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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... sound . The second line extends the idea to other vowel sounds . Phonetic approaches require students to memorize sounds ( consonants and vowels ) and then blend them together to form words . Stories are concocted to reinforce the sounds ...
... sound . The second line extends the idea to other vowel sounds . Phonetic approaches require students to memorize sounds ( consonants and vowels ) and then blend them together to form words . Stories are concocted to reinforce the sounds ...
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... sounds ) first , with the larger picture ( words , sentences , stories ) coming only later . The casual observer must also distinguish between a child's ability to mimic phonics and a child's ability to make sense of phonics . Mimicry ...
... sounds ) first , with the larger picture ( words , sentences , stories ) coming only later . The casual observer must also distinguish between a child's ability to mimic phonics and a child's ability to make sense of phonics . Mimicry ...
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... sounds , when time is better spent allowing children to hear , see , and read books . I feel it is no great tragedy ... sounds to prepare children for kinder- garten . Parents worry that a child who leaves kindergar- ten without knowing ...
... sounds , when time is better spent allowing children to hear , see , and read books . I feel it is no great tragedy ... sounds to prepare children for kinder- garten . Parents worry that a child who leaves kindergar- ten without knowing ...
Contents
Foreword | vii |
Why Do We Read? We Read for Meaning | 7 |
Prediction Through Experience | 17 |
Copyright | |
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