Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Posting 1, Children's Lit and You
Reflect on your childhood experiences with literature. (1) What is your earliest recollection of someone reading to you? (2) During your childhood, who read to you? (3) Describe a memorable experience(s) with your favorite book(s). What age were you? What makes this experience memorable? **Respond to a peer’s reflection. (Due by June 23rd)
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My earliest recollection of someone reading to me was Kindergarden. I remember being read to as a group at school often. My teachers usually were the only ones that ever read to me. I remember reading the rainbow fish in elementary school. I can not remember what grade I was in, I just remember really liking that book. I think the reason it was so memorable is because the teacher did fun activities to go with the book that made it fun and helped us remember it.
My earliest recollection of somemone resding to me would have to be in pre K. I dont really remember that many people in my family reading to me as often as my teachers but I do remmember when my aunt used to read to me. My most memorable experince with my favorite book was when I was in elementary school and I learned ALL of the words to Beauty and the Beast. That was and still is my favorite book. It is memorable because I wouldn't read any other book in the house because that one made me feel special. LOL
Oh I forgot to respond to someone's posting...
Stephanie, I loved rainbow fish also. But what I liked most about the book(it might sound strange)was the cover because of all the colors and I learned what gills were.
My earliest recollection of someone reading to me was when I was about 4 or and my papa used to read all kinds of books to me. My favorite was "God loves me because..." It was a story about how God made all these things for us to enjoy and have because he loves us. I used to feel so privileged to know that all these things in the world were made for me. The book talked about God making ice cream. One day, my aa took me to DQ and got me a sundae, because he loved me-he explained. I later found out that God loves everyone, so everything was for us all. Stephanie, The rainow fish was a very fun and exciting book. I loved silly all the shiny colors and fish. That's what I liked about that book.
When I was very young, my grandmother would read to me before bed every night. My favorite was the Billy Goats Gruff. She always changed her voice for the characters and I remember being so scared of the troll under the bridge.
Another memorable experience was in the fifth grade my teacher, Mr. Z, read The BFG to the class. I love that book to this day. I couldn't wait to hear what was going to happen next. It was around that time that I started reading for fun.
I think I'll have to check out The Rainbow Fish. It sounds like a good one.
Brook, I think it is so sweet how your granfather read to you and taught you how god loved you. He obviously loved you very much and wanted you to feel loved. My granfather used to read to me when I was a baby but I moved very far away from him when I was five and he died before I moved back. You should feel special remembering those times with your papa.
Bridget, I also used to love the Billy Goats Gruff. I dont know what it was about that book but I absolutely loved it!
I think the first book I remember being read to me was Where the Wild Things Are. I used to love love love that book, and of course I still do. I think my parents read to me equally; it was more who was able to do it at the moment. What I remember most about reading from when I was little was that my mother would read a book in the car on the way home. I remember it beginning when I was in the fifth or sixth grade. We started with the Chronicles of Narnia, and of course my brother and I loved it. We read all the books in the series in the car. We lived about forty minutes outside of Columbus, so we always had some time to kill. When Harry Potter came out, we read them in the car too, that is until I started driving; then I had to read them myself. What makes this memorable is that we were enjoying the books as a family, and we could talk about it and take turns reading and change our voices for different characters. Most importantly, it was that we could share it as a family, and that meant a lot to me.
Bridget, i loved billy goats gruff when i was young, i thought it was so cool that three little goats could beat up a mean old troll :) and i haven't read BFG yet, but my brother has and he loved it, i have heard great things about that book :)
My earliest memory of being read to would have to have come from my mother. She loves to read and would put me to bed with a book every night. My favorite childhood book is Norma Jean the Jumping Bean which taught me that there's a time and a place for everything...even jumping.
Like Bridget, I really remember her changing her voice for each of the characters. I think that's what makes a book exciting and memorable!
Heather Balkcum
The earliest I remember someone reading to me is when I was still living in Atlanta. I was just a little girl about 3 years old. My mom used to read this book that my uncle had special made for me. It was titled 'Heather's Big Christmas Adventure'. It told a story of how I find one of Santa's reindeer and cured it of a bad cold. I gave it chicken noodle soup and Vick's vapor rub. That was my favorite book because my Uncle Bubba had it include details such as my favorite color, food, and hobby. It even had a paragraph about my cousins. He gave me the book as a christmas gift. This is memorable to me because as a child I adored my uncle. I was six when he passed away and it was very hard on me. We were very close and spent a lot of time together. He was the only relative that lived near me and my parents in Atlanta.
Stephanie, I really loved the book rainbow fish too. I used to read it aloud for me and my little sister just about everyday. She still has the book and we still laugh about how many times she made me read to her over and over.
The earliest I can remember someone reading to me would be with my brother. I know that my mom would read to me before I went to bed, but the memories of reading that stick out the most to me would be with my brother. We would read every book that we could. My mother was a teacher so after school we would always go into her classroom and find a book to read. I think that is one of my best memories with reading. I think this is so important to be because it was a good bonding time for my brother and I we were able to have a different relationship that only him and I were able to share.
Isn't it interesting that we all have very different experiences with literacy! My mother continued to read to us even when we were older. One of my favorite memories is of A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. She read this to us when I was about 11. Later, she allowed me to read it on my own, but she had marked out all of the curse words! Imagine the fun I had trying to fill in the blanks!!!
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