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Discover practical strategies to make reading aloud a meaningful family ritual.
The stories we read--and the conversations we have about them--help shape family traditions, create lifelong memories, and become part of our legacy. Reading aloud not only has the power to change a family--it has the power to change the world.
But we all know that connecting deeply with our families can be difficult in our busy, technology-driven society. Reading...
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Do you remember your first visit to where the wild things are? How about curling up for hours on end to discover the secret of the Philosopher’s Stone? Combining clear, practical advice with inspiration, wisdom, tips, and curated reading lists, How to Raise a Reader, from the authors of the original and viral New York Times Books feature, shows you how to instil the joy and time-stopping pleasure of reading. Divided into four sections, from baby...
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Longtime elementary school teacher Kim Jocelyn Dickson believes every child begins kindergarten with a lunchbox in one hand and an "invisible toolbox" in the other. In The Invisible Toolbox, Kim shares with parents the single most important thing they can do to foster their child's future learning potential and nurture the parent-child bond that is the foundation for a child's motivation to learn.
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Mentiscopic Pub
Pub. Date
2003
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English
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Presents step-by-step guidance for parents, babysitters, and daycare and nursery school teachers for teaching two- and three-year-olds to read with the phonic method in ten-minute daily lessons, as well as guidance for kindergarten and first grade teachers for teaching their students to read, covering the first one hundred words and first two hundred sentences, and includes a nineteen-page first reader.
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We have always known that reading aloud is an important way to bond with your baby and develop language skills.
Now neuroscience research is showing us the long-term benefit that reading aloud has for children, all the way into adulthood. Author Rekha S. Rajan was part of current research that shows individuals who were read to more frequently as children had a measurably healthier brain in old age.
This innovative and accessible book incorporates...
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Huron Street Press
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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"This authoritative guide--with a core focus on reading readiness and helping position children to succeed in school--offers more than 300 age-appropriate and subject-specific book selections from librarians for reading time with children. From board and picture books to hot new books, these recommendations reflect family, community, play, and the environment. Mirroring a child's world as they grow and mature, chapters include segments on reading...
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Scholastic Inc
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[2015]
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English
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"From the creators of the popular education blogs Teach Mama and No Time for Flash Cards comes a must-have parents guide for raising lifelong readers and learners. Written for today s time-crunched parents, this book is filled with easy-to-implement tips for creating a literate environment and fun, quick activities for building children s oral language and early reading and writing skills. Just five minutes a day every day is all it takes to foster...