Teacher Says Guided Reading is Wrong for Kids

I have a precocious three year old grandson. He's what child development experts refer to as a sponge;  the kind of child who learns with ease, simply because the people in his life provide him with experiences that engage him.

He loves Thomas The Train Engine books and wants to have them read to him over and over again. In that manner the story really sinks in, so much so that he can almost recite it when sitting and looking at the pages. No doubt this boy will learn to read with ease, so why has the process  in schools become so boring?

Take a look at the example below, and then read this account of  a kindergarten teacher in Washington, D.C.

This video on Guided Reading is so sad to see, and then to top it off with teacher comments like, “This is so adorable”. Really???

Boy says: “We forgot to read it”
Teacher says: “We’re not gonna read it; let’s just go through the pictures right now, because the pictures are gonna help us learn what words may be in the story, OK?”