Straight Talk about Reading: How Parents Can Make a Difference during the Early Years / Edition 1

by Louisa C. Moats, Susan J. Hall, Lora Myers

Overview

Today's parents are increasingly concerned about the reading and spelling skills taught in schools and are taking charge of their children's education. Full of ideas and suggestions­­—from innovative preschool exercises to techniques that older children can use to increase reading speed and comprehension—­­Straight Talk About Reading will instantly help any parent lay a solid foundation for their child's formative educational years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780809228577
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	10/01/1998
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

Susan L. Hall is founder of the business consulting firm Susan L. Hall & Associates. Through her prior work in the executive education field, she was responsible for curriculum development and has taught over 100 seminars.

Louisa C. Moats, Ed.D., has spoken to thousands of educators through her involvement with Center for Reading Instruction in California and is a frequently quoted reading expert.

Editorial Reviews

Hall, a concerned parent, and Moats, a Harvard-educated teacher, have written a well-intentioned resource for parents concerned about children who have difficulty reading. While they address the need to read aloud to children as infants, their book focuses primarily on the needs of preschool and elementary school children. The authors recommend early exposure to reading in order to aid children in their cognitive development and familiarize them with a wide range of vocabulary, the structure of printed words, and story development. A discussion of the phonics vs. whole-language approaches is provided. This work complements Lucy Caulkins's Raising Lifelong Learners: A Parent's Guide (LJ 10/1/97) and Bernice Cullinan's Read to Me: Raising Kids Who Love to Read (Scholastic, 1992), among others. Recommended for public library parent/teacher collections and academic libraries with an emphasis on elementary education.--Lisa Powell Williams, Moline Southeast Lib., IL

Library Journal

Provides parents with practical advice, games and activities, and lists of children's books and resources for helping children read. Part I gives background information on reading and education, with chapters on America's reading crisis, why reading to children is important, the whole language and phonics controversy, and how children learn to read. Part II spells out ways to help a child in preschool through third grade, and discusses reading difficulties and disabilities. Includes a glossary, and lists of recommended books. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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