IRA Newsletter Weekly Project: Effective
Literacy Website #2
Website: KidLitTV
KidLit TV is a winner of the
Parents’ Choice Gold Award and has been selected as an American Association of
School Librarians Best Digital Tool for Teaching and Learning. KidLit TV was
created by a community of parents, educators, librarians, kid lit creators, and
award- winning filmmakers, all working together to create fun new ways to
reinforce an appreciation of reading that children will carry with them for the
rest of their lives. KidLit TV is a place to discover great children books and
connect with people who create them. KiLit TV offers KidLit TV Shows, KidLit
Radio, crafts and activities, and book trailers.
KidLit TV shows include topics such
as, StoryMakers, Read Out Loud and Ready Set Draw! In StoryMakers, authors are
interviewed by Rocco Staino, who is an important figure in the book community.
Here, students have the opportunity to hear authors and illustrators talk about
the making of their book such as, how they created their illustrations or who
inspired them to create their book. In Read Out Loud, students have the
opportunity to listen to a read a loud by the book maker themselves. In Ready
Set Draw, students have the opportunity to learn how to draw characters from a
book from the book’s illustrators.
KidLit Radio is a free literature
podcast for kids. It offers a variety of audio books for kids, read by the
author themselves! It also offers interviews from the author, which sometimes
consists of them giving background knowledge of the topics found in their book
or them talking about the inspiration for their illustrations.
This website also offers many crafts
and activities related to reading. There is a Kids Corner that features videos
of activities students can practice that are related to literacy. There is also
a Spark your Creativity section, where it showcases many arts and crafts
students can do.
Lastly, this website features many
book trailers for many different books and provides the option for students to
purchase the book online.
KidLit TV is an effective literacy
tool because it allows students to hear from the authors and illustrators of
many wonderful books. KidLit TV provides free read alouds, podcasts, crafts and
activities and book trailers. It also promotes children’s literature and
inspires kids to read, write and draw.
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