Our thanks to
Winter Storm Saturn for making yesterday the perfect Share-a-Story kind of day. For many of us, the snow & high winds brought down power lines, creating adventures of playing outside, sitting in front of the fire, and reading books.
Although I loved having the opportunity to “do nothing,” the lack of access to the Internet made it a bit challenging to add and schedule today's kickoff post.
Ultimately, it pushed me to think a little more creatively ... like we often do when we're trying not to sound like a broken record with every “teaching moment” that presents itself. Preschoolers are a savvy lot, and it doesn't take too many letter games for them to realize what we're doing!
There are tons of wonderful ways to engage four-year-olds and help them with reading readiness. Do you have a post about engaging four-year-olds? We'd be honored to have you join the conversation, and welcome posts old and new.
Last but not least, save a little energy ... our
Writing @ Reading prompts will go live at Noon today.
So did you enjoy yesterday's prompts? Did they take you on a walk down memory lane? We hope so.
Well today's
Share a Story theme focuses on the
gift of literacy. It is a wonderful follow-on to
Donalyn's and
Carol's discussions yesterday. Our hosts are Terry Doherty (
Scrub-a-Dub-Tub), Dawn Little
(Literacy Toolbox) and Chris Singer (
Book Dads).
Chris has lots of dads ready to talk about reading with their kids; and that precious moment when you witness the moment a child realizes s/he is reading for themselves. Dawn and her guests will be talking about ways to share books as gifts, complete with some recommended titles. Terry will have a roundtable discussion with Mitali Perkins and Tanita Davis talking about multiculturalism in books and how other cultures view reading at home.
That's a lot to cover! And here are a few more topics you can help us with. Several of these lend themselves to visuals, so if you want to add photos or video go for it!
- If you could take your child(ren) and an all-time favorite book to a special place to read, where would it be and what would you read?
- Select a book that reminds you of someone in your life (adult, child, no matter). If you could give them a book, what would it be and why? What is it about the book that makes you connect the two?
- If you were asked to create a package of 5 books to gift to a child what books would you include in your gift? Include one book for each year (infant to 5)
Just to recap: 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. Come back here and link your post either via the inLinkz box or as a comment.
4. (optional) Tweet about your post and include @ShareaStory or the #SAS2011hashtag.
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. Learn more about that here.
InLinkz updates for Tuesday, 8 March 2011
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[image credit: Share a Story Logo created by author/illustrator
Elizabeth Dulemba.]
Welcome literacy curators! Do you read? do you help a child learn? Then you are a curator!
Are you ready for another wonderful day for
Share a Story ~ Shape a Future 2011? Yesterday was awesome and today might actually take two days to get through!!
Thanks to the efforts of
Book Dads curator, dad, and power-tweep,
Chris Singer, we have 30 (!) dads talking about reading with their kids and the gift of "the moment." The one where you get to watch as your child realizes s/he is reading for themselves. Check out this list ...
Over at the
Literacy Toolbox,
Dawn Little, founder of
Links to Literacy, mom and former elementary school teacher has an allstar lineup, as well.
The third host today is
Terry Doherty of the Reading Tub.
It's was a real treat to write a post for your week long celebration.
Thanks Erica ... we were so glad you could join us!