Developing the Disposition To Be a Reader: The Educator's Role.

Most very young children seem to have a disposition to explore books that is, they naturally have an inter-est in books. As children grow, some children maintain this disposition, learn to read early, and become lifelong lov-ers of books; however, some children lose the disposition or do not develop it at all, and they never experience the joy of the written word. This paper looks at the educators role in devel-oping and sustaining this disposition in young children. It explores the char-acteristics of a child who has a dispo-