Literacy at Home - For Parents Literacy at Home - For Parents September 25, 2024 Hugh's Early Literacy Journey in a Print Rich Home Literacy Environment My 7-year-old son, Hugh, is a voracious reader who fully immerses himself in a state of absorbed reading. His teachers have had difficulty keeping up with his demand for reading more books, and the school library is, without question, his happy place where he is transported to many worlds–from Chad... September 4, 2024 Can Gaming Support Literacy? Dr. Lisa Sensale Yazdian currently manages education and engagement efforts at Cincinnati Educational Television (CET)/PBS, but has worked to engage birth-adult learners in P-12, higher education, community, and for-profit settings for the last 29 years. She’s curious about the various ways her 6... August 29, 2024 Response #3: What Should Count For Summer Reading? NOTE: Dr. Macaluso's post is in response to the introduction post, "What Should "Count" for Summer Reading " and follows Dr. Reynolds' post, " Choice and Possibility in Summer Reading " and public librarian Stephanie Schott's post "What 'Counts' as Reading" . We will be posting a response next... August 26, 2024 What “Counts” as Reading Stephanie Schott is the Branch Manager at Chugiak-Eagle River Library (Anchorage Public Library) in Alaska. She received a Masters in Library & Information Science from Rutgers University. Stephanie has jumped around the library world including stops at Alaska State Library, Maine State Library, and... August 20, 2024 What Should “Count” For Summer Reading? This blog series was inspired by a 12 year-old who wanted to know why the approximately 10,000 pages of manga he read over the summer did not “count” as much as other books (e.g. Newbery and other award winning books) for his school summer reading log. Over the next few weeks, several literacy... January 28, 2021 The Power of Read Alouds // How to Perform an Effective Interactive Read Aloud Interested in learning more about read alouds? Check out the "We Are All Readers and Writers" book talks! As a teacher, I have always loved reading aloud to my students, no matter what grade level I was teaching. I have done read alouds for second graders, middle schoolers, undergraduates, graduate... January 29, 2019 Developing a Readerly Identity with Young Children // Part 2 of 2 As Children's Authors and Illustrators Week 2019 continues, Dr. Mike Macaluso shares Part 2 of his post on how to encourage a reader identity in young children. In Part 1 , Dr. Mac told the story of how he had difficulty seeing himself as a reader in his early years of school. Dr. Mac's parents... January 29, 2019 Developing a Readerly Identity with Young Children // Part 1 of 2 There's a small poster that hangs in my office depicting a quotation from bestselling author James Patterson. It reads: "There's no such thing as a kid who hates reading. There are kids who love reading, and kids who are reading the wrong books." I picked up this poster at a conference last year... December 3, 2018 Supporting Young Writers in the Home // Part 2 of 2 In Part 2 of Dr. Kati Macaluso's blog post on supporting writers in the home, she continues the work she began in Part 1 . In Part 1, Dr. Macaluso explained how she sees her own children emerging as writers, and she offered strategies for how all parents can foster their children's natural... December 3, 2018 Supporting Young Writers in the Home // Part 1 of 2 Long before any of my children were of school age, they were writers. Matthew, at two years old, would "fill out"the collection envelopes in Mass, making marks in the "name," "address" and "amount" blanks. Grace, now three, flits about the house taking orders on a Post-it pad before turning to her... October 26, 2018 10 Minutes of Reading a Night Can Change Your Child's Life The reading research is unequivocal. The more a child reads the better he or she will be at reading. It is as simple as that. Children who read more enjoy reading; they read to challenge themselves, to satisfy their curiosities, and to experience unknown lands. Reading is an adventure and pure joy... September 27, 2018 Welcome from the Center for Literacy Education Welcome to the blog for the Notre Dame Center for Literacy Education (CLE). We hope that you will learn a great deal about powerful literacy practices from educators at the CLE and in K-12 classrooms across the country. We encourage you to visit the blog often and share about the innovative and... Stories from the Field Including Students Speak, Teachers Take, and #WhyITeach Literacy at School // For Teachers Including High-Impact Lesson Plans, Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Writing, Student Motivation, Critical Media and Digital Literacy, and 7 Strengths for Super Readers Children's and YA Literature Including Pop Culture Corner, Authors to Know, and Book Reviews
September 25, 2024 Hugh's Early Literacy Journey in a Print Rich Home Literacy Environment My 7-year-old son, Hugh, is a voracious reader who fully immerses himself in a state of absorbed reading. His teachers have had difficulty keeping up with his demand for reading more books, and the school library is, without question, his happy place where he is transported to many worlds–from Chad...
September 4, 2024 Can Gaming Support Literacy? Dr. Lisa Sensale Yazdian currently manages education and engagement efforts at Cincinnati Educational Television (CET)/PBS, but has worked to engage birth-adult learners in P-12, higher education, community, and for-profit settings for the last 29 years. She’s curious about the various ways her 6...
August 29, 2024 Response #3: What Should Count For Summer Reading? NOTE: Dr. Macaluso's post is in response to the introduction post, "What Should "Count" for Summer Reading " and follows Dr. Reynolds' post, " Choice and Possibility in Summer Reading " and public librarian Stephanie Schott's post "What 'Counts' as Reading" . We will be posting a response next...
August 26, 2024 What “Counts” as Reading Stephanie Schott is the Branch Manager at Chugiak-Eagle River Library (Anchorage Public Library) in Alaska. She received a Masters in Library & Information Science from Rutgers University. Stephanie has jumped around the library world including stops at Alaska State Library, Maine State Library, and...
August 20, 2024 What Should “Count” For Summer Reading? This blog series was inspired by a 12 year-old who wanted to know why the approximately 10,000 pages of manga he read over the summer did not “count” as much as other books (e.g. Newbery and other award winning books) for his school summer reading log. Over the next few weeks, several literacy...
January 28, 2021 The Power of Read Alouds // How to Perform an Effective Interactive Read Aloud Interested in learning more about read alouds? Check out the "We Are All Readers and Writers" book talks! As a teacher, I have always loved reading aloud to my students, no matter what grade level I was teaching. I have done read alouds for second graders, middle schoolers, undergraduates, graduate...
January 29, 2019 Developing a Readerly Identity with Young Children // Part 2 of 2 As Children's Authors and Illustrators Week 2019 continues, Dr. Mike Macaluso shares Part 2 of his post on how to encourage a reader identity in young children. In Part 1 , Dr. Mac told the story of how he had difficulty seeing himself as a reader in his early years of school. Dr. Mac's parents...
January 29, 2019 Developing a Readerly Identity with Young Children // Part 1 of 2 There's a small poster that hangs in my office depicting a quotation from bestselling author James Patterson. It reads: "There's no such thing as a kid who hates reading. There are kids who love reading, and kids who are reading the wrong books." I picked up this poster at a conference last year...
December 3, 2018 Supporting Young Writers in the Home // Part 2 of 2 In Part 2 of Dr. Kati Macaluso's blog post on supporting writers in the home, she continues the work she began in Part 1 . In Part 1, Dr. Macaluso explained how she sees her own children emerging as writers, and she offered strategies for how all parents can foster their children's natural...
December 3, 2018 Supporting Young Writers in the Home // Part 1 of 2 Long before any of my children were of school age, they were writers. Matthew, at two years old, would "fill out"the collection envelopes in Mass, making marks in the "name," "address" and "amount" blanks. Grace, now three, flits about the house taking orders on a Post-it pad before turning to her...
October 26, 2018 10 Minutes of Reading a Night Can Change Your Child's Life The reading research is unequivocal. The more a child reads the better he or she will be at reading. It is as simple as that. Children who read more enjoy reading; they read to challenge themselves, to satisfy their curiosities, and to experience unknown lands. Reading is an adventure and pure joy...
September 27, 2018 Welcome from the Center for Literacy Education Welcome to the blog for the Notre Dame Center for Literacy Education (CLE). We hope that you will learn a great deal about powerful literacy practices from educators at the CLE and in K-12 classrooms across the country. We encourage you to visit the blog often and share about the innovative and...
