It was a long day’s work; listening to my teacher read The Twits, playing and running around like crazy during recess with my friends, and turning in my homework. Yeah! It was exhausting so many duties for an 8 year old so by the end of my day I needed to relax. Finally, arriving home my favorite after school show was about to start so I would grab my food bowl and wait with my siblings for the show Arthur to start in the PBS Kids channel. This show was my life! It was different compared to Sesame Street, which was aired at the same time; it was an animated show with lots of humor. This episode “Arthur’s Almost Live Not Real Music Festival” contained catchy music, humor, and mystic stories that made me feel excited and motivated to go to the library and fetch a book to read. The active and imaginative sceneries created by the different cartoon characters motivate children to read and be active learners in their own education by seeking ideas in books. Reflecting back on my past, I was reminded on how much I loved reading and how the different books made me want to seek and bring to life the various ideas from them. I am attending college and I can still relate to the show as I am still in the process of expanding my ideas when reading books to get a better understanding of past ideas. The show is very important because it show the stages of educational development. In the show Arthur, Marc Brown connects education as an important aspect of self-success by showing that while you go the library and read any book; they’re all an investment to our knowledge. Through the episode there are adult characters like teachers and old people reading books, which suggest that it is acceptable to read books at any age. It emphasizes that by rea... ... middle of paper ... ...want to follow what he says. Why is this better? Explain. Challenging children to read history books and literature can guide children to become knowledgeable and sometimes even to question various facts. I recall reading Harriet Tubman in my class and that I was filled with a lot of questions in my head wondering why she had to go through a tunnel, I needed answers for my undeveloped mind, so I would ask questions and seek a response. The Arthur show is derived from books, which enforces a message that children should read books so that they can could expand and possible even create great ideas or expand. At that point in my education, I realized that I was a visual learner since I would acquire knowledge from images. The show had ended and it was time to continue with my afternoon activities of being an active student in my education by doing my book homework.
Imagination does not always involve dealing with realistic feelings or reading books and having to understand ideas in an intellectual way. Imagination does not need to be taken seriously; intelligence, on the other hand, should be taken seriously. Giving a child a book will test his reading and literacy skills. Putting a child in front of a 20/20 broadcast will confuse him. Reading books are meant for learning, not to expand one’s imagination. Children are not supposed to believe that television and video games are bad for them when this addictive hobby only makes them happy. It is only an excessive amount of television entertainment that will truly damage a child’s intellect. Adults, however, understand both how to read and the difference between reality and fantasy worlds and the effects television has on their intelligence.
People no longer know how to make up ideas independently. An example of how their society has become so unintelligent is when Mildred explains to Montag how her favorite television show works. She tells him, ‘“When it comes time for the missing lines, they all look at me out of the three walls and I say the lines.”’ (20). This television show that Mildred, and many other people in their society adore, is much like the popular twenty-first century nickelodeon cartoon, Dora the Explorer, which is aimed for toddlers. In their society the television shows come with a script and they have to say a line when it is their turn; the characters will just wait until you respond to proceed (20). This is a very strong example of how people in this society are choosing to spend their free time doing things that are not productive. Instead of reading a book or learning a new language, these people will rather sit in their parlors and waste time, because they are so unaccustomed to thinking and contemplating things. Since no one wants to question things, and think critically, their society cannot possibly be able to
One of the main topics discussed in lesson one is the fact that heroes over time and overseas all heroes have something in common; which is true in the case of King Arthur and Beowulf. It is obvious that they are similar in the fact that they are both heroes, but what makes them an idol of their time and in their culture are poles apart. There are many things that are different about Beowulf and King Arthur, but the ones that stand out the most are what kind of hero they are and what actions they did to make them heroic. Both heroes possess qualities that others do not have, but it is what they do with those abilities that prompts someone to write a story about them and idolize them in time.
Kiefer points out in her essay that when children vocalize what they think about a story and the pictures, it helps them to become more cognitive thinkers. She also stated that “the children I observed seemed to be intent on making meaning regarding the picture books …” (Kiefer 66). I, too, can see this when I am ...
In “The Lonely, Good Company of Books,” by Richard Rodriguez, you learn that Rodriguez had read hundreds of books before he was a teenager, but never truly understood what he was reading. His parents never encouraged him to read and thought the only time you needed to read, was for work. Since his parents never encouraged Rodriguez to read it effected how he perceived books.
I began to read not out of entertainment but out of curiosity, for in each new book I discovered an element of real life. It is possible that I will learn more about society through literature than I ever will through personal experience. Having lived a safe, relatively sheltered life for only seventeen years, I don’t have much to offer in regards to worldly wisdom. Reading has opened doors to situations I will never encounter myself, giving me a better understanding of others and their situations. Through books, I’ve escaped from slavery, been tried for murder, and lived through the Cambodian genocide. I’ve been an immigrant, permanently disabled, and faced World War II death camps. Without books, I would be a significantly more close-minded person. My perception of the world has been more significantly impacted by the experiences I've gained through literature than those I've gained
Today, many young children when asked who their favorite hero is will tell you many of the super heroes seen on television. Before Superman, Batman and even Spiderman there was the legend of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table. The heroic knights and their king’s tales gave western society a great literature that is still well- known today. King Arthur, Guinevere, and Sir Lancelot did not really exist, but the stories of gallant knights in shining armour, elegant women in medieval castles, and the heroic quests for the Holy Grail played a major role in developing and creating the brave courageous superheros that beacame throughout time. King Arthur along with the theme of chivalry greatly impacted not only western civilization, but all of society throughtout the centuries.
My dad taught me that books could be my teachers, my mom taught me that our backyard could be my classroom, and my sister showed me that you could bring books into the swimming pool. I did not know it when I would spend hours in the pool reading a book that my parents weren’t encouraging it in vain, but my family life, for good reason, was centered on books. We were the planets orbiting around one sun that was the bookshelf. Little did I know that books would be the catalyst to academic success in my early life, and I owe it all to my family. Although a life with a book in your nose might seem boring, I was never bored. Living through the characters vicariously, I explored Narnia with Lucy, attended Hogwarts with Harry, and rode dragons with Eragon. Of course
It allows for self-development, acceptance, and connections. A think-tank for young minds by exploring what is before them, developing influences through creative expression, including emotions bonds and relations. It is about applying psychology as the students experience and shapes their own lives as they investigate each chapter, art, work, life, the changing characters to characters. Watching the students flourish with awareness of their own worth as much as they can be free to flourish, and a love of learning. Allowing students self-expression builds amazing attitudes, and aptitudes, understanding the world around them, and using the information, they create to discover everything from race, gender, friendship, personalities’, and the appreciation of
Growing up in working class family, my mom worked all the time for the living of a big family with five kids, and my dad was in re-education camp because of his association with U.S. government before 1975. My grandma was my primary guardian. “Go to study, go to read your books, read anything you like to read if you want to have a better life,” my grandma kept bouncing that phrase in my childhood. It becomes the sole rule for me to have better future. I become curious and wonder what the inside of reading and write can make my life difference. In my old days, there was no computer, no laptop, no phone…etc, to play or to spend time with, other than books. I had no other choice than read, and read and tended to dig deep in science books, math books, and chemistry books. I tended to interest in how the problem was solved. I even used my saving money to buy my own math books to read more problems and how to solve the problem. I remembered that I ended up reading the same math book as my seventh grade teacher. She used to throw the challenge questions on every quiz to pick out the brighter student. There was few students know how to solve those challenge questions. I was the one who fortunately nailed it every single time. My passion and my logic for reading and writing came to me through that experience, and also through my grandma and my mom who plant the seed in me, who want their kids to have happy and better life than they were. In my own dictionary, literacy is not just the ability to read and write, it is a strong foundation to build up the knowledge to have better life, to become who I am today.
It had various sing-alongs and educational sections. I learned how to sound out letters very well and figure out the name of things by watching the show. My mom and dad would buy me many of the toy models of the trains in the show. Each of those toys had the name of the engine written at the bottom. I would recognize which train it was by watching the show and then, I would try sound out the names. I recognized the letters and patterns from the names and use them as rules to help me pronounce other words. I learned the alphabet from the educational section of the show. I began to read by the end of kindergarten. The show helped me even more. My mom and dad would buy me books that had the characters of the show. This made me more determined to read, and by the beginning of of first grade I was able to read the books fluently. I also began reading books trains in real life and animals. These books had more complicated words. My sister saw me struggling and began to explain and teach me new
Ever since I was a child, I've never liked reading. Every time I was told to read, I would just sleep or do something else instead. In "A Love Affair with Books" by Bernadete Piassa tells a story about her passion for reading books. Piassa demonstrates how reading books has influenced her life. Reading her story has given me a different perspective on books. It has showed me that not only are they words written on paper, they are also feelings and expressions.
These important questions on the topic of children’s television viewing in its early beginnings continue to be debated in society. The creation of children’s television shows in the 1940s and 1950s offered children pure entertainment and very little smart education. According to Palmer, “there were a few shows that did teach children values and morals, but the true educational television shows for children did not appear until the late 1960s(28). Not only educational shows, but public television shows, dialogue, help in increasing a child’s vocabulary and in improving he/she speaking skills. Therefore, parents should encourage their children to watch more public television today because public television helps children to read.
Imagine a magnificent sunset in the gorgeous scenery of Scotland. The trees are a luscious green, the sky morphing from a soft pink-orange to a deep blue-purple. Suddenly, and without warning, a dragon appears, opens its large mouth with piercingly sharp teeth, and…it is time to turn the page. Reading is considered a learning necessity and it is right that people are concerned about the rapidly decreasing child reading habits. As children grow older, their imaginations grow weaker, as does their love of reading. Young minds become preoccupied with other hobbies, interests, or responsibilities. As a result, concern from parents and teachers increase. However, nineteen years ago, a story was born that might have held the key to getting children
...resent world” (p.173). The books that I have read when I was a child were not limited. They tackled proper values but the books were diverse, full of pictures and described the characters with fun and adventure. I was able to select literature books with minimum parent’s supervision. The novels that I read were also intended for adult readings. It shows that some children’s literature was intended to have dual audiences. Aside from printed materials, new technologies such as television became a big onset in children’s education. But suitable programming with adult supervision, television can become an effective medium for children. Television provides different levels of information and subject matters. On the other hand, the American Sunday School Union as a national religious association was devoted to promoting children’s early literacy and spiritual development.