Raising a Reader: Simple and Fun Activities for Parents to Foster Reading Success

by Bonnie D. Schwartz

Overview

With so many discussions and theories on reading and how children learn to read, it can be very confusing for parents to know the best way to get their kids to read. In Raising a Reader, Bonnie Schwartz lays out simple, researched and practice proven approaches that a parent can do to promote literacy in the home and encourage children to explore the great adventures to be found in books. The first step in fostering literacy and good reading strategies in the home is to learn a little bit about how language is acquired and how this affects the development of reading. The purpose of this book is to expose parents to these processes and build a knowledge base of basic games, activities, and strategies parents can easily use at home to foster reading development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461653769
Publisher:	R&L Education
Publication date:	11/05/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Bonnie D. Schwartz has been teaching reading to children of all ages for over 20 years. She is currently a reading specialist at the Department of Academic Standards and Professional Development in Minnesota, in addition to serving as adjunct professor at Bemidji State University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Acknowledgments
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 1. The Basics
Chapter 4 2. Laying the Foundations: Ten Building Blocks to a Good Reading Foundation
Chapter 5 3. Tools and Strategies: Activities, Literature, and Music and Movement
Chapter 6 4. The Framework: Developing Decoding
Chapter 7 5. The Reading-Writing Relationship: Learning about reading Through Writing Experiences
Chapter 8 6. Building Comprehension Strategies
Chapter 9 7. How to Assess the Progress: Five Basic Assessment Tools to Monitor Your Child's Reading Development
Chapter 10 8. Continuous Progress: Strategies to Ensure Continued Reading Success
Chapter 11 Appendix A: One Hundred Fantastic Children's Literature Books
Chapter 12 Appendix B: One Hundred Great Children's Authors
Chapter 13 Appendix C: What Do Effective Readers Do?
Chapter 14 Glossary
Chapter 15 Bibliography
Chapter 16 About the Author