Twice today I had the chance to bemoan how little I have been reading lately. Over lunch with a dear friend, I talked and talked about where all the time seems to go, how tired we are at the end of our over-scheduled days and how hard it is to read long enough to get […]
Read moreI have a client who is reading lots of Read Together books with me. She loves reading what she perceives to be “real books” and her smile glows when we are reading. While I adore seeing new readers so happy, I also am thrilled when I see true reading growth coming out of this simple […]
Read moreOh No, George! is a nearly perfect book. It is a Read Together book. There are many repeating lines throughout the book that, after modeling, the emergent reader will be able to read independently. It is perfect for working with older children on inference and prediction. And it is funny. At a workshop the other […]
Read moreOver a year ago now I wrote this post. It tells the tale of a day that I drove from Caroline and Katherine’s elementary school to a school just 10 miles from here. I left our well stocked and staffed school library to go to a school in a neighboring district that had no library, […]
Read moreNothing like a little sibling rivalry to fuel the reading fires. Tonight, Rob brought home the New York Yankees season preview from the Wall Street Journal. Last year, Rob and Caroline were all about the Yankees while Katherine really wasn’t so involved. Lately, though, she has expressed a greater interest and has gotten quite sad […]
Read moreI am having one of those weeks. One in which I have bitten off way more than I can chew. Usually blog posts come to me pretty easily but as I sat down to write this one, my mind filled with all I have to do and think about and resolve. When this happens, I […]
Read moreWhile middle grade fiction seems to be calling to me these days, I am taking a break to read a ‘grown up’ book. One of my favorite parts of the year is when I get to bid on the best auction item ever and I won it this year. Each month, I will be receiving […]
Read moreI started writing about Read Together Books last summer. I just adore these books that are easy enough for emergent readers to read with only a little bit of encouragement from an adult or even an older child. I especially love finding these books on the shelf of […]
Read moreYesterday, as I walked Daisy, I listened to an old Brain Burps about Books podcast by Katie Davis. Katie was interviewing the amazing Carol Rasco of Reading is Fundamental. I stopped mid-stride when I heard Carol say something so important. I paraphrase but the gist of what she said was that… … we have keep children […]
Read moreI was walking to pick up this afternoon with a good friend and her amazing six year old son. She recalled a conversation they had just before I joined them. The subject was Harry Potter. Mom: “Do you know how the story ends?” Son: “Sure. Lord Voldemort dies.” Mom: “How do you know that? We’re […]
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