March is Reading Month

'If learning to read was as easy as learning to talk, as some writers claim, many more children would learn to read on their own. The fact that they do not, despite their being surrounded by print, suggests that learning to read is not a spontaneous or simple skill.'

David Elkind (20th century), U.S. psychologist, child development specialist, and author. The Hurried Child, ch. 2 (1988).

posted 11/05/2007 [School]