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Early Childhood
• My family, and more specifically, my mom, have played the biggest role in shaping my beliefs and values about literacy. Growing up, I had a lot of experience with reading and being read to. My mom thought that literacy was very important, so she would read books with me every night before bed. My cousins, who were all older than me (by 3, 6, 9 and 12 years) read to me and wanted to teach me everything they knew. We were very close, especially my cousin Kelley who was just 3 years older and a -
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Kindergarten
• When I started kindergarten, my mom went back to university to do teachers college. She realized that she had always had a passion for teaching and decided to go back to school. I believe that it was through reading at home with my sisters and I, that she realized how much she loved teaching. When my mom was away at school until late, she would write notes that my dad would make me sound out and read. I remember my dad reading stories when my mom was not home, which was funny for me, becaus