14th annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers & Illustrators Contest
Accepting entries January 1, 2008 - April 9,
2008 Click here for more
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WFYI
LEARNING SERVICES IN
MAY
PBS TeacherLine is the premier professional development resource offering online courses for PreK-12 teachers. Trained, certified facilitators lead more than 100 top-quality six-week courses that span the entire curriculum: Reading/Language Arts, Science, Mathematics, Instructional Technology, and Instructional Strategies. Coursework can cover a complete sequence of study or address a specific requirement. And, online learning is fun, flexible and collaborative. Learn More...
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out this month's issue
of the Reading
Rockets newsletter. Here you'll
find information for parents and educators
about teaching kids to read and helping
those who struggle. More...
One
Book, One City - Indy's
Choice,
Volume 5 Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vennegut is
this years "Indy's
Choice."
An exciting new service
for Central Indiana older
adults has arrived! www.indycreativeaging.org utilizes technology to
offer an avenue through
which users can quickly
and easily find people,
places, events, activities
and services to enrich
their lives. Furthermore,
partner organizations
can market their services
and programs to this
exclusive user audience.
Visitors to www.indycreativeaging.org can
search for activities
of interest, establish
the accessibility and
senior-friendliness of
a facility or event,
and create a profile
to receive e-mail notifications
of preferred opportunities
offered by partner organizations.
WFYI, along with CICOA
Aging and In-Home Solutions,
the University of Indianapolis
Center for Aging and
Community, Indianapolis
Senior Center, and the
Arts Council of Greater
Indianapolis, are the
founding partners of
the web site.
PBS
KIDS Creates History
Detectives Web Site
A new interactive resource
for junior sleuths launched
June 21 in conjunction
with second season premiere
of the critically acclaimed
PBS series, History Detectives.
PBS KIDS online, in collaboration
with Oregon Public Broadcasting,
developed the site for
pint-size gumshoes to
solve real-life mysteries,
complete with games,
quizzes, printable detective
forms, and tools and
tips to become a Super
Sleuth. The
Web site will let
curious-minded children
everywhere be a “History
Detective.” Kids
are then given a set
of Golden Super Sleuth
Rules, the strategies
and tips essential for
carrying out their own
investigations. The junior
sleuths will also be
able to use a “virtual” Detective
Device, a handheld personal
digital assistant primed
to help answer specific
questions about their
queries into the past.
A section on Detective
Lingo allows kids to
learn key words and a
resource page includes
a list of recommended
spy novels for kids.
The games test a junior
sleuth’s knack
for uncovering mysteries
and will help them with
problem-solving skills
and reading comprehension.
The multiple-choice quiz
asking “Which Detective
Are You?” uncovers
a child’s personal
interests and compares
their interests to those
of the real history detectives.
Based on their selections,
they will be matched
with one of the four “On
Air” history detectives,
Wes Cowan, Elyse Luray,
Gwen Wright and Tukufu
Zuberi.
Make
Your Home Book-Friendly
the Between The Lions
Way
Make a special place
at home for reading
and writing. Spend
regular time with your
kid in the reading
space.
Find a well lit,
quiet corner with comfortable
seating. If you don’t
have the extra space,
set aside a regular
time for the kitchen
table, or some other
area, to become that
space.
Hang fun pictures
(you can get some from
your local library)
and your kid’s
artwork and writing.
Work with your kid
to come up with a name
for the library and
make signs, library
cards and bookmarks.
Designate an area
as the “library
shelves” with
bookshelves or some
other means of shelving
books.
Always keep writing
materials (paper, pens,
pencils, markers, crayons)
available and within
easy reach.
Make your kid a
co-librarian and together
start building your
library with new, used
or donated books.
Over time, stock
the library with a
range of books your
kid will enjoy and
find meaningful, including
age appropriate books
about your kid’s
hobbies and interests,
family background and
local area.
Use the space in
other ways related
to reading and writing.
Play “Pretend
Library” with
your kid, and take
turns being the librarian
or visitor.
Invite special guests
like family members
and friends into the
library. Have guest
readings of your kid’s
favorite books or have
guests bring their
favorite childhood
books to share.
WFYI has created a GUIDE
TO MEDIA LITERACY for
parents and teachers. This
resource book will help you
with strategies to use media
to teach, enable children
to interpret media, and provide
tips for managing media in
your home or classroom. Contact Christy
Prulhiere at cprulhiere@wfyi.org,
or call (317) 715-2071 to
request a copy.
PBS Ready To Learn
The core of Ready To Learn is a full day of non-violent, commercial-free,
educational children's television programming broadcast free of charge
to every American household. The daily broadcast includes award-winning
programs such as Arthur, Between the Lions, Clifford, Dragon Tales, Reading
Rainbow ,and Sesame Street.
Ready To Learn also provides extensive outreach services in local communities.
These services include workshops for parents, childcare providers and
other early childhood professionals and distribution of children's books
and PBS Families/para la Familia magazine. Ready To Learn is funded by
a Ready To Learn Television Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department
of Education through the Public Broadcasting Service.
PBS Teachers offers educators a wealth of free resources tied to
PBS TV programming and online content. Among the resources are monthly,
grade-appropriate thematic units for grades 3-12. In addition, educators
can Search for more than 3,500 free lesson plans and activities to use
in the classroom.
Our Mission
While renowned for its programming,
WFYI is more than just another radio
and television service. WFYI works
to help solve problems that are important
to the central Indiana community.
Through the years, programs on topics
such as literacy, substance abuse,
workforce development, and the environment,
accompanied by community outreach
efforts with other organizations,
focus attention on developing workable
solutions
