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I periodically share some of my "vintage" posts from my days in the classroom.  Little people are learning so much about their world, and just like they hammer on play dough to see what will happen, just like they endlessly build ramps for their cars, just like they swirl paint colors mixing across paper, they are figuring out how to play with each other. They are figuring out what happens when they invite a friend to play, when they tell a friend their idea, when they follow a friend's lead, and, yes, when they tell a friend "You're not my best friend anymore!"
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 My mom reading to the next generation This post about reading aloud to older children got me thinking about reading aloud. I remember being read too so fondly. Some of our family favorites included The Wind in the Willows, Watership Down, the Tolkien trilogy, and Stuart Little. I remember being cozied up with my brothers listening to my mom read Peter Pan during a thunderstorm. During a particularly dramatic moment, my mom read about how Peter spied "PIRATES!" and with a clap of thunder, the electricity went out!
I sometimes have conversations with families about their emergent readers. Sometimes they want to push their children to read aloud, saying, "But they can read! They should practice!" While young children are working hard to master the difficult task of reading, it is so important to hold onto the pleasure of discovering new worlds through reading together. So take the time to enjoy those moments...they are the stuff of imagination and memories! |
AuthorTamara Clark lives, works, and writes in the Pacific Northwest. She is inspired by the work of the educators in Reggio Emilia, Anti-Bias Education, and Quaker education. Archives
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