Literacy is the ability to read and write. Its not quite as simple as that but the definition is the basis of what literacy is. Being literate is important to every child as it provides building blocks for future learning. It is the key that opens the doors to success in the future. In the Gerringer household we have always stressed reading and writing to our children. And it must have been a lesson learned as we now have some veracious readers ready to devour what the world has to offer.
Of Reading:
In our house reading has been a very welcome activity. As infants each of my children had subscriptions to the book of the month club. My wife belongs to a book club where she reads a selected book and then meets with friends once a month to talk about what they thought about the book. I spend most of my hours at school and work but that doesn't keep me from books. I subscribe to Audible and am currently listening to book 8 of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time books. We have subscriptions to many magazines that give us countless hours of reading. The Gerringer's love for reading is obvious. We are always on the lookout for good books either for us or the kids. We keep an eye on the NY Times Best Sellers list. I even listen to the Sword & Laser podcast to get reviews and interviews from the latest science fiction writers.
It's needless to say we are a reading family.
Unfortunately since the world has gone electronic, our writing has been reduced to 140 characters on Twitter or short feeling blurbs on Facebook. Even our thank you, birthday and holiday cards have dwindled down to birthday cards to immediate family only. I do occasionally write to my blog, but on the whole, writing in the Gerringer family is starting to be less and less.
One activity that hasn't changed the pace of writing is in Education. I'm, of course, still in school and write frequently. My daughter is headed off to ECU to start her college career where she will be writing frequently. My wife writes many notes during the day at her work as an Occupational Therapist. So, writing has not completely disappeared in our lives, it's just reduced in the house.
