From CBS Sunday Morning show, we give you an excerpt talking about some information you might use to help work with your students and younger patrons. Read the whole article here.
“With the horror of what happened at the U.S. Capitol this past week still sinking in, there is an important question: How to explain it to America’s children?
“Kids want to understand it,” said Dick Robinson, president and CEO of Scholastic. “The Capitol is a symbol. It’s very important to them.”
And so, Robinson said, his editors immediately started posting stories for students on the websites of Scholastic magazines. “In fourth grade we’ll explain it one way; in eighth grade we’ll explain it another way,” he said.
In fact, Scholastic – the largest publisher of children’s magazines and books in the world – is just marking its 100th anniversary of helping children make sense of things:
“Our real personality is being in the lives of kids in school, helping them learn, millions and millions of kids,” Robinson said.”
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