Comments on: Interview with Margaret Eaton about Family Literacy Day http://www.justonemorebook.com/2008/01/19/interview-with-margaret-eaton-about-family-literacy-day/ A Podcast about the children\'s books we love and why we love them - recorded in our favourite coffee shop. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:27:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Tricia http://www.justonemorebook.com/2008/01/19/interview-with-margaret-eaton-about-family-literacy-day/#comment-225413 Tricia Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:36:11 +0000 http://www.justonemorebook.com/2008/01/19/interview-with-margaret-eaton-about-family-literacy-day/#comment-225413 Interview 299, wow! Thanks for sharing this. I was very interested to hear Ms. Eaton's thoughts. We need more advocates like her. Interview 299, wow! Thanks for sharing this. I was very interested to hear Ms. Eaton’s thoughts. We need more advocates like her.

]]> By: Jen Robinson http://www.justonemorebook.com/2008/01/19/interview-with-margaret-eaton-about-family-literacy-day/#comment-224509 Jen Robinson Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:46:14 +0000 http://www.justonemorebook.com/2008/01/19/interview-with-margaret-eaton-about-family-literacy-day/#comment-224509 Great interview, Mark and Andrea! Thanks for referencing my Jim Trelease quote. Of course with the "informing, scaring, insulting" he was talking specifically about the importance of parents reading aloud to their kids, not about adult literacy in general. But I completely agree with Margaret that showing the success of literacy and literacy programs is the way to go. That's where the "informing" as far as reading aloud goes, too. If all parents realized how critical it is to their children's future success for them to read aloud to them every day... I think that would go a long way. And then, of course, helping the parents who have difficulty reading to their kids is key. Anyway, I think it's amazing that Canada has a National Family Literacy Day, and I appreciate you bringing it to people's attention through this interview. Thanks! Great interview, Mark and Andrea! Thanks for referencing my Jim Trelease quote. Of course with the “informing, scaring, insulting” he was talking specifically about the importance of parents reading aloud to their kids, not about adult literacy in general. But I completely agree with Margaret that showing the success of literacy and literacy programs is the way to go. That’s where the “informing” as far as reading aloud goes, too. If all parents realized how critical it is to their children’s future success for them to read aloud to them every day… I think that would go a long way. And then, of course, helping the parents who have difficulty reading to their kids is key.

Anyway, I think it’s amazing that Canada has a National Family Literacy Day, and I appreciate you bringing it to people’s attention through this interview. Thanks!

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