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Archive | Media Literacy
The End of Education?
Living is learning. If we aren’t learning, we are just existing.
Represent and Validate Young Readers. Books Can Do Both…or Neither.
For children to become fully literate, we must provide them with books in which they see themselves.
“Dear Santa” Letters Help Develop Literacy and More
If the only letter we encourage our children to write is that yearly one to Santa, we’re doing literacy wrong.
Yup…uh, No Way!
There are dozens of ways to say “yes” or “no,” but they aren’t just different looking, actually they are all subtly different in meaning.
Signs Mean More Than They Say
“Sign language” can be a tool to help children learn to read.
Here Comes Autumn!
This week we’d like to encourage what may be new for many families…Poetry!
All reading is a GOOD thing…right?
The material we read is best if it’s fact checked by reliable sources. Children should be encouraged to question what they read for accuracy and truth.
Books Provide Powerful Learning, Heartfelt Conversation
I’ve just finished reading one of 10 essays from the 2012 book When I Was a Child I Read Books, by Marilynne Robinson. It was a no brainer for a literacy teacher, teacher educator and a contributor to a children’s library like myself to be drawn to a book with this title. However, I received this […]
Learning Self-Expression is a Life Skill
Learning self-expression is, for many, a lifelong process of growing to be a presence for others. It can be an elusive goal, even for adults, but when nurtured early on in life, a foundation for sincere sharing of oneself in writing can become a magical ingredient to powerful interactions. I was reminded of this when I […]