- Read and be read too: Talks about the importance of reading to your child. Kids get so much of their new vocabulary though books. It is a wonderful way to connect with your child and find some peaceful time together. http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/?p=584
- Encouraging children to read though book events: We had Camp Read at the elementary school that I volunteer through a month or so ago. Parents supplied the pop tents in which books were put. Members of the community (Police, firefighters, parents, volunteers) spaced them selves around the school with books and read stories. The kids loved it. This article has more creative ideas for schools looking to have some fun with reading for the day. http://cherylrainfield.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/10/encouraging-children-to-read-through-book-events/
Learning to read
GO FORTH AND READ
Here are two interesting articles courtesy of Jen Robinson http://jkrbooks.typepad.com/blog/
15 MINUTES A DAY TURNS BRATS INTO BRAINS
Here is an interesting article from the Melbourne Herald Sun about the benefits of 15 minutes of reading with your child a day.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0%2C21985%2C23331921-2862%2C00.html
SEQUENCING
I believe that kids need to learn to sequence before they learn to read. Here is an interesting article from Didax on exactly this topic.
http://www.didax.com/newsletter/archive.cfm/NewsletterID/53.cfm#247
INCENTIVE BASED READING PROGRAMS
Here’s a really interesting article about a really low key incentive based reading program.
http://www.watat.com/archives/2007/11/ato_the_lefta_o.html
Good for Adrienne – make the book the prize not the concept of finishing the book.