Showing posts with label motivating young readers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label motivating young readers. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Beach Day & Book


When the day is done, a visit to the beach can lead to some fun reading. The key to motivating children to read is to "strike when the iron is hot." Probably whatever caught your child's eye during the day can be found in a book. Making this connection with children shows them books are not something in addition to what goes on throughout the day. The books are PART of a day.

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Miranda's Beach Day
by Holly Keller is a 2009 picture book that shares the day of crabs and sandcastles along with a powerful, yet subtle, message about Nature.