WLOY has teamed up with author and BCRC member Esta de Fossard to come up with an exciting way to promote reading and writing skills and public speaking proficiency. By making reading and writing fun, WLOY, the BCRC, and the Red Canoe Bookstore hope to encourage the students to read and write for pleasure. “What Happens Next” will be taking place in the Red Canoe bookstore weekly on Tuesday afternoons beginning June 23rd from 1:30 to 3:30 P.M. Students will read the beginning of an original story by Fossard and then will have to opportunity to come up with their own ending. The stories & children’s endings will be broadcast on WLOY Radio every week (1620AM in Baltimore or streaming online at www.wloy.org) on Saturdays at 12:00 P.M. and Sundays at 2:00 P.M. The pre-written stories, archived stories, and on air shows will be posted on the Baltimore Community Radio website so parents will have a chance to read through the stories to assess if they are at an appropriate reading age for their children. Children and youth need opportunities for intellectually engaging activities that build on their strengths, teach them new skills, and provide them with the potential to play active roles in their communities. One of the main aims of the collaboration is to promote reading and writing skills and imagination, which are increasingly being overlooked in today’s standard based curriculums. Click here to read the full press release.