Celebrate Poetry All Month Long with Read, Discuss, Do

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  Happy National Poetry Month! We are celebrating National Poetry Month with a weekly poetry challenge all month long. To follow along, subscribe to our newsletter or check back here every Monday and Friday throughout the month of April for updates.  Kickoff: Books and resources for National Poetry Month   Week one: Read and write haiku  Article: A Brief History of Poetry by Marci Whitehurst Week two: Read and write odes Article: Eight Creative Ways to Explore Poetry All Year Long by Rebecca J. Gomez Week three: Read and write riddle poems   If you and/or your children/students participate in any of our challenges this month, we'd love to hear from you.  You can  email  us or  tag us  on Instagram (use the hashtag #RDDPoetryChallenge or #RDDPoetryMonth). We will be sharing some readers’ poems in a round-up post at the end of the month, so if you’d like your poems to be considered, please let us know when you send them.
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Summer Challenge Printable Calendar

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 The Summer Challenge begins in just over a week! If you haven't signed up and entered the giveaway yet, head over to this post to jump in. You can win a copy of Federico and the Wolf by Rebecca J. Gomez!

The Read, Discuss, Do! Summer Challenge is all about pairing books with summer fun! Every Friday, beginning June 3rd, we will share a weekly theme along with book recommendations, discussion starters, and ideas for summer activities to extend the fun of story time. What better way to connect with your kids and prevent the summer slide? 

Would you like a heads up about the weekly themes? Download our printable Summer Challenge calendar! It includes all ten challenge themes and ideas for activities you can do each week. Plus it's a colorful and fun remind to hang on the fridge! Click here to download the PDF.

You can also download and print these Summer Challenge bookmarks for your kiddos to color and use this summer. And don't forget to share the graphic below on social media to help us spread the word. Be sure to use #RDDSummerChallenge!





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