Description
Book SynopsisThis book consists of an easy-to-follow plan designed to guide and assist parents in nurturing and developing pre-reading/pre-literacy skills needed to learn how to read. Parents/caregivers begin their journey by examining and exploring why some children have difficulty learning to read. It is also noted the role they can play in preparing their children for the learning to read process at home. They are guided through the development of pre-reading milestones and behavior characteristics of young children. Additionally, parents/caregivers complete a self-assessment to determine their thoughts about learning which is important in setting up a creative and vibrant learning environment for their home. Before addressing the four components of the reading process, parents/caregivers are guided in setting the stage for learning to reading their home by establishing a print rich environment.
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction
Chapter 1 Why Johnnie and Susie Can’t Read
Chapter 2 Setting the Stage: Before They Are Ready to Read
Chapter 3 What They See: Visual Recognition and Discrimination of Letters
Chapter 4 What They Hear: Phonemic Awareness and Auditory Discrimination
Chapter 5 Putting It Together: Auditory Blending of Letters, Consonants, and Vowels
Chapter 6 Building and Using Sight Words
Chapter 7 We Work Together: Common Word Families
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author
