The current fashion in teaching is to
assign reading homework. I would be the last person in the world to
minimize the importance of the three Rs. But I do think reading
homework is wrong. Reading should be fun. You want students reading
not playing videos. (When was the last time you saw adults reading?
Playing on their phones?)
So how do you put the fun into
something as important as reading? You find students something fun to
read. My youngest daughter loves reading the Warrior books by Erin
Hunter. My son at that age was reading Harry Potter. I went for the
Hardy Boys. My oldest daughter enjoys True Adventure. My middle
daughter is busy reading Magic Tree House stories with her boys.
There is a tremendous variety of
reading materiel available. We as parents and teachers have to find
the words that our children enjoy reading. When I'm having trouble
finding a book to read I always fall back to detective novels. They
are fun for me.
George W. Parker
No comments:
Post a Comment