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Online reading resources to encourage youth literacy for International Read to Me Day

Families around the world, get ready to put on your comfy clothes and snuggle up with a good book, because Sunday, March 19, is International Read to Me Day(Opens in a new tab).

The worldwide literacy development campaign is sandwiched between February’s World Read Aloud Day(Opens in a new tab), supported by nonprofit LitWorld(Opens in a new tab) and sponsored by Scholastic(Opens in a new tab), and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO’s) International Literacy Day(Opens in a new tab), officially recognized on Sept. 8. Each is a large-scale initiative that aims to reduce global illiteracy and promote empowering learning environments for developing children.

A brightly colored illustration of various animals wearing human clothes and barbequing on the beach. The top text reads

Credit: Vaughan Duck / International Read to Me Day

A pink and blue watercolor illustration of a mother bunny reading to a group of smaller bunnies. The top text reads

Credit: Yvonne Mes / International Read to Me Day

Since relaunching the campaign in 2021, International Read to Me Day has become a year-round, 24/7 effort to provide reading opportunities and physical books to the global community. The organization assembles groups of volunteer “Reading Champions(Opens in a new tab)” who help in its mission to read to 1 million children each year.

Early access to language and reading is crucial to childhood development(Opens in a new tab) and the development of later literacy(Opens in a new tab). Nationwide, a significant decline in 2022 reading scores(Opens in a new tab) on NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) tests speaks to a need for broad and equitable access to literacy support.

PBS

A leader in free educational content for the public, PBS is a one-stop shop for literacy resources for educators, parents, and kids.

Reading Rainbow(Opens in a new tab)

Millennials probably remember Reading Rainbow, the PBS original hosted by Levar Burton that brought interactive stories to the screen for families around the country. You can still find original episodes of the show online, as well as accompanying reading and literacy activities(Opens in a new tab).

It’s also streaming on Amazon Prime(Opens in a new tab).

PBS KIDS YouTube(Opens in a new tab)

PBS KIDS posts free episodes of shows including reading-focused SUPER WHY!(Opens in a new tab) (catch them airing live all day long) and read-along videos(Opens in a new tab) on its YouTube page, as well.

LearningMedia(Opens in a new tab)

The main page for PBS learning resources is LearningMedia, which publishes free resources for educators across all K-12 subjects, including Social Studies(Opens in a new tab), English Language Arts, and the Arts(Opens in a new tab). You’ll find educational videos, interactive lessons and lesson plans, and other multimedia activities.

Head to the English Language Arts and Literacy page(Opens in a new tab) for foundational lessons(Opens in a new tab) on phonics, sentence construction, and reading comprehension. The Literature(Opens in a new tab) page hosts a collection of videos, plot summaries, and excerpts to practice spotting main ideas, character studies, and literary techniques.

PBS KIDS for Parents(Opens in a new tab)

PBS KIDS’ parent-oriented web page publishes activities and learning advice(Opens in a new tab) for building strong readership in kids ages 2-8 years old. The page also directs caregivers to resources tied to PBS shows that focus on building a strong vocabulary and literacy foundation, like the generational classic Sesame Street and Word Girl(Opens in a new tab).

As the organization writes, “The most powerful ways to develop children’s literacy skills are also the simplest: talk to them, listen to them, read to them and write with them.”

Scholastic

Publishing house and youth education resource Scholastic fosters greater at-home reading through online resources and reading opportunities, as well as its Raise a Reader blog(Opens in a new tab) for caregivers.

Scholastic Parents(Opens in a new tab)

Scholastic’s Parents website, a quick stop offering suggested readings and tips for growing young readers, publishes online read-aloud guides for caregivers(Opens in a new tab), reading resources and tips(Opens in a new tab), and printable activities(Opens in a new tab).

Storyvoice app(Opens in a new tab)

Storyvoice is Scholastic’s live read-along app for grades K-5, which brings together popular children’s books authors and illustrators, reading advocates, and kids themselves to read aloud, dance, and enjoy popular stories. Each week, families can tune in to hear a live reading(Opens in a new tab), interact with the day’s host, and watch the previous session’s recordings.

The free app is available for desktop viewing(Opens in a new tab) and is downloadable on the App Store(Opens in a new tab) and Google Play(Opens in a new tab).

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Reading Is Fundamental

Reading is Fundamental(Opens in a new tab) is a nonprofit literacy organization that runs several programs and grant partnerships with the goal of fostering greater reading at home, in classrooms, and in communities.

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Each month, the organization selects a specific reading theme and hosts a live read-along event(Opens in a new tab), accompanied by additional reading resources like book activities(Opens in a new tab), games(Opens in a new tab), and recommendations(Opens in a new tab).

Storyline Online

Storyline Online(Opens in a new tab) was created by the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) Foundation(Opens in a new tab) and features dozens of read-along videos(Opens in a new tab) hosted by celebrities and creatives. Its read-along video library is cited by other literacy groups, like LitWorld, and the organization accompanies each video with supplemental curriculum support developed by elementary educators. The goal of Storyline Online’s videos is to encourage and strengthen reading comprehension and verbal and written skills for English-language learners, the site explains.

Check out videos like actor Kiernan Shipka reading The House That Jane Built(Opens in a new tab) or Emmy-winner Sheryl Lee Ralph reading Jabari Jumps(Opens in a new tab).

Bookmarks

If you have a Netflix subscription, consider popping on its original show Bookmarks(Opens in a new tab) for an easy read-aloud activity with your kids. The show, which premiered in 2020, was created as both an educational and empathy-building exercise, focused on stories that spark kid-friendly discussion of equality and anti-racism. Each of the 12 episodes features a well-known Black celebrity reading a children’s book written by a Black author, like Lupita Nyong’o reading her own book, Sulwe.

Vooks

Credit: Vooks

Vooks(Opens in a new tab) turns children’s books into interactive read-along videos featuring engaging animations, music, and voiceovers to encourage ad-free viewing and a 20-minutes-each-day literacy plan for kids, parents, and even teachers. The website offers a selection of free videos(Opens in a new tab), as well as subscription plans(Opens in a new tab) to unlock more content. Teachers can sign up for free(Opens in a new tab) to access a full range of Vooks read-alongs.

Find additional resources(Opens in a new tab), like writing routines(Opens in a new tab), classroom resources(Opens in a new tab), and printable activity sheets(Opens in a new tab), on the Vooks website.

YouTube reading channels

YouTube is full of free read-along accounts that post an array of books shared by a community of online readers.

Black Dad Reading(Opens in a new tab)

The Black Dad Reading channel is hosted by “Mr. Calloway” and was created in part to show a positive male figure for young viewers. The page describes itself as wanting to share diverse stories with readers of all levels.

Dixy’s Storytime World(Opens in a new tab)

This brightly-colored channel posts daily read-aloud videos of children’s books, complete with calming narration and original illustrations. The videos are intended to feel like part of a nightly bedtime routine and veer away from 3D animations and loud noises.

Reading Is(Opens in a new tab)

Another narration-based YouTube channel, Reading Is posts weekly animated read-aloud videos of popular and classic children’s books, like Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and The Kissing Hand.

The Gracie Series(Opens in a new tab)

Based on The Gracie Series(Opens in a new tab) by Dr. Grace LaJoy Henderson, this channel shares free audiobook and read-aloud versions of the autobiographical children’s stories, in an effort to foster a “love of reading and learning in preschool and elementary students.” Each video is accompanied by discussion questions for viewers following along.

The Department of Physical Education at UAEU organize the “ Fitness Open Day “

Al Ain: As section of the functions of “UAEU Innovates 2023”, the Physical Instruction section in collaboration with Fatima Bint Mubarak Women Sports Academy organized the “Physical fitness Open up Working day” for female pupils. This occasion aimed to increase consciousness about the relevance of physical exercise and its wellness added benefits.

Physical fitness open up days have involved various sporting activities pursuits, like relay races, tugs of war, volleyball, basketball, and various sporting activities activities. Physical overall health and exercise indicators have been measured by individuals. The college students of the Actual physical Education Office sent these actions under the supervision of the College instructors.

Dr. Gehan Handouk, an instructor in the Actual physical Instruction office, has provided an awareness lecture in which she pointed out the significance of doing actual physical functions, and the advantages that the learners and culture can obtain by shifting their behaviors, working out/staying active, and adopting an active way of living. She also emphasized the purpose of sporting activities and its impact on the physical visual appearance of the unique, as properly as the capacity to obtain actual physical abilities. She also drop gentle on the result that actual physical actions can have on boosting an individual’s psychological point out and temper/mental health and fitness.

She added, “Physical fitness can increase the general wellness as it can make improvements to the crucial capacity of the lungs, and the heart. In addition, it can produce the muscular method and prevent the unfold of conditions, specifically coronary heart illnesses. Additionally, physical fitness can increase the control of system body weight.”

On the other hand, Maryam Al Mansoori, Head of Coaching Applications Office at the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Sports activities Academy, reported, “The academy will maintain up its groundbreaking role in empowering females and boosting their job in all the sports activities field by supporting the incredible female athletes. The academy will also proceed to participate on all situations and celebrations worried with women’s sports activities. It will also arrange forums, seminars, and conferences devoted to women’s sports. This is since we stay in the state of achievements and are blessed by a sensible leadership that believes in women’s capabilities, which therefore built it a world wide job design for other countries.”

Al Mansoori extra, “We are pleased to be present in the UAE university in its open up exercise working day, and are happy to participate in its functions that intention at strengthening the community activity, and keeping a friendly atmosphere concerning the members, which will fortify sportsmanship and promote group cohesion as activity has develop into a way of life for numerous. These activities deliver the chance to appreciate athletics functions and competitiveness inside the relatives environment.”

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International Mother Language Day: Countries must implement mother language-based education and learning programmes

Little ones, younger people today and older people call for studying prospects in their mom tongue, which can be combined with the formal language of instruction, an approach identified as multilingual training. Multilingual instruction aids learners to discover better with more self confidence. At least 40 per cent of the additional than 6,700 languages spoken all around the environment are threatened with extinction in the long time period, as the selection of speakers dwindle and youngsters are taught in their society’s dominant language relatively than the 1 they speak at dwelling.

Mr David Atchoarena, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Mastering, said: “Offering training in the mom tongue is critical to transmitting and preserving standard information and culture. Children, youth and adults have to have understanding chances that are relevant to their lives and needs. This also involves having obtain to an education in their have language. Proof exhibits that these provision contributes to bettering discovering and building self-assurance and self-esteem.”

UNESCO’s Planet Inequality Database on Education and learning indicates that, globally, children taught in the language they speak at property are 30 per cent a lot more very likely to read through with comprehending by the close of primary school than individuals who do not communicate the language of instruction at house. Proof also shows that children’s social abilities are enhanced by mastering in their mother tongue.

Celebrations in the UIL host town of Hamburg, Germany

Residence to citizens from 175 nations, UIL’s host town of Hamburg, Germany, boasts a extensive cultural range. Honouring the city’s custom of internationalism, the Hamburg Institute for Trainer Instruction hosted a celebration of Intercontinental Mother Language Working day on 18 February 2023, with a keynote speech from Ms Rakhat Zholdoshalieva, UIL Workforce leader, and representation from the Hamburg Ministry of Education and learning and a wide wide variety of civil modern society corporations.

Ms Zholdoshalieva explained to the 300-furthermore contributors: “We want to embrace multilingual instruction dependent on the mom tongue from the earliest many years of schooling. Based on empirical evidence, we know it performs. It is very important to share information and working experience to encourage multilingualism in lifelong understanding. As a result of activities these as this one particular, we can link with individuals and organizations, and understand from and with just about every other.”

UNESCO qualified prospects the Indigenous Languages 10 years 2022-2032, a 10-year action plan to draw the world’s interest to the important loss of Indigenous languages and the urgent require to preserve, revitalize and celebrate them.

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Mom Language Day celebrations at UNESCO on 21 February

First USI Be a Teacher Day draws over 365 area high school students

The Pott School of Science, Engineering, and Education and learning will host its initial Be a Instructor Day starting at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, February 15. The celebration will highlight the career of instruction, make it possible for students to meet existing instructing specialists and request concerns about the job. The working day will kick off with a welcome and panel dialogue in Carter Corridor in University Middle West and will changeover to other parts of campus ahead of returning to Carter Corridor for keynote speakers.

“We hope USI’s Be a Trainer Day will turn into an annual occasion,” says Dr. Jill Raisor, Chair of the USI Trainer Schooling division. “The strategy guiding the working day is to encourage higher university learners to study about the career of training. We want to provide a good concept about teaching that leaves the college students inspired to pursue a career as a trainer. For the first 12 months of this occasion, we predicted 50 participants. We were being pleasantly stunned by the outpouring of curiosity from across our region.”

The celebration is predicted to incorporate around 365 high college freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors from the Tri-point out region in attendance. Learners will have an prospect to discover about the USI Instructor Education and learning system and its offerings interact with a preschool (P) by grade 12 schooling panel comprised of local professionals, together with Dr. David Smith, Evansville Vanderburgh University Corporation Superintendent, Matt Thompson, Superintendent MSD of Mount Vernon, and a lot more take part in a classroom working experience and tour the Schooling Centre. Dr. Rob Carroll and Dr. Stacey Murray, Assistant Professors of Instruction, will also give a keynote presentation.

“Indiana is dealing with a significant instructor scarcity, and we want to inspire, motivate and get people psyched about turning out to be instructors,” says Dr. Tori Colson, Assistant Dean of the Pott Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Training.

According to a report from the Indiana Department of Training, there have been extra than 2,300 open instructing positions in the state heading into the 2022-23 faculty yr. “We are very pleased of the perform USI had done to teach academics for the condition,” suggests Colson. “Over the very last 3 a long time, our plan has graduated extra than 360 undergraduate learners and virtually 50 graduate learners. But we have space for growth, and we are completely ready and enthusiastic to be section of the answer.”

Dr. Ronald S. Rochon, USI President, will discuss with students to close out the function. With above 30 many years of training knowledge spanning pre-k by way of 20, he has taught courses on the history of American training, culturally appropriate and responsive teaching techniques and organizational management.

“My enjoy for training drives what I do each individual working day, and I am happy that our campus has some of the most effective lecturers within just academe. In my perform as an educator, I have targeted on the requirements of numerous learners in underserved faculties and communities, as perfectly as their over-all contributions to culture,” Rochon claims. “Today, the have to have for experienced instructors is important, and to believe more than 365 neighborhood college students will be on our campus to learn far more about this noble job is further than remarkable.”

USI’s Trainer Education Division gives a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science by the adhering to majors:

– Early Childhood Training

– Elementary Schooling

– Specific Training

The Trainer Education and learning insignificant in secondary/P-12 training may well accompany any of the adhering to majors to prepare willpower-distinct teachers:

– English Educating

– Heritage Training

– Mathematics Training

– Science Teaching

– Earth/Space Science, Chemistry, Life Science, Actual physical Science, Physics

– Globe Languages and Cultures Instructing (P-12)

– Actual physical Education and learning (P-12)

– Visible Arts Training (P-12)

For a lot more information and facts, stop by the USI Teacher Schooling website or get in touch with Raisor at jmraisor@usi.edu.