General Presentation Diane Frankenstein, a children's literature specialist will talk about what reading can do for our children:
Teach them values e.g. kindness, generosity, thoughtfulness, respect,
Enhance their imagination and creativity,
Develop their critical thinking, reading and writing skills,
Build their emotional intelligence,
Maximize their academic performance and potential and
Build confidence
Learn how we, as parents or educators can use good literature to:
Communicate with our children to understand their world and the way they see things and learn,
Encourage reading as a daily activity and
Enhance comprehension.
Book Talk Sessions
Books should be inspiring, not boring! In this workshop, Diane is your personal book shopper. She will guide you in choosing successful books for your children.
In each workshop, Diane will:
Provide a special list of age appropriate books
Talk about the books and their valuable lessons and
Inform you about great authors
She will demonstrate how to use books to:
Develop and improve your skills in conversational reading with your child,
Ask questions to help develop your child's creative and critical thinking and
Communicate with your child.
Programs for Educators
Public Workshops Stories for the Classroom A special book talk session for primary school teachers. Diane gives teachers a whirlwind tour of a great selection of read-aloud books for the classroom and books children can read on their own. She will also suggest activities to promote comprehension and uses of literature in the classroom.
Private Workshops
Each program is designed to meet the school or organization's needs. Topics include:
Using Literature in the Classroom
Purpose and use of literature with students
Providing discussion techniques
Character Development
Connecting Reading to Writing - using literature as a tool to teach writing
Book Talking - short story collections, fiction, poetry, essays
Creative Ways to Explore Literature
Poetry and Liberating Laughter
Creating a Community of readers
Using Reader response to teach
Literature Study
Strategies to help keep literature a major activity in the life of children
Develop the ability to identify and choose wonderful, memorable, and age-appropriate books
Who are the "movers and shakers' in the world of children's literature.
About Diane Frankenstein
Diane Frankenstein, a specialist in Children's and Adolescent literature, holds a Master Degree in "Children's Literature and Language Arts", with a specialty in teaching the Holocaust to Adolescents through Literature. As part of her training, Diane developed a graduate degree in Children's Literature at San Francisco State University. Diane develops literature courses designed for parents, teachers, and health care practitioners, including counselors, physicians, and social workers who are interested in learning how to use literature to better understood and communicate with children. Through writing, conferences, lectures, and classes she builds a bridge of understanding between children and the adults in their lives. In addition she does private consulting to schools where she works with teachers in developing a dynamic and relevant literature component to their curriculum.
Comments from Participants of Previous Talks and Workshops
Different insight on how to read to kids...Gave me more ideas on how to extract ideas from reading...Diane's enthusiasm, extensive knowledge and presentation skills...excellent skills and enlightenment in teaching me as a parent to read and then passing the skills to my children ... being made aware of how important literature is...skills of communication with children...it helped us get more out of story-telling to our child...inspirational...Diane helps us to look at ourselves first in order to help our children...practical tips on how to motivate our children to read...super reading list...Now, I don't need to waste time on "junk books" ... dynamic...how to relate to kids...in depth discussion about the books' themes and how they relate to our children's lives...insight into points in the books that connect facts to real life......
General Presentation
Diane Frankenstein, a specialist in Children's and Adolescent literature, holds a Master Degree in "Children's Literature and Language Arts", with a specialty in teaching the Holocaust to Adolescents through Literature. As part of her training, Diane developed a graduate degree in Children's Literature at San Francisco State University. Diane develops literature courses designed for parents, teachers, and health care practitioners, including counselors, physicians, and social workers who are interested in learning how to use literature to better understood and communicate with children. Through writing, conferences, lectures, and classes she builds a bridge of understanding between children and the adults in their lives. In addition she does private consulting to schools where she works with teachers in developing a dynamic and relevant literature component to their curriculum.
