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In a message dated 2/24/03 8:14:34 AM, rcarter@... writes:

<< I'm sure there was some damage to her self esteem, mostly
from other children. I remember one girl in particular saying to her "you
can't be in my play, coz you have to read..." :-( >>

While Holly was still not reading she was in an acting class and was in a
play, all homeschoolers, run by the local city theatre.

In both instances, I read her lines to her, she learned them by ear and knew
them before she went back. In the play, they were doing just a section at a
time and adding on. She knew her whole part before they were halfway through
and by the time they performed, she knew EVERY part.

In the other class, she would be the only one who knew her little script, and
so they would let her go first, and have her cue other kids who were
forgetting.

I think her inability to read also kept her from being dependent on the
script or paper and so she could focus her attention on what the lines MEANT
and what her character was really trying to say.

Sandra

Tia Leschke

> I think her inability to read also kept her from being dependent on the
> script or paper and so she could focus her attention on what the lines
MEANT
> and what her character was really trying to say.

This is important. I know I'm horribly dependent on the written word, to
the point where I have trouble remembering exactly what I've read because
it's so easy to just go look it up. My later-reading son, however, has an
excellent memory for what he's heard and seen.
Tia

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In a message dated 2/24/03 10:44:53 AM, leschke@... writes:

<< I know I'm horribly dependent on the written word, to
the point where I have trouble remembering exactly what I've read because
it's so easy to just go look it up. My later-reading son, however, has an
excellent memory for what he's heard and seen. >>

ME TOO.
Them too. <g>

Sandra