September 24, 2006

Kamealoha’s Mem Fox Reflection

I chose to read chapter seven. This chapter is called Flashing Screens or turning pages? I thought that this chapter was very interesting; it was about children, reading, and television. I think that it is a shame that some children do not have books in there household. I remember growing up with books beyond books at our house. My mom would read to us every night. I still have all of those books; I thought it would be good to keep them for my classroom one day.

One of the things that are important to get children interested in reading is to provide books for them to read. We need to have books in our homes so that children have the chance to pick up a book and read it. It is also important to provide a variety of reading materials for them. I agree with Mem Fox when she says that it is important to let children read whatever it is that they want to read. We can not force children to read certain material or they will just be reading just because they have to, not because they want to and enjoy it.

I also think that Mem Fox had a great point about having a role model. Children need to be able to see someone they look up to reading. I remember growing up and m mom always reading a book in her free time. My dad was also always reading the newspaper. Since I looked up to them I would try to mimic them and get one of my books and read next to them. Parents play such an important role in the reading of there children.