Archive for 2018

Try to keep the “Merry” in the holiday season

December 10, 2018

In the midst of the Holiday Season, the pace of life speeds up and the ubiquitous To Do List seems to expand by the second. The moments you take to pause, might just be part of the special moments you are all trying so hard to create for friends and family. My antidote to a […]

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Reading is one of the essential building blocks of cultivating a self.

October 22, 2018

Storytelling plays a big role in the process of development and is not something that belongs in childhood, only to be left behind as we grow up.  As we tell stories about the lives of others, we learn how to imagine what another creature might feel in response to various events. At the same time, […]

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“Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well.”

August 18, 2018

Human beings were never born to read. Reading is a human invention that reflects how the brain rearranges itself to learn something new. Reading changed the brain and changed the way we think and feel. And now we are seeing how technology is transforming the brain and a question we are beginning to get some […]

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Conversations are how we connect with others

June 26, 2018

We know from extensive research that without continued reading in the summer, students fall back in their reading achievement. The good news is that the latest research shows students who read at least 4 books over the summer maintain or even increase their skills. Reading is a skill that improves each time we read to […]

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Prose talks and Poetry sings

May 19, 2018

I have the privilege to get to know people through reading with them I am always impressed and rewarded by the many ideas brought to me in our shared reading. Just recently I was introduced to a poem by a 6th grader—she made the connection of this poem to the many ideas embedded in the […]

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