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From: edie <edie.ching_at_verizon.net>
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2011 13:48:42 -0600 (CST)
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When I was the librarian at an all boys' school I would remind parents that when the were concerned about whether or not their boys were doing well en ough in sports (even at an early age) they got out there and threw the base ball or kicked the soccer ball....they engaged in the activity with their s ons, showed them how to do it, showed them that it mattered to them...you g et the picture. I then explained that reading was a similar "activity " and if they wanted their sons to read they had to do it with them (and I didn't mean having their sons read the books/newspapers that they were read ing, though role modeling was also a positive activity, letting their sons see them reading, hearing them talk about their books, etc). Ultimate ly I created a parent/son book club that meet in the evenings about every 6 weeks, a parent had to accompany the child to the meeting and also have re ad the book, I tried to serve food that fit the theme of the book and after a while parents brought stufft too)....
.we read all kinds of things and on ce a year an author would join us to talk to us all about his/her book.&nbs p; It was a very positive experience for all. Edie
Edith Ch ing Instructor, College of Information Science The University of Mary land ALA Notables Childrens' Book Committee Reviewer--Booklist, Schoo l Library Journal
12805 Gaffney Road Silver Spring, Md. 20904 301-622-7780
Feb 6, 2011 10:18:09 AM, johncoy_at_mac.com wrote:
la -
Folks,
Thanks for an interesting thread on literacy and reluctant readers. In
my experience , another word can often be substituted for reluctant readers: boys. When I ask students how they feel about reading, the   ;
overwhelming majority of those who say they don't like it or hate it
are boys, and some of them are proud abo ut thiis. However if you ask
these same guys how man y of them like to text and spend time on
Facebok, th ey all raise their hands. That they do not think of this as reading reflects our narrow definition of reading. I think we have a
wider group of people reading every day than we ha ve ever had in the
country. That many of these peopl e are identified as nonreaders is a
major problem of how we are defining reading.
I am in India for s chool visits and spent last week in Kerala. Many
peo ple there earn less than three doars per day, but the liteacy rate is above ninety percent. Incredibly impressive to see childr en
impecably turned out coming out of poor houses an d streaming towards
school each morning. Thanks everyone for working on this important issue. John Coy
Author
Top of the Order Appl Eyes on the Goal a www.johncoy.com
C CB C-NET Digest for Saturday, February 05, 2011.
1. Reluctant readers ;
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2011 13:48:42 -0600 (CST)
/wysiw
When I was the librarian at an all boys' school I would remind parents that when the were concerned about whether or not their boys were doing well en ough in sports (even at an early age) they got out there and threw the base ball or kicked the soccer ball....they engaged in the activity with their s ons, showed them how to do it, showed them that it mattered to them...you g et the picture. I then explained that reading was a similar "activity " and if they wanted their sons to read they had to do it with them (and I didn't mean having their sons read the books/newspapers that they were read ing, though role modeling was also a positive activity, letting their sons see them reading, hearing them talk about their books, etc). Ultimate ly I created a parent/son book club that meet in the evenings about every 6 weeks, a parent had to accompany the child to the meeting and also have re ad the book, I tried to serve food that fit the theme of the book and after a while parents brought stufft too)....
.we read all kinds of things and on ce a year an author would join us to talk to us all about his/her book.&nbs p; It was a very positive experience for all. Edie
Edith Ch ing Instructor, College of Information Science The University of Mary land ALA Notables Childrens' Book Committee Reviewer--Booklist, Schoo l Library Journal
12805 Gaffney Road Silver Spring, Md. 20904 301-622-7780
Feb 6, 2011 10:18:09 AM, johncoy_at_mac.com wrote:
la -
Folks,
Thanks for an interesting thread on literacy and reluctant readers. In
my experience , another word can often be substituted for reluctant readers: boys. When I ask students how they feel about reading, the   ;
overwhelming majority of those who say they don't like it or hate it
are boys, and some of them are proud abo ut thiis. However if you ask
these same guys how man y of them like to text and spend time on
Facebok, th ey all raise their hands. That they do not think of this as reading reflects our narrow definition of reading. I think we have a
wider group of people reading every day than we ha ve ever had in the
country. That many of these peopl e are identified as nonreaders is a
major problem of how we are defining reading.
I am in India for s chool visits and spent last week in Kerala. Many
peo ple there earn less than three doars per day, but the liteacy rate is above ninety percent. Incredibly impressive to see childr en
impecably turned out coming out of poor houses an d streaming towards
school each morning. Thanks everyone for working on this important issue. John Coy
Author
Top of the Order Appl Eyes on the Goal a www.johncoy.com
C CB C-NET Digest for Saturday, February 05, 2011.
1. Reluctant readers ;
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