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Reading is like breathing in and writing is like breathing out, and storytelling is what links both: it is the soul of literacy. The most powerful tool that we have to strengthen literacy is often the most underused and

Reading is like breathing in and writing is like breathing out, and storytelling is what links both: it is the soul of literacy. The most powerful tool that we have to strengthen literacy is often the most underused and overlooked, and that is a child's own stories.

Pam Allyn
Children, Powerful, Reading

Literacy is the tool we use as humans to find one another, so it must belong to everyone.

Pam Allyn
Tools, Use, Literacy

Reading is like breathing in, writing is like breathing out.

Pam Allyn
Reading, Writing, Breathing
Pam Allyn (2011). “Your Child's Writing Life: How to Inspire Confidence, Creativity, and Skill at Every Age”, p.11, Penguin

Reading for pleasure isn’t separate from learning to read.

Pam Allyn
Reading, Pleasure, Learning To Read

Children live in a way that is very generous. They learn from a young age what you value; they watch your every move. If you value writing, they will learn quickly to value it too, as something they can give to someone, or receive with pleasure from someone else.

Pam Allyn
Children, Moving, Writing
Pam Allyn (2011). “Your Child's Writing Life: How to Inspire Confidence, Creativity, and Skill at Every Age”, p.47, Penguin

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