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 ...yes
That's a terrible misunderstanding of how children's imaginations are fired by pictures. Reading is about more than words formed from letters.... :(
ReplyDeleteThat's a terrible misunderstanding of how children's imaginations are fired by pictures. Reading is about more than words formed from letters.... :(
ReplyDeleteFor 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
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