Boloz, Sigmund A

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Michigan Reading Journal Volume 28 Issue 4 Article 10 July 1995 On the Young Literate Road Sigmund A. Boloz Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/mrj Recommended Citation Boloz, Sigmund A. (1995) "On the Young Literate Road," Michigan Reading Journal: Vol. 28 : Iss. 4 , Article 10. Available at: https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/mrj/vol28/iss4/10 This Other is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@GVSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Michigan Reading Journal by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@GVSU. For more information, please contact scholarworks@gvsu.edu. ' On the Young Literate Road POEM BY SIGMUND ' A. BOLO.Z When do children begin, To believe that they can? Is there some biological, Or some natural plan? Just how is this seed planted? Where does this inventive notion begin? When does a child resolve to become a reader? How does she take this obligation in? Is there some definite surge, Or some unequivocal shift, In attitude or in disposition, That provides this enormous lift? A momentous, early step, for certain, On to the young, literate road, When she embarks on this delightful journey, In her semi-literate mode, And then she announces, That she "for reals," can read, Some all-important connection, For she follows that lead. But just how is this seed planted? Where does this inventive notion begin? When does a child resolve to become a reader? How does she take this obligation in? Sigmund A. Boloz has worked with Navajo children for the past 23 years. During the past 15 years he has been principal of Ganado Primary School, which in 1994 was named National Exemplary Program in Indian Education and more recently was selected as the ''Best School" by Arizona's Elementary School Recognition Program. He is a member of the editorial advisory board of the Reading Teacher and is the author of Who Speaks for the Children (Arizona Reading Association, 1993), A Wondrous Ride (Wooded Hill Productions, 1994), Clouds Before the Storm (Wooded Hill Productions, 1994), and Prairie Dog Dreams (Wooded Hill Productions, 1995). MICHIGAN READING JOURNAL 37 VOLUME 28, No. 4 • SUMMER 1995 

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