A cool fan-made video does a great job of capturing what it’d be like to be there, taking in the World Cup festivities (although he seems overly taken with the “RAF from England shot one down” section!)…
<iframe src=”//player.vimeo.com/video/100567648″ width=”500″ height=”375″ frameborder=”0″ webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/100567648″>WCBrazil2014</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/user30032322″>Rafael Aparicio</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p>
The TD Summer Reading Program is once again in full swing at libraries across Canada. Â Here’s a pic of Pace and I with one of the entertainers (Walden the Wizard?) I brought in when I worked at Southeast Regional Library.
Pace seems a bit uncertain of this wizard’s powers! đ
No minimum page counts.  No incentives.  No countdown clocks.  No video game ban threats.  Instead, according to this article, just put books in front of kids in the places they’re most likely to get bored and watch what happens.
This article’s theory is especially interesting in light of the typical library summer reading program which does many of these things you’re not supposed to – incentivizing reading with contests, rewards for reaching certain page or minute counts and so on.
The article does speak highly of libraries as the best place to get that wide variety of books that will tempt your kid though…
Frequent trips to the library not only allow you to fill your bookcases at no cost, they are a great place to linger in cool quiet during the heat of summer. And lingering in a place with a lot of books might lead to reading. If your child doesnât want to go, tell him you need to go, and say that the most convenient time for you is during a trip to take him somewhere he wants to go.
…as well as the value of leisure reading (and knowing that’s different than the type of required reading you often have to do at school):
If she only reads for school, she may think that reading means plodding through a âclassicâ book, start to finish, and that leisure reading differs only because she doesnât have to write a report when sheâs done. But leisure readers know that reading can mean non-fiction, or graphic novels, or manga. Leisure readers feel free to skip around, peek at the conclusion, skim boring parts, or drop a book altogether. If your child doesnât know these things, tell her.
A cousin’s Facebook post reminded me that today marks ten years since my Grandma Hammond passed away.
It’s hard to believe how quickly time has flown!
I had the great privilege of delivering her eulogy and although I know some family members were a bit uneasy about the fact that I didn’t do a very typical eulogy which included at least one somewhat risque anecdote, I feel like I did her spirit proud.
