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tovlo4801
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Posted: Oct 26 2005 at 12:37pm \| IP Logged

I was on one of those internet searches that always seems to turn up some unexpected treasure. This article described the joy to be found in reading good literature aloud so well. I loved it and I suspect there might be others here who would enjoy it as well.

lessons from a bear of very little brain

Here's an excerpt:

In four years of college, the most important thing I did was read Winnie-the-Pooh. My saying this will surprise many of you, and it is with no small shame that I admit it. How, you ask, could I have made it through childhood, and all the way into college, without reading Winnie-the-Pooh?

But perhaps my experience is not unique. When my grandparents reminisce about childhood, they recall the tales of Mother Goose and the Brothers Grimm, and books like Treasure Island and The Wizard of Oz. When my contemporaries reminisce about childhood, they recall episodes of Sesame Street and The Smurfs, or G.I. Joe and Transformers. For us, the classics of children's literature were largely usurped by television. Not that we didn't read--certainly, our parents and teachers forced us to read--but we did not always take joy and delight in reading; for books lacked television's power to stimulate our senses and engage our emotions.

Leonie
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Posted: Oct 26 2005 at 5:31pm \| IP Logged

A lovely article.

Thanks, Richelle.

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kingvozzo
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Posted: Oct 26 2005 at 7:53pm \| IP Logged

I agree with him completely about how wonderful literature is often destroyed by analysis, instead of being enjoyed. And the A.A. Milne books really are wonderfully written. The Disney Pooh is alright, as far as it goes, but Pooh has forever been turned into a baby thing for many, many people. Such a shame.

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Willa
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Posted: Oct 26 2005 at 7:57pm \| IP Logged

Enjoed it very much, Richelle.

Another excerpt:
As James S. Taylor states in his study of the philosophy of education, Poetic Knowledge, "there can be no real advancement in knowledge unless it first begin in leisure or wonder, where the controlling motive throughout remains to be delight and love."

Yes -- that says a lot about why I'm home educating!

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Cheryl
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Posted: Oct 26 2005 at 8:09pm \| IP Logged

We're up to chapter 4 in the House at Pooh Corner. We are all enjoying the pooh stories. My squirmy ds 4, who has trouble sitting through many picture books, will sit through a Pooh chapter and ask for more. I've been laughing aloud too.

Thanks for sharing the article.

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