PBS KIDS Share A Story
Bring a story to life. Singing. Pretending. Rhyming. Give your child words to grow by and get them excited about reading.
- Watch Ohio's First Lady Hope Taft share a story by reading to local children to kick off the state's participation in Read For 2004. Mrs. Taft is joined by Joel Caithamer of the Green Township Branch of the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County and by children from Cincinnati College Preparatory Academy, St. Bernard-Elmwood Place Elementary School, and various schools and preschools throughout Greater Cincinnati. (Video requires RealPlayer.)
- Celebrate reading with great activities from The Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County's Kidspace! Find book lists and stories to share, fun and games, polls and more. And don't forget that you can get your very own library card!
- Learn about ways that people who have vision or hearing loss share stories: View local children reading an ABC book written by Maira Allendoerfer-Fernandez. Maira is seen reading her book, followed by Chelsea Guinn using sign language to share the story with Angela Frith and Malcolm Tennyson of St. Rita School, and then Charles Hiser sharing the story with his mother, Kathleen. TV version features descriptive video.
- Read what our partners, St. Rita School for the Deaf and Cincinnati Association for the Blind, have to say about different ways that kids share stories.
CET's Ohio Writing Contest Winners
Hear three local students read their own stories: ABC Books based on B is for Buckeye, by Marcia Schonberg. The authors, winners of CET's Ohio Writing Contest, are:
PBS KIDS Share a Story is an unprecedented public service campaign to promote children's literacy through daily activities, including book reading, storytelling, drawing, acting, rhyming and singing.
Visit the PBS KIDS Share a Story website for a fun selection of story-related activities from PBS KIDS, reading resources from PBS Parents and PBS TeacherSource, a chance to share their favorite story, and news about upcoming PBS KIDS Share a Story events in Cincinnati.
CET Kids Club
www.cetconnect.org/kids
We are also very excited to tell you about our club and some exciting resources for you which will enable you to spend some quality fun, educational time with your children, grandchildren or other children in your care. Visit our Kids Club page to learn more! |
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Partners
CET presents PBS KIDS Share a Story in conjunction with:
Cincinnati Association for the Blind
www.cincyblind.org
2045 Gilbert Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-1490
(513)221-8558
The Cincinnati Association for the Blind assists more than 4,400 persons of all ages annually providing rehabilitation, counseling and employment and information services to help people who are blind, visually impaired or print impaired to live more independently.
How does Cincinnati Association for the Blind help people with vision loss share stories?
Cincinnati Association for the Blind and the children and adults it works with share stories in several ways. One way is through Braille, a system of raised bumps that allow a blind person to read by touch. Some people with vision loss can see some things, so CAB also helps people learn to use books, computers and other visual resources with very large print and pictures or use special magnifying tools.
Another fun way that CAB shares stories is through its Radio Reading Service. With a special radio receiver, listeners hear daily broadcasts of newspapers and magazines. Listeners can also make specific, personal requests for reading of printed materials, such as listings in dictionaries, yellow pages, stock quotes, or menus from local restaurants. Volunteers will read the information into the Personal Talking Print system (available through a touch-tone phone) so listeners can retrieve the information at their convenience.
CAB also shares stories with talking books, which are books and magazines that are read onto cassette tapes and flexible discs. The materials are played on talking book machines, which are special cassette and record players.
Here are some links that will tell you more about braille and services for the visually impaired:
Braille alphabet and nametag activity
When you meet a person who is blind
Braille activities for fun and learning
For Parents and Teachers: Arthur's Communication Adventure
St. Rita School for the Deaf
www.srsdeaf.org
1720 Glendale-Milford Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45215-1258
V/TTY: (513)771-7600
Since 1915, deaf children from across the country and around the world have been attending St. Rita School for the Deaf. Every day St. Rita School for the Deaf strives to teach communication for life through comprehensive communication. Students and staff use sign language, voice, technology, and much more to build their language through different types of communication. Currently, there are 133 students, infants through 21 years of age, who attend St. Rita School for the Deaf.
How does St. Rita School help students with hearing loss share stories?
St. Rita School for the Deaf teachers and students share stories through American Sign Language. American Sign Language is a visual language where you use your hands to express yourself and communicate.
At St. Rita School for the Deaf the teachers share stories with students through "read alouds." The teacher reads to the entire class using sign language and the students respond to the pictures, meaning, and language. The read alouds can be done individually or with a group.
Through shared reading, the teacher introduces the story to the students and then the students take the responsibility of reading the story. If the students do not know or recognize a word in the story, they look to other students in their class for support along with the teacher.
Here are some links that will tell you more about sign language:
American Sign Language (ASL) Fingerspelling dictionary and "converter"
Arthur Fingerspelling Word Puzzle
Learn ASL for types of pets
For Parents and Teachers: Arthur's Communication Adventure
