Since its first publication in 1982, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Trelease s beloved classic to help countless children become avid readers through awakening their imaginations and improving their language skills. This book 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, this essential 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.
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...
A collection of fairy tales, folklore, and famous stories from around the world arranged for reading aloud.
A perfect example of that can be found in comparing this Philippa Pearce tale with another story with some of the ... of Who's Afraid ? and Other Strange Stories , The Shadow - Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural , Minnow on the ...
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 more than 200 short poems by both known and anonymous American and English authors.
Argues that reading aloud to children is a vital part of their educational development, exploring how and where to read to achieve the best effects.
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 ...
From a thrilling look at what happens in a toddler’s brain when a grown-up reads a story, to the way shared books are keeping far-flung military families connected; from the imaginative transport of classic novels, to the rejuvenating ...