“I am passionate about reading, for myself and for kids. Our future as a compassionate, productive, healthy society is rooted in our continuing to engage our minds and spirits. The key for me is in keeping it joyful as an activity.” MindKidsSpiritReadingKeysHealthyActivityPassionateProductiveOur FutureCompassionateRootedJoyfulContinuingHealthy Society Author:Emma Walton Hamilton
“I think so much emphasis these days is placed upon achievement and skill and assessment that the joy has gone out of reading for many kids. Students become distracted by struggling to learn to read or by the pressure to achieve.” ThinkingKidsJoyReadingStruggleGoneAchieveStudentsSkillsAchievementPressureThese DaysEmphasisDistractedAssessment Author:Emma Walton Hamilton
“Dramatic reading and writing for kids can open a window to individuality and to expression that nothing else does, because all of a sudden the pressure is off and they just bring themselves to the table.” WritingDoeKidsReadingExpressionWindowPressureTablesIndividualityDramaticReading And Writing Author:Emma Walton Hamilton
“It might be helping to explore a story visually by going to see a museum exhibit that's relevant to something that somebody's reading, or going to see a show or listening to a piece of music or cooking a meal that's in one of the stories, something practical, something kinesthetic that draws the reader in and helps them to experience the story for themselves. Those are all ways I think we can kind of come in the back door and help kids find the joy, as opposed to the chore or responsibility, of reading.” ThinkingWayKindHelpingStoriesShowsMightKidsJoyReadingResponsibilityPiecesDoorsListeningReaderDrawsCookingPracticalsMealsMuseumsRelevantExhibitsChoresBack Doors Author:Emma Walton Hamilton
