Literacy History
Thinking back to my earliest experiences of becoming literate, the first thing that comes to my mind is the poster that was hung in my elementary classroom, "Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." I was introduced to literacy before entering public school, but that is the first memory that I can recall feeling what the importance of becoming a reader can hold. Before that moment, books were stories about fictional places and characters. The written word didn't seem to carry much weight for me yet. I was read to from my parents and family members from picture books as a young child. I would get to hold the book, scan the text, admire the pictures, and turn the pages. I seemed to always have an interest and enjoyed being read to. I remember feeling proud the first time I completed reading a Dr. Seuss book from start to finish independently. My parents were on either side of me, encouraging me throughout the book, helping me to sound out the fictional words and phrases. Th...