On 5/29/2011 5:57, Stephen wrote:
> On another forum, someone asked, what was the first book you ever read?
>
> Mine was Doctor Dolittle, when I was about 9 or 10. A late starter, I know.

Mine was "the night before christmas".  (You know, the one with saint nick 
coming down the chimney, eight reindeer on the roof, all that.) I vividly 
remember just suddenly being able to read it, kneeling next to the bed with 
a pile of stuff on the bed and looking at the book, and suddenly it made sense.

Apparently, what few people ever teach children but which accounts for the 
biggest stumbling block (at least that I've read) is that the words are 
separated by spaces. Too obvious to actually tell a kid that, I guess, and 
jumping from reading individual words to full sentences needs that insight. 
I'm not sure how accurate that research was, but it was an interesting thought.

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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