Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Children's Reading Success

by Peg Griffin, C.E. Snow, M. Susan Burns, et al.

Book Overview

A devastatingly large number of people in America cannot read as well as they need for success in life. With literacy problems plaguing as many as four in ten children in America, this book discusses how best to help children succeed in reading. This book identifies the most important questions and explores the authoritative answers on the topic of how children can grow into readers, including:

What are the key elements all children need...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309064104
• ISBN13: 9780309064101
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.2" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Excellent resource for parents

My graduate reading professor introduced me to this book and I now purchase it for all my friends as a baby shower gift. This is a wonderful resource for all parents as it gives suggestions for activities that will shape children into readers and writers and prepare them for school. The book is especially good for parents of young children from birth to kindergarten age. Before kids are in classrooms, they typically have 4 to 5 years at home. During that time, the parents are responsible for their education. It is important they understand how crucial their role is in readying their children for the classroom. Homeschooling parents will also find this information valuable!

this is an amzing and very practical book!

this is such a great book if you are looking for a book that gives basic developmental guidelines for reading AND some wonderful activities to do with children! the focus is on children birth to 3rd grade! I absolutely LOVE it!

Excellent Kindergarten Resource

As a Kindergarten teacher, I have found the Starting Out Right book to be one of the best resources that I have ever used in my classroom. The text is very easy to read and very user friendly. The activities are great for any teacher making the changes in education. I only wish that I had found this book years ago. I would recommend this book for any teacher who is teaching reading strategies. In fact, my district is purchasing this book for ALL kindergarten teachers for our personal resource library.