Getting them to ask a question, not tell a story: that’s the most frustrating part of reading to Kindergartners (Ks). Art Linkletter may have said that “Kids say the darndest things,” but I submit...
Posted by Contributor
- Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:05:13 PDT
Central Valley’s own Gary Soto will be visiting Bakersfield College on October 15 as part of the continuing Cerro Author Visit program. A poet and novelist native to Fresno, Soto has written books for adults, young adults,...
How would you like to make an impact on the lives of second-grade students who are experiencing reading difficulties? You can by volunteering to tutor four students for one hour-a- week in the fall 2008 semester of the Community...
Posted by KCSOSCOMM
- Thu Aug 7, 2008 17:14:59 PDT
I was fourteen when I was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, a mild form of Autism. Finally I understood what was different about me, and why everything and everyone seemed to work and think so differently than I did...
I had long...
Posted by SeagullOne
- Thu May 22, 2008 11:15:50 PDT
California State University, Bakersfield’s Antelope Valley campus is pleased to be sponsoring author Ray Bradbury on Tuesday, April 15 at 7 p.m. in The John Eliopoulos Hellenic Center, 43404 30th Street West, in Lancaster. Bradbury...
I started reading at three years of age. At least, that is the story according to my parents, who have always been more than willing to believe that their firstborn was a reading prodigy. It began with sounding out road signs with my...
Posted by ghostriter
- Fri Sep 7, 2007 09:12:19 PDT
Students at Browning Road School in McFarland rush through their morning breakfast so that they will have enough time to go to the library before school. They willingly give up their recess time because they prefer to read instead of...