What Happens Next?
The What Happens Next? program is designed to invoke children’s imagination, to improve literacy, writing and communication skills. Children are read the beginning of an original story by award-winning author Esta de Fossard
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 imagination, creativity, reading and writing skills, which are increasingly being overlooked in today’s standards-based curriculum. WLOY has teamed up with Baltimore Community Radio Coalition member Esta de Fossard and developed an exciting way to promote reading, writing and public speaking proficiency. By making reading and writing fun, WLOY and the BCRC hope to encourage the students to read and write for pleasure.
Shows air every Saturday and Sunday at 1pm on WLOY Loyola Radio. Children participating in the program get their own CDs of shows in which they appear.
WANT TO JOIN US?
If your child would like to join us for an episode of What Happens Next? please email wloy@loyola.edu for information on our next meeting location. We meet from 4-6pm on Fridays. The location is normally at The Red Canoe Bookstore, however, that is subject to change and you should contact us before attending if possible. Children from 5-12 are welcome based on their reading and writing ability. The program is taught by a MD State Certified Teacher who assists the children in their creativity and writing. Children with special needs are welcome, but please contact us in advance as not all locations will be handicapped accessible.
BRING WHAT HAPPENS NEXT TO YOUR SCHOOL
URGENT: VOTE FOR US IN THE PEPSI GRANT CHALLENGE!!! You can vote every day! We are currently working with several public schools in Baltimore City to allow them to bring the program in house and we will also provide a small ProTools-based audio recording studio! The first site, Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary School, has provided wonderful additional material for our weekly broadcasts, including children interviewing staff and teachers and much more. We hope to have 5 schools in Baltimore on line by the end of the 2010 calendar year! If you are interested, please have your principal contact us at wloy@loyola.edu. A general information package is available here for download as well. Download PDF
While we do not post every show on the web, we have a few sample shows for listeners and parents. Below are a recent show recorded on campus at the WLOY studios and the field recorded Kidstock event audio. Enjoy!
Episode 38, June 2010
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Kidstock 2010, recorded in the field!
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