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Donna's Book Bag
Our blog, Donna’s Book Bag, offers information, tips and tools for understanding the role of family and early literacy play in closing the academic achievement gap and building strong families and children. Included are reading tips and strategies for families, information about the importance of early literacy, and details about the impact of our early literacy program in communities like Springfield, Brockton, and Lawrence, MA. Donna is Donna DiFillippo, our Executive Director. Original blog content is prepared by guest bloggers and many members of the Raising A Reader MA team. Please contact us if you would like to contribute content to Donna’s Book Bag.
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Mayor Curtatone of Somerville shares his reading thrills!
Posted on May 21, 2013 | No Comments“The thrill of reading is one of the most important values instilled in me as a young child. It is knowing that just a few words from even the shortest... -
The thrill of REAL magic: Author/Illustrator Brian Lies shares the thrill of reading
Posted on May 20, 2013 | No Comments“The thrill of reading is that it is REAL magic. What else transports you to a different place or time so convincingly? Movies grab you, but not as thoroughly as... -
This just in! Reading is thrilling for C.C. Chapman!
Posted on May 20, 2013 | No Comments“The thrill of reading for me is something I discovered at an early age. There is no better feeling in this world than when you are so engrossed in... -
RAR-MA Director Donna DiFillippo shares her reading thrills!
Posted on May 17, 2013 | No Comments“My thrill of reading is that it’s addictive…once you’re hooked on a good book you simply cannot stop. The clock says 3:15 AM and you have an early morning... -
Author Anita Diamant shares her reading thrills!
Posted on May 16, 2013 | No Comments“The thrill of reading is when I forget that the people I’m reading about lived 300 years ago because they are so much like my family and friends. And myself. It... -
“Why I read….” (for the thrills!) by David McCullough Jr.
Posted on May 16, 2013 | No Comments“I’m merely me, subject to a hundred and one confinements. I am limited to my race, gender, species, nationality, locus, experience, point of view. I was born when I was... -
“My very first reading thrill happened…” by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Posted on May 16, 2013 | No Comments“It happened, via Anna Sewall’s Black Beauty, in Mrs. Adams’ homeroom, P.S. 53 in Indianapolis Indiana, a low flat brick building with big windows and corn fields in the distance.... -
482 children at Everett’s Webster School discover the thrill of reading every week!
Posted on May 14, 2013 | No CommentsLast week, we received a grateful letter of support from the principal of one of the many schools that we work with around the commonwealth. It served as a great... -
Joining the call for action for parenting education by Donna DiFillippo
Posted on May 9, 2013 | No CommentsIn his well-researched New York Times op/ed (April 27, 2013), “No Rich Child Left Behind,” Stanford University Professor Sean Reardon makes a compelling case for investing in parenting education as part... -
“How to Thank a Preschool Teacher” By Megan Gregory
Posted on May 6, 2013 | No CommentsAs National Teacher Appreciation Week approaches and the school year draws to a close, parents of preschoolers are comparing teacher gift ideas on the playground and furiously pinning clever crafty...
