Maryanne Wolf Quotes

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

The manner in which I learned to read and write, not only had great influence on my own mind, as I acquired it with the most perfect ease, so much so, that I have no recollection whatever of learning the alphabet

I am an apologist for the reading brain. It represents a miracle that springs from the brain's unique capacity to rearrange itself to learn something new.

I want children to learn to develop deep reading skills in the beginning in print. I believe the physicality of print is much better in the beginning for children, and then help them learn how to use their deep reading skills on digital medium.

I like to read and understand.

The quality of our reading is not only an index of the quality of our thought; it is our best-known route to developing whole new pathways in the cerebral evolution of our species.

What blockheads are those wise persons, who think it necessary that a child should comprehend everything it reads.

Reading aloud and talking about what we're reading sharpens children's brains. It helps develop their ability to concentrate at length, to solve problems logically, and to express themselves more easily and clearly.

I would argue that education, actual learning - it is hard work. It's very personal. Your parents don't teach you anything. Your teachers don't teach you anything. The government doesn't teach you anything. You read it. You don't understand it; you read it again. You break a pencil and read it again.

Learning how to learn is the most precious thing we have in life.

Some people say video games rot your brain, but I think they work different muscles that maybe you don't normally use.

The best way to enhance a child's imagination is to make them read.

Is it possible that literacy standards are falling because young Australians are growing up in a culture in which they can be entertained and informed, and in which they can communicate effectively, without having to master any but the most rudimentary literacy skills?

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

Children don't make judgments about which details are important... a child captures them all.

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

No skill shapes a child's future success in school or in life more than the ability to read.

Just think of the opportunities we can unlock by making education as addictive as a video game. This type of experiential, addictive learning improves decision-making skills and increases the processing speed and spatial skills of the brain. When was the last time your child asked for help with a video game?

I would like to spare the time and effort of hack reviewers and, generally, persons who move their lips when reading.

Reading is a means of thinking with another person's mind; it forces you to stretch your own.

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.

The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself.

If you just casually look at a baby, it doesn't look like there's very much going on there, but they know more and learn more than we would ever have thought. Every single minute is incredibly full of thought and novelty. It's easy as adults to take for granted everything it took to arrive at the state where we are.

When you're very young and you learn something - a fact, a piece of information, whatever - it doesn't connect to anything.

In fourth grade, I learned that reading was serious business, not just a pleasant way to pass the time, and that like medicine or engineering, it had a definite, valuable purpose: to foster 'comprehension.'