By Kitty Felde Ask any teacher about spring fever. It’s that time of year when attention spans are short and the pressure is on to get kids ready for the testing that takes up most of May. So how do you keep kids reading? How about the five letter word […]
Young Readers: Falling in Love Again: Top Five Questions to Ask a Kid About Reading
By Kitty Felde Perhaps I’m still thinking about Valentine’s Day, wondering about how we fall in love with another person. What is it about them that makes them irresistible? A much tougher question is: how do we get a kid to fall in love with reading? It’s hard enough to […]
Young Readers: Adventure Ahead – You’re Never Too Old for Dinosaurs
By Kitty Felde What do kids want in a story? What will make them pick up a book and actually make it to the last page? And then maybe even ask for more? I asked the experts: kids themselves. At the end of every Book Club for Kids podcast episode, […]
Young Readers: A Resolution for the New Year
By Kitty Felde Wouldn’t it be nice to simply create everybody else’s New Year’s resolutions instead of trying to follow your own? Can’t I just outsource my desire to lose ten pounds? Why is creating a new habit so darned hard? I spotted an interview with National Medal of Science […]
Young Readers: How YouTube Can Put a Book in Your Child’s Hands
By Kitty Felde Remember when parents complained about the amount of TV their kids watched? Now, it’s YouTube. I hear from parents over and over again that their kids aren’t reading, not because they’re distracted by video games or binge-watching Netflix, but because their eyeballs are glued to YouTube videos. Yet, YouTube […]
Inspiring Reluctant Readers with a SImple Challenge
By Kitty Felde It’s the question that frustrates parents and teachers alike: how do you get a reluctant reader to pick up a book? How does a book compete with video games and Snapchat? This month, we begin a new column in The Southwester: Young Readers. I’m Kitty Felde, host […]