{"id":51,"date":"2016-09-30T11:23:12","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T10:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/vitalnorth\/?p=51"},"modified":"2016-09-30T11:23:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T10:23:12","slug":"bugs-bugs-bugs-with-professor-michelle-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/vitalnorth\/bugs-bugs-bugs-with-professor-michelle-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"Bugs, bugs, bugs with Professor Michelle Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, Newcastle University’s School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics<\/a> and Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children’s Books<\/a> were delighted to welcome Professor Michelle Martin, Beverly Cleary Endowed Professor<\/a> in Children and Youth Services from the University of Washington.<\/p>\n

Newcastle was Michelle’s last stop on a quick trip around the UK, so we were really pleased she managed to fit in a\u00a0research\u00a0day at\u00a0Seven Stories’ Collections<\/a>, a visit to Seven Stories’\u00a0exhibitions<\/a>, and last night’s free public event: Bug Eyes, Bird Brains and Bat Wings: Read-a-Rama Brings Nature to Life!<\/a><\/p>\n

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Now, when I think of typical academic events, I think of lectures, Q&As, panel discussions… this was far from it.<\/p>\n

Alongside her academic work in the field of children’s literature, Michelle is a Gold Award Girl Scout and works with her students on her literacy immersion programme for children,\u00a0Read-a-Rama,<\/a>\u00a0which was the focus of our workshop.<\/p>\n

Michelle’s Read-a-Rama programme\u00a0uses children’s books as a starting point for activities which engage all the senses.\u00a0The mantras of Read-a-Rama\u00a0<\/strong>are \u201c100% engagement 100% of the time\u201d and \u201cDead time will kill your program\u201d – and our evening with Michelle certainly lived up to that!<\/p>\n

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We sang action songs, learnt sign language\u00a0and had a go at some\u00a0simulation games. We played being rabbits and foxes, embraced our inner moths and used our sense of smell. We even learnt origami to create our own\u00a0‘Not a Boxes’ from Antoinette Portis’ book.<\/p>\n

As a former Brownie leader, I certainly learnt a lot and really enjoyed the evening. Thanks Michelle, and we hope to see you again soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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