STS! Gets Curious at the Tucson Festival of Books
by Sharon O’Brien – Stories that Soar! Artistic Director Another wildly successful Tucson Festival of Books has passed! I feel so blessed to have this amazing show of support for literacy celebrated in our community each year. Since the Festival’s beginning nine years ago it has supported our work here at Literacy Connects with thousands […]
Refugee & Immigrant Students Need Your Help
Everyone is welcome at Literacy Connects With your support, our programming helps thousands of refugees, immigrants, and their families every year. We work to help them reach their individual goals, whether they’re learning English, working toward their GED, or studying for their citizenship test. Improving reading, writing, math, and English skills helps refugees and immigrants […]
Inspire a Love of Reading: Give Books
Donate: K-1st grade (ages 5-7), new or gently-used children’s books at one of our local partners. My 92.9 has teamed up with Literacy Connects to celebrate Love of Reading Month with a children’s book drive. Donations of high-quality, new or gently-used books will go directly to children in need through Literacy Connects programming. Literacy Connects gives […]
Why We Write – STS! Kid Authors Express Themselves
Guest blog by Sharon O’Brien – Stories that Soar! Artistic Director The last Stories that Soar! show of 2016 took place in December at Blenman Elementary, and it was a show to remember. The Stories that Soar! (STS!) cast and crew delivered a beautiful and well-rounded show that brought so many people together to laugh, […]
The Magic of Humor: A Review of The Mercy Watson Series
The Mercy Watson Series Author-Kate DeCamillo Illustrator- Chris Van Dusen Fountas and Pinnell level-K The Magic of Humor – Book Review by Marsha Schlanger The Mercy Watson Series by Kate DiCamillo is a delight for many young readers. These stories are witty, funny, and are bound to engage even the most shy, reluctant readers. Mercy Watson is a selfish, good-natured, […]
What I Learned from a Reading Seed Coach: The Bigger Picture
A guest blog by Reading Seed Program Coordinator, Katie Cooper. Consider the picture above. What do you see? Most of us will focus on the tiny black dot in the middle of the box. Did you notice all the blank white space around it, though? In reality, the dot is just a small part […]
Literacy Connects is a Safe Place
Special Blog from Betty Stauffer, Executive Director of Literacy Connects. Literacy Connects, as our name implies, is a connector. We connect to, with, and for people of all ages—regardless of age, race, gender, religion, national origin, or sexual orientation. This is a scary time for the hundreds of immigrant and refugee children and adults that […]
STS! Celebrates 15 Years at Sam Hughes Elementary
On a sunny, 90+ degree day in October of this year, the Stories that Soar! team brought their A-game to the stage at Sam Hughes Elementary. The performance marked the 15 year anniversary of our relationship with Sam Hughes Elementary. That’s fifteen years of incredible student stories coming to life on stage. After the show, […]
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett – Book Review by Violet
Extra Yarn Author-Mac Barnett Illustrator-Jon Klassen Fountas and Pinnell level-L Extra Yarn, a Caldecott honor book and a New York Times bestseller, is a story about a little girl named Annabelle who finds a box full of colorful yarn. Annabelle does the only sensible thing to do when one finds a box […]
Exploring Literacy in Mexico
This week we have a guest blog from Jessica Dennes, our Reading Seed Coach Manager and Trainer. Over the summer she studied literacy abroad in Mexico and reflects on her experiences below. As the Volunteer Manager and Trainer for the Reading Seed program of Literacy Connects, I am naturally curious about literacy in various settings. So it […]
