Creating Your Read Aloud to a Child Week 2006 Celebration

Tips for School and Public Libraries 

  1.   Set aside some special times to read aloud to children of all ages during the week. Invite parents to come too and give them tips for reading aloud to their children.

  2.   Provide books for children to take home with a note to have an adult or older sibling read aloud to them, as part of a class assignment. 

  3.  Invite the public library to school for a family read aloud  night and library card sign-up. Have read aloud time and book talk favorite read aloud titles. Serve refreshments. 

  4.  Combine your Teen Read Week celebration with Read Aloud to a Child Week, since they fall on the same dates.  Invite middle and high school students to read to younger ones.  

  5.  Hold a school-wide or library read-a-thon and invite local officials to participate. 

  6.  Hold a workshop for parents and older students about the importance of reading aloud. 

  7.  Recognize families who pledge to read aloud with a certificate which can be downloaded from the website.  Have a prize drawing for books and a party for those who meet their goal.

  8.  Have a special horror teen read aloud night using the Teen Read Week theme, “It’s Alive--@ the Library”. 

 9.  Visit the Read Aloud website at www.readaloudva.org for PDF versions of the materials described in this tipsheet. And help us plan for next year by filling out the short feedback form on the site.