First Steps toward Reading
Unlikely as it may seem, the joyful nine-month-old in the photograph opposite is already taking a first step to ward learning to read. Although he may not yet know that a book contains words and that the words convey messages, he has discovered that it is something to hold, fondle, and explore. Befo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Alexandria, Va.
Time-Life Books
1987
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| Series: | Successful parenting
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Add Tag | Summary: | Unlikely as it may seem, the joyful nine-month-old in the photograph opposite is already taking a first step to ward learning to read. Although he may not yet know that a book contains words and that the words convey messages, he has discovered that it is something to hold, fondle, and explore. Before long, he will be point excitedly to the pictures and naming the objects they represent as his mother or father reads to him. By the time he is three, he will enjoy hearing stories over and over. By four or five, he will have memorized some of favorite storybooks and want to "read" them to his pa ents or younger siblings. By the age of six, when he er elementary school and receives his first formal instru tion in reading, he will be well on his way to becomin lifelong reader. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 144 pages colour illustrationsrdacontent 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: p. 138-140. |
| ISBN: | 0809459582 |
A Parent's guide to children's reading