Each day millions of children arrive in American classrooms in search of more than reading and math skills. They are looking for a light in the darkness of their lives, a Good Samaritan who will stop and bandage a bruised heart or ego.
Students who read the most also read the best, achieve the most, and stay in school the longest. Conversely, those who dont read much cannot get bett… - Jim Trelease
Students who read the most also read the best, achieve the most, and stay in school the longest. Conversely, those who dont read much cannot get bett…
- Jim Trelease
The more you read, the better you get, the more better you get, the more you like it; and the more you like it, the more you do it. - Jim Trelease
The more you read, the better you get, the more better you get, the more you like it; and the more you like it, the more you do it.
You became a reader because you saw and heard someone you admired enjoying the experience, someone led you to the world of books even before you coul… - Jim Trelease
You became a reader because you saw and heard someone you admired enjoying the experience, someone led you to the world of books even before you coul…
What we teach children to love and desire will always outweigh what we make them learn. - Jim Trelease
What we teach children to love and desire will always outweigh what we make them learn.
The prime purpose of being four is to enjoy being four - of secondary importance is to prepare for being five. - Jim Trelease
The prime purpose of being four is to enjoy being four - of secondary importance is to prepare for being five.
Instead of educating the I.Q., we need to educate the H.Q., the heart quotient, the matters of truth, love, justice, and compassion. There are two wa… - Jim Trelease
Instead of educating the I.Q., we need to educate the H.Q., the heart quotient, the matters of truth, love, justice, and compassion. There are two wa…
Like Scout and her father in To Kill a Mockingbird, my father would pull me onto his lap each night in our four-room apartment and read aloud. - Jim Trelease
Like Scout and her father in To Kill a Mockingbird, my father would pull me onto his lap each night in our four-room apartment and read aloud.
Neither books nor people have Velcro Sides -- there must be a bonding agent -- someone who attaches child to book. - Jim Trelease
Neither books nor people have Velcro Sides -- there must be a bonding agent -- someone who attaches child to book.
Reading aloud is the best advertisement because it works. It allows a child to sample the delights of reading and conditions him to believe that read… - Jim Trelease
Reading aloud is the best advertisement because it works. It allows a child to sample the delights of reading and conditions him to believe that read…
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