June: Simbi News & Updates

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Simbi

6 min readJun 4, 2021

Teachers, you’re almost there 🎉🧡

Another year of ups and downs, of new skills and creative classroom community building. Summer is nearly here and we hope you have some time to curl up with a good book yourself.

Check out our resources below to get you and your students to the finish line and into summertime! 👇

June: Simbi Gear Picks ☀️

Reading expert Adrienne Gear has picked some great reads for June, including some for National Indigenous History Month.

The Perfect Fit by Naomi Jones — Grade 1
Maisie’s Scrapbook by Samuel Narh — Grade 2
You Should, You Should by Ginny Tilby — Grade 2
Unicorn and Horse are Friends by David W. Miles — Grade 2
The Dog of Truth by Susan Gates — Grade 3
Dani Binns — Fearless Firefighter by Lisa Rajan — Grade 3
Tara Binns — Daring Diver by Lisa Rajan — Grade 4
All Creation Represented by Joyce Perreault — Grade 4 (NIHM)
Stanley Manners by Joanna Nadin — Grade 4
Impact Series: Autumn Peltier by Adrienne Gear — Grade 5 (NIHM)

+ New Phonics & Decodables!

Adrienne Gear is a huge fan of decodables — early readers written with a focus on a particular phonetic pattern or word family. Check out our NEW DECODABLES on Simbi! Learners can read along independently, listen for patterns, and narrate to practice these sounds!

Explore our NEW Decodable books!

New Book Releases 💫

👉 Simbi Original Impact Series: New Stories!

Your child can achieve anything! Check out these inspirational stories to empower your little ones to change the world.

Read the Impact Series

👉 Collins Education Big Cats!

Collins Big Cat provides complete support for primary reading. Deliver effective phonics with fully decodable books, and foster a love of reading with levelled readers for guided, independent or whole class reading!

Explore Collins Big Cat in the library!

FREE Pro Narrator Workshop for kids with actor David Epstein! 🎙

Join us on Thursday, June 24 at 9:30 am Pacific for a fun summer send-off workshop! David is an experienced on-screen & voice actor with some top tips and activities to get kids reading with expression.

Get your FREE Tickets!

Did you miss our last Author Visit? 📚

Last month, our virtual Author Visit featured Linda Grace Smith, author of One Too Many. Over 500 students and teachers listened as Linda shared her book, spoke about children’s rights, and helped us reflect on how small actions can make a big difference. If you missed this inspiring session, check it out here!

Watch Linda’s Author Visit

Read-a-thon Success: 240 hours read! 🌟

🎉 Raha International School Read-A-Thon

Congratulations to Raha International School in Abu Dhabi who finished off their most recent Simbi Foundation & Simbi Read-A-Thon narrating over 240 hours!

Check out Raha’s Reading Stats!

Get in touch to set up your own Read-A-Thon!

New Features 📚🌟

👉 Book Selector Cards

Simbi’s new book selector cards make it easy to choose the best books for your students, listing the genres, types, topics. Read Along, Narrate, Silent read, or Assign a book right from the library!

Check out this new feature!

Simbi Reading Coach: 1-on-1 tutoring! 🌟

Simbi Reading Coach provides your child with their own personal reading coach and an engaging reading journey, empowering them to learn with confidence while increasing reading fluency and comprehension skills.

👉 Now with 1-on-1 live tutoring! 🎧 👩‍🏫

Try 1 week free!

Impact in the 21st Century Podcast Ep #8:

Featuring Simbi’s own Literacy Expert Adrienne Gear & CEO Aaron Friedland 🎙

Listen as BC author and educator Adrienne Gear discusses reading, thinking, global citizenship, Simbi, and teaching in the 21st Century with Simbi co-founder, Aaron Friedland.

Listen to the podcast!

Vancouver Talmud Torah School & the Mitzvah of Valuing Philanthropy program!

This partnership between Simbi Foundation & Vancouver Talmud Torah School provides a unique opportunity for students in the MVP program to learn to be caring and responsible adults in a hands-on way. Students are making a difference and uniting as a class to raise funds for the Vancouver Talmud Torah BrightBox to make a positive impact for 6000 learners in the Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, Uganda.