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From: janr@orca.UUCP (Jan Rowell)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Early reading programs
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Date: Tue, 22-Nov-83 00:13:09 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 22 00:13:09 1983
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I think it's really limiting to little kids to try to teach
them to read--limiting in that you're dealing with hop-on-pop
silliness instead of the whole world of literature and
knowledge. I'd rather see kids being read *to*--poetry,
mythology, dinosaur books (my son's favorite), or
whatever excites their imagination and curiosity--rather than
concentrating on having them learn the decoding skills early.