Read-Aloud Resolutions for 2008
Start the year off with a pledge to your family that you will include books and reading aloud as part of every day. Here are some ideas!
February
Fall in LOVE with books!
Take a look at Grandma Mimi’s list of children’s book about love and kindness. Read together with your child every day and fall in love with books!
February 23 (Saturday) Read-Along Songs with Cal Walker and John Simon 10:00 - 10:30 AM, Wegmans Café, 2nd floor
Sing along to "Itsy, Bitsy Spider," "Miss Mary Mack" and other favorite songs that have been made into books. A free family program sponsored by Wegmans, celebrating 20 years of making a difference in our community. More about Read-Along Songs Order Read-Along Songs online Order Read-Along Songs by mail or fax
March
March 1 (Saturday), 10am-12noon Art-full Family Saturday
Come enjoy a reading of "At Home with Books," with Katrina Morse, author, illustrator and Family Reading Partnership assistant director, at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art on the Cornell campus. Free for Museum Members/$5 per family for non-members. Make your own book or art activity!
March 15 (Saturday) RED HOT SUCCESS!
On March 15, 2008, the Family Reading Partnership hosted its first ever Red Hot Gala! Nearly 200 friends of Family Reading Partnership gathered to celebrate 10 years of connecting families and babies to books in our community! Together we raised over $12,000 during this special evening. Congratulations to Marty Allee, Tompkins Trust Company and Triad Foundation for being selected as the 2008 Read To Me Heroes! View Gala Photo Gallery
April
It's National Poetry Month! Download your own poetry booklets! Lap
Where’s my lap? Where’d it go?
It was here a minute ago.
I know! I STOOD UP!
Here’s my lap, back again.
It seemed to disappear and then
I SAT DOWN!
- from "Zig-Zag: Zoems for Zindergarten" by Loris Lesynski
April 5 (Saturday), all day Barnes & Noble Book Fair Benefit for Beverly J. Martin Elementary PTA
Barnes & Noble will be donating a portion of any purchase in the store, including the café (be sure to mention that you are there to support BJM). Special performances 10:30am-noon. Cal Walker and John Simon perform Read-Along Songs at 11:00am.
April 12 (Saturday), all day D.E.A.R. Day! Drop Everything And Read!
Read aloud with your family today and continue reading aloud every day. Today is also author Beverly Cleary’s birthday!
More about D.E.A.R.
April 27 (Sunday), 11am-1:30pm Annual 21 Run and Story Walk
Join us at Cornell Plantations, Forest Home Drive for a 5K benefit run or 1K family walk. Families can enjoy meeting Mother Goose and hearing Cornell lacrosse players read books aloud at the Story Walk around the pond. Donations welcome. This event is held in memory of Mario St. George Boiardi, former Cornell University lacrosse player and team caption. 21 Run registration form
May
Welcome to School Books given at Registration
Kindergartners in the TST BOCES area schools will be receiving as a gift from their new school, "A Splendid Friend, Indeed" by Suzanne Bloom. More about the 'Welcome to School Book' program
May 13 (Tuesday), 4:00 pm Kids’ Book Fest ‘08 first planning meeting at Boynton Middle School conference room.
Add your ideas to the brainstorming for our Kids’ Book Fest. Our featured book is “My Father’s Dragon” by Ruth Stiles Gannett Kahn. What kinds of activities and decorations can you dream up? Join us!
June
June 3 (Tuesday), 4:00 pm Kids' Book Fest 2008 planning meeting at Boynton Middle School conference room.
We'll be deciding on a tagline based on the theme of "Adventure." Join us and add your ideas!
June 14 (Saturday), 12 - 2 pm Dad's Ugliest Tie Contest! Enter your dad’s ugliest tie from June 1st – June 12 in a contest at The Shops at Ithaca Mall (formerly Pyramid Mall) at the Customer Service Booth in front of Borders Books. Entry fee is $5. All proceeds benefit Family Reading Partnership. Winner will be announced on June 14th at 1pm. Prizes provided by Best Buy and Hangar Theatre. Read more about the contest!
Summer Sprouts meets every Wednesday all summer long and features stories and gardening activities for young children ages 2-5 and their caregivers. FREE
July
July 4 (Friday), 10 am - 2 pm Read Write and BBQ at Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Road
Story times at 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, and 1:30.
Make your own book with the Family Reading Partnership.
Bring a gently used book for the Bright Red Bookshelf and receive $1 off admission per visitor.
