Welcome to Share a Story 2013 - UPDATED

Welcome to the best Monday in March! 

Yes, we said the same thing last year, but truth is truth! We are excited to kick off  the Share a Story - Shape a Future Literacy Blog Tour.

To celebrate our fifth year, we are going to celebrate the early years of literacy. More specifically, the first five years. Each day this week moms, librarians, and educators - all of us literacy passionistas - will share ideas and tips for engaging young children in literacy-related activities.

To start us off, +Maria Burel is hosting Oh, Baby: Literacy the First Year on her blog Once Upon a Story. Maria and her guests are sharing personal stories and recommendations for early literacy love and bonding over books with baby. 

• +Maria Burel explains the 5 Realities of Reading with Infants
• +Jen Robinson has Some Suggested Titles for Baby Gifts at Jen Robinson's Book Page.
• +Terry Doherty talks about Building a Library for Babies at Family Bookshelf
• +Tif Sweeney recommends Reading Up with Infants on Tif Talks Books
• +Laurie Mattaliano shares a personal story about Choosing Books for Babies: One Size May Not Fit All on Marketing Barefoot blog
• Lisa Pozen talks about Building Baby's First Library on the Giving Gifts blog
• +Michelle Breum sent in her HubPages post Babies Love Books

You might also check out this post from Maria: Friday Confession: I Don't "Read" to My Baby

The trademark of Share a Story - Shape a Future is that everyone can participate. There are no "set number" of participants ... our goal is to share ideas for raising readers as far and wide as possible.

So if you blogged about literacy with infants five years ago, write a comment and include the link! We'd be honored to have you join the conversation.

One last note as we get started ... We're continuing the tradition of our Writing @ Reading contest. Look for those daily writing prompts at noon each day.