Literacy Archives — Planet Word Museum The museum where language comes to life Fri, 25 Aug 2023 17:26:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://planetwordmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-PW_Logo_BLUE_circle-2-1-32x32.png Literacy Archives — Planet Word Museum 32 32 A Manifesto for Planet Word 2.0 https://planetwordmuseum.org/a-manifesto-for-planet-word-2-0/ Mon, 05 Jun 2023 21:48:51 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=7198 Back in 2013 when we started planning a museum of words and language, it was mainly intended to be a new way to bring disaffected readers back into the fold…

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]]> Happiness and Literacy: The Dinner-Table Connection https://planetwordmuseum.org/happiness-and-literacy-the-dinner-table-connection/ Tue, 21 Feb 2023 15:53:11 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=6593 In an interview with The Washington Post’s weekly family section (“The mundane, radical, fun, painful ways we can help our children find happiness” by Deborah Famer Kris, February 2, 2023),…

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]]> From the Founder: Prison Reading https://planetwordmuseum.org/from-the-founder-prison-reading/ Wed, 28 Dec 2022 18:27:15 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=6354 So the latest financial outlaw and crypto-currency-exchange fraudster, Sam Bankman-Fried, was quoted in an interview prior to his downfall and arrest as proclaiming “I would never read a book.” Who…

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]]> From the Founder: What Is Reading For? https://planetwordmuseum.org/from-the-founder-what-is-reading-for/ Mon, 19 Sep 2022 14:30:35 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=5945 Recently the New York Times devoted an entire Sunday Opinion section to the question “What Is School For?” What a crazy question, I thought! Being a former teacher, the mother…

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]]> When Soccer and Poetry Meet, Kids Succeed: Q&A with DC SCORES https://planetwordmuseum.org/when-soccer-and-poetry-meet-kids-succeed-q-a-with-dc-scores/ Mon, 27 Aug 2018 04:00:00 +0000 http://planetwordmuseum.org/when-soccer-and-poetry-meet-kids-succeed-q-a-with-dc-scores/ Soccer and poetry might not seem to have much in common, but one local non-profit unites them toward a common goal: empowering kids. DC SCORES runs free, year-round soccer programs…

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]]> How to Spell S-U-C-C-E-S-S: Q&A with National Spelling Bee Champ Molly Baker https://planetwordmuseum.org/how-to-spell-s-u-c-c-e-s-s-q-a-with-national-spelling-bee-champ-molly-baker/ Tue, 29 May 2018 04:00:00 +0000 http://planetwordmuseum.org/how-to-spell-s-u-c-c-e-s-s-q-a-with-national-spelling-bee-champ-molly-baker/ Kids from around the country gather each year to test their spelling skills at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. But what does it take to make it onto that stage?…

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