Pam Allyn Quotes & Sayings

Reading is like breathing in and writing is like breathing out, and storytelling is what links both: it is the soul of literacy. The most powerful tool that we have to strengthen literacy is often the most underused and overlooked, and that is a child's own stories. — Pam Allyn

Reading is like breathing in, writing is like breathing out. — Pam Allyn

Literacy is the tool we use as humans to find one another, so it must belong to everyone. — Pam Allyn

Reading for pleasure isn't separate from learning to read. — Pam Allyn

Children live in a way that is very generous. They learn from a young age what you value; they watch your every move. If you value writing, they will learn quickly to value it too, as something they can give to someone, or receive with pleasure from someone else. — Pam Allyn