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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.
All week long, I've had a song stuck in my head ... "
This Magic Moment" by the Drifters. The song title may be the only refrain I can remember, but each time I *hear* it, I smile.
Why? Because it reminds me of all of the times I had the honor of being with a new reader the moment they discover they are
really reading. Here are a few of those magical reactions over the years ...
- "I mean it, I can read ... it's not because I mesmerized (sic) the book!"
- "Do you have something you want help reading?"
- "I got this!"
- "Can I read another book?"
With my daughter, it was a 30-minute spree of picking out every word or phrase she saw: road signs, newspaper headlines, cereal boxes, toys, ... you name it. If she could see it, she wanted us to know she could read it.
Those moments are priceless! I often liken that moment to the joy we see in in the surprises children discover on Christmas morning: anticipation and reality coming together.
In 2011, the theme for Share a Story - Shape a Future was the
Gift of Literacy. All week, we explored ways of nurturing and celebrating literacy in all its forms. Literacy truly is a gift - one that we receive and one that we share.
Being there as a child - or adult - opens their gift is the opportunity of a lifetime. Discovering the joys of reading and writing is lifelong journey. Here's to magical moments every day!
Do you remember that moment?
For those of us who are passionate about raising readers, we nurtured that spark and now it is a flame we carry with us always.
Just as it excites us to watch our toddlers and preschoolers explore the world around them, being part of that moment when a child has discovered reading is pretty darned special, too.
Although we tend to equate Kindergarten with learning to read, not every child is ready to read quite yet. It becomes a balancing act of guiding and helping (but not pushing too hard) and minimizing the peer comparisons.
Lucky for us, our guests today have great ideas on ways to encourage your reader-to-be and nurture a love of literacy, too. We're hosting "Graduation Day" at
Family Bookshelf, and these are the posts to get us started:
I will be back later with a post about that magical moment of discovering "I Can Read." In the meantime, we would love to hear YOUR stories about literacy with Kindergartners ... or your journey to being a bookworm and writer.
Add your links in the comments here or on the Family Bookshelf post and we'll incorporate them into the Event Summary.
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.
Oh, how time flies ...
our babies grow up too fast, days just zoom by, and weeks are here and gone before we know it. In addition to getting taller, our kids are learning and practicing literacy skills the best way they know how: talking!
And oh, the things they say!
Lucky for us,
Debbie Alvarez (
The Styling Librarian) is here to help us create and savor some magical moments.
She has created a
page on her blog just for today's theme, and is also writing posts throughout the week. Today, as host, she's letting us in on her
secrets of early literacy preparation. She's also linking to these great bloggers ...
Do you have a post about reading with kids who are three? 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.
Welcome new fans and fellow literacy passionistas!
We hope you enjoyed
Oh, Baby! Literacy the First Year and had a chance to visit, comment, and/or thank the bloggers who shared their experiences and ideas for creating a literacy-rich environment for babies.
There's still plenty of time to add links to posts you've written on the topic, too. Just
click here and add your link in the comments so we can incorporate it into our event summary.
Today we move to the T
errific Twos. Yes, there are plenty of challenges with toddlers, but it is also a year to treasure. Now that our children can begin to express themselves, we can see the world through their eyes: the excitement, the unending curiosity, the fearlessness, ... the list goes on.
We are hosting
Day 2 of Share a Story 2013 right here. Today, we have experts who understand the boundless energy a two-year-old! They've also lived to tell about it and are happy to share their experiences, too.
Do you have a post about engaging toddlers with literacy activities? 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.
Welcome to the best Monday in March!
Yes, we said the
same thing last year, but truth is truth! We are excited to kick off the Share a Story - Shape a Future Literacy Blog Tour.
To celebrate our fifth year, we are going to celebrate the early years of literacy. More specifically, the first five years. Each day this week moms, librarians, and educators - all of us literacy passionistas - will share ideas and tips for engaging young children in literacy-related activities.
To start us off,
+Maria Burel is hosting
Oh, Baby: Literacy the First Year on her blog
Once Upon a Story. Maria and her guests are sharing personal stories and recommendations for early literacy love and bonding over books with baby.
The trademark of
Share a Story - Shape a Future is that
everyone can participate. There are no "set number" of participants ... our goal is to share ideas for raising readers as far and wide as possible.
So if you blogged about literacy with infants five years ago, write a comment and include the link! We'd be honored to have you join the conversation.
One last note as we get started ... We're continuing the tradition of our
Writing @ Reading contest. Look for those daily writing prompts at noon each day.
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.
For being a short month, February sure packs in a lot of literacy-related stuff. There are a slew of awards for children's literature and festivities for sharing a love of reading.
That's not to say there isn't plenty of literacy fun in March!We’ll kick off the month on Friday, March 1 with NEA’s Read Across America Day. It’s an annual event to promote reading that also coincides with Theodor Geisel’s birthday.
What better way to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday and all that he means for children's literacy than to be part of Share a Story - Shape a Future?
This year, as we mentioned, our theme is Literacy: The First Five Years. It is partly a tribute to the fifth anniversary of our blog tour for literacy, and also a chance to recognize all the literacy work we do in the early years of our children's lives.
I am excited to introduce our hosts for this year's events ...
We don't have any limits on participation, so if you'd like to participate, please drop us a line with your post idea at shareastory [at] thereadingtub [dot] com.
Jo Ann Kairys interviews her son and co-author Daniel Kairys (pronounced care-ease) about the inspiration for their award-winning book
Sunbelievable: Connecting Children with Science and Nature and how it engages young readers.
Interview with Dan.
Daniel shares his experiences as growing up as a young reader in Montana, and how a simple story like
Corduroy impacted him and introduced him to "other cultures." Jo Ann shares her memories of Daniel's first dive into reading with
The Hobbit. Daniel adds that
Chaim Potock was also one of his first real forays into reading.
Both of Daniel's children love to hear him tell stories. Like many busy parents, Daniel doesn't have lots of time to "spare," and Jo Ann asks how he fits reading with his kids into his schedule .... and theirs. Terry also asked Jo Ann a few extra questions.
Terry: Thank you for finding Share a Story, Jo Ann and for sharing such a wonderful interview with your son and co-author. I'm curious. Was Daniel as "into" books then as he is now with his kids?Jo Ann: You're welcome. I'm glad to be here. It is such a great complement to my new passion: the
BRAG project (
Bloggers Read Across the Globe).
Daniel was always into books... he loved picture books and started reading before he learned the alphabet because he was so eager to know the actual story on the page. He started sounding out letters by guessing. I helped him with the sounds and then he immediately grew into chapter books. He read
The Hobbit on his own in the early part of second grade. Couldn't put it down.
From second through fifth grade, his teachers took him almost daily to the library for a new stack of books. He spent most of his days at the school reading in a corner, loving every minute! He sees similar traits in his children and tries his best to encourage and inspire their reading by engaging them in the experience, sharing impressions of characters in books, talking about their feelings and expressions. They have a lot of fun with reading this way!
Terry: You mentioned the Hobbit, andin your interview, Daniel mentions Chaim Potock. Thinking about the kinds of books he read as a child, and now as a dad, has anything changed?Jo Ann: He loved me to read aloud from the encyclopedia. When a topic interested Daniel, he'd search for more information during our library visits. A favorite topic at around age 7-8 was WWII--strategy, biography, history, geography. He also loved when I read from the newspaper... especially editorials!
At Dartmouth College he was granted special permission to attend advanced poetry writing classes, with no prior writing experience. I think the s
How do you create a reading culture when you don't consider yourself a reader. What does a reader look like? Do they wear glasses and always have books in their hands? Do they always have their nose in some book and never seem to hear you?
Terry Doherty and her guests will be answering those questions! At the Family Bookshelf and here on the Share a Story blog, you'll find suggestions on ways to engage readers-to-be, recognize a reader, and maybe even discover that you're already a reader!
Books and the Fourth Grader: Discovering a Reader by Terry Doherty @ Family Bookshelf
Like many of her peers, the fourth grader in Terry's house eked out her required 20 minutes of reading. She finished her homework, but her parents wondered if she would ever really like books and reading. When would the just-get-by behavior end? Continue reading ...
No Time To Write - Musings of a Children's Book Author, Surgeon and Read Aloud Dad by Jo Ann Kairys @ Share a Story - Shape a Future
In this 20-minute interview, award-winning author/illustrator Jo Ann Kairys and her son talk about his life as a writer and reader, both growing up and now as an adult. “I especially love working with my son Daniel, co-author, humanitarian surgeon and avid read-aloud dad."
Welcome to the best Monday in March! We are so glad you are joining us for Share a Story - Shape a Future 2012.
If you're new to our annual blog tour, we invite you to look around. For each of our four years we've picked one over-arching theme for the week. Then, all week long, bloggers gather to share ideas and recommendations on one facet of that theme.
Looking at it as a flower may help. One bloom comprises multiple petals, a stem, and leaves ... all necessary pieces to the beautiful blossom we enjoy.
Okay, let's get on with the show!
Our theme this year is the Culture of Reading, and Donalyn Miller kick-starts our event by talking about Creating a Reading Culture. She and her guests will explain what a "reading culture" is, and offer ways to encourage kids to read more at home and school, as well as across age groups.
Here's what's on tap today ...
Creating a Reading Culture at Home by Donalyn Miller @ The Book Whisperer
Parents often ask teachers and librarians for tips on how to encourage their children to read more at home. The conditions that foster lifelong reading habits in children are remarkably robust and apply to both home and school reading. Continue reading ...
Building a Reading Culture in the Secondary Classroom by Sarah Mulhern @ The Reading Zone
I have an obsession with reading. Some might say that is an unhealthy obsession (my husband is reminding me that our house is a fire hazard), but I disagree. I can’t imagine my life without reading, so I make it my mission to share that love with the students at my high school. Continue reading ...
Reading Culture and Preservice Teachers by Kristin McIlhagga @ Children's Literature Crossroads
As I was getting ready to write this, I decided to reread the Share a Story, Shape a Future website. What stood out to me particularly about the topic of A Reading Culture was the idea of stretching and pushing thinking about the concept beyond an elementary setting. I was excited about this because I’ve been thinking quite a lot about creating a reading culture with the students in my children’s literature and young adult literature course. Continue reading ...
Building a Classroom Reading Culture by Cynthia Alaniz @ Teaching in Cute Shoes
Cynthia has two recent posts that I think you'll love ... and which are both perfect fits for today's mini-theme. In
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Can you believe it's Friday already? This has been such an incredible week and today, well ... it's the icing on the cake!
Although we love chatting about literacy within the blogosphere, our hope is that you are inspired to move beyond our virtual community and go out into the world and share your love of literacy. Today's hosts
Elizabeth Dulemba and
Sarah Mulhern underscore the point that literacy is a gift to be shared.
Today's writing prompts also
- If you could write a letter to a friend, beloved book character, author, parent, teacher, what would you say about how/why they're influenced your reading life?
- If you could pack three "flashlight worthy" books in a suitcase to keep for children born in 2025, what would they be? and why?
- How did you first fall in love with reading?
Here's how Writing @ Reading 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.
Since this is the last day of the tour - and you might be inspired this weekend - we'll leave this one open until Monday, 14 March 2011.
InLinkz updates for Friday, 11 March 2011
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[image credit: Share a Story Logo created by author/illustrator
Elizabeth Dulemba.]
Here's a page I wrote for HubPages titled Babies Love Books. You can take a poll, see my top five reasons to read to babies, and see a few recommended books for babies. The picture I used is of my mom reading to my oldest son when he was a baby. http://pacrapacma.hubpages.com/hub/babies-love-books