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Talking About Books
It is important to take time to talk with your children about what they are reading, no matter how old they are or what grade they are entering. Help your children develop strong reading habits and skills by using some of these conversation starters:
- “I like…..”
- “This reminds me of….”
- “I wonder….”
- “This makes me think about….”
- What was the most exciting part of the book?
- Who is your favorite character and why?
- What surprised you the most about the story?
- How is this book like one you’ve read before?
Online Reading and Audiobooks
Unite for Literacy provides free digital access to picture books, narrated in many languages.
International Children's Digital Library a collection of digital books that represent outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world. Over 4000 digital books are included in 59 languages.
Teen Book Cloud is an online collection of ebooks and read-along chapter books, graphic novels, educational videos, and audio books! It can be accessed online using your Worcester Public Library card.
Storyline Online streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Readers include Viola Davis, Chris Pine, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, James Earl Jones, Betty White and dozens more.
Read Alouds with Ryan and Craig is a free, short-form reading show for children, parents & educators. Every week, Ryan and Craig read aloud a new children’s book. Past episodes, including hundreds of books are linked.
TumblBook Library Read along with highlighted text as you listen to digital picture books read to you. Includes books in 90 languages.
Rivet offers over 3,500 leveled books for kids - all free to read online.
Try a Breakout Room/Activity: https://breakouthome.com/
Offline Language Arts Fun
Hold a book club! Read the same book as a friend or family member. Meet in person, over the phone, or through Google Hangouts to discuss what you read.
Research and write about a nonfiction topic of personal interest such as a country or animal of your choice.
Play a word game! Scrabble, Boggle, and hangman are all great games for building vocabulary and spelling skills.
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