llf@houxz.UUCP (11/17/83)
In regards to "wasting" time reading to kids. I believe that if you don't press them to learn to read, but rather, read things to them that they find interesting and make availible to them books to handle, then they will learn to read with out needing someone to "teach" them. It is a great fallacy that we all have learned, that in order to learn something, one must have a "teacher". Children have a great natural curiosity, desire to know things, and do things on their own. Unleash that power. Lynda
mel@houxe.UUCP (11/18/83)
Please folks, not all people are the same. What works for one, may not work at all for another. Flash cards may be great fun for one kid, terrifying to another (or great fun presented by one parent, terrifying when presented by another). People are too complex to direct by such simplistic schemes - the danger of forcing individuals into a dogmatic program is the real harm that can be inflicted on the kid either by the technique itself, or the telegraphed disappointment of the teacher/parent. Please try everything in small doses, observe, correct, modify, play it by ear and good sense - if it isn't working, try something else. Keep the ideas flowing here, but let us temper the discussions with the knowledge that we as kids outsmarted them all, and our kids will do the same to us. Mel Haas , hocsk!mel