Parenting a Struggling Reader

Parenting a Struggling Reader
Author: Susan Hall
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002-04-16
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0767907760

The first completely comprehensive, practical guide for recognizing, diagnosing, and overcoming any childhood reading difficulty. According to the National Institute of Health, ten million of our nation’s children (approximately 17 percent) have trouble learning to read. While headlines warn about the nation’s reading crisis, Susan Hall (whose son was diagnosed with dyslexia) and Louisa Moats have become crusaders for action. The result of their years of research and personal experience, Parenting a Struggling Reader provides a revolutionary road map for any parent facing this challenging problem. Acknowledging that parents often lose valuable years by waiting for their school systems to test for a child’s reading disability, Hall and Moats offer a detailed, realistic program for getting parents actively involved in their children’s reading lives. With a four-step plan for identifying and resolving deficiencies, as well as advice for those whose kids received weak instruction during the crucial early years, this is a landmark publication that promises unprecedented hope for the next generation of Information Age citizens.

Parenting a Struggling Reader

Parenting a Struggling Reader
Author: Susan Hall
Publisher: Harmony
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2008-12-10
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0307489388

The first completely comprehensive, practical guide for recognizing, diagnosing, and overcoming any childhood reading difficulty. According to the National Institute of Health, ten million of our nation’s children (approximately 17 percent) have trouble learning to read. While headlines warn about the nation’s reading crisis, Susan Hall (whose son was diagnosed with dyslexia) and Louisa Moats have become crusaders for action. The result of their years of research and personal experience, Parenting a Struggling Reader provides a revolutionary road map for any parent facing this challenging problem. Acknowledging that parents often lose valuable years by waiting for their school systems to test for a child’s reading disability, Hall and Moats offer a detailed, realistic program for getting parents actively involved in their children’s reading lives. With a four-step plan for identifying and resolving deficiencies, as well as advice for those whose kids received weak instruction during the crucial early years, this is a landmark publication that promises unprecedented hope for the next generation of Information Age citizens.

The Invisible Toolbox

The Invisible Toolbox
Author: Kim Jocelyn Dickson
Publisher: Mango
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2020-04-14
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781642502039

In The Invisible Toolbox, parents will learn about the ten priceless tools that will fill their child's toolbox when they read aloud to their child from birth; they'll also learn about the tools they can give themselves to foster these gifts in their children. Practical tips for how and what to read aloud to children through their developmental stages, along with Do's and Don'ts and recommended resources, round out all the practical tools a parent will need to prepare their child for kindergarten and beyond.

Raising Unselfish Children in a Self-Absorbed World

Raising Unselfish Children in a Self-Absorbed World
Author: Jill Rigby
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2008-04
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 141655842X

Challenging popular beliefs about self-esteem parenting, a guide for parents recommends an alternative approach that encourages respect for the self and others, in a reference that explains how to foster such values in children as thankfulness and unselfishness. Original. 50,000 first printing.

The Ugly Vegetables

The Ugly Vegetables
Author: Grace Lin
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2001-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1607340704

A little girl thinks her mother's garden is the ugliest in the neighborhood until she discovers that flowers might look and smell pretty but Chinese vegetable soup smells best of all. Includes a recipe.

Straight Talk About Reading

Straight Talk About Reading
Author: Louisa C. Moats
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998-10-22
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780809228577

Today's parents are increasingly concerned about the reading and spelling skills taught in schools and are taking charge of their children's education. Full of ideas and suggestions--from innovative preschool exercises to techniques that older children can use to increase reading speed and comprehension--Straight Talk About Reading will instantly help any parent lay a solid foundation for their child's formative educational years.

Teaching a Struggling Reader: One Mom's Experience with Dyslexia

Teaching a Struggling Reader: One Mom's Experience with Dyslexia
Author: Pamela Brookes
Publisher: DOG ON A LOG Books
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2018-11-07
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1949471683

There are a lot of children (and adults) who struggle with reading. Some are helped by their schools, some are not. In this short booklet, Pamela Brookes shares some of the basic information she wishes she'd had when she was first trying to figure out how to help her child learn to read. Teaching A Struggling Reader: One Mom's Experience with Dyslexia is filled with links to informational and product resources for parents or teachers. It is geared to people who want to educate themselves in the methods that are effective in teaching those with dyslexia. It also contains photos demonstrating basic techniques like "Tapping" (using one's fingers to aid in sounding out words) and "Making your bed" to differentiate between "b" and "d." This Third Edition includes new information and new links including the social and economic impacts of illiteracy. It also contains information on Early Intervention, including what parents can do if they suspect their young child may have dyslexia during the toddler and preschool years, and a section on What if It's NOT Dyslexia. This is a booklet that can be read in one sitting. However, there are ample links to provide an even greater experience. The hyperlinks are active in the e-book format. All DOG ON A LOG Books follow a systematic, structured literacy/Orton-Gillingham based phonics sequence.

Teaching a Struggling Reader

Teaching a Struggling Reader
Author: Pamela Brookes
Publisher: Dog on a Log Books
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2020-04-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781949471908

The hardback version of the FREE e-book. In this short booklet, Pamela Brookes shares some of the basic information she wishes she'd had when she was first trying to figure out how to help her child learn to read.

12 Tips for Parents of Struggling Readers

12 Tips for Parents of Struggling Readers
Author: Susan Risha
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2020-04-05
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ISBN:

This is a practical guide for parents who want to effectively help their child through a reading struggle. It provides tips, practical strategies and indicators of common reading problems for students; these can be implemented during homework, homeschooling and supplemental activities. Susan Risha is a state certified reading, special education and elementary education teacher with 16 years of teaching experience in both traditional and alternative settings. She earned her Masters in Reading Education from East Stroudsburg University.

Whole Child Reading

Whole Child Reading
Author: Natalie Hale
Publisher: Special Needs Collection
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Children with mental disabilities
ISBN: 9781606132838

Discover the keys to teaching children and adults with Down syndrome and other developmental disabilities how to read for meaning. Written for today's busy parents and teachers, this easy-to-use guide explains how to go in through the heart to hook beginning and struggling readers, but then how to teach to the brain; so that learning is fast and permanent. The methods in the book can be adapted for learners of any age who are reading at a third grade level or below. If you have at least five minutes a day to work on reading, you have enough time to get started using Whole Child Reading!