Pizza Hut’s BOOK IT! Program ($20 Gift Card Giveaway)
March 2, 2010 by Kailani
Filed under children, educational, entertainment, food, giveaways
This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to commentor #366: Jackie!
As you know, our family loves to read. So whenever I hear about a program that encourages literacy while having fun, I’m all for it. This is definitely the case for Pizza Hut’s BOOK IT! Program.
DESCRIPTION: BOOK IT! motivates children K- 6th grade to read by rewarding their reading accomplishments with praise, recognition and pizza via their schools. BOOK IT! is simple for the teacher to use, flexible because goals match reading ability, and fun because achieving a goal is a great reason to celebrate. BOOK IT! was created in 1985 and currently reaches over 10 million students annually.
On Feb 8th, Pizza Hut hosted their 3rd annual bedtime story event, America’s Biggest Bedtime Story. By beating their goal of 197,972 viewers, BOOK IT! has donated funds for 50,000 meals to Haiti Relief through the World Food Programme.
But it doesn’t have to end there. If you missed the webcast, you can still view the “Carnival of Animals” as narrated by John Lithgow. I’ve always been a big fan of Lithgow and we really enjoyed his distinctive voice as he read this very entertaining book. The best part is that if your children love the story (as I know they will) you can play the video over and over again. Personally, we watched it 3 times! It was a great way to share this bedtime story with my girls and it also gave me a break from reading for one evening and I could just sit back and enjoy the show.
As a bonus, they also have a reading of “I Got Two Dogs”, the 2009 archive webcast also read by Lithgow.
So grab some pizza, sit back, and enjoy the “Carnival of Animals”!
WIN IT!
To help you enjoy the webcast, I have a $20 gift card to Pizza Hut for one lucky winner! To enter:
- Just stop by BOOK IT! before midnight, March 10th and check out their reading tips.
- Then come back and mention one of them in comments. That’s it!
- A random winner will be selected and notified via email shortly thereafter.
- The winner will then have 2 days to claim their prize.
To earn extra entries, you may do one or all of the following. Each one counts as an extra ticket but you must leave a separate comment for each one.
- Subscribe to An Island Life’s feed.
- Follow Island Life on Twitter.
- Tweet this giveaway.
- Become a Facebook Fan.
- Place our button in your sidebar.
- Mention this giveaway on your blog with a link back here and to BOOK IT!
This giveaway is open to anyone who’s lucky to have a Pizza Hut nearby. Good luck!
This post was written for Pizza Hut and the BOOK IT! Program who provided the item for review and giveaway. I was not compensated in any way except for the complimentary product. By entering this giveaway, you are acknowledging that you have read, understood, and agree to our disclosure policy.
|
Owner of An Island Life and Family Review Network. Wife, mother, and flight attendant . . . living a blessed life in Hawaii. |
I follow you on twitter @mannabsn
tweet
http://twitter.com/mannabsn/status/10250202082
I really liked the tip: Try to establish frequent eye contact with your child. This wasy it makes the reading time so much more personal.
Allow time for discussion.
onefrugalmama [at] yahoo [dot] com
Hold the books so your child can see the illustrations.
twitter follower: bleush
facebook fan
After reading, you should allow time for discussion.
luckycat1818(at)yahoo(dot)com
Introduce the title, author, and illustrator is one good tip.
smchester at gmail dot com
.-= Susan C´s last blog ..Paging Dr. House =-.
One of the hints is to “Leave time for discussion”. Thanks.
Subscribed to feed. Thanks.
After reading a book making personal connections to the text, thanks!
One of the tips to be used during reading is, “Read fluently and expressively.”
Invite your child to question and comment but keep it focused on the story.
Draw attention to the illustrations and features of the text.
Discuss what you read
subscribe
One of their tips is to Plan an introduction—find links to personal experiences.
I subscribe by email to your feed
ajolly1456 at gmail dot com
I follow on twitter, lunaj1456
I am a facebook fan (Anne Jolly)
I tweeted
http://twitter.com/lunaj1456/status/10269192246
Explain words and ideas you think your child might not understand.
I do this in my pre-k class all the time.
My favorite tip is
Make personal connections to the text (e.g. “What did this story remind you of?â€).
Thank you!
I’m a subscriber!
I’m a facebook fan!
One of their tips was: “Pause occasionally to revisit predictions, express curiosity, or comment on something interesting.”
I have a better one. A major hurricane knocked out our power for DAYS. I started reading to them by candlelight. They LOVED it because they got to blow out the candles when we were done, so every day felt like a birthday.
I subscribe with google reader
I follow you on twitter – bsw529
I’m a facebook fan
oone of their tips : “Before Reading, Preview the book and practice reading it with fluency and expression.”
Thanks for the giveaway!
I subscribe to your blog’s feed via google reader.
i follow on twitter – js22222222 .
tweet: http://twitter.com/js22222222/status/10276198267
I’m a fan on facebook-Joanne Schultz. http://www.facebook.com/js2222
Invite your child to question and comment but keep it focused on the story.
I follow you on Twitter (mail4rosey).
My favorite tip: Explain words and ideas you think your child might not understand.
I really like this Introduce the Title, Author and Illustrator,my sons k teacher does this!
ardelong2(at)gmail(dot)com
rss subscriber
ardelong2(at)gmail(dot)com
fb fan
amydelong
ardelong2(at)gmail(dot)com
follow on twitter
amyhd29
ardelong2(at)gmail(dot)com
you should allow time for discussion.
Fav. tip was leave time to discuss
I did Book it when I was a kid. Awesome that it is still going. One of their tips is to retell the story or reread it to enhance comprehension.
soluckyducky at gmail dot com
feed subscriber
soluckyducky at gmail dot com
I like the tip to try to establish frequent eye contact with your child when reading..I’ll have to do that more often!
facebook fan sarah linette
soluckyducky at gmail dot com
I’m a Bloglines feed subscriber
Twitter follower soluckyducky
soluckyducky at gmail dot com