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To: Cliff Daniel who wrote (1531)	9/7/1998 8:51:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) of 4711

Cliff, Yes and no. Trying to teach students to express themselves without the tools to do so can cause a great deal of frustration. Imagine sitting a child down at a piano to make music. After a few disjointed notes, the child will get irritated and walk away. I think it needs to be a step-by-step process: learn a tool, learn to use it. Learn another tool, learn to use that. And on down the line. The reason I suggest oral storytelling as a first step to creativity is that talking is a tool we all learn. It's also very true that even a complete set of tools for expression is useless if there is nothing to express. Storytelling helps to build a sense of content. The great advantage of reading early and often is that it becomes second nature, like breathing. A teenager picking up a book for the first time is so busy plowing through words one at a time that the process becomes laborious, and the story cannot truly be enjoyed. People who find reading difficult can never gain access to the more complex and rewarding works of the imagination. Steve

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