Comics In The Classroom - Get ‘Em While They’re Young
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There is a growing trend of using comics as a supplement to traditional methods of promoting literacy, a trend that I support not only for its potential to spread the appeal of comics, but also because I can definitely see it working. Comics take the principle of a storybook - full of pictures - to another level and their sequential nature make it easier to follow the story, at least in theory.
Obviously, not all comics are for kids. It will be many many years before I recommend Watchmen, The Dark Knight Returns, or even Avengers to my son, but you can bet that the day will soon come that I’ll be sticking some Marvel Adventures and Teen Titans Go! into his chubby little hands. I think I can wait a while until after he can actually talk, though.
Thomas Hanson of Open Education has some very interesting articles for educators or parents looking for innovative ways to help their children learn to read:
- A discussion on the general concept, with an educator’s insight that there’s no way I could provide.
- An interview with Chris Wilson of The Graphic Classroom, further discussing the ideas behind this trend and the benefits of the concept. Mr. Wilson is somewhat of an expert in the movement and thus gives even further insight.
- Finally, Hanson and Wilson give us a list of their twelve best comic books for the classroom, including Maus, Blankets, Pedro and Me, and Bone.
In other news, I had a very busy weekend and it’s starting to look like a very busy work-week, so content may be a bit sparse, but I’ll do my best to at least give y’all something this week.
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“the day will soon come that I’ll be sticking some Marvel Adventures and Teen Titans Go! into his chubby little hands.”
I remember a little boy with chubby little hands that liked Dr. Seuss every night at bedtime…
(a wonderful site, by the way, congratulations!)