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From: mel@houxe.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: learning to read
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Date: Thu, 17-Nov-83 22:19:37 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 17 22:19:37 1983
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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