tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post2991780823395640824..comments2024-01-25T17:58:34.297-05:00Comments on Scott's Web Log: No D-Day: A Few Things About MyselfScott Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03286529314567223617noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-53771056690679045262012-10-06T22:53:45.146-04:002012-10-06T22:53:45.146-04:00My early reading classes were in the 1960s. I didn...My early reading classes were in the 1960s. I didn't grow up with Dick and Jane; instead, we had the series that began with "My Little Red Story Book" and went through "We Are Neighbors". While some of our kids with reading difficulty got "phonics", it was kind of academic for those of us who already knew how to read. Another invention of that period was "i.t.a." (Initial Teaching Alphabet), which was completely phonetic and written completely in lower-case letters. Non-Modern-English characters such as the ash and the schwa made it difficult for many of us to decipher the orthography, though many of the same characters appear in the International Phonetic Alphabet.<br /><br />I believe there is a modern version of <i>The Electric Company</i> on PBS Kids today...Brenda Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687718956610704894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-68456711496187999142012-10-03T08:44:53.572-04:002012-10-03T08:44:53.572-04:00This info is worth everyone's attention. How c...This info is worth everyone's attention. How can I find out more?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-10907212045073255142012-10-03T08:43:35.275-04:002012-10-03T08:43:35.275-04:00I will right away seize your rss as I can not find...I will right away seize your rss as I can not find your e-mail subscription hyperlink or e-newsletter service.<br />Do you have any? Kindly permit me know so that I could subscribe. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-49675019268855844672012-10-01T23:16:25.017-04:002012-10-01T23:16:25.017-04:00My mom taught me to read on the Dick and Jane book...My mom taught me to read on the Dick and Jane books and I was born in 1979! She taught me using those books even though the series had made her feel othered and abnormal since she was a child of divorced parents in the 1950s and her family didn't look like the D&J family did. Hearing my mother say that about books and television from her generation, however, influenced my own amassing of non-traditional children's stories that present inclusive examples of families around us for my own little ones.<br /><br />Also, atheist here. Trying to be less closeted about it in my thirties, but it's not an easy label to wear in the US. Particularly where I live in Texas.<br /><br />Thanks for the interesting read. See Scott write. See Melissa comment. Comment, Melissa, comment.Melissa Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747902932015381590noreply@blogger.com