Discover Simple, Super Effective Ways to Make Your Child a Reader

Contents

Foreword
Few Words
Acknowledgement

1. Introduction
2. Becoming a Reader
• Talking and Listening • Reading Together • Learning about Print and Books • Early Efforts to Write • Reading in another Language

3. Activities
• Baby Talk • Books and Babies • Chatting with Children • As Simple as ABC • What Happens Next? • A Home for My Books • A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words • Rhyme with Me: It's Fun, You'll See! • Match My Sounds • Take a Bow! • Family Stories • Write On!

4. Other Ways to Help

5. If You Think There's a Problem

6. A Reading Checklist

7. Typical Language Accomplishments for Children, Birth to Age 6

Resources for Families and Caregivers
Resources for Children