Monday, October 30, 2017
Amy D. and Non-Fiction
My first recollection of non-fiction reading was the Children's Encyclopedia set our family had, which was an extreme extravagance for a farming family, but my dad was adamant about having information available for us kids. I was the only one of five children that consumed every one of those volumes! There was a volume of fairy tales, so I guess that one doesn't count. I was also given the Reader's Digest every month and had to at least do the Word Power section. Oh, my! Hard to believe I actually remember that. In school, non-fiction was limited to encyclopedias, biographies, and autobiographies. Currently, my non-fiction experiences are mostly teaching resources. I also read a fair amount of online blogs and forums when learning new things such as computer apps/programs and charting courses for boat travel. It's much more interesting to watch a Youtube video rather than reading a boring manual, right? I love today's non-fiction books available for children and find myself drawn to them similar to the colorful Children's Encyclopedias I used to flip through as a child.
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Amy,
ReplyDeleteI connect with your statement about having the Children's Encyclopedia set. I remember my parents also having these in our house. Although they were there, I rarely opened them, which is unfortunate.
Also, I agree that YouTube videos can be much more fun than reading a manual. I love showing my students how these two things can work together to give them a concrete understanding of a topic.
We should all bring encylcopedias in to the classrooms and see if any of our students know what they are!
ReplyDeleteI connect with you on the part about reading blogs and how to's. I tend to do a lot of that as well for crafting how to's and also to learn how to cook.
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