BASE Mystery Reader-Videostream Reading Sessions
Our BASE Mystery Reader Videostream Reading Sessions are here! During the 2019-2020 school year BASE after school program we have focused time and attention on quality programs for kids. We brought enrichment to our literacy and reading program beginning with our Literacy in November campaign. Proceeds from our coffee, tea and hot chocolate sales went to purchase new books for our 4 BASE sites. BASE kids have enjoyed reading and sharing new books, BASE Kids of the Month have chosen their favorite books which were ordered and added to their BASE site’s library of books, reading tents and lounge chairs were purchased for all BASE sites, our Star Reading program continued on a daily basis, our BASE Kid Lab web page features online literacy and reading websites, and we invited members of our community to volunteer their time to come to BASE sites on Wednesday afternoons to read their favorite books to our BASE kids.
The COVID-19 pandemic that we are all experiencing sure has changed our daily operations and the face-to-face services we provide for our BASE kids and families. As we adjust to thinking outside of the box, connecting with our BASE kids, families and community in new ways, and striving to always fulfill our mission of providing quality, out of school care that will inspire our local youth, we are happy to introduce our BASE Mystery Reader Videostream Reading Sessions!
Our first BASE Mystery Reader highlighted in our videostream reading sessions is our BASE Executive Director, Alicia Norris.
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, You Are A Leader,” John Quincy Adams. We are grateful for Alicia’s leadership at BASE every day. She dreams big, brings her artistic abilities, love of cooking and reading to our sites to share with the kids and staff, and never misses an opportunity to inspire others through her work. Thank you Alicia for all that you do for BASE and our community!
Please enjoy listening to Alicia as she reads for you! Click on the play button on the picture below to get started. Her videostream reading session can also be found on our BASE Kids Lab literacy & reading tab at www.basefortatkinson.org/literacy-reading along with others that will follow every Wednesday.
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:
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).
Share the video with BASE Director of Operations Melissa Willkomm in one of these four ways:
share the video directly through email to melissa@basefortatkinson.org
share the video through your Google Drive, sharing to melissa@basefortatkinson.org
request the BOX account Mystery Reader Videos folder from melissa@basefortatkinson.org and then upload the video to the folder
visit www.wetransfer.com and transfer large video files for free to melissa@basefortatkinson.org
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.