The Importance Of Reading And Writing From Old Frizzy...

Picture this: a four-year-old frizzy haired child waiting for when the clock would read 3:30, a burst of excitement running through her as she knew that in just a few minutes the front door would open and she would see her older siblings walk through. Expecting them to be ready to play, every day she was disappointed when they would put their backpacks on the dining table and take out their books freshly signed out from the school library. She would watch them read and write for what seemed like years until her mother allowed them to get changed and ready for snacks. Well, you are probably aware that the four-year-old frizzy haired child is me, and yes my mom made my siblings and I read every day after school for an hour. At the time I didn’t know that this simple event was shaping my literacy in any way. Now it comes through full circle as I realized that growing up in a household where everybody read frequently, instilled in me the value of reading and writing from an early age. My family provided me with what seemed like unlimited access to books and articles, as well as constantly enforcing the importance of reading and writing. As I grew my extracurricular reading expanded into an appreciation for literature and articles of all types, both in and out of academic settings. As I mentioned previously, throughout my toddler years I observed my siblings, and parents, taking time out of their day to read the newspaper, an article, or a novel, but I could never actively