Building Young Minds
What intellectual skills will our children need to help build a better world?
Will they need:
- to analyze problems with creativity?
- to easily retrieve and interpret information - its authenticity, source, accuracy?
- to communicate information and ideas in compelling and clear ways?
- to solve problems and gather information collaboratively?
- to be able to read?
I believe that every child is entitled to learn the intellectual skills that will help them, and the entire community, thrive, and I believe that libraries support the development of these skills. Libraries support lifelong learning for all - building a healthy, sustainable community!
For communities that want the best for all children - libraries are a treasured public good.
In Pickering, library service costs about $50 per person - a worthwhile investment in our future!
2 comments:
they need to be able to solve problems and process information well? really?
Thank you for this post. When you hear of school libraries closing, it makes your realize that the kids who don't have libraries are at a real disadvantage.
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