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How were you able to use the RTEKED book kits?

  • Our childcare curriculum planning group is given a set which we broke into three sets. 2 of our members attended the conference in Brockville to build resources and we will be meeting to build resources that can be made into kits which we will continue to share among our members.

  • Our group shared a set of books, and I attended the workshop in Brockville to build resources for the books. We are turning this set into literacy kits for our group to share as an ongoing resource. In this way we will be sharing these books with many more children for many years to come.

  • These books were read to the kindergarten and Grade 1 students. Not only did they get to enjoy the stories when they were read to them in class, they were given the chance to discuss them and enjoyed participating in voting for their favorite (an activity that empowers them to have opinions and make choices). Once the classes were finished with them, the books were placed in the school libraries for general distribution.

  • Promoted the collection and used extension activities as a part of my early literacy programs .

  • We set up a display and reserved one set of books for use within the library only. We had one set of titles that circulated individually and we circulated another full set together in a bag. The set in the bag was in constant demand, it often had a hold list of 6-7 people. I used the books during my regular Toddler and Preschool storytime programs at the library. I also visited 19 JK&SK classrooms in Brockville and read a few of the books and distributed information about the program to about 460 children and their families.

  • We used the books as our special afternoon reading time. Each day a child would pick out a special story for us to read and then we would do some activities around the story.... parachute fun, playing with the dump trucks etc.

  • We chose a book/week and used the kit as a resource for book extender activities. The teachers found the kit very useful.

  • It is difficult for us to get to all of the books since we only operate two days a week and follow a theme based program but we were able to get to some of the books and displayed all of the books for children to investigate as part of our ongoing library and continue to do so. We so appreciate the donation of the books to our library and will continue to read these books into the future.

  • Books were read to the children once a week and then the children voted at the end of all the books.

  • we could adapt it but we had to translate some of it but not all was translatable

  • We went to the public library in Lansdowne and the librarians read them to us. Our school librarian also read them to the kids.

  • We used them to circulate to families, in children's programming and in class visits.

  • I used the books Specifically 'Tip Tip Dig Dig' with several of the children I work with and their siblings. The children really enjoyed this book. I provided the parents with the information about the 10 books, voting, where to find the books and hand out materials you had given us. I am still using a variety of the books with the children I work with and personally.

  • Kits were passed around between teachers/classrooms and read aloud. They were also displayed in classrooms for children to go back and enjoy on their own.

  • We read many of the stories at our circle time and discussed them. We also kept the books accessible to the children so they could enjoy them as well.

  • The books were integrated into our collection for public circulation and were used for story times at the library and outreach venues.

  • Used the books in waiting area. used the books in therapy with children and families. Used the books in group sessions.

  • Most of the children that come to the libraries read and enjoyed these books. We gave them the information so that they could go on line and enter the choices that they made as to which book was their first choice.

  • Read to children. Loan to families.

  • The kit provided us with ten very enjoyable stories. We used them for examining various aspects of the language curriculum. In addition, we extended their use to graphing and discussion of science concepts.

  • We read the books, used some of the extensions that we made in Brockville PD day, had conversations about certain moments in the books. (eg. Dino Hockey had some opportunities to talk about social skills). My kids are older, so the books with more social, thinking development skills were the ones we tended to.

  • Bulletin Board Display Parent Support Story time

  • Our agency displayed the books in the front reception area of our main office, along with activities to go with each book, the resources for families, ballots, etc. The books were also taken by the Resource Consultants to read at centre visits, and other professionals within our agency used the books during meetings and assessments.

  • We made copies and handed out to our families that come to the Library.

  • They were used in our daily reading times and graphed favourite books that children voted on

  • I used the books during student library visits.

  • The books were included in our read alouds where we were able to include many language curriculum expectations. The children were also able to meet math expectations by graphing their book choice. Students also completed art activities related to some of the books. All of the stories that were read to the students were obviously enjoyed as these books were requested by the kids at subsequent visits to the library.

  • I didn't receive a resource kit this year, we used the books from the Early Years .

  • As a read aloud book in my daily routine

  • The 10 books were used as read alouds in our circle time in class. They were jumping off points for discussions on connections (e.g. book-to-book), instigators for art work, discussions for comparing illustrator styles, learning to express opinions on reason for favourite book, and learning about how a vote works. The students loved having a ballot to vote.

  • I read all of the books to kindergarten students during their bi weekly visits to the library. The books were also loaned to patrons who then went on to submit a vote.

  • used in our classrooms with children!

  • Children's Programmer used the book kit in all library programs for young children, as well as taking the books out to community to daycares and schools.

  • As part of our literacy program, we used the stories to teach about making connections and retelling stories. We wrote about the books as a class.

Good News Stories:

  • When we have finished assembling our literacy kits we would love to send a photo. I think this is a fantastic use of the resource - we took one kit and our group of caregivers shared it with many children this year who would not otherwise access the program through the library or OEYC (since home based child care providers often are unable to attend these locations). By turning these into ongoing literacy kits we are reaching many more children in the future, and building a resource for home based child care providers which is generally not available. This is one way that RTEKED is reaching children who otherwise would miss out.

  • We will continue to have visits to our local library in Elgin, who provide visit times to us outside of their normal operating hours in order to accommodate our Nursery School hours. the children love these visits and take their enthusiasm for reading at the library home to their families.

  • Older classes (gr 2/3) were eager to participate in the program. They were happy not voting - just to read the great books! At one of my schools, I read Spider on the Floor to the kinders at their library time - and we could not stop singing it, all day - whenever we saw each other in the hall - we sang about spiders and everything else!

  • My best story by far was one that took place late in January just before the closing of Read to Every Kid Every Day. It was a shared experience at the OEYC in Gananoque where I had the delightful opportunity to lead a story time with a group of children and their parents. I chose the story, "Tip, Tip, Dig Dig," because of its bright colors, simple illustrations and engaging text and then had all the children join me in doing body motions to complement the reading. The children, who were almost all under four, simply loved the book and getting involved with it. Seeing the children so excited by one book was fantastic but the best part, hands down, was when a very happy Mother approached me after the reading to say it was the first time her son had ever actually sat to hear a whole story during a group circle time. Following that comment she asked to have the book placed aside for her at the library for a future loan. To see both a parent and child so fully satisfied by a new book and to have that parent and child enjoy it enough to want to come and use the resource from their public library collection is one of the best experiences to be had. It is the kind of experience that inspires all people who are interested in supporting early literacy development. Read to Every Kid Every Day is a great initiative that does an excellent job in bringing people and community organizations together to support early literacy development. The organizers are to be commended.