While attending my child's basketball practice this past Monday a parent announced to me that she actually read to her child thirty minutes a day. She couldn't believe that other parents did not. Confession, I don't. My tastes are not identically aligned with my children's and their's are not aligned with each other. I imagined a parent of four spending two hours a night trying to meet the quota or beating themselves up for not.
Obviously, I'm not a purist when it comes to this nationally mandated read to your child thirty minutes a day. I think what we as educators are intending to say or ought to be intending to say is expose your child to literature thirty minutes a day. Create an environment that loves the read. That's what the 'cotton seeds' section is all about.
Check out the 'cotton seeds' page!
Check out the 'cotton seeds' page!
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