“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
“My personal view is that reading has to be balanced. Obviously, there's a certain amount of reading that we have to do academically to continue to learn and to grow, but it's got to be balanced with fun and with elective reading. Whether that's comic books or Jane Austen, if it makes you excited about reading, that's what matters.” IfsBookMatterCertainReadingFunGrowsViewsAmountExcitedComicBalancedWhat MattersComic BookJaneAustenPersonal Views 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
“I think the main thing that we can do as adults helping young people to find the joy in reading, whether we're parents or caregivers or educators, is to come at that subliminally as much as possible and not to make it an issue. The key is to know the individual child and get them materials to read that's going to speak to them best.” PeopleThinkingKnowsChildrenHelpingYoungJoyReadingIndividualSpeakParentCan DoIssuesMaterialsKeysAdultsEducatorCaregivers Author:Emma Walton Hamilton
“Graphic novels might really speak to one child who's struggling with the other kinds of reading and might help them discover that storytelling is joyful and personal and illuminating. They might find your way in auditorily by listening to audio books in the car instead of playing Game Boys or watching DVDs.” WayKindChildrenBookHelpingMightReadingGamesSpeakBoysNovelStruggleCarListeningStorytellingJoyfulGraphicDvdsPlaying GamesIlluminatingGraphic NovelsAudioAudio Books 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
