reading aloud

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• Two Books on Literacy (Growing a Reader from Birth and The ABCs of Literacy)

  
  Rebecca Reads — Authority: 428
  My son is only 26 months old, but he’s beginning to learn at the speed of light (from my perspective). After twenty minutes of a Sesame Street “two” episode, for example, he knows he has two hands, two eyes, two feet, and that there are two apples, two spoons, and two bowls on the table. He learned circles just ...
  1 day ago

• Books at Bedtime: Bamboo Hats and a Rice Cake

  
  http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress — Authority: 505
  It’s a cold, wintery New Year’s Day and an elderly couple must sell the wife’s heirloom wedding kimono to buy the rice cakes they need to eat for “good fortune to smile on us”. On his way to market, the old man passes six statues of Jizo, the protector of children. he carefully brushes the snow off them, ...
  2 days ago

• Books at Bedtime: The Snow Country Prince

  
  http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress — Authority: 505
  The Snow Country Prince by Daisaku Ikeda (illus. by Brian Wildsmith and translated by Geraldine McCaughrean ) is a story about two children, Mariko and Kazuo, who look after a wounded swan during the winter months when their fisherman father is away at sea.  Winter is a cold and lonely time for the children but ...
  1 week ago

• Christmas read-aloud practice

  
  The Eloquent Woman: A blog on women and public speaking — Authority: 126
  Reading aloud--particularly poetry or childrens tales--is a simple but effective way to practice vocal skills. You can focus on emphasizing or "popping" different words, varying your tone and volume, pausing for effect and more. And its easier for you to focus on those skills when the text is both familiar and not ...
  2 weeks ago

• Books at Bedtime: The Longest Night

  
  http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress — Authority: 505
  Tonight, in the northern hemisphere, is the longest night of the year. Especially in those places where winter has gripped the world, the light seems a long time coming – but this is the tipping point. From now on, the day-time will be imperceptibly longer. So Marion Dane Bauer and Ted Lewin ’s evocation of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Chris Cheng’s commitment to literacy: during the holidays and beyond

  
  http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress — Authority: 505
  Australian author and literacy ambassador Chris Cheng was recently awarded the 2009 Lady Cutler Award , given by the Children’s Book Council of Australia , for his services to children’s literature. One of the ways in which Chris has gone/goes above and beyond his call is by bringing literature to children ...
  2 weeks ago

• Books at Bedtime: The Christmas Menorahs

  
  http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress — Authority: 505
  I only came across The Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate recently but this true story has lost none of its power or, sadly, its relevance since 1993, when the events it tells about took place in the town of Billings in Montana, US. Written by Janice Cohn , who spoke to many of the people involved ...
  4 weeks ago

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