Best 7 quotes of Pam Allyn on MyQuotes

Children live in a way that is very generous. They learn from a young age what you value; they watch your every move. If you value writing, they will learn quickly to value it too, as something they can give to someone, or receive with pleasure from someone else.

Literacy is the tool we use as humans to find one another, so it must belong to everyone.

Reading for pleasure isn’t separate from learning to read.

Reading is like breathing in and writing is like breathing out, and storytelling is what links both: it is the soul of literacy. The most powerful tool that we have to strengthen literacy is often the most underused and overlooked, and that is a child's own stories.

Reading is like breathing in, writing is like breathing out.

If you love the backs of cereal boxes or still recall how much you loved the Archie comics, share all that with your child. Ingesting words, like fruit and vegetables, is just plain good for us, no matter where they are coming from.

Reading is like breathing in and writing is like breathing out.