ThatOne, here! The world’s bulldog Champion Fur Children’s Literacy! I’m here today as a public service to promote children’s literacy. Not only do I want everybully to be able to read and write, I want everybully to be whole, literate, thinking People all the time. ‘Cause I’m the Champion Fur Children’s Literacy!
People should be thinking all the time Thinking all the time Thinking all the time
Thanks, Eddie.
What'choo talkin' 'bout, That?
Well, Literacy is the ability to read and write.
defines literacy as: 
So is simply knowing how to read and write enough to make one a literate Person?
With reference to textbooks, an ancient writer once wrote:
“To the making of many books there is no end, and much devotion [to them] is wearisome to the flesh.” Eccl 12:12
Even way back then, there were way too many cooks– uhp– I mean books. Yes, textbooks contain a wealth of important information. They’re useful. I love them! But really, with the vast array of subjects and topics and interesting things to do and know today, how much time could you reasonably devote to reading them all?
Visited the library lately? Just look at all the books on the shelves there already. Do you think reading just one book on any one subject would be enough?
And what about your schools and teachers? Can they be expected to provide all the knowledge and information you need to help you become a successful, contributing member of today’s rapidly changing, increasingly integrated, global society?
No.
That’s why literacy learning is so important. Literacy, in all its aspects, involves Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking and Thinking. Literacy learning completely integrates the whole Person and the totality of life’s experiences.
Being a literate Person involves more than mastery of the conventions of reading and writing. It’s more than merely being able to read and write. Literacy is the ability, together with a strong, compelling desire, to learn how to learn.
A literate Person is, in a WORD, a thinking person. They not only know where to get answers to their own questions, they know how to get them as well. They have learned how to learn. They also appreciate learning is a lifelong phenomenon. It quite literally is the never ending story. But it doesn’t have to be all work. Opportunities fur learning are ubiquitous. That means everywhere present!
Don’t believe me? Okay, so what are you looking at right now? Now think about it– Everything has a beginning. That shirt you’re wearing has a maker. Every building has an architect. Every book has an author. Every word has a meaning. Every answer brings up another question. That’s being a literate Person.
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire forcefully articulated that genuine learning can only occur within a context that is meaningful and relevant to the learner. Literacy, he insisted, is an active phenomenon, deeply linked to personal and cultural identity.
Its power lies not in a skill based ability to read and write, but rather in an individual’s capacity to put those skills to work to make meaning fur his or her self in the world.
Literacy Seuss!
You can do them all alone. You can do them in a group. You can do them while at school, When at work or on the stoop. You can only just do this or you can just do that Read and Write combine the pair It doesn’t matter Let them stare You are thinking “I don’t care!” You can Listen, Think and Speak all the time and any where!
Did I sound like Dr. Seuss? Maybe just a little bit? BOL! See? Literacy rocks!
That’s why I am your enthusiastic and tireless Champion fur Children’s Literacy! And why I’m always sniffing out interesting and fun ways to encourage Reading, Writing, Listening, Thinking and Speaking.
Read my blog. Click on the highlighted links and read some more about the People, places and things I blogged about! Read what others are saying about what they’ve read.
Write a comment on my blog. 
Shoot me an e-mail. Follow me on
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Look! Four fun avenues fur you to write. And the best part–I lub to read what you write!
Listen to the music and the videos I link or actually include in my blog, and to what others are saying about my blog or the content.
Think about the things you’ve read about on my blog. What have you learned? What have you learned about what you already know? Any questions? Think about the answers to your questions. Need more information? How would you go about finding it?
Speak talk about what you read with others. Each one Teach one. Teach someone else what you’ve learned. Speak about what you think with your parents, teachers, and friends. Even your furriends! BOL! You just might have your very own personal WORD Reader dog sittin’ right there next to you. Or lyin’ there. BOL!
Reading, Writing, Listening, Thinking, and Speaking. So much better than just knowing how to read and write!
Goodwill energies I project Upon each and ever one of you Each and every day
That’s life today!
ThatOne | EBD 