Helping Preschool Children Become Readers: Tips for Parents

This article presents twelve things parents can do to lay the foundation for good reading skills before children enter school. These include: daily conversations, lots of print/writing materials in the home, reading/writing space available to child, parent modeling, reading together, pointing out reading and writing in everyday activities, making a message board, encouraging children to 'read', displaying child's writing, listing words read, visiting the library together, and using television and technology wisely.

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Availability:
Free
Publication Date:
2005
Author:
Ann Epstein, PhD
Publisher:
The Journal of Adventist Education
12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD  20904-6600

Phone: 301 680 5069
Email: goffc@gc.adventist.org
URL: https://www.journalofadventisteducation.org/
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Language:
English
Resource Type:
Internet Resources; Published Articles & Papers
Resource Objective:
Development & Training; Informal / Lifelong Learning
Level:
Preschool-Grade 1
Audience:
Teacher / Faculty, Parent / Informal Education
Religious Origin:
Seventh-day Adventist