I’m From....
· Early morning cartoon sessions with Tony the Tiger, and Snap, Crackle, and Pop...
· Nutella on fette biscottate, oversized mugs filled with hot milk and a shot of espresso, and some Biscotti Milano “S” cookies to dip into it...
· At school I loved to read from my basal readers....Mr. Muggs, Listening Letters, Laughing Letters, read and respond to the entire contents of the SRA box, etc...
· After school I was always excited to watch awesome cartoons like G.I. Joe, He Man, and She Ra, where you could always count on finding a moral at the end of each episode...
· Hurray for read-along stories (books on records/tape)....always loved to hear the sound of Tinkerbell’s chimes, reminding you to turn the page....
· Cinderella/Cenerentola, Snow White/Bianca Neve, Topolino, Paperino, Archie, Jughead, Betty, Reggie and Veronica, Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Ramona, Little Women, and Zoro....
· Sunday night at 6:00p.m. (Disney Hour), and Channel 2, TV Ontario: Read-along, Read All About it, Paddington Bear, Simon in the Land of Chalk drawings, Polka Dot Door, Telefrancais, and Parlez-Moi with Sol the Clown.....
· Story time just before going to bed—(just after bath and hot milk)...a combination of stories that were made up, anthologies of poems, and short stories, and a collection of miscellaneous chapter books—(I can almost hear Heidi yodelling with Peter)....most stories in English, rest were a mixture of Italian or French
· Reading the Secret Garden under a shady tree at the cottage in the summer while hummingbirds buzzed playfully above my head....
· Playing games like Scrabble, Pictionary, hangman, Crossword puzzles, Word Searches, Wheel of Fortune, and Jeopardy....
· Reading cereal boxes, ads on buses, subways, magazines, making up words/and sentences with the first letters on license plates.....reading billboards backwards and having to guess how to say them forwards...while on my way to a friend’s house, my grandparent’s house, the Museum, the park, the Art Gallery, Ballet class, or Ontario Place....
· “Early to bed, early to rise.....makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise....”
· Singing songs, nursery rhymes, and dancing to Frere Jacques/San Martino/ Brother John, Mi scappa la pipi, patty cake, the itsy bitsy spider, Mary Mary Quite Contrary, and Wee Willy Winkie.....and playing I spy.......
· Christian Bible camp in the summer (who welcomed Catholic kids), where I received a Bible and a faux diamond ring with a crucifix for memorizing the most Bible passages/scriptures at the camp.....where we heard countless stories of how much Jesus loved the little children, made sculptures of Jesus out of pasta, cotton balls, and lentils, and made fish that spread God’s word from coat hangers and pantyhose.......
I'm from many different places and experiences, that's what makes me unique :)
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WOW! It's funny how many elements in your Literary past mirror mine. And even though you're of Italian and French heritage and I am of Portuguese I knew and could relate to you. Talk about connections!!!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you have been blessed to have had a very rich and varied literacy upbringing. A huge variety of books and media to read and enjoy. I completely relate to so much of what you have shared. I, too, loved Mr. Muggs (still, in my heart of hearts, would love to have a shaggy sheepdog and name him just that!). You not only had the opportunity to experience literacy in one language, but in three! How lucky your students are to have an 'international' and multilingual literate like you to guide them on their own amazing literacy journey!
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