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How parents and educators can teach kids to love reading in the digital age Everyone agrees that reading is important, but kids today tend to lose interest in reading before adolescence. In Raising Kids Who Read, bestselling author and psychology professor Daniel T.

Table of Contents

About the Author vii

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: Have Fun, Start Now 1

1 The Science of Reading 7

Part I: Birth Through Preschool

2 Preparing Your Child to Learn to Decode 31

3 Creating a Thirst for Knowledge 41

4 Seeing Themselves as Readers before They Can Read 57

Part II: Kindergarten Through Second Grade

5 Learning to Decode 75

6 Banking Knowledge for the Future 95

7 Preventing a Motivation Backslide 113

Part III: Third Grade and Beyond

8 Reading with Fluency 131

9 Working with More Complex Texts 145

10 The Reluctant Older Reader 165

Conclusion 189

Appendix: Accessing the Bonus Web Content 193

Suggestions for Further Reading 195

Works Cited 199

Index 219

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      Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Published 21 April 2015
      ISBN-13 9781118769720
      978-1118769720
      ISBN-10 1118769724
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      Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      How parents and educators can teach kids to love reading in the digital age Everyone agrees that reading is important, but kids today tend to lose interest in reading before adolescence. In Raising Kids Who Read, bestselling author and psychology professor Daniel T.

      Table of Contents

      About the Author vii

      Acknowledgments ix

      Introduction: Have Fun, Start Now 1

      1 The Science of Reading 7

      Part I: Birth Through Preschool

      2 Preparing Your Child to Learn to Decode 31

      3 Creating a Thirst for Knowledge 41

      4 Seeing Themselves as Readers before They Can Read 57

      Part II: Kindergarten Through Second Grade

      5 Learning to Decode 75

      6 Banking Knowledge for the Future 95

      7 Preventing a Motivation Backslide 113

      Part III: Third Grade and Beyond

      8 Reading with Fluency 131

      9 Working with More Complex Texts 145

      10 The Reluctant Older Reader 165

      Conclusion 189

      Appendix: Accessing the Bonus Web Content 193

      Suggestions for Further Reading 195

      Works Cited 199

      Index 219

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