Teachers, Join Our Kidlit Chats with Michael, Age 6!
Michael, age 6, Loves Kidlit Chats
By Lisa Cohn
Teachers and parents, join our Kidlit Chats, during which Michael, age 6, discusses his and your kids’ favorite books.
Our Kidlit Chats are all part of our mission to instill in kids a love of books—especially dog books! Michael, who was featured on the Today Show for his passion for books and his YouTube book reviews, enjoys talking to children of all ages about books.
The best way to do a KidLit Chat with us is via Skype in the classroom. Teachers can sign up here:
https://education.skype.com/projects/9544-kidlit-chat-with-michael-age-6-mom-award-winning-authors
Generally, I ask a few questions to get the discussion going, and the kids jump right in!
Michael likes to point out character traits, identify patterns, discuss themes, and compare book series. And he loves to review books, explaining why he likes them and giving them ratings, sometimes in the billions of stars!
Here’s a video in which Michael discusses his favorite characters in the A to Z Mysteries. He compares their personalities:
Here’s another video in which Michael compares two of his favorite book series—A to Z Mysteries and Scooby-Doo, and gives a big thumbs-up rating to “The Panda Puzzle.”
How did all this get started, you may ask? Sadly, it began with the sudden death of our beloved Golden Retriever, Lucy, at the age of 6 due to cancer. To help us overcome our grief, we wrote our first book, “Bash and Lucy Fetch Confidence www.BashAndLucy.com.
When it was time to create a blog, we called it “Michael’s Dog Blog,” www.BashAndLucy.com/blog, and decided to feature videos from Michael. It was his choice to share his enthusiasm for dog books, and we posted our first dog book review when Michael was still 4 years old (almost 5) Here it is:
http://youtu.be/BgSQ8KcI4wc?list=UUaqm7IBSHh24KbrP0J7dTXQ
He has reviewed many books on our YouTube channel, and some of the reviews were in response to requests from independent authors.
We recently expanded our discussions to include mysteries, which are also Michael’s favorites.
Michael learned about the A to Z Mysteries by talking to kids globally via Skype, during our first Skype in the classroom lessons. That lesson teaches kids all about writing and publishing, and you can find it here:
https://education.skype.com/projects/7536-write-publish-and-publicize-an-award-winning-book
During these lessons—with kids of all ages from all over the world–we often find ourselves discussing Michael’s and students’ favorite books, so we decided to offer our Kidlit Chat.
Teachers and parents, please join in the fun! If you don’t have computers or can’t do Skype lessons, email us at BashAndLucy@gmail.com and we’ll arrange a visit somehow! You can also email us your thoughts, or write comments on our blog posts or YouTube page.
We look forward to discussing Kidlit with your children and students!
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