Description
Shannon Anderson has discovered many ways to spark excitement for getting and reading books during her 25 years of teaching at the elementary level. Explore over 20 strategies you can use to spark a love of reading for years to come in your classroom, library, or home!
In this 1-hour course, you will learn:
- How to pique students’ reading interests
- How to help students become engaged in reading
- How to support students with reading difficulties
- Exciting strategies to inspire a lifelong love for reading





Thy – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Many different ideas to make reading fun for kids who are not interested.
Mallory – RIVER VIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
This was great for younger students but I would like to see a list for students that are in middle school or even high school to get them involved as well.
Jennifer – NEW BREMEN LOCAL (verified owner) –
Shannon has so many great ideas to help readers want to read.
Valarie – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Lonisa – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I loved the ideas shared in this course. I can’t wait to try one soon.
maria – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
it was really good!
Wendy – SPRINGFIELD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Shannon is an exciting presenter who has so much to offer her audiences.
Ryan – RIDGEWOOD LOCAL (verified owner) –
I greatly enjoyed it!
Nicole – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
Highly engaging!
Meredith – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
I am a kindergarten teacher so sparking a students interest in reading is everything.
Chrystyan – SPRINGFIELD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Loved all of the ideas presented and the presenter. This was one of the more interesting and palatable courses I have done and definitely the most likely to lead to implementation of at least one of her suggestions.
Allison – ST MARYS CITY (verified owner) –
Awesome course!
Adriana – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
She had excellient ideas.
Kristin – BEXLEY CITY (verified owner) –
This course gave many great ideas of things to incorporate into a classroom to get kids to enjoy reading!
Elizabeth – WAYNESFIELD-GOSHEN LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great
Melanie – BEXLEY CITY (verified owner) –
This course has great ideas for instilling the love of books in children. Many ideas are presented from low prep to all out, from zero money to more expensive. The format was engaging and the ideas were excellent.
Jennifer – ASHTABULA AREA CITY (verified owner) –
Great ideas for making reading more fun for our students. Real and easy to use ideas.
Serena – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was great! Many of the ideas would help students find a joy in reading.
Marlin – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
Comprehensive.
Kristi – VERSAILLES EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –
This course reignited my love for reading with the wide-variety of ideas to engage students in reading. It gave me numerous creative ideas to motivate students and get them to be life-long readers.
Qiana – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
Tons of great ideas and most of them were FREE
SILBIA – PEARSALL ISD (verified owner) –
Knowledgeable about all different activities and ideas to get students motivated
Matthew – HPS – HOUSTON NORTH (verified owner) –
The different suggestions on how to get students to read
Merrianne – PIQUA CITY (verified owner) –
This course was a wonderful collection of ways to spark interest in reading to all ages. I am new to teaching reading and writing and thses ideas gave me more to explore in my own classroom.
Patricia – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
This is a very good course with many suggestions to make reading fun and engaging.
Kathryn – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed it.
Policarpio – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
Great course, fantastic strategies.
Caitlyn – PIQUA CITY (verified owner) –
This is a great resource for educators to create an engaging environment around reading.
Rebecca – NEDERLAND ISD (verified owner) –
This is really more elementary based.
Eric – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
I’m in all support to make reading enjoyable to students so that they develop and independent intrerest in reading.
Kristina – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
This course gives suggestions on different types of reading material that will hopefully encourage students to read.
Stephen – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Debra – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
She gave a lot of good ideas for activities to implement in the classroom that will help foster students’ love for reading.
Brian – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
Very intertaining and informative.
Hannah – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
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Jody – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of creative ideas.
Stephanie – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I found many ideas here.
Dora – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent
Edgar – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
it was great
Dora – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
very informative
Jaqueline – HPS – WEST TX (verified owner) –
I think this course was geared more towards elementary teachers. As a high school teacher there was some ideas that I would not be able to enact in my class or school. Overall nice job.
Paula – PARMA CITY (verified owner) –
This course was an outstanding collection of very motivating ways to get kids to want to read books. There were so many creative “hooks” and themes to help students to associate positive feelings about books and reading by providing multi-sensory opportunities to engage with books. If you teach elementary students, especially grades 1 – 4, I think the suggestions in this course would be extremely fun and rewarding to apply in your own classroom.
Beth – MARION LOCAL (verified owner) –
I really liked all of the ideas for getting students to read more. I am envious of the time Shannon has to devote to reading!!
Claudia – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
I loved this course and the ideas presented within it. As a fellow reader, I’m always looking for ideas to help me encourage my students to love literature as well. I firmly believe that reading is for EVERYONE, but it is our job to give our students the opportunity to find their particular genre. The ideas presented are not only fun, but easy to incorporate in class.
Breana – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
I think this course was very informative and inciteful.
Kristal – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
great !!
Deyanira – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
Ideas to encourage reading in and outside the classroom
Lee – BOLING ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great session. Ideas that I can actually take and implement easily.
Isabel – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
very good