The Hero is Me - motivate readers by casting the child as the hero of the story

The Hero is

ME

A methodology that motivates

reading by casting the child as the hero of the story

If a child doesn’t see himself in the pages of a book, he will go looking for himself in all the wrong places.

Richard  Peck  Newbery  Prize  winner  

But children like these:

Photo:    Renato  Garcia  Crea7ve  Commons  

Photo:    Pratham  Books  Crea7ve  Commons  

Photo:    Jayela  Heram  Crea7ve  Commons  

Photo:    Pratham  Books  Crea7ve  Commons  

Photo:    Pratham  Books  Crea7ve  Commons  

Don’t usually see themselves or the world that they know between the pages of a book.

If they did, reading would make so much more sense.

And would be so much more fun.

The Hero is ME Is a method of enthusing children by creating big books that put the reader and the reader’s world into the retelling of a story

Children can create books about the people, places and things they know.

And the children can play a starring role in the storytelling.

•  Emergent readers and writers, Primary and Special Children •  Child-centred •  Creates a positive relationship

with reading •  Gives the child ownership of

the text • Motivates child to engage in

reading and writing

The Hero is

ME