Ok, here is the first post for this new blog. It's a little funny after being in the tech business for so long that I never created one of these! I get the feeling that I've been missing out, as this could turn out to be kind of fun. Bye for now!
Blog Post #5: BHH and Orbiting Jupiter
When my children were young, I would often read aloud to them. Actually, there was a LOT of reading to them. We went through the entire set of Harry Potter books...twice to be precise, one time for each child. And my son enjoyed the entire Lord of the Rings Trilogy. So did I! These times were priceless. They could follow along with the plot line, and recognize characters and their traits, but, as expected, they were not doing a lot of higher level thinking about what they were hearing. What sort of themes were being communicated in the books? What about character conflict? How did my kids feel about what they heard? In the vernacular, my kids needed some scaffolding! And candidly, my son - the younger of the two, now at age 16 - still does. I think a tool like BHH is beguilingly simple, and therein lies the beauty. It's something that young readers can use, remember, and understand. It's a marvelous approa...
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ReplyDeleteJohn -- I'm glad you think this could be fun!
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