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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... reason why an author had written a particular story . The child answered , “ To teach me new words . " In the corridors and classrooms of our schools you would be able to hear many equally frightening , sad , and not - uncommon ...
... reason why an author had written a particular story . The child answered , “ To teach me new words . " In the corridors and classrooms of our schools you would be able to hear many equally frightening , sad , and not - uncommon ...
Page 55
... reason why books that have been made into films or television series sell so well after the public sees them . The stories are familiar , and familiarity is comfortable . This is not to say that if you read to your children from birth ...
... reason why books that have been made into films or television series sell so well after the public sees them . The stories are familiar , and familiarity is comfortable . This is not to say that if you read to your children from birth ...
Page 103
... reasons that children read , nor can they assume to cover their many differing interests . This is one reason that most learning cannot be accomplished through the basal reader . Most people reading this book probably think that they ...
... reasons that children read , nor can they assume to cover their many differing interests . This is one reason that most learning cannot be accomplished through the basal reader . Most people reading this book probably think that they ...
Contents
Foreword | vii |
Why Do We Read? We Read for Meaning | 7 |
Prediction Through Experience | 17 |
Copyright | |
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