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What we teach children to love and desire will always outweigh what we make them learn.
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Students who read the most also read the best, achieve the most, and stay in school the longest. Conversely, those who don't read much cannot get better at it.
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We have instant pudding, instant photos, instant coffee—but there are no instant adults.
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Every time we read to a child, we're sending a 'pleasure' message to the child's brain. You could even call it a commercial, conditioning the child to associate books and print with pleasure.
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I am tired, Beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little inkdrops, And posting it.
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Jim Trelease
Born:
March 23, 1941
Died:
July 28, 2022
(aged 81)
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Jim Trelease, also known as James Joseph Trelease, was an educator and author who stressed reading aloud to children as a way to instill in them the love of literature.
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