- We accept entries all week long, so if you decide to write to Monday's post on Wednesday, that's cool!
- All entries must be submitted by Saturday, 9 March 2013 at Noon Eastern time.
- The drawing will be held on Monday March 11, 2013, and winners contacted by email by Tuesday, March 12, 2013.
March is here!
On Monday we open
Share a Story - Shape a Future 2013. Today, though it is
+Dr. Seuss birthday and +Read Across America Day!
To celebrate reading and build some excitement for next week, we wanted to unveil the prizes we'll be giving away as part of our Writing @ Reading series.
Our Grand Prize is a complete set of the
STEAM Multicultural Book Collection for their favorite school or public library. Our thanks to
Reading is Fundamental for this incredibly generous donation!
STEAM means Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Math. and is an expansion of the STEM framework used in education today.
Each title in this 40-book collection was "carefully reviewed and selected by RIF's Literary Services team with guidelines provided by RIF's Literature Advisory Committee, national panels of educators, and exports in books for children.
A round of applause for RIF, please!
Thank you again Reading is Fundamental! Please show your love to RIF on your favorite social media platform and in the comments below, too!
We also have five (!) smaller collections that are built around this year's Share a Story Theme:
Literacy in the First Five Years. The prize packages include a cloth or vinyl book suitable for infants, board books for toddlers and preschoolers, easy reader books for developing readers, and picture books for Mom and Dad to read, too.
Package 1:
Happy Baby cloth book;
I'm a Little Teapot and
This Little Piggy board books;
Animals Talk board book;
Elmo's Bedtime Stories (6-book set),
Usborne's Stephen Cartwright 1-2-3 picture book;
Usborne's Stephen Cartwright ABC picture book;
Sid the Science Kid: Everybody Move Your Feet (Stage 1 easy reader);
The Crayon Box that Talked paperback
Package 2:
My Happy Baby cloth book;
Little Critter Bedtime Stories paperback set;
The Dancing Clock paperback,
The Fox in the Dark paperback,
How to Drive Your Sister Crazy (I Can Read);
Batman (I Can Read); and a set of six
Little Critter Phonics Fun (I Can Read) books
Package 3:
Busy Bath vinyl book;
Elmo's ABCs, 3 storybook set;
Snappy Little Pets board book;
Pinkalicious Tickled Pink paperback;
Pinkalicious and the Pink Drink paperback;
Mia The Sweetest Valentine paperback;
Mia The Easter Egg Chase paperback;
Mia and the Tiny Toe Shoes (I Can Read)
Package 4:
Goodnight Moon cloth book;
Welcome Song for Baby board book;
The Best Pet Ever paperback;
Animal Jamboree;
Mia the Sweetest Valentine paperback;
The Wonderful World of Fancy Nancy, 4 picture book set;
Fancy Nancy: Too Many Tutus (I Can Read);
Alice in Wonderland (All Aboard Reading)
Package 5: Splat the Cat, Funny Valentine paperback;
Sporty Puppy: Lacing board book;
Splish Splash Splosh: 4 3-D board books;
Baby's Day board book;
Usborne Things that Move board book;
Every Thing Goes: Opposites and 1-2-3 board books;
Funny Bone Readers Set 1, with CD
Here are the rules:
Winners will be selected in a random drawing. Each post written as part of our Writing @ Reading series will count as one entry for the contest.
Each set of Writing @ Reading prompts will be published at Noon each day, March 4 to 8, 2013. We accept entries all week long, so if you decide to write to Monday's post on Wednesday, that's cool!
All entries must be submitted by Saturday, 9 March 2013 at Noon Eastern time. The drawing will be held on Monday March 11, 2013, and winners contacted by email by Tuesday, March 12, 2013.
Congratulations to Maria @ Once Upon a Story for winning the 2012 Multicultural Books Collection of 45 (!) children's literature celebrating cultures around the world. The books, donated by Reading is Fundamental, will be sent to a school library or public library in your community!
As advertised, we selected the winner at random. Here's what I did ...
1. I numbered each post written in response to a Writing @ Reading prompt. We had five posts, so we had numbers 1 to 5, working backward from the most recent post (Wednesday).
1. Maria @ Once Upon a Story
2. Maria @ Once Upon a Story
3. Eric VanRaepenbusch @ Happy Birthday Author
4. Christine of Book Life Style
5. Eric VanRaepenbusch @ Happy Birthday Author
2. I went to the
Dice Roller on
Random.org Since we had less than 6 entries, I used just one cube.
3. I Rolled the dice.
Roll 1 - a 6 @ 2012-03 17:59:43 UTC
Rolle 2 - a 2 2012-03-09 18:00:04 UTC
The entry listed as #2 is Maria's!
Congratulations Maria ... Please contact me at shareastory [at] thereadingtub.com to get details about how to have the books sent to the school or public library of your choice.
Is it Friday already?
In just four days we've gotten a year's worth of ideas, suggestions, and hopefully encouragement for not only connecting kids with books, but using them as a launching pad to bigger and broader things.
As we wrap up this week, we thought we would do something a bit different this year. There is no "formal agenda." We have no scheduled guests. Instead, we are opening the floor (as it were) for
- culture-of-reading topics we may not have explored,
- requests for ideas in specific areas;
- questions for our hosts and guests;
- your culture-of-reading and literacy ideas; or
- just general commentary.
If you've not been able to join us all week, we have an
Event Summary page with all of the posts and all of the
Writing @ Reading contributions.We hope you find that an easy way to jump in.
We'll be back later this morning to announce the winner of the the
2012 Multicultural Books Collection, for your school or public library. Our friends at Reading Racehorse will continue to offer
Frank the Friendly Pirate, an eBook App for free today.
As always, we thank you for joining us on our annual literacy blog tour! We appreciate you spending your time with us ... and for dedicating your passion to creating a community of readers among the kids who touch your lives.
Wow, we're already at the half-way point! So did you travel 'round the globe with Carol yesterday? Part of our goal for creating a culture of reading is to encourage readers to stretch ... reading widely or reading diversely is more than just a way to expand your reading. It helps you engage in the world around you with more compassion and understanding ... and the world needs a little more of that!
Today Terry Doherty is hosting the topic "Recognizing Readers" at Family Bookshelf. There is a perennial stereotype of what a reader "looks like," and like all stereotypes, it particularly representative of who readers are. Terry and her guests hope to break down that stereotype, and today's writing prompts give you a chance to do the same.
With our focus today on reading as a passport to other worlds, we have selected prompts that help all of us "read widely."
- Is there a young reader (or reader to be) in your life? Write them a letter expressing what you hope for them as readers.
- Did you discover that you had a reader but didn't know it? Share your story.
- What do you think are the most exciting things / changes for today's readers? Will we read more or less? What will we read?
Our goal with the questions is to reach new places for sharing our reading and literacy experiences and ideas, and we'd love to include your voice, too. Here's how it works ...
1. Select the question(s) that resonates with you.
2. Find an old post or write a new one that answers the question. [Be sure to grab a Share a Story button from the sidebar to include in your new post!]
3. Add your post as a comment.
4. (optional) Tweet about your post and include @ShareaStory or the #SAS-12 hashtag.
We'll be adding links for the questions all week, so there's no rush to have an answer the same day a question is posted ... unless you are entering the contest to receive the RIF
2012 Multicultural Books Collection for your school or public library.
All entries must be posted by Noon Eastern Standard Time, Thursday, 8 March 2012 to be entered in our random drawing. Winners announced Friday, 9 March 2012.
[image credit: Share a Story Logo created by author/illustrator
Elizabeth Dulemba.]
So did you have fun yesterday?
Donalyn Miller, her guests, and contributors set the bar P-R-R-I-I-T-T-E-E high talking about
creating a reading culture at home and school. We got a few nibbles on our
first set of Writing @ Reading prompts, too.
With our focus today on reading as a passport to other worlds, we have selected prompts that help all of us "read widely."
- An acquaintance wants a book about a culture unlike his/her own ... You've got 100 words to pitch your favorite book. Pitch us!
- Are there cultural traditions from other parts of the world that you learned about through reading that you've incorporated into your own family traditions?
- Similarly, was there something you read in a book that prompted you to learn more about a particular person, place, time beyond your own personal "here and now"?
Our goal with the questions is to reach new places for sharing our reading and literacy experiences and ideas, and we'd love to include your voice, too. Here's how it works ...
1. Select the question(s) that resonates with you.
2. Find an old post or write a new one that answers the question. [Be sure to grab a Share a Story button from the sidebar to include in your new post!]
3. Add your post as a comment.
4. (optional) Tweet about your post and include @ShareaStory or the #SAS-12 hashtag.
We'll be adding links for the questions all week, so there's no rush to have an answer the same day a question is posted ... unless you are entering the contest to receive the RIF
2012 Multicultural Books Collection for your school or public library.
All entries must be posted by Noon, Thursday, 8 March 2012 to be entered in our random drawing. Winners announced Friday, 9 March 2012.
[image credit: Share a Story Logo created by author/illustrator
Elizabeth Dulemba.]
Welcome to our daily post with writing prompts!
For those new to Share a Story, for the past several years we have included Writing @ Reading as a way to complement and encourage everyone to participate in this annual blog tour. Each day, we will pose a few questions related to the day's mini-themes. You can write a new post or contribute an old favorite.
By participating in Writing @ Reading, you not only share your wisdome and ideas, but you also bring visitors to your blog. Last but not least, you're also entered in our contest to win a set of the
2012 Multicultural Books Collection for your school or public library. The collection, created and donated by
Reading is Fundamental, includes 45 titles ... in celebration of its 45th anniversary.
Today's questions are designed to complement the theme
Creating a Reading Culture at Home and School, hosted by Donalyn Miller at
The Book Whisperer blog. As you'll see in today's collection of posts, we're not just talking about elementary or dormant readers.
- Use a Twitter model (i.e., 140 characters) to explain what reading in school was like for you. Ditto reading at home.
- When did you realize you were a reader ... was it a book? a teacher? an experience?
- Image post ... Share a picture of what your ideal / favorite reading space look like.
Our goal with the questions is to reach new places for sharing our reading and literacy experiences and ideas, and we'd love to include your voice, too. Here's how it works ...
1. Select the question(s) that resonates with you.
2. Find an old post or write a new one that answers the question. [Be sure to grab a Share a Story button from the sidebar to include in your new post!]
3. Add your post as a comment.
4. (optional) Tweet about your post and include @ShareaStory or the #SAS-12 hashtag.
We'll be adding links for the questions all week, so there's no rush to have an answer the same day a question is posted ... unless you are entering a book giveaway contest.
[image credit: Share a Story Logo created by author/illustrator
Elizabeth Dulemba.]
Each of the three years that we have celebrated the Share a Story ~ Shape a Future literacy blog tour, we have had authors and publishers donate their books to share with children and families. This year is no exception!
The Thank Yous!
Before we go any further, we would like to thank Barefoot Books, MrsP.com, and Reading is Fundamental for their generous donation of books to Share a Story ~ Shape a Future 2011.
Each of these organizations is powered by the idea of making a difference for kids by broadening their world through creativity, imagination, and literature. We cannot say thank you enough for all that they do every day, not just today.
Because of their generosity, you have a chance to win ...
Hi, I'm new to Share a Story so I'm not exactly sure how this works, but here's my post on library books that made it to the permanent collection. Thanks for all the great stories and inspiring me to write (despite being ready for bed)
Clearly I need to go to bed, I forgot to include the link: http://www.shorttales.net/from-library-to-home-bookcase-the-winners-that-broke-through/