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Thanks; I’m glad to hear teachers have a choice. I didn’t communicate well re: Sesame Street. I didn’t mean that your show is actually like Sesame Street, rath

Thanks; I’m glad to hear teachers have a choice. I didn’t communicate well re: Sesame Street. I didn’t mean that your show is actually like Sesame Street, rather that the model is to use the entertainment value of the readers/actors/action to engage students until they start to read well due to other factors, rather than to directly teach those fundamentals and rely on the students’ delight in their fledgling skills to pull them further into good habits and teacher-guided reading.

Anisa_Mirza 5y ago
To clarify you are against (or I guess not in favor of) art and theatre, story-telling etc. to improve learning outcomes and interest in reading? I can sense you're being super thoughtful in your followup and I feel I might be missing your feedback, which is why I want to respectfully clarify. If what I paraphrased above truly is your position, we will have to respectfully agree to disagree. Tons of research shows that the brain synapses grow stronger through active participation in the arts/story-telling/theatre. These essential activities at an early age can actually create new neural pathways and fortify those that are already present. But again, I want to be careful to not miss your point because if you took the time to clarify, I want to make sure I beneifit from your feedback and sound like I'm ignoring it.
- 1123581321 5y ago
  Yes, I think that’s a fair summary. I agree we must disagree and I likewise have appreciated your thoughtful replies. :)