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I always wanted to be a teacher. By six I settled on education as my vocation and never changed my mind again. The age-level choice evolved over the years, but I knew that the world of chalkboards (now whiteboards) and grade sheets (now Excel spreadsheets) was where I belong. My first teaching experience was corralling all the unsuspecting kids from the neighborhood to come to my “school” on weekends and summer vacations. Since the internet was still just a big military secret, television had only three channels, and “handheld games” actually meant checkers or Candyland, they were enthusiastic at first. Until I assigned real homework at my pretend school. After that, I had to catch ‘em young or not at all. Ano
ther early teaching experience has stayed with me all this time. I spent two years teaching preschoolers basic kindergarten readiness. One of the most surprising and sad aspects of the job was realizing that, although they could reach the highest level of any video game, some of them couldn’t even recognize the first letter of their own name. How did that happen? How could their caretakers let it happen? It wouldn’t be a problem if they were Shaker children, apparently. To avoid the very deficit of which I speak, the Shakers long ago developed the Shaker Abecedarius to teach each child their letters by rote. A Peaceable Kingdom, illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen makes learning the alphabet as easy as A, B, C.
http://www.amazon.com/Peaceable-Kingdom-Shaker-Abecedarius-Picture/dp/0140503706
http://www.jstor.org/pss/27546611
Library Journal has put the list of Movers and Shakers online. Well, they have a list of their cutesy taglines, you have to click through to get the names. The page where they list all the Movers & Shakers by state has the names of every Mover and Shaker, though they’re not hyperlinked. Maybe we need to wikify this? I have included the list here. Can you guess any of the names? Life is too short, I copied the names over as well. update: Librarian by Day has gone a step further and linked to their blogs too, if available. Congrats to all of you.
Illustrator Peter Brown...
I attended a session with the delightful young illustrator Peter Brown w
ho talked about his work from the time he was six-years-old and created The Adventures of Me and My Dog Buffy to his recent work on picture books like Chowder and Flight of the Dodo. It was interesting to see how his illustration style evolved and the path he took finding his "visual voice."
Author/illustrator Brown said that for him, "writing is not a graceful process" and that his writing and illustration influence each other as a picture book project evolves.
Some fun Peter Brown facts:
- He's been pooped on by a bird seven times (but this gave him the idea for Flight of the Dodo).
- He spent a year traveling Europe alone.
- He loves to draw trees (and showed some amazing tree illustrations).
- Chowder has his own the dog blog.
ther early teaching experience has stayed with me all this time. I spent two years teaching preschoolers basic kindergarten readiness. One of the most surprising and sad aspects of the job was realizing that, although they could reach the highest level of any video game, some of them couldn’t even recognize the first letter of their own name. How did that happen? How could their caretakers let it happen? It wouldn’t be a problem if they were Shaker children, apparently. To avoid the very deficit of which I speak, the Shakers long ago developed the Shaker Abecedarius to teach each child their letters by rote. A Peaceable Kingdom, illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen makes learning the alphabet as easy as A, B, C.
Deeply ironic: one of the first folks on the list I clicked on, Carlie Webber, notes on her blog ( http://blogs.bccls.org/carlie/index.php?/archives/268-Loving-and-losing.html ) that she is losing her job: “I will not have a job as of July 1, 2009. BCCLS is eliminating the YA Services Librarian position.”