Raising Readers and Utilizing Your “Villages”

March 7th, 2010 by the1stdaughter

This week marks the beginning of the Literacy Blog Tour: Share A Story Shape A Future and the them for 2010 is “It Takes a Village to Raise a Reader”. From the 8th to the 14th of March (this week!!) you will be able to visit sites from all over the globe all focused on the central theme. I’m excited and anxious to be a part of this wonderful collaboration! It’s going to be a week of learning and teaching, all focused on raising little ones to be readers just like us.

I’m excited to be participating in posts on not only Day 2, but also Day 4. Also, make sure to look for the giveaway I will be hosting throughout the week from The Itty-Bitty Bookworm! If you have a pre-school program you think is in need of some assistance, you’ll be particularly interested!

Here’s a look at what to expect over the next few days:

Day1 – The Many Faces of Reading
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.

Day2 – 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.

Day3 – 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.

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.

For the Comments: What day are you most looking forward to? As for me…hmmm…probably Day One just because I’ve put so much thought into it.

[The above cartoon was made at Toon Doo by The Book Chook, a great place for kids who like to read and write cartoons.)

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