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“We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that child is someone today.” – Stacia Tauscher
So well said. This should inform everything we do with children. They are not miniature adults. They are not incomplete humans. They just are, exactly as they are, with no comparisons between the child and an adult necessary, needed, or helpful.
So go pay attention to a child in your life!
Babette
“Children lead us back to the fountainhead
We are blase; We have seen too many strange things.
They call, inviting us to look at, and admire, pictures
That owe their strength to simplicity.”
Paul Hazard (by way of the blog, Seven Impossible Things)
No matter which holiday you might celebrate at this time of the year, this quote captures the meaning and intent of so many of them:
If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble and trusted, this is recognized by others. If our lives demonstrate something else, that will be noticed too.
- Rosa Parks, civil rights activist (1913-2005)
With thoughtfulness,
Babette
There’s just not more I can say:
Reading aloud to children is “the single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading.”
From Becoming a nation of readers: The report of the Commission on Reading by R.C. Anderson, E.H. Hiebert, J.A. Scott, and I.A.G. Wilkinson, 1985.
The beauty of storybook reading is that young children can learn a multitude of concepts through this one activity.
from Shared Storybook Reading by Helen K. Ezell and Laura M. Justice, 2005.
Babette
Quick, what quote do you remember Mr. Miyagi for in the movie Karate Kid?
You got it! “Wax on, wax off.”
Here are fifteen more. See how many you agree with. (I disagree with Yoda’s. Can you guess what I’d pick?)
Babette
“The book, despite its humble and ancient beginnings, is still the most
compact and efficient entertainment system available today. It requires no
batteries, no peripherals, no software, no upgrades. It is compact and can
easily fit in a pocket or handbag. It provides more entertainment, hour for
hour, than ten video games, fifty movies, or a thousand cellphone
ring-tones. It’s study and durable: Kept away from water, a book can last
centuries. Keeping a book with you is excellent insurance against those
empty moments on the bus, subway, in the waiting room or between activities.”
Charlene Swansen, Youth Services, Mancos Public Library District, CO
And I’ve posted this comic before but it goes along soooooo well that here it is again from Penny Arcade.
Go read a book!
Babette
I know it seems inconceivable but I’m going to put chickens before Abraham Lincoln. (But it is really tough, honest.)
Best Book I got in on the new book order:
Tillie Lays an Egg by Terry Golson.
It’s got pictures of real chickens, 50′s memorabilia, eggs to count and even multiply, a Where’s Waldo factor, and a funny, funny ending.
Children and all other chicken lovers will have a delightful time with Tilly!
Runners-up:
Abe’s Honest Words by Doreen Rappaport is a combination bio and quotations including one of my favorites about trying to please people (I’ll put it on the quote page soon).
How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham quotes Bob as saying, “In troubled time, when many of us are losing contact with the natural world, I wanted to show that there is still hope in a coming generation of children who have curiosity and empathy with the world around them, and that care and attention can sometimes fix broken wings.” He does a fine job.
Watch how you live. Your lives may be the only gospel your sisters and
brothers will ever read.
- Dom Helder Camara,
former Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, Brazil.
Check out the latest addition to my quote page. Click on the link at the top of the page or scroll to the bottom of the left hand column.
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