Children’s Bookroom: CREATING YOUR OWN LITERACY EVENT

January 3, 2017March 14, 2018 forvanessaexecutive Book Connections, Reading Bookroom, Books, Bookstore, Encouraging Young Readers, Librarians, Literacy, Literacy advocates, Literacy Events, Media Specialist, Motivation to Read, Movies, Parents, Reading, Reading Literature, Reading strategy, Story Time, Teacher-Librarians, Teachers, Television

As parents, teachers, and librarians, it takes a little creativity to encourage and motivate children to read. I would like to provide a few tips to inspire your young readers. Visit the National Day Calendar (http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com) for interesting themes to celebrate. You can locate themes by the day, week, and/or month. For example, yesterday, January […]

Children’s Bookroom: CLOSED-CAPTION TO REINFORCE LITERACY

July 29, 2016March 14, 2018 forvanessaexecutive Book Connections, Reading Bookroom, Closed-Caption, Literacy, Parents, Reading Aloud, Reading Tutor, Reinforce Literacy, Television

Closed-caption, subtitled television shows, and movies can assist in supporting literacy skills for early readers, struggling readers, English Language Learners (ELLs), students with learning disabilities, deaf and hard of hearing children and adults. Other formats for closed-caption might include DVDs, music videos, video games, and online streaming or content. Research reveals using closed-caption programming in […]