Raising readers
CvnMarch 21, 2019 It can take some parenting finesse. 16 Thursday,
Screens can virtually take us to many places, but there’s nothing Coastal View News • Carpinteria, California like the creativity of seeing the action of dealing withplace dementia a book take in your mind.
The competition from phones, iPads and Xboxes is more pervasive these days and I imagine that makes parents’ work even tougher, but parents need to make sure their kids read. If you don’t mind a lenging under theabest of circumstances, little advice from former teacher who glee club or choir to satisfy her desire to in it until he dies. Explore all options and Cvn and can be impossible if these things treasured teaching youngsters to readare and be a singer. It is unrealistic to encourage get an attorney’s help and advice. true. Advise your sister to dig deeper. as a reader career. Be loving but firm. yourself? Try picture books When I was growing up, my family a mom who has seen the parent’s role can thisdent and graphic novels. Graphic novels are together on Sunday afternoons, all of u be both easy and challenging, read on. M a r i a C H E S L E Y, P H D Dear Donnie, Dear Donnie, Dear Donnie, like long cartoons for older children and the living room, each reading the Sun YD i r E C t o r o f t H E C a r P i n t E r i a C H i L D r E n ’ S P r o j E C t My husband’s job requires frequent My neighbor is very disruptive, and My father just gave his house and evnewspaper whateverbut wethis were into adults. My son who did not take easily Think of reading broadly I love myorhusband, the apartment manager won’t do any- erything in it to his church. He lives on relocating. day.for It was justnever what we did, but now I to reading chapter books is very In a recent column, CUSD Superintenis difficult me. I’m someplace thing about to it. spoken He says that the man is on social security and a small pension and visual Listening stories of grandCIALDiana Rigby encouraged parents to parents, certaintothat thefriends coziness feltathen he would much more dent long enough make or Iget scant other resources. 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