tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post1286120777598191628..comments2024-03-29T08:09:51.663-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Learning to Read and Learning to Love ItTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-68819321541564197652007-11-29T11:44:00.000-05:002007-11-29T11:44:00.000-05:00Thanks for sharing these tips. In the Waldorf scho...Thanks for sharing these tips. In the Waldorf school curriculum, children learn their letters in first grade and actively learn to read in second and third grade. It's not that clear-cut, of course, but what I appreciate about the system is that they learn all sorts of stories about the different letters so that there's some context for putting the letters together into words. One example that Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-42884651414282846522007-11-28T00:55:00.000-05:002007-11-28T00:55:00.000-05:00Great tips! I take my kids to the library at leas...Great tips! I take my kids to the library at least two times a week, simply because I love the library. But now, my children are the ones who beg to go to the library. They get to choose their books. Then we hang out and read together.<BR/><BR/>I like reading out loud in different voices for each character...my children are entertained and they love to listen.Vivian Mahoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285339307161020541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-71327010445470415542007-11-27T21:46:00.000-05:002007-11-27T21:46:00.000-05:00Great tips! And you brought back such a nice memo...Great tips! And you brought back such a nice memory for me. My kids loved Curious George and there were certain lines they would chime in on (I would say "George was..." and they would yell "curious!!") But they loved best when I would make mistakes they could correct: "NO mom--the hat was YELLOW not red!!" In fact just now I repeated these lines to my 14 year old and he still yelled the terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704512901593292798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-9923541448990068512007-11-26T22:41:00.000-05:002007-11-26T22:41:00.000-05:00About the email -- Yikes! Good luck answering tha...About the email -- Yikes! Good luck answering that one!<BR/><BR/>About your tips -- spot-on! Another "making mistakes" kind of tip is to share your thinking out loud when you fix an unintentional mistake. That way your listener(s) get a chance to hear how an experienced reader makes their reading make sense.Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-11609456318909858252007-11-26T14:14:00.000-05:002007-11-26T14:14:00.000-05:00Great tips. And thanks for noting that pushing kid...Great tips. <BR/>And thanks for noting that pushing kids to read before they are ready can be detrimental. As a kid I hated reading because I was SO slow. Everyone around me seemed to get it and I didn't. Obviously I learned to read but it was an agonizing process and for a long time I refused to read. <BR/>I think its important for parents to take time, and be patient. Learning to read, to Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16645062184431729388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-55800580585188443092007-11-26T13:29:00.000-05:002007-11-26T13:29:00.000-05:00I love these tips. I remember my parents reading t...I love these tips. I remember my parents reading to us every night and they didn't stop at picture books. We read Treasure Island and The Wind in the Willows - even if we didn't understand every word we got an introduction to <I>style</I>. And not one of the 6 of us leaves the house without a bookMary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236441806234261588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-88150853249961443832007-11-26T11:05:00.000-05:002007-11-26T11:05:00.000-05:00These are some great tips, Tricia. Thanks for shar...These are some great tips, Tricia. Thanks for sharing them!Jen Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10343476550309656223noreply@blogger.com