To Benefit Ready 4 Reading

November 11, 2010

Embassy Suites
670 Verdae Boulevard
6:00-7:30 Reception and Silent Auction
7:30-9:00 Dinner

Meet Local Authors

• Linda Kelly
• Ray Blackston
• Melinda Long
• Kate Salley
• Tim Davis
• Gene Fehler
• Michael P. Gibson
• Shirley Twiss
• Michael Cogdill
• Jean Hunt
• Mindy Friddle
• Dot Jackson

Book Signing Sponsored by Fiction Addiction

TICKETS $50

Cash Bar
Business Attire

Mail order tickets on sale now.
Send payments via check to:
Ready 4 Reading
P.O. Box 6684
Greenville, SC 29606
(be sure to include return address)

To Donate an Auction items: 864-250-8868

For more information about the events…
http://www.greenvillehd.com/greenville-sc-schools/Reading-By-8/

David Boulton, a learning-activist, technologist, author, and public speaker, will be presenting his platform for ‘turning up the learning’ at a series of events March 22-23, 2010, hosted by the Reading By 8 Project in Greenville, South Carolina.

Mr. Boulton is the president of Learning Stewards, a non-profit organization, and is the director of the Children of the Code Project. He is well-known by educators for his work on the societal and emotional effects of learning difficulties.

In his Greenville presentations and discussions, Mr. Boulton drew on The New Science of Learning public television special and his work on the Children of the Code Project to connect the dots between ‘turning up the learning’ and improving the health and development of individuals, families, communities, schools, businesses, workforces, and our overall economy.

David Bolton has recently posted the following videos filmed in Greenville to the project he directs, The Children of the Code.

COTC: GREENVILLE – READING BY 8: In March, David Boulton, Director of the COTC project, gave a series of presentations (United Way , Rotary International, Greenville University , Greenville Library, YWCA, and others) in Greenville, S.C.. Half the events were video recorded by Greenville HD and the other half by SCETV the local PBS station. Greenville HD produced a short video that includes excerpts from David’s presentations as well as comments from some of the organizers and attendees of the events. The video is available for viewing at the top of the”Events” page on the COTC site:

“COTC: Reading by 8:” http://www.childrenofthecode.org/workshops/index.htm#greenville

MIND-SHAME: SCETV, the local PBS station for Greenville, S.C., is creating a program for release this summer that will feature an interview with David Boulton as well as clips from his Greenville presentations. An excerpt taken from the interview in which David talks about “Mind-Shame” is available for viewing at the bottom of the “Events” page on the COTC site:

“Mind-Shame”: http://www.childrenofthecode.org/workshops/index.htm#presenter

As with all our videos these videos can be freely shared and embedded in your non-profit or public education courses, websites, blogs, Facebook pages, newsletters, and emails. Please continue to share our project’s resources with your colleagues and friends.

Greenville, SC – Join us at our FREE Annual Early Language Cat in the Hat Fun Day again this year to celebrate reading and our agency’s name change to Ready 4 Reading (formerly Lapsits for Early Literacy).

Where and When: 10 a.m.–noon Saturday, March 6, throughout McAlister Square, 225 South Pleasantburg Drive, Greenville, SC.

What: The Cat in the Hat event features 25 fun-filled stations hosted by Ready 4 Reading educators and community agencies such as Head Start, the Greenville County Library, and the USC Teach Program, who present parents with no-cost or low-cost ways to provide home reading awareness. Activities include interactive games, songs, stories, puppet shows, and finger plays designed for children aged one to five. Each family receives a new book in English or Spanish along with donated gently-used books to build home libraries.

Who: Each year 1,000+ families and children attend. More than 130 volunteers serve in making the event successful. Volunteers are needed on shifts Friday from 4–8:00 pm and Saturday from 8 a.m.–2:30 p.m.

Why: Giving parents the skills to make reading fun at home and ensuring that very young underserved children have access to books is the goal of Ready 4 Reading.

Ready 4 Reading, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, guides underserved parents and caregivers of primarily newborns through four-year-olds to create a love of books, develop readiness for reading, and provide children’s books in homes.

Contact: Carolyn Beckie, CAT Event Chair, 879-3839. Or the organization’s office at 250-8868. Last year’s event can be viewed at www.ready4reading.org.