{"id":1791,"date":"2012-01-26T08:13:57","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T15:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/?p=1791"},"modified":"2012-01-26T08:13:57","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T15:13:57","slug":"horse-tales-and-florida-literacy-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/horse-tales-and-florida-literacy-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Horse Tales and Florida Literacy Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Horse Tales Literacy Project<\/a> had a big week! Lots of excitement and fun for everyone (even for the mounted police)!<\/p>\n

Here is the article in the local news – Orlando Sentinel<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Many youngsters, particularly boys, who struggle to read find that much of the reading material available is not interesting to them.<\/p>\n

Organizers of \u201cCelebrate Literacy Week, Florida!\u201d a statewide reading initiative that runs from Jan. 23 to 27, are trying to keep that divide in mind. A kickoff event held at Sadler Elementary in Orange County earlier this month involved a visit by a race car themed with this year\u2019s \u201cTake the Lead and Read\u201d motif.<\/p>\n

And on Tuesday, the Arabian Nights Dinner Theater in Kissimmee will be hosting first-graders from Ivey Lane Elementary School in Orange County to meet the Black Stallion. (They\u2019ll also get to see the \u201dTake the Lead and Read\u201d race car).<\/p>\n

As part of the Horse Tales Literacy Project, students got to meet a horse at their school before they started to read a book about horses. According to Lindsey Von Broembsen with Horse Tales Literacy, a nonprofit that uses horses to encourage reading, the Ivey Lane students have read \u201cLittle Black, A Pony<\/a>\u201d by Walter Farley.<\/p>\n

The Arabian Nights visit will precede their introduction to a second book, the sequel, \u201cLittle Black Goes to the Circus<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The students will get to learn about horse care at the Arabian Nights event. They will meet four horses to learn about horseshoes, feed\/hay, grooming and tack (saddles and bridles). The students also have the opportunity to read to a horse at each station.<\/p>\n

\u201cLetting them see them as real horses connects them to what they are reading and motivates them to read,\u201d Von Broembsen said.<\/p>\n

One of my favorite books about literacy, \u201cReading Don\u2019t Fix No Chevys<\/a>\u201d by Michael Smith, makes the point that students, particularly boys and struggling readers, will make the effort to read if they connect with a book. Initiatives like this are perfectly aligned to get youngsters interested in reading.<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading … and writing!<\/p>\n

Tim Farley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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