This
article talks about k-2 students creating book trailers to spark interest in
books they have read. This amazes me
that kindergarteners, first graders and second graders are creating trailers
for books they have read. This sure is a
technological generation.
This
reminded me of my 23-year-old daughter as a young child. She loved…I mean loved… books, and still
does. Her favorite TV show was, of
course, Reading Rainbow. She loved hearing LaVar Burton read the
books and wanted every one of them. How
can you refuse that? Your kid is begging
for a book. We, of course, were on
Amazon.com placing a book order after every episode. We started videotaping
(Remember…this was the 90’s.) every episode.
Once the book came in the mail, we’d pull out the videotape and she
could read along with LaVar. If
creating book trailers was an assignment in her kindergarten class, she would
have created atleast one a day.
My
daughter’s interest in books has served her well. She did well all through school (in spite of
her dislike of math) and just graduated from MSU with 2 bachelor’s degrees, one in
Journalism and one in Advertising and landed a job with an advertising agency in the city.
Anything
that inspires the love of books in children is a positive influence. So, I
believe that kindergarteners through second graders creating book trailers is a
win-win.
Yeah! I got really excited when I read your post. I had to read about making book trailers for myself. I got really excited because I wanted my first graders to start making comments on the books they read. I didn't know how (summer to-do list) or if it would work, but this gave me hope.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter (and some of my former students) sound like your daughter. They love books. They devour them. But, many don't really know how to "sell a book." so that others would want to read it. We're going to slowly go through this process and hopefully we'll have some experts by June.