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Reading role models, please apply here.
Let's face it: Most of us don't realize it, but we are failing our kids as reading role models. The best role models are in the home: brothers, fathers, grandfathers; mothers, sisters, grandmothers. Moms and dads, it's important that your kids see you reading. Not just books -- reading the newspaper is good too. --- James Patterson
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Click here to read an action plan that Patterson proposed in 2011.
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Pick up a book,
Write in that book,
Mark important pages in the book
And get caught by your children
“With YOUR reading, you are solidifying in your kids a habit of THEIR reading.”
A mom who promotes reading points out this fact about what happens in the brains of children who see an adult reading a book.
From
Research has shown that we all have specialized cells in our brains called “mirror neurons.” This means that when we watch someone perform an action, the mirror neurons in our brain become active as if we ourselves were engaging in the behavior we’re observing. Observation of a behavior, to an extent, forges the same neural connections made from practicing that behavior. -- Jenni Buchanan, Reading Rainbow Mom
http://cricketmedia.com/blog/parents-get-caught-reading-and-improve-your-childs-literacy/
Spread these links by sharing this quicklink TINYURL.com/ForTheNextReader
Mark the book for the next reader
Write page numbers
on the edge of
the book's pages
so that
when the book
is looked at
from the side,
you can see
"page 19"
To spread this campaign, go to TINYURL.com/MarkTheBook and see
the work that has been done so far... and spread the link.
If you have a better slogan, let's add it.
Spread these links by sharing this quicklink TINYURL.com/ForTheNextReader
Mark the book for the next reader
Write page numbers
on the edge of
the book's pages
so that
when the book
is looked at
from the side,
you can see
"page 19"
To spread this campaign, go to TINYURL.com/MarkTheBook and see
the work that has been done so far... and spread the link.
If you have a better slogan, let's add it.
This campaign focuses on the adults in the lives of kids.
ReplyDeleteJames Patterson points out that "reluctant readers need books that they want to read:
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"Here's how to get reluctant readers -- er, boys -- reading and loving it.
First, try to understand that boys can be a little squirrelly when it comes to reading, and what's squirrelly about them needs to be praised and encouraged.
Boys should be made to feel all squishy inside about reading graphic novels, comics, pop-ups, joke books, and general-information tomes -- especially the last. GuysRead.com has categories such as "Robots," "How to Build Stuff," "Outer Space, but with Aliens," and "At Least One Explosion." It's a wonderful site for finding books that will turn boys on to reading.
Teachers and school administrators might want to consider this: in many schools, there's a tendency not to reward boys for reading books like "Guinness World Records" or "Sports Illustrated Almanac" or "The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll." Too often, boy-appealing books are disproportionately overlooked on recommended reading lists.
Big mistake. Tragic mistake. Avoidable mistake. It's all about attitude. If your kids' school library isn't a boy magnet, the school probably needs to check its attitude."
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See more at the CNN op-ed piece that Patterson wrote in 2011... https://www.cnn.com/2011/09/28/opinion/patterson-kids-reading/index.html