tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13312089.post4158055856773344009..comments2023-07-04T03:28:45.407-04:00Comments on Emerging Kids: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13312089.post-51315049008350552010-10-13T08:02:02.315-04:002010-10-13T08:02:02.315-04:00For sure. As I say, I'm all for literacy but t...For sure. As I say, I'm all for literacy but there are so many sides to this. The child side - pushing kids past all that picture books represent and that lap time listening, looking, seeing. There's the side of wordless books & picture stories - learning to see detail. The fact that kids comprehend more than they can articulate, more than they can read. Why limit them to their exposure to story & information to their own speaking or reading abilities? The business side for authors & illustrators. I appreciate my computer, don't get me wrong, but there is something tactile about holding a book in my hand that a computer doesn't give me. Something about hand-writing a poem or a journal entry that isn't the same on a computer...anyway<br />...yesmargiehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00336908110879283360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13312089.post-14321444037435841952010-10-13T07:28:51.489-04:002010-10-13T07:28:51.489-04:00That's a terrible misunderstanding of how chil...That's a terrible misunderstanding of how children's imaginations are fired by pictures. Reading is about more than words formed from letters.... :(Marynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13312089.post-24703008052233017392010-10-13T07:28:32.895-04:002010-10-13T07:28:32.895-04:00That's a terrible misunderstanding of how chil...That's a terrible misunderstanding of how children's imaginations are fired by pictures. Reading is about more than words formed from letters.... :(Marynoreply@blogger.com