Publisher's Synopsis
HELP ME GET READY TO READ is an easy-to-follow guide for reading aloud effectively to children starting in infancy through the preschool years. Parents and grandparents, daycare providers, preschool staff, early childhood professionals, literacy volunteers, and librarians can use HELP ME GET READY TO READ to understand early literacy concepts and skills; choose good books to read aloud to young children; create a nurturing environment for reading aloud; and foster children's emotional, social, language, and cognitive development. In addition to creating positive connections to books and learning, HELP ME GET READY TO READ focuses on early literacy concepts and skills, such as listening and speaking, vocabulary, comprehension, phonological awareness, print concepts, letters and their sounds, and writing using both parenting strategies and reading strategies. It provides book-related activities that engage young children in dramatic play; rhymes fingerplays, and songs; and draw and write projects. Included in the practical guide are detailed lists of 275 quality books appropriate for reading aloud to children during their first five years. HELP ME GET READY TO READ can be used when reading aloud to one or more children at home or when reading aloud to groups of children in daycare, preschool, or library settings.
