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Born reading : bringing up bookworms in a digital age -- from picture books to ebooks and everything in between /

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Touchstone Books, 2014Copyright date: �2014Edition: First Touchstone trade paperback editionDescription: xxvii, 305 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781476749792
  • 1476749795
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 372.42/5 23
LOC classification:
  • LB1050 .B58 2014
Contents:
Introduction: The born reading playbook, or, how to use this book -- Before your baby is born. -- Interlude: How sign language can change your baby's life -- First year of life. -- Interlude: Raising library babies -- Reading with a one-year-old. -- Interlude: How to inspire reluctant readers -- Reading during the Terrible Twos. -- Interlude: The joy of homemade books and projects -- Three-year-old readers. -- Interlude: Why your kid should read comic books -- Learning with four-year-old readers. -- Interlude: Mastering the art of storytelling -- Kindergarten and beyond -- Conclusion: How born readers can thrive with Common Core standards.
Summary: A program for parents and professionals on how to raise kids who love to read, featuring interviews with childhood development experts, advice from librarians, tips from authors and children's book publishers, and reading recommendations for kids from birth up to age five. Experts say that reading to your child is just as important a determining factor of IQ as taking vitamins or eating a healthy diet. But reading is about more than just a score on a standardized test. With Born Reading, you'll learn how to raise children who not only can read but who love to read... and who will take that love of reading with them into the future.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 372.42 BOO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000515373

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-290) and index.

Introduction: The born reading playbook, or, how to use this book -- Before your baby is born. -- Interlude: How sign language can change your baby's life -- First year of life. -- Interlude: Raising library babies -- Reading with a one-year-old. -- Interlude: How to inspire reluctant readers -- Reading during the Terrible Twos. -- Interlude: The joy of homemade books and projects -- Three-year-old readers. -- Interlude: Why your kid should read comic books -- Learning with four-year-old readers. -- Interlude: Mastering the art of storytelling -- Kindergarten and beyond -- Conclusion: How born readers can thrive with Common Core standards.

A program for parents and professionals on how to raise kids who love to read, featuring interviews with childhood development experts, advice from librarians, tips from authors and children's book publishers, and reading recommendations for kids from birth up to age five. Experts say that reading to your child is just as important a determining factor of IQ as taking vitamins or eating a healthy diet. But reading is about more than just a score on a standardized test. With Born Reading, you'll learn how to raise children who not only can read but who love to read... and who will take that love of reading with them into the future.

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