A correction or qualification on something I posted about reading
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I wrote this:
-=-Once a child is reading, it doesn't matter how he learned it. -=-
When I wrote that it was within the context of discussing unschooling.
I don't believe it out of context at all. Within the range of a child
learning through is own inquiries and experiments, I don't think whether his
own mental organization followed more a phonics-and-rules pattern or a whole
language and favorite words pattern, or any combination of tricks and tools.
I don't think traditional reading instruction is as good for the eventual
happiness of that reader as a flexible path to reading is.
And in that same post it started out with an automated quote-note which cited
the author of a post, but NOT the person who had made the statement.
Pam didn't really say that:
In a message dated 7/25/02 8:49:34 PM, PSoroosh@a... writes:
<< > The trick is knowing when to stop this type of teaching. Keep it minimal.
-=-Once a child is reading, it doesn't matter how he learned it. -=-
When I wrote that it was within the context of discussing unschooling.
I don't believe it out of context at all. Within the range of a child
learning through is own inquiries and experiments, I don't think whether his
own mental organization followed more a phonics-and-rules pattern or a whole
language and favorite words pattern, or any combination of tricks and tools.
I don't think traditional reading instruction is as good for the eventual
happiness of that reader as a flexible path to reading is.
And in that same post it started out with an automated quote-note which cited
the author of a post, but NOT the person who had made the statement.
Pam didn't really say that:
In a message dated 7/25/02 8:49:34 PM, PSoroosh@a... writes:
<< > The trick is knowing when to stop this type of teaching. Keep it minimal.
> Once a child gets it, it's time to stop "teaching."Sandra
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