My son, Max, is in the second grade. Every day, he brings a book to read in the morning while he waits for class to begin. This is encouraged. Reading in all forms is encouraged. Except the day he dared to bring a comic book to school.
What is it that teachers have against comic books? Since I was a child, I’ve heard nothing but bashing of the sequential art medium. I learned to read by reading comic books. While my friends were still reading “See Spot Run”, I was pouring through stories with
Archive for May, 2009
My wife is my best friend...plain and simple. I have known her for over a third of my life and have been in love with her the entire time. Honestly, I love her more and more each day, month and year. Just when I thought we could never be closer or even more in love, we learned we were expecting.
Each week my wife and I get emails showing the progress of our child's development. Recently, we just hit week 17 and learned that our baby's toenails are growing. It is amazing learning all of the changes the baby and my
Each week my wife and I get emails showing the progress of our child's development. Recently, we just hit week 17 and learned that our baby's toenails are growing. It is amazing learning all of the changes the baby and my
Teaching Your Child to Write
May 5th, 2009 by Gumer Liston | Arts & Crafts, Helpful hints, Learning, Preschool
I learned to write long before I started going to school because my mother taught me how to do it. Now that I have a child of my own, I would like to do with him what my mother had done with me. I started teaching my son to write when he was very young, when he was only two years and a few months old. Of course, he did not learn because his motor skills were then not good enough for the complex task of writing.
After seeing that it was too early for him to hold and manipulate a
After seeing that it was too early for him to hold and manipulate a
