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Thursday, January 12, 2012

No skill is more crucial to the future of a child, or to a democratic and prosperous society, than literacy.
LA Times, A Child Literacy Initiative for the Greater Los Angeles Area.

1 comment:

laughingwolf said...: too bad not all of the folks in the u.s. of a. get to read this! :(; January 17, 2012 at 1:16 PM

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Guerrilla Reading

Turn off the TV

Turn off the computer

Turn off the game console

Always have a book with you to read ~

~before going to sleep

~before getting up

~in the bathtub

~while waiting for your ride

~while on the bus/train/plane

~while dinner is cooking

~while exercising (audiobooks!)

~while driving (ditto)

~while waiting for an appointment

~while baby is napping

~after kids are in bed

~with kids

~to kids

~while eating lunch

~while eating breakfast

~at the cottage (dock, hammock, screen porch)

~while walking

~while waiting for kids in the mom & dad taxi

~on a park bench

~instead of housework

~in the bathroom

~while on hold on the phone

~on the porch with a cocktail

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