Reading Really Is Fun...damental!

Good Tuesday Morning, Everybody!

I just got out of my Developmental Approach to Reading and Literacy class, and much like my other classes, it was a gooden. This morning, we talked about various ways to teach reading and writing to younger children. I happened to bring up a commercial that has been playing for the past couple of weeks now. In this commercial, it shows various parents talking to their children—in particular, there’s this one mom who is showing different vegetables to her little baby son, who appears to be no more than maybe four months old. It’s just the cutest thing, and at the same time, it promotes talking and reading to your children.

It also got me to thinking: Although I was two years old, I clearly remember my Grampa Clark singing the theme song to That Girl. Of course, he made up his own lyrics apart from the original, but it still sounded good. To this day, I find myself singing That Girl every now and then. Of course, Mom and Dad talked to me constantly, up to and beyond the time I was able to talk back… and when I say “talk back,” I am referring to holding a conversation with them. That’s not to say that I’ve never talked back—that’s just saying that there is a big difference between back-and-forth dialogue and actual talking back.

I really don’t know how I wound up on that topic, so I’m just gonna close that barn door before any other horses decide they wanna be free… hahaha!

Well, it looks like I’ve got to head to my Creative Expressions for Teachers class, lest I get marked late or absent. I’ll holla at y’all tomorrow, though, so until then, y’all have a gooden.

Hugs & Kisses,
Natasha