Friday, February 27, 2009
Book Clubs for Kids
I have noticed this year that the kids in my class love to read the same books and talk about them. A couple of examples of this would be The Diary of a Wimpy Kid books and The Twilight Saga. While doing some research, I came across this website: http://www.readwritethink.org/beyondtheclassroom/summer/grades3_5/BookClub/ that shows how kids can form book clubs much like us adults do. I think this is a fabuluous idea and encourage parents to try this with your kids and their friends. The website gives ideas for different activities that can be done through these book clubs. One of the things that we are working on in our classes is good discussion and allowing the kids to take ownership of their own learning. This is a great way to encourage those discussions and the learning to continue outside of the classroom. I think it can be anything from a good chapter book to a nonfiction book about a topic the kids are all interested in. The beauty of our location is that many of the kids live fairly close to one another so this is a great opportunity for them to develop a love of reading together. If anyone decides to start one of these groups, please let me know how it goes. If you need any resources to go with that group, just let us know and we will see what we can get you.
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I agree on this totally engaging technique to pull our students into becoming lifelong learners, readers! Even working with adult learners, I found that book clubs provide a warm, familiar enviornment for all who attend. I generally choose titles that are older, with well known or award-winning authors, and that are also available in audio formats.
On my second career library placement, I taught at Job Corps, an alternative education setting for 16 - 24 year olds....once again I found book clubs were a wonderful way to bring together common interests. Among the clubs I sponsored for ladies was, The Secret Life of Bees, and I was able to get assistance from fellow male co-workers with the men's group reading of Monster, by Myers.
But as for our youngsters, I have found that book clubs really motivate because with clubs come not only a sense of belonging, fellowship and pride in completing challenging titles, but they also serve as an introduction to explore various authors' writing styles, it enhances vocabulary development, and provides a chance to hear the English language voiced and used in various tones and expressions.
Yippee for clubs!
I think that Book Clubs for kids are a fantastic idea!! And, kids are very capable of forming book clubs based on common interests! It makes me excited to hear about children who love to read and discuss books with each other.
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