by Rhea Muchalla LeGrande | Sep 13, 2024 | Children's Development, Uncategorized
While the temperatures might still be making some of us sweat, for me, it’s officially fall; leaves are turning hues of red, Halloween candy is tempting us from the shelves, and students across Kansas City are meeting their Reading Mentors. Every week, 1,400 members...
by Martha Conradt | Oct 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
With reading and mentoring sessions resuming this month, it’s the perfect time to enhance or refresh your skills as a Reading Mentor! You can do that by watching one or all of our short training videos. These four videos are packed with great tips and tools to help...
by Martha Conradt | Jun 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
First Grade Teacher Amy Oades of Lakewood Elementary in the Blue Valley School District loves to read. Her students do, too. They also love to make cards, so they started a Kindness Cards business, making cards and selling them to people in their community. The...
by Sarah Gaikwad | Feb 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Sharing another simple way to spread the word about Lead to Read. Simply use the “check in” feature on Facebook when you arrive or depart from your school each week. This allows your social media circles to be cued into how you’re spending you time and challenge them...
by Sarah Gaikwad | Jan 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
Recently a teacher suggested the following reading format/outline as help to the volunteers in her room. Consider trying it with your student! Talk about the pictures in the book Scan for obscure vocabulary to preview (ex. ‘machine’ in a book about a farm) Read...
