Hudson Montessori invited me in to talk to their K-5 students about the process of writing. We discussed where ideas come from and did a brainstorming activity where each student came up with their own title by filling in the blank: The Three ______ Pigs.
Then I read The Three Ninja Pigs as some students role played the story. We talked about the importance of persistence, whether one is trying to write a book or get a black belt or achieve any other goal.
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Take the pledge to be a “ninja against bullying.”
Saturday , I attended the Princeton Book Festival, an amazing annual event sponsored by the Princeton Public Library and jaZams. I spent the whole day meeting adorable little Book Ninjas! These brothers are my new favorite ninja trio!
Armentor’s United Martial Arts of Groves, TX had a kick-butt Book Ninja Night!
Mr. Trent read The Three Ninja Pigs. And then the kids tried to knock his house down. They threw balls at boxes as he sat and tried to block them.
Mr. Will read Hensel and Gretel: Ninja Chicks. Then the kids used a flashlight to follow a trail (stickers on the ground). If they found the end and answered a question correctly, they got ninja prizes.
If you would like to win ninja stickers and bookmarks to use as prizes at your own Ninja Literacy Event, you can enter here.
KIYA!
There was some serious ninja training going on at the Coastal Region Branch of the Citrus County Library System this summer!
Ninja experts helped demonstrate some martial arts techniques.
Young ninja apprentices practiced their throwing star skills.
Ninja trainees balanced books on their heads while crossing a raging river.
Young ninjas used a cipher to convert their regular names into super secret ninja names.
Miss Debbie read The Three Ninja Pigs, a story that emphasizes that to achieve your goals you will need to put in hard work and stick with it.
Are you training Book Ninjas?
KIYA!
The MN State Academy for the Deaf is our July Ninja Literacy Campaign Winner.
They are a K-12 School for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired in the state of MN.
Kristy Hegberg wrote:
Our school has a monthly, family-centered, literacy night event, where we read a book and have language based activities, all centered around the featured book. For the month of October 2016, we will read the book, Hensel & Gretel: Ninja Chicks by Corey Rosen Schwartz and Rebecca J. Gomez. We will be celebrating National Anti-Bullying month and promoting the Book Ninja’s program.
The MN State Academy won a ninja prize pack that includes a poster, bookmarks, Ninja Chick headbands, and more!
If you would like to be a Ninja Literacy Campaign Winner, you can enter here.
KIYA!
Congrats to Paul, age 8, from Texas! He won a copy of Ninja Red Riding Hood.
Paul wrote:
I read 30-45 minutes a day. I have started challenging myself by reading chapter books. They don’t have pictures, but they have great adventures. I am reading The Last Kids on Earth by myself. Before bed, my parents and I read Harry Potter together. I like reading to my pets,too. My goal is to get 100 AR points at school in 3rd grade! It will be hard work, but I practice by training my brain.
He is a true Book Ninja!
If you would like to be a Book Ninja Winner, you can enter here.
KIYA!
Tiger Rock Martial Arts partnered with Roy Downs Memorial Calera Library to host a fun-filled Ninja Story Time!
Ms. Little read her new favorite book, Ninja Red Riding Hood, and then kids got to show off their own ninja moves!
To kick off BOOK NINJAS, we invited schools, libraries and dojos to (shhhh…) enter the Super Secret Giveaway. One by one, you slid in and left your mark. Before we knew it we had more ninja entries than a library has books!
Only 25 of you, however, could WIN a copy of HENSEL AND GRETEL: NINJA CHICKS by Corey Rosen Schwartz and Rebecca J. Gomez and illustrated by Dan Santat (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers)!
Here are the organizations. The names have been withheld to protect ninja identities.
The Dojo Valdez Karate and Fitness, Clovis, CA
Villari, Ormond Beach, FL
Earthway Martial Arts, Coal City, IL
Indiana Pit Martial Arts & Elite Fitness, IN
United Martial Arts Center, MA
Denny Strecker’s Karate, Troy, MI
WTA, MN
Popkin Brogna Jujitsu Center, West Hempstead, NY
Middle Tennessee Tae Kwon Do, TN
RCJ Machado Jiu-Jitsu, Farmers Branch, TX
Fort Bend TaeKwonDo, TX
Castle Hills Taekwondo America, Lewisville, TX
Kyuki-Do Martial Arts of Amery, WI
Kids Need to Read, Mesa, AZ
Walnut Library, Walnut, CA
Stratford Library, Stratford, CT
Coal City Public Library District, IL
Iberville Parish Library, Plaquemine, LA
West Oakview Elementary, MI
Slackwood Elementary School, Lawrenceville, NJ
Bloomingdale Free Public Library, Bloomingdale, NJ
Socorro Public Library, Socorro, NM
Voorheesville Public Library, Voorheesville, NY
Tacoma Public Library, WA
Seth, age 8, does Aikido and loves to read! Seth is indeed a BOOK NINJA!
Pig1 in The Three Ninja Pigs also does Aikido! Kiya!
