Beginning to Read the Common Core way

Can Johnny Learn to Read with Common Core?

Learning about Print

Do you remember when you first began to read?  Most of us do not.  I for one do not recall when I first read a page or words.  i do remember reading the "Run Spot Run" or Dick and Jane books.  Yes, I am revealing my age here.  

Learning about print is a right of passage for some that is passed through without fanfare or feelings of accomplishment.  For others, dealing with print is traumatic and can  produce problems most of their lives.  Most of us fall between these two extremes.  But now our public school students are saddled with a one size fits all Common Core State Standards.  

As a retired Reading Teacher I was instantly aware that emergent readers,  those entering kindergarten, were excited and wanted to learn about print.  That is why they have been sent to school.  Some of the little ones were lonely for their Moms and even might cry to go home.  But cradle a little one in your lap, with a great story, and they will be hooked.