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Fri Sep 15 2000 at 3:18:59
As mentioned,
don't fake it
. If you're not digging it, pick another book or another time -
it SUCKS
when an adult reads in a sulky I'd-rather-be-doing-anything-other-than-reading-to-you voice. Kids know
precisely
what that tone means, and it breaks them.
Don't rush. Why would you want it to be over soon?
You're pouring words into a kid's
open greedy brain
. Make it last. Five minutes more equals hundreds more words
for building dreams and castles
.
If it's funny,
laugh
! When
Shel Silverstein
is being a silly old bastard or
Louis Sachar
has gotten too ridiculous to stand, don't press on through the text - drop the book on the floor and roll around on the couch laughing. Don't you want to have that memory from your own childhood? Do me a favor and give that to a kid you know.
What to read to a child
Books made me a person
The Ten Things You Can't Say in America
How to teach art to a four-year-old
My biological clock is not ticking, dammit!
Louis Sachar
Shel Silverstein
Sounding like a child
Huddled around the story as if it were a fire
read a book to kindergarteners
Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf
Another person that misses childhood
An Open Letter to My Brain
Tadpole's Promise
Your girlfriend will never forget how adorable you were the first time you went
How to read "puzzlelink"
Just a babysitter
Constitution of Ireland Article 3
Nick Berg is Our Son
Tell me a story
My life is a Lone Wolf and Cub movie
Spirited Away
Brahms' Lullaby
The End