Reading Without Walls

Hello,

I received an email a few weeks ago advertising a kit for a program called “Reading Without Walls”. Since it was free, I decided to just order it and see what it was all about. I just got my kit and when I opened it up, I found some nice little give-a-ways that go with the program.

The kit and the program are sponsored by the CBC – The Children’s Book Council. This program is actually a challenge for students to expand their reading horizons by reading outside their comfort zone. The students are encouraged to read a book about a character who doesn’t look or live like they do OR to read a book about a topic they don’t know much about OR to read a book in a format that they don’t normally read for fun.

My kit contains a booklet with other ideas, worksheets, a certificate, and some little give-a-ways such as buttons, bookmarks, and stickers. The website has some of those items available to print out.

This looks to me like a fun program. It is independent and participants only need to read one book. This program also challenges parents and teachers along with students to read something out of their comfort zone.

I was thinking of what I might do with this program. I read that the program runs in April, but since April is more than half over, I’m thinking about choosing another time period such as May or possibly doing this over summer vacation. I’ll advertise this in our school newsletter, promote it during library classes, and encourage our teachers to all participate along with the students. We have some homeschoolers who visit our library and I’ll encourage them to join with us in this. It’s so new to me, that I will need to mull this over and make some decisions.

If you need more information, the website is very helpful. http://www.cbcbooks.org/reading-without-walls/

Have a great week.

Audrey