62Granny
The Sewing machine by Natalie Fergie, just finished another one of hers 25 Library Terrace, which I enjoyed.
I agree with World Book Day in principle but don't agree with the way some schools promote it, it seems to have changed into World Dressing up Day.
Luckily my DGS school don't do this but encourage the Children to fetch a book in to Swap around.
I agree with World Book Day in principle but don't agree with the way some schools promote it, it seems to have changed into World Dressing up Day.
So I'm not the only one then! I've never been openly critical, but I did think the event had become a tad 'Disneyfied'.
However, I've had a re-think. My son was discovered to be quite profoundly dyslexic. He attended 'remedial' classes after school which, in fact, he quite enjoyed because the teacher was great fun. She recommended that I give him comics to read. I was shocked to say the least, but her thinking was that the illustrations, apart from being compelling, would encourage him to read the text, much of which was in small and easily assimilated chunks.
I bought a variety of comics, avoiding the more 'trashy' ones, and he did in fact sit for hours poring over them - and I watched him running his finger along the text mouthing it to himself as well as frequently jumping up and asking me what a particular word meant. From comics he graduated to books with lots of illustrations and even more text. The books were a mixture of fiction, and the factual. He later became an avid book reader.
My point is that anything that encourages literacy and an interest in books, is probably a good thing. So, if dressing-up does the trick, I'm now all for it!
