In a message dated 8/12/2007 2:26:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
No wonder children have problems with letter reversals until grade three. >From the moment they were born they were taught object permanence. An apple is an apple whether facing left or right, up or down. A lamp is a lamp whether on a table or on the floor. Oh, but wait, now we're telling them a "b" is a "b" if facing right, but its a "d" if facing left! Aye, the english language :) Brian Cambourne has a great story about this. He tells it so well. Maybe Elisa or Lori remember it word for word. He was telling a large group of people, I'm not sure if they were parents or teachers, about object permanence and how certain letters confuse children because of this. He said something like "d" is always recognizable because of it's "d"ness. And then he went on to talk about the letters "a" and "p" and their "ness" and everyone was laughing and it took him a while to figure out what he had said that was so funny. Nancy Creech ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
