EPISODE 16: Raising Readers
from Millennial Mom Thoughts Hosted by Jordan Spicklemire and Helen Plevka-Jones
Jordan opens the episode with the great success of the Spooklemire Haunted House. Many attended (including Helen) and fun was had by all. Helen and Jordan then dive into their earliest childhood memories with reading and some of their favorite books. Helen discusses a literacy narrative assignment she often gives to students to reflect on their journeys with reading, and she notes how they often identify a moment in early elementary school their early love of reading changed into resentment . Helen shares six strategies to foster a love of literacy, and we talk about what strategies we do already and what ones we would like to do. And it seems Jordan has taken the sixth strategy of “filling your home with books” to the extreme because books are quite literally all over the house. We also talk about the impact that reading can have on imaginative play. And Helen is very excited to introduce the 25 books of Christmas tradition. More books, less screens. Essay referenced: A Guide to Surviving the Age of Post-Literacy
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