FEATURED ACTIVITY: READER'S THEATER SCRIPT One of my favorite children's books is a little known story from the1940's called The Churkendoose by Ben Ross Berenberg. My grandmother read it to my mother when she was little and my mother read it to me. It's a wonderful story about being yourself. The Churkendoose is a creature that's [...]
Top 10 WACKY Ways to Get Kids Reading!
May 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
FEATURED LIST: Top 10 WACKY Ways to Get Kids Reading! Helping kids develop the skills they need to become lifelong readers and book lovers can be a challenge. Fun, strange, and yes, even downright weird opportunities to practice reading skills can increase fluency, vocabulary and confidence, which go a long way to [...]
International Reading Association Conference in Chicago
May 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
FEATURED: INTERVIEWS International Reading Association Conference. Wow! We just had an awesome four days at the International Reading Association Conference in Chicago. These people are PASSIONATE about literacy!! As the conference "video hosts," Kenny and I ran around talking to attendees, exhibitors and…authors. If you read last week's eZine, you know I was on [...]
Treasure Map
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The Anti-Craft
April 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
FEATURED ACTIVITY: The Anti-Craft Thinking Outside The Bag In the spirit of "open-ended" play, creativity and recycling, we're going to do an anti-craft. This is a project we did with librarians at one of our creative literacy workshops several years ago. It's an activity designed to get the creative juices flowing! Materials: 1. [...]
Bonus Earth Day Videos
April 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Recycle Rap and Energy Emission Song Several years ago, Kenny and I produced two videos for the Palm Beach County School District about recycling and emissions. They've graciously allowed us to share these videos with others to help get the word out about these important topics. Please feel free to show these videos to [...]
Page Turner Adventures LIVE
April 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Page Turner Adventures is currently booking shows for the spring. These one-of-a-kind story theater shows promote reading, writing, and creativity while encouraging Summer Reading. Plus, they're funny! Perfect for: -School Assemblies -Reading Rewards -Family Nights -End of Year Celebrations -Summer Reading Kick-Offs -Book Fairs *Special Discounts Available! Call today to reserve your date. [...]
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle…Create
April 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
FEATURED ARTICLE Reduce, Reuse, Recycle…Create Turning Waste Into Wonder Packing foam, paint chips, used file folders, old VHS tapes, empty cardboard tubes, fabric scraps…some might see these things as garbage. The folks at Resource Depot see airplanes, picture frames, purses, bracelets, models of Mesopotamia, and an endless supply of art materials. Things that [...]
GOCK PUPPETS
April 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
FEATURED ACTIVITY: GOCK PUPPETS (Gothic Sock Puppets) Gocks are an absolute blast to make!!! All you need are some socks (preferably black!), some glue, googly eyes, safety pins, and any embellishments or decorations you can find. Kids can even make their own gock puppet video. Like the one below which was written, shot and [...]
