Reading Rockets' Start with a Book Website Makes Finding Great Books for Your Kids Easy
At the Start with a Book website, the work of
finding quality titles to read aloud that match the interests of your
child or fit with the theme of your summer program or camp is already done
for you! Each of the 24 kid-tested
themes at Start with a Book includes suggestions for fiction and
nonfiction books, hands-on activities, writing ideas, and links to apps
and websites to deepen summer learning experiences.Also be sure to check out Reading Rockets' Reading Tips to Go, which are simple reading tips sent directly to your cell phone as a text message. Here is an example:
Reading Tip: Can
you swap a mop? Write a swap poem. You write one line of a poem, and your
child writes the next, matching the rhythm and rhyming the last word. Get text messages like these in English or Spanish sent right to your mobile phone all summer: www.startwithabook.org/sms or text “READING” to 41411.
