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Parent’s Preamble: I will ensure my child receives a
quality education. If I don’t fight for my child’s education, no
one else will. It’s worth the effort. My child’s future depends
upon me.
A friend, very knowledgeable about early childhood educa
tion, recently said that the difference in vocabulary between
children who have been read to daily is massive: Twenty
thousand word vocabulary for children who have been read to
daily up to the age of five; Four thousand word vocabulary for
children who have not been read to.
Many parents have shared that they understand how impor
tant it is to read to their children for at least 15 minutes every
day. The question often asked is, which books should they
select?
Elaine Harrison, a well respected early childhood educator,
made the following recommendations:
AGES 3-5
1. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do You See by Bill Martin
Jr.
2. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
4. Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You See by Bill Martin
Jr. and Eric Carle
5. Corduroy by Don Freeman
6. Goodnight Moon by Margaret W. Brown
7. The Snowy Day; Whistle fo r Willie; Peter’s Chair by Ezra
Jack Keats
8. The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
9. Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
10. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
11. Opuestos: The Mexican Folk Art Opposites (English and
Spanish) by Martin Santiago
12. ABeCedarios: Mexican Folk Art ABCs in English and
Spanish (English and Spanish) by Moisés Jimenez
AGES 6-9
1. Green Eggs and Ham; The Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two
Fish., Red Fish, Blue Fish, The* Lorax; Oh, The Places
You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss
2. Alexander and The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very
Bad Day by Judith Viorst
3. Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
4. Are You My Mother? by Philip D. Eastman
5. Arthur by Marc Talon Brown
6. Curious George by Hans Augusto Rey
7. Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
8. Button Up! Wrinkled Rhymes by Alice Schertle
9. My People by Langston Hughes
10. Once in a Wood: Ten Tales from Aesop by Eve Rice
11. My Abuelita by Tony Johnson
12. What Can You Do With a Paleta? / ¿Qué puedes hacer
con una paleta? (English and Spanish Edition) by Magaly
Morales
13. Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children's Day/Book Day;
Celebremos El dia de los ninos/El dia de los by Pat Mora
Parents, reading and sharing these books with your children
will have a much more profound impact on their future college
graduation than playing video games and watching television.
Ron Herndon is a longtime advocate fo r educational
opportunities fo r African-American children. He has served
is director o f Head Start in Portland since 1975.
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Military Recruiters Policy Adopted
continued
from page 3
Counter recruiters are expected
to gain access to Portland high
schools beginning in January.
District lawyer Jollee Patterson
said Portland will model its rules on
other school districts, including
Seattle, that have had so-called
"equal access" policies for years
without legal problems.
Beginning in 1995, the Portland
school board banned military re
cruitment in schools, primarily be
cause of the military's discrimina
tion against gays. But in 2001, the
federal No Child Left Behind law
required that military recruiters get
the same access to public high
school campuses and to students’
addresses and home phone num
bers that college recruiters do.
"We have difficulty m aking in
roads to even get into those Port
land schools," said Lt. Col. Cary
Miller, chief operations officer for
Oregon Army National Guard re
cruiting. "My recruiting force is a
professional force. They're not go
ing to step out o f line or lie to
kids."
He said his recruiters try to
reach Portland teens less directly,
through sponsoring basketball
tournam ents, staffing booths at
festivals and putting a float in the
Rose Parade.
The War Resisters League, Vet
erans for Peace and other groups
hold regular sidewalk protests out
side Portland high schools, said
John Grueschow, coordinator of
the Resisters League's m ilitary
and draft counseling programs.
"We feel that, since the military is
required to be let in there, there
sh o u ld be som e resp o n se ,"
Grueschow said. "We should have
the same opportunity they do to
present students information."
—The Associated Press.
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