Re: [AlwaysLearning] Book Reading was video games and violence
Chris Swift
I gave up on book-marks etc. at quite an early age because of getting very
annoyed when they got lost.
Plus I didn't like marking the book in any way, pencil marks, creasing or
leaving the book open.
I got into the habit of closing the book without any kind of mark and
skimming through it when I next picked it up to find the place where I was
at.
I was quite suprised as I got older that more people didn't do this.
I think this is a good habit (it has always suited me) but I've yet to find
anyone else that does it.
And I am not sure how you would encourage it.
I knew someone that used to remember the page number she had to go back to !
Chris
annoyed when they got lost.
Plus I didn't like marking the book in any way, pencil marks, creasing or
leaving the book open.
I got into the habit of closing the book without any kind of mark and
skimming through it when I next picked it up to find the place where I was
at.
I was quite suprised as I got older that more people didn't do this.
I think this is a good habit (it has always suited me) but I've yet to find
anyone else that does it.
And I am not sure how you would encourage it.
I knew someone that used to remember the page number she had to go back to !
Chris
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From: <SandraDodd@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Re: video games and violence
>
> In a message dated 6/8/2005 12:44:53 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
> pamsoroosh@... writes:
>
> Several times the
> book has gotten closed without her place being marked. So - maybe we
> should limit the length of books she is allowed to read, because she
> really does so "over" react when she loses her place - it is such a
> terrible source of frustration for her! <BEG>
>
>
>
> ===========
>
> You could require her to read to the end of a chapter, or lose her reading
> privileges.
>
> You could take the book away from her for a week if she whimpers or cries
> about losing her place.
>
> But limiting her to very small books she can read in one sitting seems to
> solve the frustration problem in the traditional fashion. <g>
>
> Sandra
AlysonRR
I do that with library books but usually dog-ear my own. I can't
remember my husband's work phone number (he's been there for two years),
but I can remember the page number or chapter number of the book I'm
reading for the 24 hours or so until I read it again.
Alyson, whose husband chose an easy variation of his birthdate for PINs
until she could reliably remember the birthday (I didn't forget the PINs
but did forget his birthday for the first couple years we knew each
other...)
remember my husband's work phone number (he's been there for two years),
but I can remember the page number or chapter number of the book I'm
reading for the 24 hours or so until I read it again.
Alyson, whose husband chose an easy variation of his birthdate for PINs
until she could reliably remember the birthday (I didn't forget the PINs
but did forget his birthday for the first couple years we knew each
other...)
> I knew someone that used to remember the page number she had to goback
> to!
Christine ONeal
This is what I do with books too. I usually end up skimming a few pages that I've already read to get me back into the story. I also do this when I read chapter books to my son, so he is seeing the example of looking through the book to find your place. He isn't reading independently yet, so I don't know what he'll do to mark his place when he is.
Christy
Chris Swift <Chris@...> wrote:
I gave up on book-marks etc. at quite an early age because of getting very
annoyed when they got lost.
Plus I didn't like marking the book in any way, pencil marks, creasing or
leaving the book open.
I got into the habit of closing the book without any kind of mark and
skimming through it when I next picked it up to find the place where I was
at.
I was quite suprised as I got older that more people didn't do this.
I think this is a good habit (it has always suited me) but I've yet to find
anyone else that does it.
And I am not sure how you would encourage it.
I knew someone that used to remember the page number she had to go back to !
Chris
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Chris Swift <Chris@...> wrote:
I gave up on book-marks etc. at quite an early age because of getting very
annoyed when they got lost.
Plus I didn't like marking the book in any way, pencil marks, creasing or
leaving the book open.
I got into the habit of closing the book without any kind of mark and
skimming through it when I next picked it up to find the place where I was
at.
I was quite suprised as I got older that more people didn't do this.
I think this is a good habit (it has always suited me) but I've yet to find
anyone else that does it.
And I am not sure how you would encourage it.
I knew someone that used to remember the page number she had to go back to !
Chris
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Elizabeth Hill
**I gave up on book-marks etc. at quite an early age because of getting
veryannoyed when they got lost.
Plus I didn't like marking the book in any way, pencil marks, creasing or
leaving the book open.**
I was a habitual dog-earer of corners as a child. Bad to the bone. <g> (Hey, they were MY books.) Now that I sometimes resell books, I'm motivated to stop. I'll use candy wrappers or tear off a piece of newspaper or junk mail to make my own bookmarks. (I can usually reach these w/o standing up.) My husband keeps track of where to start by memorizing his page number, frequently by equating it to someone's batting average! (Doesn't work much past 400 pages.)
**
I got into the habit of closing the book without any kind of mark and
skimming through it when I next picked it up to find the place where I was
at.**
This can be time consuming, and it you start too far forwards you can spoil yourself for upcoming events.
I fall asleep listening to books on tape, even in the daytime, and it can be time consuming to refind the right part.
Betsy
veryannoyed when they got lost.
Plus I didn't like marking the book in any way, pencil marks, creasing or
leaving the book open.**
I was a habitual dog-earer of corners as a child. Bad to the bone. <g> (Hey, they were MY books.) Now that I sometimes resell books, I'm motivated to stop. I'll use candy wrappers or tear off a piece of newspaper or junk mail to make my own bookmarks. (I can usually reach these w/o standing up.) My husband keeps track of where to start by memorizing his page number, frequently by equating it to someone's batting average! (Doesn't work much past 400 pages.)
**
I got into the habit of closing the book without any kind of mark and
skimming through it when I next picked it up to find the place where I was
at.**
This can be time consuming, and it you start too far forwards you can spoil yourself for upcoming events.
I fall asleep listening to books on tape, even in the daytime, and it can be time consuming to refind the right part.
Betsy
Pam Sorooshian
I do that too, fall asleep while listening to a book. A LOT. I listen
with an "Audible Otis" - it has bookmarking capabilities with the push
of a button - so as I feel myself drifting off, I push the book mark
button. That way, the next time I listen, I just go back to the last
bookmark and then only have to go forward a bit to get to where I fell
asleep..
They no longer make the Otis and mine is old and wearing out - so I'm
in the market for a new audible player/mp3 player that also plays
audible format. The bookmarking feature being super easy to use is
critical.
-pam
with an "Audible Otis" - it has bookmarking capabilities with the push
of a button - so as I feel myself drifting off, I push the book mark
button. That way, the next time I listen, I just go back to the last
bookmark and then only have to go forward a bit to get to where I fell
asleep..
They no longer make the Otis and mine is old and wearing out - so I'm
in the market for a new audible player/mp3 player that also plays
audible format. The bookmarking feature being super easy to use is
critical.
-pam
Barbara Chase
>I think this is a good habit (it has always suited me) but I've yet to findI do! I read w/ my dd all the time, rarely saving my place. Sometimes she
>anyone else that does it.
will tell me that I've already read a bit, but we don't usually mind if I
do. We can leave a story for days, and then come back to it and find where
we left off. If it's been longer we just pick up at some point that we
both remember.
I haven't thought much about whether it's a good or a bad habit, it's just
what I do most often. Sometimes I do use a bookmark and then I have to
find my place on one of those two pages ;-)
Mahalo,
Barbara
Gold Standard
>>I'll use candy wrappers or tear off a piece of newspaper or junk mail tomake my own bookmarks. (I can usually reach these w/o standing up.)<<
This line cracked me up. We must read in the same places...the bed, the
couch, the chair, the floor...
:-),
Jacki
Nancy Wooton
On Jun 9, 2005, at 12:03 PM, Gold Standard wrote:
marking a book... or maybe I'm the only one who'll admit it!
Nancy
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> >>I'll use candy wrappers or tear off a piece of newspaper or junkI can't be the only one who occasionally has a square of toilet paper
> mail to
> make my own bookmarks. (I can usually reach these w/o standing up.)<<
>
> This line cracked me up. We must read in the same places...the bed,
> the
> couch, the chair, the floor...
>
> :-),
> Jacki
>
>
marking a book... or maybe I'm the only one who'll admit it!
Nancy
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[email protected]
In a message dated 6/9/2005 3:51:10 AM Central Standard Time,
Chris@... writes:
I got into the habit of closing the book without any kind of mark and
skimming through it when I next picked it up to find the place where I was
at.
~~~
I used to do that, when I had time to read an entire book in a matter of
hours or days. I use bookmarks now, because I often put a book down and don't
get back to it for many many days. Maybe even months. I have to go back and
skim the book anyway, just to remind myself what the story is about
sometimes. At least with a bookmark I won't skim ahead because I can't remember the
story at all! :)
My husband and son find it really frustrating to have to skim. They are
both slow, laborious readers (although they both enjoy reading--I just read
differently than they do) and so skimming lessens the joy for them.
Sometimes I do remember the page number, too. I have a memory for numbers,
though its effectiveness is waning as I get older, or maybe that I don't have
to use it as much as I used to.
I also hate to mark up books.
Karen
www.badchair.net
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Chris@... writes:
I got into the habit of closing the book without any kind of mark and
skimming through it when I next picked it up to find the place where I was
at.
~~~
I used to do that, when I had time to read an entire book in a matter of
hours or days. I use bookmarks now, because I often put a book down and don't
get back to it for many many days. Maybe even months. I have to go back and
skim the book anyway, just to remind myself what the story is about
sometimes. At least with a bookmark I won't skim ahead because I can't remember the
story at all! :)
My husband and son find it really frustrating to have to skim. They are
both slow, laborious readers (although they both enjoy reading--I just read
differently than they do) and so skimming lessens the joy for them.
Sometimes I do remember the page number, too. I have a memory for numbers,
though its effectiveness is waning as I get older, or maybe that I don't have
to use it as much as I used to.
I also hate to mark up books.
Karen
www.badchair.net
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