Storytelling and Child's Play

In the mail today I got a pamphlet for a continuing ed seminar on child's play and language as the basis for literacy. The Roots of Literacy - presented by Carol Westby

Did you ever listen in on a young child's pretend play? It can tell you a lot about language and cognitive development. They are creating narratives, and working out their own concepts and conflicts. And narratives are the basis for literacy. Talking during pretend-play is really an early reading activity.

Come to think of it, as adults we are still trying to figure life out through narratives. That's why we love storytelling, movies and novels. And that's why we have a "story" to our own lives.

It's more than escape.

Twitter

Well okay I turned out to be not much of a blogger.
But now I've discovered Twitter.
Much less time consuming.
But then again...if I just elaborate a little...I have a blog post.

Miracle Worker

Time to Brag!
My daughter Jen Schwaber is playing Annie Sullivan in Miracle Worker at the Majestic Theater in West Springfield MA.
www.majestictheater.com
Majestic Theater

There's a review here on "In the Spotlight"
www.inthespotlightinc.org
In the Spotlight Inc

It's also featured on my son-in-law's blog on MassLive:
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The "Miracle Worker"is Annie Sullivan -Helen Keller's teacher:
An inspiring story of what can happen when an educator has a sense of adventure, tenacity, creativity, and true kindness as well as skill and knowledge.

Who Can Spell Hoax?

How often do you get a pamphlet, advertisement , or junk mail and see a glaring spelling error in it? It seems as if we are becoming a nation of poor spellers.

The good news is: your knowledge of correct spelling and grammar can help protect you from identify theft. Many of the fraudulent requests for bank account numbers and personal information have an overabundance of spelling and grammatical errors. These criminals may have learned the internet, but they need to brush up on their spelling skills.

Now a new type of error is cropping up. I've noticed that in edited publications, there are "spell check" errors - spelling errors that are real words, so they are not picked up on spell check. Understandable in a personal document - but I would think newspapers and magazines would be more careful in their editing.

Hmmm....these frauds asking for your personal info - how is it they've learned to use the internet so skillfully they steal identities....but haven't mastered spell check?

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Dora