Raising Readers: Helping Your Child to LiteracyThis bestselling book helps teachers answer all the questions that parents ask about their children’s reading. It helps make parents partners, not adversaries, in the learning process by explaining how current ways to teach reading correspond to the natural ways in which children acquire language. Includes sections on how to choose good books for children, commonly asked questions, and more. |
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... Memorizing books . Nina was fortunate when she was a toddler . Her parents were very patient . At bedtime , Nina ... memorized . If her mother made one mistake in a word , tried to skip a page , or left something out in order to expedite ...
... Memorizing books . Nina was fortunate when she was a toddler . Her parents were very patient . At bedtime , Nina ... memorized . If her mother made one mistake in a word , tried to skip a page , or left something out in order to expedite ...
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... memorized many books . 6. Rehearsing books . If you think back to when your child began to talk , you remember how imprecise , inaccurate , and awkward it was . With lots of listening , unconditional acceptance , and a tremendous amount ...
... memorized many books . 6. Rehearsing books . If you think back to when your child began to talk , you remember how imprecise , inaccurate , and awkward it was . With lots of listening , unconditional acceptance , and a tremendous amount ...
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... memorize all kinds of literature , although young children who are learning to read do enjoy literature that ... memorized it verbatim . She made almost no errors in her retelling . This is a good example of a child who was read to from ...
... memorize all kinds of literature , although young children who are learning to read do enjoy literature that ... memorized it verbatim . She made almost no errors in her retelling . This is a good example of a child who was read to from ...
Contents
Foreword | vii |
Why Do We Read? We Read for Meaning | 7 |
Prediction Through Experience | 17 |
Copyright | |
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