Raising a Reader: Simple and Fun Activities for Parents to Foster Reading Success

by Bonnie D. Houck and Bonnie D. Schwartz

Bonnie Schwartz lays out simple, researched and practice proven approaches that a parent can do to promote literacy in the home and encourage children to explore the great adventures to be found in books. The first step in fostering literacy and good reading strategies in the home is to learn a little bit about how language is acquired and how this affects the development of reading. The purpose of this book is to expose parents to these processes and build a knowledge base of basic games, activities, and strategies parents can easily use at home to foster reading development.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578860512
• ISBN13: 9781578860517
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Raising a Reader: Simple and Fun Activities for Parents

This is a good guide for parents who wish to raise good readers. The author captures several activities which strengthen skills and reinforce good reading habits.

Great for new parents

This is a really good resource for people who want to help their children grow up to be good readers. Reading is a really important skill and parents need to be a part of the process. I found the information to be really helpful and the activities easy to use and understand. If you are going to have a child or have friends with babies, this is a great gift.