Tag: Education
School Visits – What a performance!
My eye was caught by a link to a blog entitled Dealing with performance anxiety, with Dr David Roland. It got me thinking. Not being an actor, I’ve always say that I “Perform” my stories during the sessions I do in schools and libraries. I always add the ironic quote marks. I’ve had no training…
What is reading for?
Currently, there is a lively debate about how children should learn to read. It seems to me that both sides of the debate share the same concern – they all agree that children should become fluent readers, able to both read and understand the written word. To me, the debate has come about through the…
