I get it. Some days you just need to plop your kids in front of
a movie. The last thing you need is some literacy lady telling
you that you're going to ruin your kids for life. Well, this is
one literacy lady (and mom) who understands the challenges of
Phoenix summers. I won't dish out any guilt. In fact, I'll even
help you justify the time your kids spend in front of those
screens. While studies do advocate limiting passive media
consumption, there can also be some benefits to a steady diet of
well-written stories played out on screen. Though children
should be exposed to all different genres of text, fiction is a
major part of the canon of literature they will read in school
and beyond. In order for children to successfully navigate
fiction, they need to know a few things about how fiction works.
When children are familiar with the common story elements that
occur in most works of fiction, they'll better comprehend the
stories they read, and they will enjoy a deeper understanding of
the stories' themes. Lik