In her article, “’What’s Important When You’re Six?’—Valuing Children’s Oral Stories,” Nancy Csak says, “A growing body of research confirms that the use of oral language in the classroom is not only enjoyable for children but is also necessary for establishing a classroom community, developing literacy, and defining children’s self” (p.488). Taking from my observations and classes I had in the past, I agree with this statement. This week, for example, I observed two different kindergarten classrooms in which the teachers followed different approaches to teaching. In classroom A, there was barely any talking allowed, there was a lot of drill, and there was very little space to express creativity (close to none, really). A lot of the students
