"What No Bedtime Stories Mean"-Shirley Brice Heath
9/21/16
Today I met with four colleagues in my grad class to discuss this article. We met in Jackie Hill's room after school. One of the main topics of our discussion was a connection of hidden rules with Payne's Framework, and helping students with reading, literacy, and social skills. A question that came up related to the Trackton scenario; How, as teachers do we address this with parents who don't recognize the value of partnership in education between school and home. Another thought was, what about the hidden rules of that culture? Perhaps they have grown up generationally with a "learn for yourself" mentality.
The Maintown scenario with children growing up in a household with a educator as a family member was interesting to all of us as well. We discussed how many students who have teachers as immediate family always seem to do well in school. Is this because teachers understand the value of reading before bed time?
We could not help but discuss our personal experiences growing up. I can remember my mom and dad reading to me every night before bed. I looked forward to it, and valued it. We talked about how we all remembered learning to follow along and begin pronouncing words and phrases. I remember as I got older my Dad would make me read the pages or we would take turns reading the page. We all feel this is so important in the child's mental and social development.
The Maintown scenario with children growing up in a household with a educator as a family member was interesting to all of us as well. We discussed how many students who have teachers as immediate family always seem to do well in school. Is this because teachers understand the value of reading before bed time?
We could not help but discuss our personal experiences growing up. I can remember my mom and dad reading to me every night before bed. I looked forward to it, and valued it. We talked about how we all remembered learning to follow along and begin pronouncing words and phrases. I remember as I got older my Dad would make me read the pages or we would take turns reading the page. We all feel this is so important in the child's mental and social development.
Notes from our Discussion:
-hidden rules- if it is not a part of their culture do we cross that line? not open to our help-we dont know how to help, can we help/suggest early reading- generations of families who came from generations of raising children the same way-page 68- aggressive kids (second to last paragraph)
-Art with books
-Oral Story Telling-page 70
"Ways of Taking"- not understanding at first--"What happens next?"
-solutions
-teacher kids-more successful-behaviors have good reason
-start early
-reading with children-- personal experiences--
-a culture of people who do not know how to raise children
I am so glad some of ya'll did this! I truly believe this is a great article that points out so much about home literacy that is ignored and privileged.
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