During the week of March 9 – 13, please come visit Share a Story – Shape a Future. Each day, a different blog host will feature links to blog posts on a variety of topics having to do with children and literacy. Here is the schedule as of today, but please check the event blog for updated information, as the event is growing by the day.
Day 1 – March 9: Raising Readers
hosted by Terry Doherty at Scrub-a-Dub-Tub, the Reading Tub blog
- Finding Time at Home – Tricia Stohr-Hunt @ The Miss Rumphius Effect
- Making Time in the Classroom – Sarah Mulhern @ The Reading Zone
- Helping a Reader in Need (remedial readers) – Sandra Stiles guest post on Scrub-a-Dub-Tub
- It’s Bigger than the Book: Building Strong Readers at any Age with a Daily Dose of Read Aloud – Cathy Miller interview on the Share a Story – Shape a Future blog
- Keeping Gifted Readers Engaged – Donalyn Miller @ The Book Whisperer
Day 2 – March 10: Selecting Reading Material
hosted by Sarah Mulhern at The Reading Zone
- The ABCs of Reading: Infants, Toddlers & Preschoolers – Valerie Baartz on The Almost Librarian
- How to Help Emerging Readers – Anastasia Suen @5 Great Books NEW LOCATION!
- Helping Middle Grade Readers – Sarah Mulhern @ The Reading Zone
- Booklists and Read Alikes – Sarah Mulhern @ The Reading Zone
- Using Non-fiction – Mary Lee Hahn of A Year of Reading, hosted by the Stenhouse blog
Day 3 – March 11: Reading Aloud – It’s Fun, It’s Easy
hosted by Susan Stephenson at the Book Chook blog
- Ten Terrific Tips from Read-aloud Queen, Mem Fox – on the Book Chook blog
- Conquering Stage Fright – Interview with Sarah Mulhern/The Reading Zone @ the Book Chook
- Reading Aloud With Kids: A Dad’s Perspective – hosted by Steven and Brian at Book Dads: Fathers that Read
- Using Technology for Read Alouds – Sarah Mulhern @ The Reading Zone
- What to Do When the Reading is Done – Aimee Buckner, hosted by the Stenhouse blog
- Reading Aloud with Independent Readers – Donalyn Miller @ The Book Whisperer
Day 4 – March 12: A Visit to the Library
hosted by Eva Mitnick at Eva’s Book Addiction blog
- From Cozy to Cool – Library Spaces for Everyone – Eva @ Eva’s Book Addiction
- Lions and Marble and Books, Oh My – Betsy Bird at A Fuse #8 Production
- How to Make the Library Work for YOU – an interview with Adrienne of What Adrienne Thinks About That conducted by Jules at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
- The World Beyond the Library’s Walls – Melissa @ Librarian by Day
Day 5 – March 13: Technology and Reading – What the Future Holds
is hosted by Elizabeth O. Dulemba at Dulemba.com
- Audiobooks with Bruce Coville of Full Cast Audio and Mary Burkey of Audiobooker
- E-books with Harold Underdown of The Purple Crayon and Sheila Ruth of Wands and Worlds
- Podcasts with Andrea Ross of Just One More Book! and Cheryl Rainfield of cherylrainfield.com
- A resource of links to audiobooks, e-books, podcasts and webcasts @ Dulemba.com.
There will be plenty of giveaways, contests, and links to cool stuff, and most of all – inspiring and insightful posts by children’s literature bloggers. Guests will be invited to share their own knowledge and love of reading as well. Please tell parents and teachers and fellow children’s librarians about this blog event. See you then!