Reading Rockets
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Teaching kids to read, especially those who struggle. Free resources for educators and families: classroom strategies, PD, kids' books & authors, and much more.
Washington, DC
Joined February 2008
Stay connected with @ReadingRockets ! You can also find us here: Facebook: https://t.co/zwUHMaZG7k…YouTube:
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Sign up for our 2025 #summerlearning tips. You'll receive 3 texts/week, with hands-on activities to keep kids reading, creating, exploring, & learning all summer! Text "READING" for tips in English and "LECTURA" for tips in Spanish to (855) 773-1019. https://t.co/GSNibLRKKE
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Sample tips Here are examples of the kinds of tips and activity ideas you'll receive though our text messaging service. Alphabet city On a walk together, look for the shapes of letters in the...
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Download our free summer toolkit from Start With a Book. "Tree Trekkers" gives kids a chance to read & learn about trees & their role in the ecosystem, their characteristics, life cycle, benefits & history, & how they've inspired art, music, & literature. https://t.co/7r1DpNSHWU
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Sign up for our 2025 #summerlearning tips. You'll receive 3 texts/week, with hands-on activities to keep kids reading, creating, exploring, & learning all summer! Text "READING" for tips in English and "LECTURA" for tips in Spanish to (855) 773-1019. https://t.co/GSNibLRKKE
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Sample tips Here are examples of the kinds of tips and activity ideas you'll receive though our text messaging service. Alphabet city On a walk together, look for the shapes of letters in the...
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Launa Hall’s travels take her to Crete, Greece, where she discovers the impact that the island’s deep tradition of writing and performing poetry has on developing readers: https://t.co/l4YtI94Gdw
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Reading with Heart: K-1 teacher, children’s book author & advocate Vera Ahiyya on how diverse books help nurture children's social & emotional development https://t.co/oNq6Dfp965
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Celebrate Diwali: The Festival of Lights with 12 of our favorite picture books! https://t.co/TowtnbFiHA
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Today (Oct 18) is #DLDAwarenessDay. Kids with DLD have difficulty with language — whether they are speaking, listening, reading, or writing. Learn about this common but often "hidden" disability.
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Increasing the Flow of Understanding: Place-Based Learning With Rivers https://t.co/LZNHCipi35 Check out our free books-based River Rangers toolkit:
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Explore, read, play, invent, build and learn — all about water and the rivers and streams in your community. Imagine building a model of a watershed to explore where water goes when it rains and...
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Name an animal, then put on some music and move like that animal to the music. Try it again with different animals and music. #SummerLearning #SummerActivities #SummerReading
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Take any printed word you see when out on a walk and challenge your family to mix up the letters to make other smaller words. #SummerLearning #SummerActivities #SummerReading
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Building Your Child's Vocabulary Talking to and reading with your child are two terrific ways to help them hear and read new words. Conversations and questions about interesting words are easy,...
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Encourage your child to reread favorite books over and over again. Builds #confidence, #expression and #fluency
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Ask open-ended questions like "What do you think?" or "Why did that happen?" to build critical thinking skills. #SummerLearning #SummerActivities #SummerReading
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Put kid observations and journals to use and have your child create their own field guide to local #birds, #flowers, or #trees. #SummerLearning #SummerActivities #SummerReading
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What you'll find here: Nature Journals Poetry Fun Recipe Share Review It! Explain It! Write Like a Journalist Write to Your Favorite Author Tips for Helping Young Writers Nature journals Science and...
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Did kids do a lot of reading this summer? Have them write to a favorite author! #SummerLearning #SummerActivities #SummerReading
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What you'll find here: Nature Journals Poetry Fun Recipe Share Review It! Explain It! Write Like a Journalist Write to Your Favorite Author Tips for Helping Young Writers Nature journals Science and...
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Every summer, programs serving children & youth in the DC area put Start with a Book resources into action. See how #summerlearning providers at @UCAlexandria in the Sacramento Neighborhood Center in Alexandria, VA, have engaged kids in books, bugs, & fun.
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You may know that Start with a Book is the companion website to WETA’s award-winning literacy initiative Reading Rockets and offers parents, educators, librarians, and youth programs amazing online...
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Turn your living room into a theater! Take turns reading a story together, then act it out using puppets, dolls, or stuffed animals. #SummerLearning #SummerActivities #SummerReading
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Make a list of things to find outside (acorn, stone, feather). Give your child the list and let the hunt begin! #SummerLearning #SummerActivities #SummerReading
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After you've read books about heroes, help kids write a song or poem to recognize an important everyday hero in their own life. #SummerLearning #SummerActivities #SummerReading
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Many kids are fascinated by superheroes, with their extraordinary powers and awesome adventures. We also celebrate the lives of real-life heroes — athletes, artists, activists, and government leaders...
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Bring along a journal or sketch book when you head outside and encourage kids to draw the #insects and #birds they see and make notes about their behavior. #SummerLearning #SummerActivities #SummerReading
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Doubt Crept In: Questioning My Faith in Reading Research: new blog post from literacy coach Margaret Goldberg @right2readproj
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