David Elkind Quote

If learning to read was as easy as learning to talk, as some writers claim, many more children would learn to read on their own. The fact that they do not, despite their being surrounded by print, suggests that learning to read is not a spontaneous or simple skill.

The hurried child: growing up too fast too soon (ed. Da Capo Press, 1988)

If learning to read was as easy as learning to talk, as some writers claim, many more children would learn to read on their own. The fact that they...

If learning to read was as easy as learning to talk, as some writers claim, many more children would learn to read on their own. The fact that they...

If learning to read was as easy as learning to talk, as some writers claim, many more children would learn to read on their own. The fact that they...

If learning to read was as easy as learning to talk, as some writers claim, many more children would learn to read on their own. The fact that they...