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How to Teach a Baby to Read?
I highly recommend you read this book: The read aloud handbook by Jim Trelease ( http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/). He explains how children learn to read ...
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- I persoally wouldn't do it. I have read some research that indicates that children taught to read early actually read less than those that start later (like at 6 or 7)...
- Hi G., Babies don't need to read. They need to explore their physical environment and figure out how the physical world works, they need to play and interact with oth...
- Chere Geranska, I highly recommend you read this book: The read aloud handbook by Jim Trelease (http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/) He explains how children lea...
Help...my 7 Year Old Hates to Read!
... would highly recommend you read The Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease It is an amazing and inspirational book filled with suggestions and titles that ...
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- What is it your are making him read? Anything he is interested in? He's not lazy. It may be that he just doesn't like to be prodded and made to read some story he's no...
- I haven't read any of your response's but i know this worked for me. Set up a chart for every day of the week(let him help you make it) get some gold star sticker's an...
- Hi, T. was has worked for me is positive motivation. I write a note to the teacher to inform her how good he did at reading and she congratulates him. Sometimes I tel...
Your Baby Can Read
I've been reading Jim Trelease's "The Read Aloud Handbook" and Mem Fox's " Reading Magic" and they both believe that it's MUCH more important to find GOOD ...
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- I am so glad someone finally posted about this. We purchased the starter DVD and word cards about two months ago. My daughter was 21 months when we got it and my son w...
- Yet another opinion from somone who hasn't actually used the product, (sorry.) But keep in mind that the long-term goal is to get your child to love books and literatu...
- Hey there! My son (1 year) received the program for Christmas and has been using it once a day ever since. He had never watched TV before, so it was a little difficult...
Dr. Titzer, Your Baby Can Read Program--Experiences with It?
Jim Trelease is an expert on the "read-aloud" movement (exposing young children to books, hearing the written word, letting them LOVE the experience of ...
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- Haven't used the "program" with my children but I would be skeptical about a "reading program" for babies. I A. a teacher who has her master's degree in literacy. What...
- As a college professor and former literacy coach, I have to agree that it isn't the product that gets your child reading, but rather the interaction between the parent...
- I agree w/ first 2 posts. My daughter was reading by age 2.5 yrs w/o a program -- just read to your son. My nanny (for whom English is a 2nd language) read to my oldes...
Good Books for 5 Year Olds
Jim Trelease wrote the Read-a-loud Handbook. You can find it at 1/2 price books or other bookstores. This will give you books to use for a LONG time. ...
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- Our local library (in Hurst) has a list of books appropriate for different age groups; I used it this week to check out books. You might check your local library to s...
- Bearstein Bears. They have all different reading letters and my nephew loved them at that age.
- We just went to our local library and asked. Once she started Kindergarten, the reading homework every night took care of what to read.
Struggling with Reading
Jim Trelease's book 'The Read Aloud Handbook" has excellent info about encouraging reading and a great bibliography of read aloud books. ...
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- Hi C., I've taught all three of my homeschooled children to read using 'Teach Your Child to Read in 100 easy Lessons' Each has required a different time frame. Having...
- Hi, I'm not sure where you live but my daughter goes to a place called SCORES in Naperville and she totally loves it. It's actually an online program that teaches...
- Have you considered a tutor. I know a wonderful one on the south side of Naperville. She works from her home in the summer. OR Sylvan learning center. Professional...
Books for Kindergartener
The book is "The Read-Aloud Handbook" by Jim Trelease. He believes in reading aloud to your children no matter how old they are. A wonderful concept! ...
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- I have taught kindergarten in the past and am currently teaching third grade. I would suggest the Magic Tree House Books. Most all of my students LOVE these books. ...
- Hi S., I love books and have an education background so I am aware of a read aloud resource that will give you a tool to use when selecting book for your sons. The b...
- You already have alot of good recommendations! I was really excited that your husband is reading Prince Caspian! My husband just finished reading The Lion, The Witch...
Your Baby Can Read
For more inspiration, read "The Read-Aloud Handbook" by Jim Trelease, and "How to get Your Child to Love Reading" by Esme Raji-Codell. Helpful? ...
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- i didnt use that exact program but i did follow along the same lines. I created flash cards for everything in our home. my son never seemed to be paying attention but ...
- My opinion (not as someone who has bought it, but as a mother of 3 and having worked in early childhood education for over 20 yrs) is that it is a scam to make money. ...
- As a reading teacher, I would tell you that the best thing you can do is to read to your kids every day!! I just read somewhere that if you read to your children 30 m...
Recommendations for Books
Get yourself to the library Momma and get yourself a book first - called "The Read-Aloud Handbook" by Jim Trelease... he's got a handle on all the greatest ...
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- Dr. Seuss's ABC's. It's a great book, was both of my children's favorite book up until they were about 3! It also taught them both their ABC's at a very young age, a...
- My daughter loves her Disney babies series and the Sesame Street ABC series. Now at 22 months she can recite almost all of them herself as she has had them read to her...
- My son is the same age. He LOVES all of the Richard Scarey books - current favorites are Cars and Trucks and Things That Go, and The Best Word Book Ever. They have g...
Book(s) for a 9 1/2 Year Old Boy
A great book, with lots of recommendations, is "The Read-Aloud Handbook," by Jim Trelease. One book my younger son and I loved is "Hoot," by Carl Hiaasen. ...
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- When I was 9 I loved the Narnia books - and their positive and uplifting message may be just what this boy needs.
- Hi Cathy, I don't know if this is an appropriate suggestion under the circumstances, but my 7 year old son is totally into Star Wars (as is my 9 year old neighbor boy...
- check out diary of a wimpy kid... they are so much fun.. both my kids loved them. my son read it in 5th and my daughter in 3rd... they are a small series.. i think ju...
