1. Why do we share
literature with
kids?
Professors Providing Professional Development Channel
2. Because…it is fun
• http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED496343.pdf
– According to Nell (1988), reading for pleasure is
a form of play that allows us to experience other
worlds and roles in our imagination.
– Reading enjoyment is more important for
children’s educational success than their
family’s socio-economic status. (Krashen, 1999)
– According to Alvermann (2001, p. 680) ,“the
possibility that as a culture we are making
struggling readers out of some adolescents who
for any number of reasons have turned their
backs on a version of literacy called school
literacy is a sobering thought”.
3. • Becoming a lifetime reader is predicated on developing a love
of reading (Sanacore, 2002).
What the research says about reading
for pleasure…
4. Because it aids in the acquisition of
language and language development
7. • According to Benton & Fox (1985, p. 15): stories provide the
possibility of educating the feelings and can offer their
readers potential growth points for the development of a more
subtle awareness of human behaviour.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201412/can-reading-fictional-story-
make-you-more-empathetic
Because it develops empathy
10. • READING FOR VICARIOUS EXPERIENCES
It supports lifelong readers
http://www.gailgiles.com/Why_Teen_Need_Edgy_Fiction.html
11. • READING FOR PHILOSOPHICAL SPECULATION
It supports lifelong readers
12. • READING FOR AESTHETIC EXPERIENCES
It supports lifelong readers
13. • To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage
which gives a view over wide terrains of history,
human variety, ideas, shared experience and the
fruits of many inquiries.
• (A. C. Grayling)
Because it develops the imagination