>> Hello, everyone. My name is Robye Harvey,
and I work in our professional learning department.
And like many of you, I am working from home,
while my children are at home, and am juggling being mom
and at-home teacher assistant with my own children's learning,
as well as my job with Learning A to Z.
So today I just wanted to take a quick minute
and share with you just a quick tip
on how I'm engaging with my own daughter,
and encouraging her reading while I'm still doing my job.
And just a real quick tip that I hope this helps you with.
This is Reese, and she's in fourth grade.
And she has a text from Learning A to Z
that has been given to her by our fourth grade teacher,
Miss [Fodek?].
So will you go ahead and let's read a little bit together,
just maybe a few sentences.
I just want to know what you're reading today.
>> Imagine that you want to play at a friend's house.
How do you get there?
>> Well, so you pause, because you must --
are ready, even after the first two sentences,
I feel like you have a connection to that.
What would that connection --
what are you feeling or thinking?
Or what is that connection that you have?
What were you thinking when you read that?
>> Well, now, these days with us being locked in our houses,
and we have no friends to see every day at school;
you just want to go see your friends and go to their house.
>> Right, yeah.
And the very first word in this passage says "imagine."
So maybe that would be a really good thing to do today.
It might bring an extra smile to your face,
to just imagine that you want to go play at a friend's house.
I bet you're imagining that a lot, right? Yeah.
So whose house are you at in your mind, in your imagination?
>> At Mallory's. >> At Mallory's?
Awesome. And you were typically with Mallory
when you were doing reading at school,
so that would be a great thing to continue to imagine, when --
as you read this. And so if you could --
the next question says, how do you get there?
So in your imagination, how would you get there?
What would be something fun and exciting?
>> Sometimes, like, she rides her bike and I ride my bike,
and then we meet each other.
>> In the middle? >> And then we go to her house.
>> Or she comes here, yeah. >> Yeah.
>> So how have you been seeing her recently?
>> We just FaceTime.
>> FaceTime.
So, different ways of getting to each other's houses now.
Well, as you continue to read, I want you to continue
to think about and have those images in your mind.
And if you're feeling anything as you read this,
be sure to let mom know when you get done.
Like, if there's any feelings that are different
or unexpected as you're reading,
because it might make you feel --
and I'm not going to tell you how to feel --
but it might make you feel a little sad as you think about
what was normal and being with Mallory,
and now as you're reading this, you're reading it at home.
Okay?
>> Okay. >> Can you do that?
>> Yeah. >> All right.
So that's my quick tip, just making connections
and definitely engaging your children
and how they're feeling during these uncertain times.
It's been great to be with you today,
and I wish you all well, and health,
and hope that these little tips
will help you connect with your children,
and pursue that joy and love of reading.
Have a great day. Bye-bye.