EPISODE · Mar 6, 2014 · 2 MIN
World Book Day 2014
from Dan Gold MPRCA's posts · host Dan Gold MPRCA
Stop, step back and listen to the world around you. Pick up a book and experience the escape to somewhere else. Today I went to my son's nursery and read a couple of stories to the children there. It's probably one of the most inspiring things that I have done in the last few years. Let me explain. As the book's printed words were absorbed by my eyes, the imagination nested behind them, created an atmosphere which enabled me to enter the world of the authors. Adult Readers often over look the value of a good childrens book as simple literature, but if a book for the younger end of the market is not engaging, it's game over from the start. The one thing that we cannot afford as a society, is to allow the levels of literacy to fall. The future of the next generation and their opportunities in life start from the early days of reading. When you see how a toddler looks at a parent, guardian or playgroup leader whilst they're being
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Stop, step back and listen to the world around you. Pick up a book and experience the escape to somewhere else. Today I went to my son's nursery and read a couple of stories to the children there. It's probably one of the most inspiring things that I have done in the last few years. Let me explain. As the book's printed words were absorbed by my eyes, the imagination nested behind them, created an atmosphere which enabled me to enter the world of the authors. Adult Readers often over look the value of a good childrens book as simple literature, but if a book for the younger end of the market is not engaging, it's game over from the start. The one thing that we cannot afford as a society, is to allow the levels of literacy to fall. The future of the next generation and their opportunities in life start from the early days of reading. When you see how a toddler looks at a parent, guardian or playgroup leader whilst they're being
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