Jj is for Jottings 52. Reading to Children – Some Statistics.
Even the alpacas are worried about current trends.
Here are some disquieting (but not unexpected) statistics and comments quoted by the guest, who is very experienced in education, at the launch of “Aa is for Alpacas”:
Research by Angela Emher in 2013 of 1263 parents discovered that only one in four of them or 25% read to their children daily. They claimed that making dinner and doing housework, work commitments and exhaustion all interfered with the nightly routine of reading and sharing books with their children. From this same survey though 20% of parents though were worried that their own children read less than they did at a similar age. Is the bed time story being sacrificed because of busy lifestyle and at what cost to our future? Continue reading
Jj is for Jottings 51. Rhyming, Climbing, Miming… (Part 2).
Shanti says:“When learning to rhyme just relax, like me,
Play games and have fun: it’s easy – you’ll see.
How do we explain what a rhyme is? I usually say that rhyming words sound the same at the end, and follow it up with plenty of examples. However, be prepared for some children to think that you are talking of only the last SOUND. You might have some extra explaining to do. The most important way Continue reading
Jj is for Jottings 50. Rhyming, Climbing, Miming… (Part 1)
Geisha had a little cria,But in this pic you cannot see ‘er!
(With thanks to David for this one.)
Children are not often introduced to nursery rhymes, these days, and in fact most seem to have little exposure to rhymes in their early childhood. People seem to think that the old-fashioned nursery rhymes are silly and don’t make sense Continue reading