"I encountered a similar situation in a preschool -- a three-year-old boy
who spoke very little. Much like the girl described by Pat in her post,
below, Xavier would respond with body language and facial expressions, but
he would't talk."
This is such a great topic.
For a few years (fifteen year
Hi folks,
Please excuse the off topic note, but --
I live in Canada and don't know where to send my friend. My friend,
excellent guy and extra-avid reader, in his 50s, would like to volunteer
reading TO someone. He tried kids many years ago and found that it didn't
satisfy his wish to share books
Have we talked about the developmental appropriateness of print / letter
formation?
Us oldtimers are
horrified at the insistence that these clumsy little hands (boys often)
are
made to work at printing (incorrect form, often, too), just so we can
press
on with learning of the alphabet etc.
Two great favorites as to series that I read to kids and they LOVE --
the Warton and Morton books by Russell Erickson
* more detail here -- http://incredibooks.com/tag/russell-e-erickson/
and the Moominland series by Tove Jannson.
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moomintroll -- this seri
He could check out an area hospital or hospice.
Susan
-Original Message-
>From: Linda Rightmire
>Sent: Sep 30, 2012 11:03 AM
>To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
>Subject: [MOSAIC] volunteering?
>
>Hi folks,
>
>Please excuse the off topic note, but --
>
>I live in Canada and don't know where
