tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post4163982454416578621..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Reading AloudAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-82529907859455393422019-07-26T22:46:25.556-04:002019-07-26T22:46:25.556-04:00We read aloud. (I got a crick in my back reading ...We read aloud. (I got a crick in my back reading the Mirkwood chapter of The Hobbit while sitting in the hall--that's longer than some books.)<br />The kids vary quite a bit in how much they read as adults.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-42976279445400203292019-07-25T18:29:24.140-04:002019-07-25T18:29:24.140-04:00" I attribute a lot of literacy learning diff..." I attribute a lot of literacy learning difficulties to the unaccountable failure of the educational environment to awaken desire in the child"<br /><br />The failure, IMO, is largely because so many 'educators' do not themselves place a high value on learning. This is why everything has to have a bunch of other things added to it to make it Relevant.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-7926416044304730682019-07-25T11:59:09.470-04:002019-07-25T11:59:09.470-04:00In "Freakonomics" it was suggested that ...In "Freakonomics" it was suggested that simply having books in the home was enough. I remember that because it made me feel better that I hadn't spent all that much time reading to my children. There were full bookcases though and not the pretty, artfully arranged ones. The message that literacy was valued was there, just delivered differently, perhaps? <br /> Donna B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16771075314473811594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-16103291805359745382019-07-25T09:56:01.324-04:002019-07-25T09:56:01.324-04:00Even at a distance of 60 years, I can remember the...Even at a distance of 60 years, I can remember the shared pleasure of a book being read to me. It brings the child into the world of literacy as a place that's valued by loving adults. I attribute a lot of literacy learning difficulties to the unaccountable failure of the educational environment to awaken desire in the child. We learn things incomparably faster and easier when desire is harnessed.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.com