BASE Mystery Reader - Videostream Reading Sessions

As we continue to celebrate our BASE Staff members this week for Afterschool Professionals Appreciation Week, we say “thank you” to them for going the extra mile and supporting our BASE Literacy Campaign this 2019-2020 school year. The staff found great ways to keep kids involved in reading, because reading is FUN! Thank you BASE Staff for all of the work you put in to helping kids read after school, keeping it fun and exciting, and helping them improve and practice their reading skills.

Our Mystery Reader today is Beth, BASE Rockwell Site Coordinator. Beth has brought an incredible amount of creativity and passion to the work that she does with the kids and her co-workers at BASE. It was very important for Beth to bring a sense of belonging to the kids at BASE Rockwell this school year and she did just that by engaging them in group sharing conversations, providing quality program and activity choices each afternoon, learning about each child and their needs, greeting the kids in fun ways when they entered the cafeteria for the afternoon, and being an active Site Coordinator playing, helping with homework and crafts, and talking with parents. Thank you Beth for your contributions at BASE, for inspiring kids and making a difference AND for taking the time to be a Mystery Reader today! Click on the picture below to listen to Beth read to you!

While we are excited for the day when we can return to face-to-face operations at our BASE sites where we will continue to invite community members to be a Mystery Reader at our sites, please consider becoming a part of our Mystery Reader videostream reading sessions.

How to become a a BASE Mystery Reader:

1. Create a video of you (adults and children welcome) reading your favorite book (video on your phone, computer using the camera or webcam feature, or other method).

2. Share the video with BASE Director of Operations Melissa Willkomm in one of these four ways:

   1. share the video directly through email to melissa@basefortatkinson.org

   2. share the video through your Google Drive, sharing to melissa@basefortatkinson.org

   3. request the BOX account Mystery Reader Videos folder from melissa@basefortatkinson.org and then upload the video to the folder

   4. visit www.wetransfer.com and transfer large video files for free to melissa@basefortatkinson.org

3. Your video will be shared on our BASE Facebook page, website program blog, and the BASE Kids Lab-Literacy & Reading tab.

Thank you for supporting BASE and our mission through our Mystery Reader program! YOU can help us make a difference in the lives of kids in our community. We will stay connected & stay healthy together.

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