Columbus Day

I did a little research into the American holiday that gave me a day off from RB Training today. yeah~

Columbus Day commemorates the day when Columbus "discovered" America in 1492. (So, already 504 years since the discovery.) There are criticisms about this holiday, questioning the value or validity of what Columbus did. However, it is a day of big celebration for Italian Americans. (There was a big parade in NYC!)

Now, a whole different topic ....
Not coincidentally, these days I am myself learning to read and about reading.

In a Bilingualism conference a few weeks ago, Stephen Krashen (a BIG language education researcher, he was the main motivation to go to the conference) spoke about the importance of pleasure reading. Reading for pleasure, according to Krashen, was the main source of our world knowledge and language ability. There was an important point in what he was saying.

My goal is to make READING FUN for the kids as well as for myself.
And I believe this will happen. :)