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Summer Reading Program
Last summer was my first year to do a summer reading program. It went very will except for the way I gave out the prizes for reading books. I would like ideas on how you give out prizes. Thank you
Read more…Churchwide Reading Promotion
I'm planning a churchwide reading challenge, along the lines of seeing how quickly our large church can read a certain number of books. Sunday attendance runs 1,000 including all ages so I'm wondering if 10,000 books is a good goal. Has anyone trie
Read more…future library/reading technology
As technology changes how we read (print, online, etc.) and how we use libraries, here’s a fascinating possibility. Please feel free to forward.
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Read more…Children stories to read aloud
Our church has a reading time for the young and grade school children on Wednesday nights after the Wednesday night dinners. Normally this is about 15 minutes.
Our librarian asked me if I know of a collection or anthology of children stories that are
Organizing a Summer Reading Time
When you organize your Summer Reading Program, how involved do you make it?
1. Do you just open the library and make it available for the children to check out books and do reading and documenting on their own?
2. Or do you have regular summer hours,
Read more…Summer Reading Program
I'm looking for ideas for a summer reading program. Our library is small, and the majority of the books are still being processed (we are making the move from a room of books to a library!). Since this will be our first such program, I'd like to keep
Read more…Summer Reading Club Alternate
Does anyone have any ideas as to what I could plan to do as an alternate to having a Summer Reading Club this summer? I have had what I thought was great success with Summer Reading Clubs but decided to have a Winter Reading Club with Preschoolers an
Read more…How can we structure a summer reading club that doesn't discriminate against dyslexics?
Having a husband and child with dyslexia, I am a bit sensitive about summer reading clubs that reward readers for the amount of books read or requiring a report to receive a prize. However, I am at a loss on how to encourage these persons to particip
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