Literacy & Reading

How to become a a BASE Mystery Reader:

Create a video of you (adults and children welcome) reading your favorite book (video on your phone, computer using the camera or webcam feature, or other method).
Share the video with BASE Director of Operations Melissa Willkomm in one of these four ways:
1. share the video directly through email to melissa@basefortatkinson.org
2. share the video through your Google Drive, sharing to melissa@basefortatkinson.org
3. request the BOX account Mystery Reader Videos folder from melissa@basefortatkinson.org and then upload the video to the folder
4. visit www.wetransfer.com and transfer large video files for free to melissa@basefortatkinson.org
Your video will be shared on our BASE Facebook page, website program blog, and the BASE Kids Lab-Literacy & Reading tab.

BASE Mystery Reader - Videostream Reading Session #1

Our first BASE Mystery Reader highlighted in our videostream reading sessions is our BASE Executive Director, Alicia Norris.

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, You Are A Leader,” John Quincy Adams. We are grateful for Alicia’s leadership at BASE every day. She dreams big, brings her artistic abilities, love of cooking and reading to our sites to share with the kids and staff, and never misses an opportunity to inspire others through her work. Thank you Alicia for all that you do for BASE and our community!

Please enjoy listening to Alicia as she reads for you! Click on the play button on the picture below to get started. Her videostream reading session can also be found on our BASE Kids Lab literacy & reading tab at www.basefortatkinson.org/literacy-reading along with others that will follow every Wednesday.

BASE Mystery Reader - Videostream Reading Session #2

Fort Community Credit Union has supported our BASE organization and mission in a variety of ways. Thank You FCCU! Our BASE Board of Directors acting Secretary is Whitney Townsend, Branch Manager & Mortgage Loan Officer at FCCU and BASE parent. Thank You Whitney for your ongoing commitment to our organization and the work that you do to make a difference in the lives of the BASE kids and families we serve!

While some of the FCCU team members had signed up to volunteer their time in April at our BASE sites to be Mystery Readers (April is also Financial Literacy Month), they jumped at the chance to share videostream reading sessions that they created and posted to their website to share with kids and families in the community. Thank you Olivia Reinke, Marketing Specialist at FCCU, for reaching out to us and allowing us to share these special videos on our Program Blog & BASE Kids Lab Literacy & Reading tab. Please enjoy these videostream reading sessions by Olivia Reinke and Robyn Newcomb, Chief Strategy Officer at FCCU!

BASE Mystery Reader - Videostream Reading Session #3

As we continue to celebrate our BASE Staff members this week for Afterschool Professionals Appreciation Week, we say “thank you” to them for going the extra mile and supporting our BASE Literacy Campaign this 2019-2020 school year. The staff found great ways to keep kids involved in reading, because reading is FUN! Thank you BASE Staff for all of the work you put in to helping kids read after school, keeping it fun and exciting, and helping them improve and practice their reading skills.

Our Mystery Reader today is Beth, BASE Rockwell Site Coordinator. Beth has brought an incredible amount of creativity and passion to the work that she does with the kids and her co-workers at BASE. It was very important for Beth to bring a sense of belonging to the kids at BASE Rockwell this school year and she did just that by engaging them in group sharing conversations, providing quality program and activity choices each afternoon, learning about each child and their needs, greeting the kids in fun ways when they entered the cafeteria for the afternoon, and being an active Site Coordinator playing, helping with homework and crafts, and talking with parents. Thank you Beth for your contributions at BASE, for inspiring kids and making a difference AND for taking the time to be a Mystery Reader today! Click on the picture below to listen to Beth read to you!

BASE Mystery Reader - Videostream Reading Session #4

Our Mystery Reader today is Miss Jennifer, BASE Luther Youth Support Specialist. Miss Jennifer has given BASE, the BASE kids and families, and our schools and community the gifts of her time and talents through planning and providing quality after school programming for kids (and always with a smile). We also appreciate her time volunteering at BASE events and commitment to our organization’s mission. Thank you Miss Jennifer for all you do for BASE and for being a BASE Mystery Reader! Click on the picture below to listen to Miss Jennifer read to you!

BASE Mystery Reader - Videostream Reading Session #5

Our Mystery Reader today is Miss Kate, BASE Purdy Youth Support Specialist. Miss Kate has worked with BASE during our after school and summer programs. She consistently brings her bright smile and great program ideas to share with the kids. Miss Kate surprised the BASE Purdy kids when she came as an in-person Mystery Reader this school year while on break from UW-Madison.

Miss Kate - thank you for your ongoing commitment to BASE and for bringing your time, talents and creativity to our organization. Click on the picture below to listen to Miss Kate read to you!