How do folks find time for reading? Retirees or those on vacation, who seem to be able to do whatever they please whenever they like, would be expected to disappear into a book at will. They may have one book going or a half dozen scattered around their lives. Why not?! There also are others who work […]
The love of books does not come easily to children whose parents aren’t readers or whose teachers don’t include this most important whole-child goal in their instructional practice. A love of books and reading needs to be in place if we expect anyone to be able to read beyond the basics. Avid readers not only […]
I just read an article[1] about adults being led in RE-learning how to ask good questions. Questions are so important in early learning that naturally I was interested, even though the article was aimed at those in business. Then I reflected on the RE part of re-learning. The authors cited figures about the declining numbers […]
Remember book reports and posters and book talks and dioramas and all that stuff that we were assigned after having read a book for school? Some of that was fun, but much of it was assigned as a way to verify that we had in fact read a book. It was reading for a grade and […]
Whether you’re a parent or a teacher, if your children/students dislike reading it is not because reading is in any way bad for them. Call me biased, but I believe reading is never bad. Au contraire! It’s like filling up on manna from heaven or godly ambrosia. Reading could be perceived as “bad,” however, if […]
