http://jackieregales.com/2010/02/04/lifelong-lovers-of-reading/ writing, teaching, and piecing it all together Thu, 24 May 2012 01:48:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://jackieregales.com/2010/02/04/lifelong-lovers-of-reading/#comment-1602 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:48:50 +0000 http://jackieregales.com/?p=1032#comment-1602 OH yeah, I think it’s great to include all kinds of reading– Lucy is getting into this series of graphic novel-style books about a character named Babymouse, and she just read a Classics Illustrated version of Wind in the Willows. She also likes books on tape, but I’m still torn about whether those build reading skills as well.

]]> http://jackieregales.com/2010/02/04/lifelong-lovers-of-reading/#comment-1600 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:35:01 +0000 http://jackieregales.com/?p=1032#comment-1600 I think the people who don’t love it struggle with college-level reading and higher. Of course, there are different kinds to love. My dad loves technical reading, but wouldn’t read a novel…my husband loves comic books…I have a friend who really loves cereal boxes…

]]> http://jackieregales.com/2010/02/04/lifelong-lovers-of-reading/#comment-1599 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:39:55 +0000 http://jackieregales.com/?p=1032#comment-1599 I want my students to be good readers too, but to love it? For their entire life? It just doesn’t seem feasible to me, although my own life has been one big love affair with reading.

]]> http://jackieregales.com/2010/02/04/lifelong-lovers-of-reading/#comment-1598 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:38:47 +0000 http://jackieregales.com/?p=1032#comment-1598 I agree that parental involvement is key. One of the funniest education studies I read recently took place in Tennessee, inspired by Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, which send every registered kid (regardless of family income) a free book every month from birth to age 5. So the state decided to study whether it has resulted in better kindergarten readiness. I’ll let you guess what the results were…… I only wish every state could have a similar program!

]]> http://jackieregales.com/2010/02/04/lifelong-lovers-of-reading/#comment-1597 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:14:00 +0000 http://jackieregales.com/?p=1032#comment-1597 I don’t think we can make them be. But I think we should try to inspire them to be. I know most of my students will never be readers but i do my best because of all the reasons you mentioned for reading but also because you really need to be a reader to do well in college when the program you are in is not dumbed down (as many are, unfortunately) and I really, really want my students to go to college, although many – perhaps most – won’t. I am sneaky about encouraging reading. Insidious. Devious…

]]> http://jackieregales.com/2010/02/04/lifelong-lovers-of-reading/#comment-1596 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:44:46 +0000 http://jackieregales.com/?p=1032#comment-1596 I find it hard to believe that a teacher alone can make a student a lifelong reader, if there isn’t any parental involvement. Obviously, good teachers are key to helping kids love to read–but if the parent isn’t willing to buy books, or take the kid to the library–and to start doing those kinds of things BEFORE the kid is school-aged, I think it is really difficult for kids to pick up the habit of reading.

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