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Literacy Link!
In a truly balanced literacy program, how you teach is as important as what you teach. … We wonder: How can we maintain the good practices of the past without ignoring current evidence about how children learn?
An article entitled “Balanced Literacy: Teaching the Skills AND Thrills of Reading” from Scholastic Instructor does a good Q&A on the effects of inventive teaching techniques in comparison to the old (but good) standards.
Poets of the Past at Work Today
Where do young poets today find inspiration? Motivation? Look to the endurance of Phillis Wheatley or the creative spirit of James Whitcomb Riley.
Kidnapped from Africa and sold into slavery at the age of seven, Phillis Wheatley overcame incredible obstacles to become one of the most notable poets of the American Revolution. Volume 10 of THE YOUNG PATRIOTS SERIES - Phillis Wheatley, Young Revolutionary Poet tells the dramatic story of this young heroine whose talent and perseverance lifted her from a life of servitude to become the first notable, female African-American writer, and the first slave to publish a book. Young readers and poets alike will find inspiration in Phillis's story to pursue their own creative dreams. |
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Stepping out into an early morning October mist as the season ’s first frost adorned an Indiana wheatfield served as inspiration for the Children’s Poet, James Whitcomb Riley. Before "Bud" Riley grew up to become one of the 19th century's most popular and respected poets, he spent a lively boyhood on the edge of the Midwestern wilderness, as depicted in James Whitcomb Riley, Young Poet. His love of his “roots” encourages today’s poets to be inspired by the people and visions close to home. |
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“Be Out There” and find out why wildlife conservation is an essential element to the well-being of all of nature’s wondrous creatures. That includes us humans too!
Which Young Patriot became known as the nations leading wildlife conservation artist?
John Audubon!
“Oh Father, I wanted to make the birds my very own by drawing them. But I cannot make them seem real in my pictures.”
Just then a song sounded outside. Jean ran on tiptoe to the window. “There it is! There is my thrush the way I wanted it to be!” he whispered excitedly. Among the leaves of the lilac bush was a spotted thrush, singing with all its heart.
“Birds were meant to be free!” he thought. “I must learn to make my birds like that—free, alive, moving!”—from John Audubon, Young Naturalist
Volume 12 of the Young Patriots Series
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