Ruth Ann Minner Quotes

The simplest way to make sure that we raise literate children is to teach them to read, and to show them that reading is a pleasurable activity.

Let all the time you can get be spent in trying to learn to read.

You can't write if you don't read.

Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all available techniques for teaching literacy, so the varying needs and capacities of individual kids can be taken into account.

I can't promise that every child with learning differences will become a novelist, but I do think all children can become lifelong readers.

Like measles, the reading bug is best caught when you are young.

I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who's trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.

I have always advised men to read.

There have been two areas identified as being vital to reading - and that's for very young children between the ages of one month and five years and for teenagers. I've been trying to find ways of approaching both groups.

Up until 3rd grade you are learning to read. After 3rd grade, you are reading to learn. if you aren’t … reading proficiently at the end of the 3rd grade, you are going to struggle throughout the rest of your school years.

I'm a voracious reader, I'm always studying.

I like to read and understand.

In a sense, there's a great truth to that, but, also I was a great reader.

I never stopped reading.

I still believe that sitting down and reading a book is the best way to really learn something.

I care about reading, a lot. It's a big part of my life.

I'm not well read.

Read, read, read, read and then read some more.

We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.

If I don't have words, it's a sign I'm not reading enough.

If a big person invests time in reading, kids learn reading is important, the child is important, words are important, stories are important.

I read a lot as a kid and in high school.

I can't actually wrap my mind around it easily - I can't really visualize what 2 million books looks like... So I try to keep it real for myself by focusing on individual anecdotes of how my books have helped kids learn to love reading.

I'm always reading something.

The more one reads, the more one sees that one has to read.