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Bill Would Replace Key Federal Literacy Programs
9 Nov 2009, 9:00 am |
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Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2009
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Finding Fluency in Language Lessons
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The Newspaper as a Teaching Tool
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Author Returns for 'Sesame Street' Celebration
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Reading Rockets What's Big Bird's favorite letter? Now's your chance to ask Big Bird anything you've been dying to know: http://ow.ly/zXsN
Source: ow.ly
Come and play. Everything's A-O.K.: Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch since the show's debut in 1969, and Carol-Lynn Parente, executive producer, are taking questions submitted by Times readers.
Reading Rockets Find out 40 things you didn’t know about Sesame Street and catch the 40th season premiere today! http://ow.ly/zSmR
Source: ow.ly
40 fun facts you didn't know about Sesame Street.
Reading Rockets Incorporate literacy into your everyday life for National Family Literacy Month! http://ow.ly/zWXe
Source: ow.ly
The number one thing, in my opinion, that families can do together to promote literacy is to read aloud. Consider hosting a family reading night once a week. Each week rotate family members to choose a book to read aloud. If you have children who aren’t of reading age, allow them to pick out the ...
Reading Rockets Can babies begin to develop language in utero? How about cry with an accent? A new study says yes: http://ow.ly/zWSp
Source: ow.ly
A new study reveals that the melody of a newborn's cries seems to be influenced by the sound of the parents' native tongue. The findings suggest that crying infants may be imitating the patterns of the language they heard before they were born.
Reading Rockets Should e-books replace traditional textbooks? Speak out in our weekly poll: http://ow.ly/Avyj
Reading Rockets Publisher's Weekly Best Children's Books of 2009. What's your top pick for the year? http://ow.ly/zWGp
Source: ow.ly
On Monday, Publishers Weekly announced its Best Books of 2009, including our list of 30 Best Books for children. From accounts of civil rights heroes, to harrowing (and hopeful) stories about contemporary ...
Reading Rockets New bill proposed to replace key federal literacy programs. What do you think about the proposal? http://ow.ly/zSKi
Source: ow.ly
Long-awaited legislation to replace three federal reading programs—Early Reading First, Reading First, and Striving Readers—was introduced Nov. 5 by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and would authorize $2.35 billion in funding to improve reading and writing in kindergarten to 12th grade.
Reading Rockets Saturday is National Bookstore Day. Drop in and celebrate the vibrant culture of bookstores. http://ow.ly/pFFm
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This fall, we invite you to join Publishers Weekly in celebrating the first annual National Bookstore Day, a day devoted to celebrating bookselling and the vibrant culture of bookstores. This fall, we invite you to join Publishers Weekly in celebrating the first annual National Bookstore Day, a day ...
Reading Rockets Make this holiday season a literary season! Buy Books for the Holidays — a new campaign from the book blogging community: http://ow.ly/zwZk
Source: ow.ly
It's that time of year! The Halloween decorations are getting packed away, and the stores have turned their full attention to Christmas. Plans are frantically being made to have the perfect holiday season, and we are all examining our budgets to figure out how we're going to make the dollars stretch...
Reading Rockets Magicians & elephants: helping kids develop pictures in their mind while reading. Share your favorite "visualizing" books: http://ow.ly/zxtx
Reading Rockets Take your family on a learning adventure! http://ow.ly/yYlQ
Source: ow.ly
I was pleased to see a letter to the "Washington Post" editor from a dad who had recently decided to re-up a lapsed subscription to the paper and who noticed some unexpected dividends: instead of sitting in front of the computer with his back to the world, he’s at the kitchen table with his family, ...
Reading Rockets The lovable Big Bird gets his close-up for the upcoming 40th anniversary of Sesame Street, November 10: http://ow.ly/zcG9
Source: ow.ly
Big Bird and other characters are featuring in Google Doodles today to celebrate the Children's Television Workshop's ground-breaking series.
Reading Rockets Feed a curious mind! Become a fan of Cheerios on Facebook and they'll donate a book to First Book for a child in need: http://ow.ly/yH5h
Reading Rockets How to use Elkonin Boxes to build phonological awareness: http://ow.ly/xory
Source: ow.ly
Why use Elkonin Boxes? They help students build phonological awareness by segmenting words into sounds or syllables, learn how to count the number of phonemes in the word (not always the number of letters), and better understand the alphabetic principle in decoding and spelling.
Reading Rockets Donde viven los monstruos... Where the Wild Things Are family literacy bag, now en español! http://ow.ly/xIsr
Source: ow.ly
Go on a "Wild Thing" reading adventure! Teachers can support reading together at home with Reading Rockets family literacy bags — designed to encourage hands-on fun and learning centered around paired fiction and nonfiction books. (Level: Kindergarten)
