Benefits of Reading, Fiction and Empathy

A quote from the author of today’s re-blog:

“I will hang my hat on fiction and literature as the foundation to teach the most important things in life, beginning with empathy.”

A Teacher's Reflections

There is a reason I begin every school year by reading aloudCharlotte’s Web. Besides being a terrific story that children love year after year, the underlying message goes far deeper than the friendship between Charlotte the spider and Wilbur the pig. Charlotte risks her life for Wilbur; she ac...