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From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:27:47 -0500
Thanks you for everyone who has been contributing to the discussion on reading aloud, sharing your philosophies, stories and memories, and favorite read-aloud titles.
Let's use reading aloud as a launching point for the discussion for the rest of this month: Poetry Spoken (and Read!) Here.
How do you share and encourage children and teens to read and share poetry? Do you read it aloud in the classroom or library? Do you look for poems to incorporate into story times, discussion groups, or the curriculum? Do you encourage poetry writing along with poetry reading? During the second half of April (which is National Poetry Month), we invite you to share a few lines about using poetry with children and teens.
My CCBC colleague Merri Lindgren and I have been doing a lot of bookstalks to librarians and teachers in recent months, and one of our favorite books to highlight is "Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors" by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Beckie Prange (Houghton Mifflin, 2010). I've heard Merri read the poem "Tail Tale" from this book many times and never get tired of listening to it. And I relish opportunities to read it myself. I did this most recently at the end of dinner at my house, to my daughter, husband and a friend eating over. It's a poem that is a delight to read and a delight to listen to, and made me realize that I really need to make more time for reading poetry out loud at home, and meals are a perfect opportunity to do this.
Megan
-- Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
608/262-9503 schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Received on Tue 19 Apr 2011 09:27:47 AM CDT
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:27:47 -0500
Thanks you for everyone who has been contributing to the discussion on reading aloud, sharing your philosophies, stories and memories, and favorite read-aloud titles.
Let's use reading aloud as a launching point for the discussion for the rest of this month: Poetry Spoken (and Read!) Here.
How do you share and encourage children and teens to read and share poetry? Do you read it aloud in the classroom or library? Do you look for poems to incorporate into story times, discussion groups, or the curriculum? Do you encourage poetry writing along with poetry reading? During the second half of April (which is National Poetry Month), we invite you to share a few lines about using poetry with children and teens.
My CCBC colleague Merri Lindgren and I have been doing a lot of bookstalks to librarians and teachers in recent months, and one of our favorite books to highlight is "Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors" by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Beckie Prange (Houghton Mifflin, 2010). I've heard Merri read the poem "Tail Tale" from this book many times and never get tired of listening to it. And I relish opportunities to read it myself. I did this most recently at the end of dinner at my house, to my daughter, husband and a friend eating over. It's a poem that is a delight to read and a delight to listen to, and made me realize that I really need to make more time for reading poetry out loud at home, and meals are a perfect opportunity to do this.
Megan
-- Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
608/262-9503 schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Received on Tue 19 Apr 2011 09:27:47 AM CDT
