Reading Together
Marilyn Jager Adams once wrote that "Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for learning to read." That's a powerful statement! Read with your kids every day, and watch them blossom.
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By: America Reads at Bank Street College of Education. (2009)
From previewing to reading with expression, here are several helpful hints for anyone preparing to read a book aloud to a group of children.
By: Bank Street College of Education (2009)
Playing games is a great way to provide additional practice with early reading skills. Here are six games parents or tutors can use to help young readers practice word recognition, spelling patterns, and letter-sound knowledge.
By: Reading Rockets (2009)
By: Reading Rockets (2009)
By: Reading Rockets (2009)
By: Reading Rockets (2009)
By: Reading Rockets (2009)
By: Reading Rockets (2009)
By: Reading Rockets (2009)
By: Joanne Meier (2009)
Most beginning readers are inconsistent. Learn more about the characteristics of a beginning reader and simple techniques and tips to nurture your child's skills and joy in reading.
By: Leslie Garisto Pfaff (2008)
Reading to your toddler is one of the best ways to boost language skills. Here are 12 tips to help make sure your toddler gets a head start on reading.
By: PBS Parents (2008)
While parents understand the importance of reading to children, it is often a struggle to read to two. How can parents negotiate the "book wars," when one child only wants to read chapter books and the other insists on reading picture books? What can parents do when one child wants to read about dinosaurs and the other wants to read about ballerinas?
By: Kathleen Rogers (2008)
How can parents help their children find books that are not "too hard" and not "too easy" but instead are "just right"? Here's some advice.
By: Reading Rockets (2008)
By: Reading Rockets (2008)
By: Reading Rockets (2008)
By: Reading Rockets (2008)
By: Reading Rockets (2007)
The home is the child’s first classroom and parents are the first teachers. Parents who read to their children everyday and talk about what they are reading together promote a joy of reading and literacy achievement. How can teachers encourage reading at home and support the role of parents as educators? One way is through the use of Family Literacy Bags — a theme-based collection of books and related interactive activities that kids bring home from school to share with their family.
By: National Center for Family Literacy (2007)
Do you enjoy reading? Do you look at the newspaper? Read magazines? Go to the library? Chances are, if you do any of these activities, your preschool child is on his way to becoming a reader.
By: Rob Kemp (2007)
Bedtime stories aren't just for tiny tots: older children enjoy them too. Here are some tips for dads.
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