I opened this morning's Charlotte Observer to the op-ed page and the headline, "Best children's books ever" caught my eye. Nicholas Kristof, a columnist for the New York Times, sang one of my favorite tunes. In Kristof's words: "In educating myself this spring about education, I was aghast to learn that American children drop in… Continue reading Raise Your Child's IQ!
Tag: reading and writing
Who reads for pleasure anymore?
According to International Reading Association president Linda Gambrell in a her recent column in Reading Today, the number of teens and young adults who are reading just for fun is decreasing. Citing data from a National Endowment for the Arts report released in November 2007, Gambrell recounted these unsettling statistics:Nearly half of all Americans ages… Continue reading Who reads for pleasure anymore?
How to Read a Book-5
OK guys, this is my last post on this book for awhile. Promise.Adler's fifth chapter of How to Read a Book is about being a demanding reader. I liked it the best because he discusses how to train analytical readers—which will in turn make them better writers. His four questions for readers to ask themselves… Continue reading How to Read a Book-5
A word from Maupin House
I asked Julie Graddy, the publisher at Maupin House to comment on why teaching through reading is "hot" right now, and this was her response: "The link between reading and writing is obvious, but no one has been taught how to teach the two concepts together as reciprocals. With all the time constraints that teachers… Continue reading A word from Maupin House