Archive for 2013
The Reading Relationship transforms the experience of Reading.
September 9, 2013
Different than you might have thought in the past, reading words is not the reading experience – it’s just the beginning. At the heart of the reading experience is the Reading Relationship, which becomes part of a child’s emotional DNA. Conversational Reading (reading and talking with children about a story) changes the reading relationship in […]
What makes kids smart?
August 25, 2013
With Labor Day approaching, Back to School has already happened in many communities and it makes perfect sense to ask ourselves: “What makes kids smart or better stated, what do kids need to succeed in school?” All parents know children need to be good learners to be successful in and out of school. The smartest Kids […]
Don’t Shoot! It’s an ‘Empathy Game’.
August 18, 2013
A new generation of Video games, which are telling a story are pumping empathy as opposed to adrenaline. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324 769704579010641205335768.htmlWSJ I welcome the arrival of the video game industry to the world of story telling which is how children learn empathy. Man is a storytelling animal who needs stories to help us understand others and […]
Readers bring books to life.
August 9, 2013
P.L. Travers, author of the well loved Mary Poppins would be 113 years old today. In addition to creating one of the most well known and loved character in a children’s book, she wrote extensively about the power and influence story has on our lives. Travers informed my long held belief that a book is […]
Begin the school year with a mindset that encourages excitement about learning.
August 8, 2013
We live in an age of information. We are inundated by it. Too much information can swamp the boat of wonder, especially for a child. Creative & critical thinking depends crucially upon habits of mind that are most readily acquired by children: curiosity; voracious observation; sensitivity to rules and variations within the rules; and fantasy. […]
