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I’m happy to be blogging for Reading Rockets, although I must admit to being a little bit self conscious about it! My goal is to blog about reading and while wearing at least one of my “hats”: former teacher and university professor, parent, research consultant and early literacy author.

I’ll try to be fair and thoughtful, as I know we’ve all got the best interest of readers at heart. I hope some of you will chime in once in awhile to keep the conversation going, and keep us all thinking. I promise that I won’t write TOO often about my own two little emergent readers I’ve got here at home, although I must say, that is quite an education!

Perhaps the biggest compliment I’ve received lately was from my 6 year old, who excitedly came up to me and said, “Mommy, listen to this! I can read this book and sound JUST LIKE YOU when I do it!”

About the Author

Joanne Meier has more than 20 years of experience in the field of education, including serving on the faculty at the University of Virginia for six years where she trained reading specialists and future classroom teachers. Dr. Meier was Reading Rockets’ research-to-practice consultant from 2002 to 2014, where she wrote the Page by Page (opens in a new window) blog — sharing best practices in supporting young readers at home and in the classroom.

Publication Date
January 2, 2007

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