Loving to Read: Initiating Positive Reading Habits in a Digital Childhood (Audio Only)

Authors

Sarah Fischer, Messiah UniversityFollow
Janet Vogel, Messiah UniversityFollow
Sarah K. Myers, Messiah UniversityFollow
Emily Reed, Northern York School District
Lissette Westerlind, Messiah University

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

2-19-2025

Abstract

A session hosted as part of the 2025 Messiah University Humanities Symposium on Living Digitally.

• Today’s children are learning to use technology before they learn to read, but reading is still a fundamental skill for success in school and in life. How do children learn to read and learn to love reading in a digital world?
• Literacy Education Professor Sarah Fischer, Ph.D. will introduce the science and scholarship surrounding learning to read.
• Panel conversation consisting of a parent, student, and librarians will discuss the ways in which they have negotiated the challenges and rewards when helping children develop an identity as a reader.
• Story time and activities for children will be provided in the library's Athenaeum. Hosted by MU pre-education students.

Note: The Audio cuts off before the end of the panel conversation.

Recommended Citation

Fischer, Sarah; Vogel, Janet; Myers, Sarah K.; Reed, Emily; and Westerlind, Lissette, "Loving to Read: Initiating Positive Reading Habits in a Digital Childhood (Audio Only)" (2025). Library Exhibits & Events. 8.
https://mosaic.messiah.edu/lib_exhibit/8