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From: carolgrannick at comcast.net <carolgrannick>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 18:28:14 +0000
So many of these posts bring to mind an event so important that I'd like to post again, and share it. Actually, it is never far from the forefront of my mind, especially when I am writing. My one childhood memory of being read to was at summer camp, where I was sent at 8
(for eight weeks). Although I came to love camp (and am currently writing a middle grade novel based on the particular place I went), I was terribly lonely that first summe r. My main comfort (other than the horses, whom I loved) was my counselor, Marge, who read to us every night from David Copperfield. I don't know how, but I am certain we finished the book that summer. I'm told not to use that in my novel, because no middle grade child today would identify with David Copperfield, at all. But I never forgot the impact of the book, and the woman who read it, on my nighttime loneliness. The oddest part, which I discovered several years ago, was that this counselor, whom I adored (in association with the reading, I believe), was viewed by the camp director as a troublesome person, a misfit of sorts, a woman who did not understand the impo rtance of bathing, etc. Go figure...I wish I could thank her. Carol Coven Grannick Wilmette, IL
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I wonder how many of you on this listserv use these techniques when speaking to parents or educators? Whenever I talk to a group of parents, I ask them if they know the first line of books that are a favorite of their children. It is a terrific warmup and indicates to me what parents read to their children and, invariably, they can recite the whole book!!
A number of you have talked about who read to them when they were young. Most include the books that were read to them. I find that most people are especially fond of teachers who have read to them---they remember their names, the grade they taught, and t he books that were read. It's a wonderful thing to remind a group of teachers about this---it's a little encouragement for them to "find the time" to read aloud.
Received on Thu 05 Aug 2004 01:28:14 PM CDT
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 18:28:14 +0000
So many of these posts bring to mind an event so important that I'd like to post again, and share it. Actually, it is never far from the forefront of my mind, especially when I am writing. My one childhood memory of being read to was at summer camp, where I was sent at 8
(for eight weeks). Although I came to love camp (and am currently writing a middle grade novel based on the particular place I went), I was terribly lonely that first summe r. My main comfort (other than the horses, whom I loved) was my counselor, Marge, who read to us every night from David Copperfield. I don't know how, but I am certain we finished the book that summer. I'm told not to use that in my novel, because no middle grade child today would identify with David Copperfield, at all. But I never forgot the impact of the book, and the woman who read it, on my nighttime loneliness. The oddest part, which I discovered several years ago, was that this counselor, whom I adored (in association with the reading, I believe), was viewed by the camp director as a troublesome person, a misfit of sorts, a woman who did not understand the impo rtance of bathing, etc. Go figure...I wish I could thank her. Carol Coven Grannick Wilmette, IL
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I wonder how many of you on this listserv use these techniques when speaking to parents or educators? Whenever I talk to a group of parents, I ask them if they know the first line of books that are a favorite of their children. It is a terrific warmup and indicates to me what parents read to their children and, invariably, they can recite the whole book!!
A number of you have talked about who read to them when they were young. Most include the books that were read to them. I find that most people are especially fond of teachers who have read to them---they remember their names, the grade they taught, and t he books that were read. It's a wonderful thing to remind a group of teachers about this---it's a little encouragement for them to "find the time" to read aloud.
Received on Thu 05 Aug 2004 01:28:14 PM CDT
