Today is "World Read Aloud Day." Take your favorite picture book and celebrate with The Storybook Mom, Meredith Sinclair.
Where: The Book Cellar, 4637 N. Lincoln Avenue
When: 7:30 p.m. TONIGHT
Why: Your admission of $15.00 goes to literacy advocacy nonprofit LitWorld.
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Tuesday's Theory: Being a Reading Mentor Will Improve A Child's Life and Your Own.
Mentoring Programs focused on Reading are a proven success. I have personally participated in two different programs: H.O.S.T.S. and W.I.T.S. I encourage everyone who is able to research whether the local schools have a reading mentoring program and explore whether you would be able to participate. It is amazing how a child with as little as an additional hour of reading each week can increase as much as three reading levels in one school year! Most reading programs are held over the lunch hour, "the power lunch."
Here are a couple of websites that I think explain the programs well and give great tips for establishing your own program.
H.O.S.T.S. Example
No programs where you are located? Think about starting one!!! It is a wonderful way to involve an entire community. High school students taking study hall, retired individuals looking to do something meaningful, and professionals needing to escape the office for 45 minutes to 1 hour can all participate and bring success to a student's life!
No programs where you are located? Think about starting one!!! It is a wonderful way to involve an entire community. High school students taking study hall, retired individuals looking to do something meaningful, and professionals needing to escape the office for 45 minutes to 1 hour can all participate and bring success to a student's life!
Sunday, January 31, 2010
A Book Keeper's Best Friend
Sometimes there is nothing better than snuggling up with a good book and a furry friend. New Leash on Life is an organization committed to finding loving homes for shelter dogs. Recently, there has been a surplus of dogs abandoned by owners in financial crisis; NLOL's work is needed more than ever. New Leash on Life is teaming up with Ed Swiderski (ABC's The Bachelorette) to hold a fundraiser this Saturday, February 6 at Grand Central Bar (Lincoln Park). Here is the link for more information:
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