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Raising Readers and Utilizing Your “Villages”

Posted on Sunday, 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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Littlebug Speaks: Colors and Counting by Emily Bolam

Posted on Friday, March 5th, 2010 by the1stdaughter

Colors & Counting by Emily Bolam

Published by Tiger Tales

Pages: 10

Ages: Baby-Preschool

Publishers Summary: Colors: A delightful introduction to colors for the very young springs to life in this vibrantly illustrated board book that features an embossed bumpy texture on the cover and throughout! Touch the textures to reinforce recognition, look at the pictures and words, and learn a rainbow of colors!
Counting: A delightful introduction to numbers for the very young springs to life in this vibrantly illustrated board book that features an embossed bumpy texture on the cover and throughout! Touch the textures to reinforce recognition, look at the pictures and words, and learn to count from one to five!

littlebug09 Littlebug Speaks: “These books are so much fun! I’m just starting to speak up and tell my mom exactly which books I want to read and these are always first on the list. My favorite pages are a bumpy read strawberry and the smiling giraffe with the number one next to him. Every page is so much fun to feel and I love all of the colors, they’re so bright! Even the outside cover of each of these books is covered in bumpy rising colors and numbers!

“My mom bought these for me because I’m definitely a touchy-feely kind of girl. I like to hold onto things and the more bumps and lumps the better! She still won’t let me get them in my mouth though, but I’m going to keep trying. These are great books and I highly recommend them!”

Hands Mom’s Two Cents: “She’s right, I bought these books because my Littlebug (who’s not looking so little recently) loves textures and colors. Since she was a very small baby she enjoyed cuddling up with a soft cozy blanket and always had to have socks on her feet. The Turkeybird was/is quite different and definitely enjoys more technical analytical things. So, when I saw these books in the new Tiger Tales catalog, I knew I had to get them for her.

“Each of these books teach basic beginning concepts – colors and numbers – five in each. In the counting book it not only shows an actual numeral representation, but a physical representation ie. five fish. The colors book has pages the help even a little reader connect actual ‘real life’ images (an ocean with sailboats) with the words on the page. All of the pages are covered in textured goodness and beautiful colors. These books are for the kiddo in your life who loves touching, snuggling, smooshing, and just about anything tactile. Wonderful beginning books for beginning readers and learners!”

For the Comments: Do you have a favorite counting or ABC book from your youth? Or do you remember how you learned to count/say your ABC’s?

These books were purchased for our home library.
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