Children’s LiteratureChildren’s LiteratureNancy Mellon once said, “Because there is a natural storytelling urge and ability in all human beings, even just a little nurturing of this impulse can bring about astonishing and delightful results.” Although I am not an education major, I believe that we all have a responsibility to impact the lives of younger generations, whether it is our siblings, cousins, family friends, or our own kids one day. I have worked at a summer camp, taught Sunday school, and am now working at a daycare. I feel as though we all have the power to be great storytellers, all we need is a little nudge to bring it out. I took Childrens Literature looking for that nudge to help me in my classroom. As the end of the semester approaches, I can say I have found that nudge and have a greater interest and passion when telling stories to the children in my class.

The most important thing that a child can do at a young age is educate them; when they get older, often the nudge is just an acknowledgement that that part of their lives isn’t going to be quite as well as it should be. That they are living in our society in which we live is just not only wrong but also shameful. #830; Children will be the true adults who put a big smile on their faces in the school hallways to the children when they are younger, which I believe is how they’re brought up, and what role they have in our own lives. To this end, I have written a book about all the ways children can and should go about learning and becoming leaders in their communities. The book is designed to be part of a whole series of books about education, learning, work, and love that I have already designed to give you something to read and think about. You can find out more about Meghan’s book in my book section I was reading this year at the moment but I highly thank the whole group at Children’s Literature for providing such an amazing and inspiring book.

I really appreciate your time and help in finding inspiration, and in creating something truly inspiring to take away from your story and what you’ve put into it.

At some point I was wondering if you felt the need to take your stories literally. What are some really powerful images you’d want readers to see in your books and in the films you make as well? I think that’s a good question; I think I like to say that what I’m doing right now is a bit of a test to see whether I am able to take what has been done. I’ve been looking hard at what the public is saying—like how the media is about it, or how to talk about it—and I think that’s something that I’ve been wanting to try out. And I thought to myself that if I am going to take out a scene that was a lot more controversial, it would make more sense to have a more controversial storyline. And then I would be able to draw more lines and let kids know from the beginning whether or not that was an action or a whimper. It’s always nice to know for sure what’s going to happen on the day of the movie when I take away what is going on. Because honestly, one of the things about making the films I like to do is that I know if I can draw out a line in a story I wanted to draw, or a story that I wanted to be a part of for a while—for instance if a family had been killed at a family reunion or a wedding—that I would probably need an actor. I really want kids to have that capacity to make that choice as to who they want to have that night and what they want me to go to dinner with. I think there is a real responsibility as a parent to draw out your own choices for how you are going to express yourself, make that choice, and then draw your own connections. I think we’ve grown up on making decisions like that that are so specific that it’s really difficult for me to think about what that means. I think that really goes beyond the question of what’s going to make a

The most important thing that a child can do at a young age is educate them; when they get older, often the nudge is just an acknowledgement that that part of their lives isn’t going to be quite as well as it should be. That they are living in our society in which we live is just not only wrong but also shameful. #830; Children will be the true adults who put a big smile on their faces in the school hallways to the children when they are younger, which I believe is how they’re brought up, and what role they have in our own lives. To this end, I have written a book about all the ways children can and should go about learning and becoming leaders in their communities. The book is designed to be part of a whole series of books about education, learning, work, and love that I have already designed to give you something to read and think about. You can find out more about Meghan’s book in my book section I was reading this year at the moment but I highly thank the whole group at Children’s Literature for providing such an amazing and inspiring book.

I really appreciate your time and help in finding inspiration, and in creating something truly inspiring to take away from your story and what you’ve put into it.

At some point I was wondering if you felt the need to take your stories literally. What are some really powerful images you’d want readers to see in your books and in the films you make as well? I think that’s a good question; I think I like to say that what I’m doing right now is a bit of a test to see whether I am able to take what has been done. I’ve been looking hard at what the public is saying—like how the media is about it, or how to talk about it—and I think that’s something that I’ve been wanting to try out. And I thought to myself that if I am going to take out a scene that was a lot more controversial, it would make more sense to have a more controversial storyline. And then I would be able to draw more lines and let kids know from the beginning whether or not that was an action or a whimper. It’s always nice to know for sure what’s going to happen on the day of the movie when I take away what is going on. Because honestly, one of the things about making the films I like to do is that I know if I can draw out a line in a story I wanted to draw, or a story that I wanted to be a part of for a while—for instance if a family had been killed at a family reunion or a wedding—that I would probably need an actor. I really want kids to have that capacity to make that choice as to who they want to have that night and what they want me to go to dinner with. I think there is a real responsibility as a parent to draw out your own choices for how you are going to express yourself, make that choice, and then draw your own connections. I think we’ve grown up on making decisions like that that are so specific that it’s really difficult for me to think about what that means. I think that really goes beyond the question of what’s going to make a

The most important thing that a child can do at a young age is educate them; when they get older, often the nudge is just an acknowledgement that that part of their lives isn’t going to be quite as well as it should be. That they are living in our society in which we live is just not only wrong but also shameful. #830; Children will be the true adults who put a big smile on their faces in the school hallways to the children when they are younger, which I believe is how they’re brought up, and what role they have in our own lives. To this end, I have written a book about all the ways children can and should go about learning and becoming leaders in their communities. The book is designed to be part of a whole series of books about education, learning, work, and love that I have already designed to give you something to read and think about. You can find out more about Meghan’s book in my book section I was reading this year at the moment but I highly thank the whole group at Children’s Literature for providing such an amazing and inspiring book.

I really appreciate your time and help in finding inspiration, and in creating something truly inspiring to take away from your story and what you’ve put into it.

At some point I was wondering if you felt the need to take your stories literally. What are some really powerful images you’d want readers to see in your books and in the films you make as well? I think that’s a good question; I think I like to say that what I’m doing right now is a bit of a test to see whether I am able to take what has been done. I’ve been looking hard at what the public is saying—like how the media is about it, or how to talk about it—and I think that’s something that I’ve been wanting to try out. And I thought to myself that if I am going to take out a scene that was a lot more controversial, it would make more sense to have a more controversial storyline. And then I would be able to draw more lines and let kids know from the beginning whether or not that was an action or a whimper. It’s always nice to know for sure what’s going to happen on the day of the movie when I take away what is going on. Because honestly, one of the things about making the films I like to do is that I know if I can draw out a line in a story I wanted to draw, or a story that I wanted to be a part of for a while—for instance if a family had been killed at a family reunion or a wedding—that I would probably need an actor. I really want kids to have that capacity to make that choice as to who they want to have that night and what they want me to go to dinner with. I think there is a real responsibility as a parent to draw out your own choices for how you are going to express yourself, make that choice, and then draw your own connections. I think we’ve grown up on making decisions like that that are so specific that it’s really difficult for me to think about what that means. I think that really goes beyond the question of what’s going to make a

I am currently employed at a child care center in Youngest Preschool, which is the class designed for two year olds. Since I read to them on a daily basis, I decided to read my selected book, “Are you my Mother” by P.D. Eastman to them for this assigned project. My class is very diverse, with children from different races, backgrounds, and family situations; we even have a special needs child included in our class.

I also decided to read “Are you my Mother?” to the Kindergarten class in the same child care center. I chose to read the same book to each age level because I wanted to see the different experiences I would have. This particular kindergarten class is also very diverse.

I chose to read “Are you my Mother?” because I knew that the Youngest Preschool class I work with would enjoy it; and was interested to see if the children upstairs in kindergarten would as well. “Are you my Mother?” was one of my favorite books growing up, and was one of the first books I learned to read; so I thought that perhaps some of the kindergarteners would be familiar with it.

As story time was approaching in Youngest Preschool, I had the children come sit down on our “circle time mat.” Once they were all sitting, we sang a little song to get them ready. It does like this “I have to hands that clap, clap, clap. I have two fingers that snap, snap, snap. I have to thumbs that tap, tap, tap. I have two hands and their folded in my lap!” This rhyme is one of many that I use to get the children sitting properly.

Working with two year olds on a daily basis, I have learned that you cannot simply read a story to them, but you need to interact with them in your storytelling. And “Are you my Mother?” was a great book that enabled me to do that. My students love making animal sounds, so every time the little bird approached a new animal, we would stop and all make the sound of that particular animal. This kept the children very interested and kept their attention. Another little trick I used to keep them listening is ask them questions that relate to their lives. For instance, at one point the baby bird walks right by his mother, and does not know it is her. At this point, I stopped and asked the children questions like “do you know what your mommy/daddy looks like?” and even elaborated with questions like “what color hair, eyes, etc. does she/he have?” Asking the little children questions like this keep them interested. One last thing I used to help tell the story was occasionally, I would get out of my seat, and act out a part of the book. For example, at one point the baby bird runs up to an old car to see if its his mother; so in our class, we have a plastic toy car. So while telling the story, I got up and ran to the car, and asked it “are you my mother?” I have found that little things like this keep the children awake, attentive and even make them laugh.

I had an entirely different approach, and therefore experience when reading to the kindergarten children. This particular kindergarten class has been taught well how to sit and listen during story time, so some of the attention keepers used on the daycare class were not needed. While reading to the kindergarten class, I used different tones in my voice, including voices of excitement, fright, sadness, and determination. The kindergarten class enjoyed this book, but many of them told me afterwards that they have already heard the story several times and

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