Education with Reading Rainbow
It comes as no surprise that the founder and co-executive producer of the twenty-time Emmy-award-winning show, Reading Rainbow is an educator and avid reader herself. Dr. Twila Liggett was born to teach.
Liggett’s passions led her to various jobs, including school principal, state reading consultant for Nebraska, a handbook writer and teacher of grant-writing courses. When Nebraska Educational Television decided to be the progenitor of a national children’s series, Liggett was their choice. With her talents, Reading Rainbow was born.
Reading Rainbow found a formula that works and sticks with it. Each episode highlights three books that are reviewed by real children. LeVar Burton, the host of the show, talks candidly to viewers and asks questions that encourage them to answer from their living rooms. Burton goes on location to explore topics addressed in the books so children can see real footage of the events being discussed. Kids are taught to question and research, skills that teachers and parents encourage.
Reading Rainbow does not shy away from tough issues. They are part of children’s reality and Reading Rainbow is there, helping children to cope with the world. The Emmy award winning Tin Forest deals with 9/11and is included in the KIDS FIRST!
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