Rollicking rhyme makes reading fun! #literacy #k12 #parenting

Kim Norman recalls a big-family childhood in Virginia, long vacations at Lake Kezar in Maine, and a love of art which grew into a profession as a graphic designer. But Norman reflects that her teachers talked more about her writing than her art. From an early age Norman absorbed the sound and flow of language through fairy tales, poetry, and the old Uncle Remus tales (despite their racial overtones). “I loved the cadence of the language,” she says. “I used to have dialogues in my head, conversations almost like a TV script, hearing two people speak.” Norman knows now that her dialogues were all about the rhythm of the words. More...