An Introduction

This blog will mainly be about reading. There will be book reviews and critiques, as well as ways to motivate children to read. This is not intended to be the end all, but rather to give those parents with reluctant readers ideas that might help their children gain confidence in themselves, and become more interested in actually reading rather than in avoiding it if at all possible. If you are a teacher, and have come across this blog, you already know many of these things, but, like me, you are one of the achievers who strive to learn more, which is why you found this site. I hope you are able to take some of these ideas in the future for your classroom as well, and please feel free to comment. Being a teacher for many years has taught me how important it is to be flexible, and that what works for one might not work for another. Feel free to take my ideas and tweak them to make them your own.

I have been involved with education in some shape or form for the past 20 years. I've taught both overseas and in America, where I presently live. My past few years I was a reading teacher at a school in town. While I am certified to teach many different grades, my passion is for the lower primary children, and my strengths are definitely teaching reading.

Many parents come to me after their child is born and say, "We want to get a good start with our child with reading. At what age should we start introducing books?" My answer surprises them. Start now. No time like the present. The trick is to make sure you read TO your child, not AT them. I will be covering this in more detail in the next post, as well as what is appropriate to read, what would stimulate interest even in an infant, etc. For now, I'll leave you with this thought-when was the last time you read a book for enjoyment?