Children Quote by Ellen Gilchrist

All you have to do to educate a child is leave him alone and teach him to read. The rest is brainwashing.

— Ellen Gilchrist

Some people there are who, being grown; forget the horrible task of learning to read. It is perhaps the greatest single effort that the…

— John Steinbeck

Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.

— George Carlin

Reading might not be the way that the child engages with the world, but it should be something that they all learn how to…

— Kate DiCamillo

“I think the need for reading boils down to one simple issue: children are selfish. Reading about other people creates a sense of balance…

— Alan Bennett

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.

— Katherine Paterson

“With such a complicated and crucial part of a child's education in jeopardy, there are many forces at work -- a sort of conspiracy…

— Rafe Esquith

“Children learn to read by being in the presence of books.”

— Horace Mann

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations-…

— Katherine Paterson

Few children learn to read books by themselves. Someone has to lure them into the wonderful world of the written word; Someone has to…

— Orville Prescott

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.

— Kate DiCamillo

“Though I have lived most of my life with educationalists, I have little interest in educa¬ tion. I dislike schools, both for boys and…

— Jane Ellen Harrison