The classic million-copy bestselling handbook on reading aloud to children--revised and updated for a new generation of readers Recommended by "Dear Abby" upon its first publication in 1982, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Trelease's beloved classic for more than three decades to help countless children become avid readers through awakening their imaginations and improving their language skills. Jim Trelease's Read-Aloud Handbook, updated and revised by education specialist Cyndi Giorgis, discusses the benefits, the rewards, and the importance of reading aloud to children of a new generation. Supported by delightful anecdotes as well as the latest research, an updated treasury of book recommendations curated with an eye for diversity, Jim Trelease's Read-Aloud Handbook offers proven techniques and strategies for helping children of all backgrounds and abilities discover the pleasures of reading and setting them on the road to becoming lifelong readers.
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Now this new edition of The Read-Aloud Handbook imparts the benefits, rewards, and importance of reading aloud to children of a new generation.
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Every child can become an avid reader, and this beloved, classic guide shows how to make it happen. Jim Trelease explains: -- How reading aloud awakens children's imaginations and improves...
Teammates by Peter Golenbock, illustrated by Paul Bacon (Gulliver Books: 1990) (M) Read to baseball lovers, who also love heroes, history, and feeling a sense of justice. Good for an older child, who may have heard about the history of ...
A collection of fairy tales, folklore, and famous stories from around the world arranged for reading aloud.
You have always read it to me in Spanish . " I explained to him that as I read the book I would translate into Spanish , because that is the language we had chosen for him as a baby . Q : When you had your second child , did you find it ...
A collection of more than 200 short poems by both known and anonymous American and English authors.
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As adults we use phonics whenever we encounter an unfamiliar , multisyllabic word , or we spell a word incorrectly . For instance , I can never spell Wollongong . The first time I type it I get too many o's or l's in it : Wollongongong ...