Hates reading. To an avid reader like me that assertion sounds like she hates living, or hates vacations, or hates spending time with close friends. How is it that a Freshman in college, after 13 years of reputedly solid public schooling hates reading? It’s worth thinking about. If I were going to bring somebody […]
I’m a book lover. I read all the time. Nobody loves book reading more than I do. So writing this little piece about how useless books can be is already hard. You’re probably wondering how a book can be useless. Each one is bound to be a “treasure” to somebody. But that value is fleeting […]
Absolutely! Struggling readers are readers who are able to read some things, but struggle with others. They only struggle when they are “put” into books that are too hard for them or that are not interesting to them. They don’t struggle when they are reading self-selected books at their own pace and reading for their […]
You can spot Avid Readers pretty easily. They are good readers…well of course they are, they read all the time. Being good readers doesn’t often happen when folks don’t read. These folks always have at least one book going. They want to read. They are constantly looking for cracks in their time schedule to sneak […]
The path to becoming an Avid Reader is not linear. Teaching kids to read without teaching them the love of books and the value of reading is a wasted endeavor. It results in possibly capable, but utterly disengaged readers. Engagement and lifetime learning are the point of literacy, not merely achievement. Click the diagram for a closer look. Why […]
