Reflection

I have really enjoyed the class reading and responding to children’s literature thus far. I have greatly enjoyed the amount of freedom we have in both discussion and in the choices of novels we pick out to read. Conversely, I also enjoy that we have been introduced to a variety of different genres of books. I enjoyed learning about wordless books, graphic novels, alphabet books, non fiction novels, historical books and so on. I also enjoyed learning about illustrations in picture books and how they are meaningful to the storyline. Additionally, I have learned about unique concepts about the history of picture books including the processes used in publishing and dye stamps. One of the main concepts I have learned from this class so far is that all individuals can read a book and extract different meanings from the text. Lastly, I like how we were asked to create a blog to write about our opinions. I have never seen, let alone created a blog before. Using blogs has expanded my knowledge about technology and also provided me with a new teaching opportunity to use in my own classroom.