Young children are noticers. They will stop in the middle of the sidewalk to study a trail of ants marching across the path. They will point out a lion they see in the billowy clouds. And they will pick out the smallest detail in the illustration of a book you are reading aloud to them. They see things we sometimes miss. As busy adults, we could learn much from these young noticers. In these unusual and unsettling times when our world seems to have slipped off its axis and we all feel a little off kilter, maybe we should take a deep breath and fix our gaze on something that surprises or intrigues us. The articles in this issue of The Reading Teacher offer us new ideas to notice and explore.

年幼的孩子是注意者。他们将停在人行道的中间，研究一条行进穿过道路的蚂蚁的踪迹。他们将指出他们在汹涌的乌云中看到的狮子。他们会在您大声向他们朗读的书籍插图中挑选出最小的细节。他们看到了我们有时会错过的东西。作为忙碌的成年人，我们可以从这些年轻的告密者那里学到很多东西。在我们的世界似乎已经偏离其轴心而我们都感到有些不安的这些不寻常和不安定的时刻，也许我们应该深呼吸，将目光集中在使我们感到惊奇或引起我们兴趣的事物上。本期《阅读老师》中的文章为我们提供了新的思路，值得我们注意和探索。