reading (early childhood)

Presents three sets of phonemic awareness lessons for use in early reading programs, each with directions, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools.

An introduction to phonetic sounds, with pictures, poems, and riddles providing examples.

An expert in the ways young children develop literacy, Gretchen Owocki offers primary teachers just what they need for effective reading comprehension instruction.

Starting with the bedtime story, Read It Again! outlines the essential elements and benefits of shared reading and provides detailed examples which shows how a shared reading session unfolds in the classroom.

Presents whole-language thematic units to present four featured books. Each unit contains reading lessons, writing ideas, bulletin board ideas, and curriculum activities.

Examines the use of read-alouds for elementary level children at home, at school, and in various curricular areas, and provides a variety of activities.

A guide for parents who want to help their children learn to read, discussing the controversy between the whole language and phonics approaches to teaching reading; taking a grade-by-grade look at how to help children in preschool through third grade; and providing information about reading difficulties and disabilities.

Offers reading teachers effective strategies for helping students in kindergarten through third grade overcome reading and writing difficulties and become proficient readers.

Provides teachers, librarians, and parents with tips, techniques, activities, and more than fifty read-aloud plans for picture books that can be used with pre-kindergarten and kindergarten-age children.