Team Shine

Congratulations on all of your hard work to promote Laura!

Who have you read to this week?

Congratulations on your promotions Holly and Tiffany!

Team Shine celebrates our PaperPie StoryMakers for all kinds of milestones and benchmarks. These Brand Partners were rewarded with an extra box of free books because they recently reached the first level of their StoryStart! Congratulations, Brenda and Kelley!

The top tier trip has been earned by just a handful of amazing StoryMakers with PaperPie and on Team Shine, we are proud to celebrate Tricia Meyer for earning this trip. She and her husband will be enjoying Rome, Italy, this summer, and we can't wait to follow along on their adventures!

While some of our team are packing for a weekend getaway, some members of Team Shine (Rebecca Embrey, Tom Ihm, and Beth York) are preparing for summer adventures with spouses and family at the all-inclusive Hard Rock Resort in Punta Cana. Amazing work! We can't wait to see all your photos this summer!

Team Shine has some excellent leaders who were rewarded for their hard work with a Weekend Getaway! They could choose from four locations - San Diego, Colorado Springs, Chicago, or Charlotte. These are coming up next week, and we are so very proud of their efforts to help people through PaperPie!

Great work Team Shine on earning credit to go to National Convention in June and earning a credit to spend in the PaperPie Shoppe

Great work Team Shine on earning credit to go to National Convention in June

Reading is freedom. It opens up the world. Kids who don’t learn to read fluently by 3rd grade will struggle as the material gets more complex. Read below about a new program that helps kids learn to read - not guess- when they come across new words.

Teaching Kids to Read — Not Guess. Free Summer Program Launches to Help Parents Reading is freedom. It opens up the world. In my day job as an education researcher, I know that too many kids never learn to read well. Kids who don’t learn to read fluently by 3rd grade will struggle as the material gets more complex. That fact hit home this spring when I noticed my […]

You may have heard that literacy is the ladder out of poverty. Read below to discover more about how book deserts are having a devastating effect on literacy in the U.S. and what we can do about it.

Why I Gave Books to Nearly 7,000 Preschoolers So many kids in my home state of West Virginia lack access to books.

“When children cannot find themselves reflected in the books they read, or when the images they see are inauthentic or negative, they learn a powerful lesson of how they are perceived in the world,” explains Katie Potter, a senior literacy manager. “If readers cannot find characters who look like them and experience life in ways that they can relate to in the books they read, they can feel alone and isolated, all negatively impacting their academic engagement." While the publishing industry has much progress to make, the fact stands that showing children - all children- in books is crucial. Read to understand more of this important issue and what's being done within the industry.

A new study in Australia suggests daytime naps could help preschool children's learning of letter-sound mappings, which in turn boosts overall literacy acquisition. Read a book, then take a nap? Sign me up. Read below for the report and takeaways.

Naps May Boost Early Literacy - Language Magazine Anglo-Australian study suggests daytime naps could help preschool children's learning of letter-sound mappings.

Parents and educators need access to current research and best practices so they can effectively support kids with autism. Read on for several suggestions on ideas to help support families and those in the classroom.

How to Support Parents and Educators of Autistic Students - The Educators Room Parents and educators need access to current research and best practices so they can effectively support kids with autism.

We all know that reading aloud at mealtime makes it fun, but check out these other fantastic ideas!

Number 3 is so easy ... ... and works every time!

Study reports play-based learning may positively impact a young child's acquisition of literacy and math skills compared to direct teaching.

Learning Through Guided Play Can Be as Effective as Adult-Led Instruction up to at Least Age Eight - Neuroscience News Study reports play-based learning may positively impact a young child's acquisition of math skills compared to direct teaching.

“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning” — Fred Rogers. How can we be more playful caregivers? Read along for a great mindset shift and helpful tips!

How to Turn Playing With Children Into Child's Play Improv's "Yes, And..." rule can help you make imaginative play more palatable.

A student's self-perception of what they are good at and how good they are at different types of tasks predicts their future scholastic performance and choices. Read below to understand what this means for our kids and how we can encourage them in all areas...

Students compare their math and reading performance to determine whether they are a 'math person' or 'reading person' A student's self-perception of what they are good at and how good they are at different types of tasks predicts their future scholastic performance and choices. For example, students who perceive themselves as good at math are more likely to engage in math class, earn good grades in math, and enroll...

More American parents are choosing to educate their children at home. Jamie Gaddy of Georgia, the editor of ow.ly/TSMv104b0CI, shared expert tips on how to get started and stay consistent. ow.ly/vM3j1048yic

Homeschool.com Helping homeschoolers succeed with encouragement, advice, and free resources!

We are stacking up ways to enjoy reading this fall! What's your favorite spot to read in Autumn?
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❤️ Reading may be fundamental, but for many children it isn't very fun. Just as some students struggle with math anxiety, others are reluctant to sit down and read a book on their own. “If your initial experience with any phenomenon is more failure than success — if reading doesn’t start out as a happy thing — it’s kind of counterintuitive to expect that kids will want to come back to it,” says professor and author Peter Afflerbach. Discover how to best support struggling and reluctant readers here: https://wtop.com/news/2022/07/how-to-encourage-a-reluctant-reader/

When you read to a kid you’re saying, “You have my attention. I’m not just interested in this book, I’m interested in you. You are amazing and worth my time.” What a beautiful message we get to share with our kids. Drop a pic of you and your crew reading together below.

📸 Show me your readers. There's something magical, powerful, and inspiring when we see a whole thread of families gathered together around a book. 📸

So often we do this don't we - we make reading work. Me, too. But for today, let's just let the joy of stories, facts, and characters be enough. Let's enjoy this "precious gift" even if it's imperfect, distracted, or messy.