Establishing a Love of Reading in Children

SARAH WHITEFRIDAY, DECEMBER 14 , 2012

Establishing a Love of Reading in Children

Research Paper Topic

2009 study: Independent reading helps word recognition, vocabulary, fluency, language syntax, comprehension, and motivation grow.

Topic: reading and children’s literacy

Retrieved from Microsoft Clip Art

The Research Paper: Preparations

Difficult to find interesting, related sourcesIntense research the only way I found good

sourcesFinally found several interesting sources

The Research Paper: The Brain

What happens in the brain when a person reads: Photons bounce off of the page. They hit a wall of tissue at the back of the eye.

The brain guesses words using the first and last letters.


The Research Paper: Reading at Home

When children begin reading at home at an early age: Better readers Higher math scores Learn the alphabet faster


The Research Paper: Independent Reading

Encourages contemplationTeaches that reading is like going on an

adventureProduces avid readersConsistency and routine are important.Should be allowed to choose the majority of

the books they read


The Product: The Plan

Children’s book driveAll books donated to Coastal Women’s ShelterLink to research paper:

Provides books for children living in the shelters Gives children access to books in order to

establish or feed love of readingMentor: Linda Thornton

The Product: Preparations

Booking a venue: Craven Community College Library

A time and date: August 7, 2012; 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Creation of advertisements: Posters Facebook event Radio advertisements


This is a photo of me writing out the posters to advertize the book drive.


These are the finished posters.


This is a screenshot of the finished Facebook event after a few hours.


This is a list of places that I called or emailed to post an advertisement for the book drive.

The Product: The Book Drive

This is a photo of the table before the book drive began at the Craven Community

College library.

The Product: Post-Book Drive

This is a photo of the same space after the book drive was over.


This is a photo of the contents of two out of the nine boxes collected through the book drive, the rest of which were

equally full.


487 books collectedCreation of a book log

Book title Author’s name Number of books by that title

The Product: Book Log

This is a screen shot of the first bit of the book log that I created to coincide with the book drive’s donations.

The Product: Successes and Challenges

Successes: Carrying out the book drive Creating the book directory Delivering the books

Challenges: Planning out the product Public speaking

The Future

Four year universityBachelor’s degree in Creative WritingCareer in creative writingWrite something that will inspire people to

love reading

References

Clark, Ruth Cox. "Readicide – Killing the Love of Reading in Our Schools." Knowledge Quest Mar. 2011: 6+. Web. 9 Feb. 2012.

Ehri, Linnea C. "Learning to Read Words: Theory, Findings, and Issues." Scientific Studies of Reading. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2005. Web. 10 May 2012. <http://www.wce.wwu.edu/Depts/SPED/Forms/Kens%20Readings/reading/Readings/Ehri%20Word%20Learning.pdf>.

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National Education Association. "NEA - Facts about Children's Literacy." NEA - NEA Home. National Education Association, 2012. Web. 02 Feb. 2012. <http://www.nea.org/grants/13662.htm>.

Rasinski, Timothy V., and Nancy Padak. "Who Wants To Be A (Reading) Millionaire?." Reading Teacher 64.7 (2011): 553-555. Web. 9 Feb. 2012.

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Heinemann, 2008. 83-95. Print. Wolf, Maryanne Barzillai, Mirit. "The Importance Of Deep Reading." Educational Leadership 66.6 (2009):

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