Childrens Literature DOCX

Title	Childrens Literature
Author	William Perez
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UNIT 1 Lesson 1 The Place of Literature in a Childs Life From the beginnings of education in our country, children’s literature has always had a place in the school curriculum. Although the emphasis the literary experiences of young people at school have changed from time to time, the basic commitme...

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UNIT 1 Lesson 1 The Place of Literature in a Childs Life From the beginnings of education in our country, children's literature has always had a place in the school curriculum. Although the emphasis the literary experiences of young people at school have changed from time to time, the basic commitment to literature as a valuable ingredient to their education has remained. Except for the textbooks for classroom training, children have not been exposed to a wealth of challenging reading materials for their own pleasure. Textbooks are not enough; books that young people can read for their own enjoyment and proft are needed. The practical values of children's books have not been fully recognized. Because of the dearth of reading materials, children turn to anything within their reach, anything that is accessible to them, like comics, songbooks, and magazines that are done hardly in good taste especially the local comics that abound in magazine stands on practically every corner. They watch mediocre TV shows and listen to the soapbox operas and other humdrum radio programs. Movies that claim to be of social relevance are nothing more than the glorifcation of the feats of infamous characters endowed with folk-hero appeal and are nothing more than exercises in erotica. This kind of environment produces a deprived child with questionable values in life. Those existing conditions are not impossible to change as long as there are people who are aware of the needs of the child and are willing to do something to counteract what brought such conditions. These changes should be a cooperative undertaking combining the efort of those who touch the child's life-parents, teachers, as well as librarians. A child's appreciation of good literature comes partly from exposure to stimulating stories and books which start at home. Teachers, librarians as well as parents, can work efectively in developing in children a love for literature to expand the horizon of children a love for literature to expand the horizon of children and enhance their worth as children who will someday become worthwhile adults who can contribute to their country's progress and prosperity and who can be versatile in meeting the challenges of rapidly changing milieu. The world of books ofers children rich opportunities for developing into citizens and well-rounded personalities who will be assets to their family and society. Through books, they may partly fulfll their basic emotional needs – an indispensable condition for personality development. Books are no substitute for living, but they can give momentary relief from trouble, or a new insight into problems, or a source of information, comfort, and pleasure to those who know how to use them. This is as true for 1...