Regular readers of /r/teachers are not surprised. Teachers have been sounding the alarm for decades, as they still are.
Also, if you love your kid, you’ll teach them to read. I mean books, real books, long books, no pictures, “chapter books” (which was a term I’d never heard till recently. Because, of course, books have chapters, why would one need to differentiate between… oh.) Read to them, read with them, talk about books with them, take them to the library, and take them to the book store. Give them books as presents.
In the defense of the term “Chapter book” it feels like the inevitable conclusion towards words meant to differentiate book density falling out of favor. Pamphlet, manifesto, novel, and omnibus all had relations to the density of the book in question but pamphlet and manifesto have both become specialized towards different meanings.
“chapter books” (which was a term I’d never heard till recently. Because, of course, books have chapters, why would one need to differentiate between… oh.)
I mean, it’s a well known milestone in elementary school, when the kids are proud to graduate to chapter books. There is no “of course” when you’re talking about books for children who aren’t yet fully literate.
“Chapter book” is not even remotely a new term. I’d expect someone narcissistically referring to themselves as a “regular reader of /r/teachers” to know that.
Regular readers of /r/teachers are not surprised. Teachers have been sounding the alarm for decades, as they still are.
Also, if you love your kid, you’ll teach them to read. I mean books, real books, long books, no pictures, “chapter books” (which was a term I’d never heard till recently. Because, of course, books have chapters, why would one need to differentiate between… oh.) Read to them, read with them, talk about books with them, take them to the library, and take them to the book store. Give them books as presents.
In the defense of the term “Chapter book” it feels like the inevitable conclusion towards words meant to differentiate book density falling out of favor. Pamphlet, manifesto, novel, and omnibus all had relations to the density of the book in question but pamphlet and manifesto have both become specialized towards different meanings.
I mean, it’s a well known milestone in elementary school, when the kids are proud to graduate to chapter books. There is no “of course” when you’re talking about books for children who aren’t yet fully literate.
“Chapter book” is not even remotely a new term. I’d expect someone narcissistically referring to themselves as a “regular reader of /r/teachers” to know that.