{"id":1617,"date":"2014-06-02T06:53:24","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T13:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/?p=1617"},"modified":"2014-06-02T06:53:24","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T13:53:24","slug":"creating-a-book-club-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/2014\/06\/02\/creating-a-book-club-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Book Club for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"kidsbookclub\"<\/a>Even though kids are typically more enthusiastic about electronics than hard-cover books, there are many ways to reignite their love for reading. Creating a book club is one surefire method to help engage your child with words.<\/p>\n

Book clubs for kids can offer parents, nannies, and most of all, kids, a chance to get creative, combine technology with reading and further their knowledge of topics they are passionate about at the moment.<\/p>\n

Learn how to kick start a book club for your children at home, school or in your neighborhood with these creative strategies that promote learning.<\/p>\n

The Planning Process<\/b><\/p>\n

A book club can be as easy to organize as a weekly play date, and this is a good time to involve your children in the planning process. Simply call a meeting with neighborhood parents, school teachers and their children to delegate a list of books and activities, then arrange a time and meeting place the kids can meet at on a weekly or monthly basis. Your children should be a key part of these discussions so they feel invested in the process and excited about the prospect of reading and engaging with their friends and neighbors.<\/p>\n

Themes and Things<\/b><\/p>\n

Beyond choosing books to read for your child\u2019s newly created book club, it\u2019s important to brainstorm themes and activities that tie into the text. You can also have preliminary meetings to determine book choices.<\/p>\n

Anne Kline<\/a>, author of a unique line of children\u2019s books and the owner of Kudzu Kids, LLC, recommends a \u201cMy Favorite Things\u201d theme to jump start the book club. \u201cEach week, the group can discuss a favorite thing topic and pick a book that goes with this theme,\u201d she says. \u201cThe books could be about sports or animals \u2013 really anything that is a favorite.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once the children have compiled a list of favorite things, they can pick individual books relating to the theme of the week. \u201cBy allowing each reader the opportunity to pick something that interests him or her, reading will be enjoyable,\u201d says Kline. \u201cIf we are interested in something, we tend to want to read about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kline suggests the following \u2018Favorite Things\u2019 themes:<\/p>\n