Children’s Bookroom: BOOKS TO MOVIES: MOTIVATING CHILDREN TO READ

August 13, 2016October 15, 2017 forvanessaexecutive Reading Bookroom, Books, Books to Movies, Children, Children Who Do Not Like to Read, Literacy, Motivation to Read, Movie Time, Movies, Parents

Do you know of children who do not like movies? I do not. Do you know of children who do not like to read? I do! In fact, over the course of twenty-two years in education, I have run across many children who say they do not like to read. We know there are many contributing […]

Children’s Bookroom: Encouraging Young Readers

July 13, 2016March 14, 2018 forvanessaexecutive Book Connections, Reading Arts and Crafts, Barnes & Noble, Book Clubs, Bookroom, Bookstore, Children, Encouraging Young Readers, Just Right Books, Lexile Level, Library, Movie Time, Reading Programs, Story Time

In kindergarten, I took my reading textbook home without permission. My newfound love for reading proved to have been greater than the fear of my teacher finding out my little secret. I also fibbed to my parents and told them my homework assignment existed within the pages of that Dick and Jane Reader. All evening, […]