February 1 was World Read Aloud Day, the day we celebrate the profound power of the read-aloud! For 10 years, World Read Aloud Day has called attention to the importance of sharing stories by challenging participants to grab a book, find an audience, and read aloud. Here's how we celebrated this year:
We kicked things off with a live read-aloud event in our New York City headquarters for close to 200 NYC students that we also livestreamed. Classrooms around the country tuned in to watch authors Ross Burach, Sayantani DasGupta, Carmen Agra Deedy, and Peter Reynolds read aloud:
Later in the afternoon, we went live again! This time featuring read-alouds from our ELA and STEAM Clasroom Magazines editors:
We also shared lots of our brand new data from our Kids & Family Reading Report: The Rise of Read-Aloud:
This #WorldReadAloudDay, we're celebrating the good news from our #RiseOfReadAloud report: More parents are reading to their children from birth than ever before! See more of our findings: https://t.co/d9Kuf29yOZ pic.twitter.com/YCaZDNdhWU
— Scholastic (@Scholastic) February 2, 2019
We surveyed thousands of kids and families for our #RiseOfReadAloud report and learned that just about everyone loves sharing a read-aloud! Share a read-aloud with your loved ones today for #WorldReadAloudDay, and see more of our findings here: https://t.co/RNh50YusUA pic.twitter.com/CccvTdpVJu
— Scholastic (@Scholastic) February 1, 2019
This #WorldReadAloudDay make a commitment to keep the read-aloud going, even if your child is able to read independently! In our #RiseOfReadAloud report, the frequency of read-alouds drops significantly at age 6. But kids don't want it to stop! See more: https://t.co/jB7qHOFsjC pic.twitter.com/mB20KzY0pL
— Scholastic (@Scholastic) February 1, 2019
And we released a podcast episode all about the findings in The Rise of Read-Aloud:
More of our authors shared personal messages about why reading aloud is so important (see them all here!):
Hooray, it's #WorldReadAloudDay! pic.twitter.com/ZMvvsEFO9Q
— Hilary Leung (@hilary_leung) February 1, 2019
And we LOVED seeing how kids, parents, teachers, and librarians around the world celebrated:
Happy #WorldReadAloudDay! Empower your children with books, stories, and their imagination. Reading aloud to your kids regularly establishes a solid foundation in their educational development and creates lasting family memories. pic.twitter.com/TryR982gdW
— Carla Hayden (@LibnOfCongress) February 1, 2019
A fan favorite gets picked next What’s funnier than listening to your teacher read aloud so many silly words? Not much! (Even better, There are B I G lessons imbedded within ~ thanks Dav Pilkey for keeping it F U N) #WorldReadAloudDay2019 #WRAD2019 pic.twitter.com/4lKVaVj9uh
— Kym Harjes-Velez (@KymHarjes) February 1, 2019
Cornelia 1st graders Skype with students in Topeka KS for #WorldReadAloudDay #epsreads #IamEPS pic.twitter.com/NGXCJDdFIN
— Sherron Gaughan (@SherronGone) February 5, 2019
Who is excited for world read aloud day? This guy!! #HappyReading #WorldReadAloudDay2019 #BabyBroncho pic.twitter.com/e05lolab04
— Mrs. Corsaut (@MrsEmilyCorsaut) February 1, 2019
When your parent volunteers blow you away, and introduce you to books you’ve never heard of! #WorldReadAloudDay2019 @litworldsays @HortonsCreekES pic.twitter.com/ukMuPO4TW2
— Ms. Haithcock (@readerhawks) February 1, 2019
Thank you @Scholastic for helping us celebrate #NationalReadAloudDay & inspiring our quick write @peterhreynolds “Words help us do more.” “Reading is like a lock waiting for destiny.” “Reading makes the impossible possible.” #WorldReadAloudDay2019 #ExploreWells @CFISDWells pic.twitter.com/BwnWTgbir6
— Kyndra Hartzler (@mrshartzler4) February 1, 2019
I’m ready! Just a small selection of favorites Happy #WorldReadAloudDay everyone! Can’t wait to share the !! #WRAD2019 pic.twitter.com/22sPtQldU3
— Annie Silvestro (@anniesilvestro) February 1, 2019
World read aloud day @VogelESISD our friend from another class shared a book with us. #WorldReadAloudDay #seguinreads pic.twitter.com/NTzBKboSoD
— lizaguirre@seguin.k12.tx.us (@lizaguirresegu1) February 1, 2019
Even some celebrities joined in!
We'll celebrate with you again next year! Until then, keep the read-aloud going!
