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From: Julie Bowe <ajbowe_at_frontiernet.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:54:29 -0500
Inspired by the reading aloud stories so many of you have shared, last night I said to my fifteen-year-old son, "Remember how I used to read to you all the time? I really miss that. Would you let me read to you again?" I expected him to say, "No thanks, Mom." Instead he started rattling off titles he knew would make me groan a little. "How about War and Peace, Mom? Clockwork Orange? Paradise Lost?" But he also began remembering books he hadn't read, but always meant to, like Watership Down. I kept saying, "No kidding? You'll let me read to you?" He pulled out the trunk of books he keeps under his bed. We sorted through them and settled on Dante's Inferno. I plan to tuck Watership Down in his Easter basket. I just wanted to say thanks for inspiring me to ask the question.
Julie Bowe http://www.juliebowe.com
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Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 12:07 AM To: ccbc-net digest recipients Subject: ccbc-net digest: April 18, 2011
CCBC-NET Digest for Monday, April 18, 2011.
1. RE: ccbc-net digest: April 17, 2011 2. RE: Reading aloud 3. Re: ccbc-net digest: April 17, 2011 4. RE: ccbc-net digest: April 17, 2011
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Subject: RE: ccbc-net digest: April 17, 2011 From: David Harrison Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:22:49 -0500 X-Message-Number: 1
In Springfield, Missouri we're engaged in a project called Family Voices. To encourage parents of preschool children to read to them at home on a regular basis, we enlisted the support of more than a dozen local celebrities and recorded their voices reading librarian-selected stories appropriate for the very young. This collection of stories makes a neat library on CD that children can listen to even when no one in the family is available to sit down and read directly to them.
Now we are holding recording events to encourage parents in our target group to let us record their own voices reading a book to their children. We add their voices to the CD to personalize it and give them the CD plus a free book to take home.
Family Voices was mentioned in the last issue of Reading Today and as a result I'm working with someone in California who wants to try the same thing. We're also establishing a base line by interviewing parents about their reading habits before our project and will follow up in six months to see if positive changes can be determined.
David Harrison
http://davidlharrison.com
Received on Tue 19 Apr 2011 11:54:29 AM CDT
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:54:29 -0500
Inspired by the reading aloud stories so many of you have shared, last night I said to my fifteen-year-old son, "Remember how I used to read to you all the time? I really miss that. Would you let me read to you again?" I expected him to say, "No thanks, Mom." Instead he started rattling off titles he knew would make me groan a little. "How about War and Peace, Mom? Clockwork Orange? Paradise Lost?" But he also began remembering books he hadn't read, but always meant to, like Watership Down. I kept saying, "No kidding? You'll let me read to you?" He pulled out the trunk of books he keeps under his bed. We sorted through them and settled on Dante's Inferno. I plan to tuck Watership Down in his Easter basket. I just wanted to say thanks for inspiring me to ask the question.
Julie Bowe http://www.juliebowe.com
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From: CCBC Network digest
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 12:07 AM To: ccbc-net digest recipients Subject: ccbc-net digest: April 18, 2011
CCBC-NET Digest for Monday, April 18, 2011.
1. RE: ccbc-net digest: April 17, 2011 2. RE: Reading aloud 3. Re: ccbc-net digest: April 17, 2011 4. RE: ccbc-net digest: April 17, 2011
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Subject: RE: ccbc-net digest: April 17, 2011 From: David Harrison Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:22:49 -0500 X-Message-Number: 1
In Springfield, Missouri we're engaged in a project called Family Voices. To encourage parents of preschool children to read to them at home on a regular basis, we enlisted the support of more than a dozen local celebrities and recorded their voices reading librarian-selected stories appropriate for the very young. This collection of stories makes a neat library on CD that children can listen to even when no one in the family is available to sit down and read directly to them.
Now we are holding recording events to encourage parents in our target group to let us record their own voices reading a book to their children. We add their voices to the CD to personalize it and give them the CD plus a free book to take home.
Family Voices was mentioned in the last issue of Reading Today and as a result I'm working with someone in California who wants to try the same thing. We're also establishing a base line by interviewing parents about their reading habits before our project and will follow up in six months to see if positive changes can be determined.
David Harrison
http://davidlharrison.com
Received on Tue 19 Apr 2011 11:54:29 AM CDT
