Reading Rockets

Today — March 2nd — is Read Across America Day! It's a day to celebrate the joy of books and reading and learning together. Reading is a social activity!

Visit to explore NEA’s resources and ideas to help you plan a meaningful celebration with the children in your life. You'll find the Read Across America calendar, with book themes and selected titles for each month. In March, our books champion kindness — where everyone can feel seen, valued, and included.

https://www.nea.org/professional-excellence/student-engagement/read-across-america

Learn the common terminology of reading research and how to gauge if a strategy or intervention can be implemented in your classroom with fidelity and a measurable effect on your students’ learning.

A Classroom Teachers’ Guide to Reading Research Learn the common terminology of reading research and how to gauge if a strategy or intervention can be implemented in your classroom with fidelity and a measurable effect on your students’ learning.

Celebrate National Wildlife Day by learning about some amazing animals and the habitats they live in. These free activity kits combine great kids’ books with hands-on activities:

Bird Buddies: https://www.startwithabook.org/summer-science/bird-buddies-book-based-science-adventure

Bug Buddies: https://www.startwithabook.org/summer-science/bug-buddies-book-based-steam-adventure

River Rangers: https://www.startwithabook.org/summer-science/river-rangers-book-based-science-adventure

Tree Trekkers: https://www.startwithabook.org/tree-trekkers-book-based-steam-adventure

Bird Buddies! A Book-Based STEAM Adventure Our STEAM-focused summer and out-of-school-time program is all about birds and birding in your community! How much we can all learn when we stop to look and listen! And what better way to spend a summer day or several than outside learning all about birds — from the connection between birds and di...

Give kids a chance to exercise different writing muscles — from poetry to persuasive writing. We’ve put together a number of fun, simple writing activities to do with your child or as a group activity with friends and neighbors.

Writing Ideas for Kids What you'll find here: Nature Journals Poetry Fun Recipe Share Review It! Explain It! Write Like a Journalist Write to Your Favorite Author Tips for Helping Young Writers Nature journals Science and math explorations provide your child with a chance to record all kinds of observations. Help your chi...

On Juneteenth, families across the country celebrate “Freedom Day” with community gatherings, parades, freedom walks, festivals — and sharing stories together. Celebrate Juneteenth with some of our favorite picture books!

Freedom Day: Celebrating Juneteenth The Emancipation Proclamation — that all enslaved people in Confederate states be freed — was signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, but it took two and a half years for the news of freedom to reach everywhere. Juneteenth (June 19th) commemorates the day that federal troops finally arrived...