Early Reading: A Guide for Parents - Softcover

Mullarney, Maire

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853710970 ISBN 13: 9781853710971

Publisher: Poolbeg Press Ltd, 1990

Synopsis

Maire Mullarney's very successful Anything School Can Do You Can Do You Can Do Better told the story of her eleven children who learned at home. One of the central aspects of this book was the importance of the early teaching of reading. Early Reading develops this crucial aspect of children's education - one in which parents can help in a vital way. %3C%2Fbr%3EBefore they are even two years old, many children will become interested in letters and will soon be able to put letters together as simple everyday words. Maire Mullarney's cheerful approach gives parents and others who are involved in the nurturing of young children step-by-step guidance%3A where to start and how to proceed. Her essential idea is that reading must be seen by both parents and children as a pleasurable activity like any other they share, such as sweeping leaves, painting or playing with sand. Children must be free to take it or leave it. If early reading is approached in this way, children will acquire the beginnings of literacy at their own pace and without pressure. This will provide a solid basis for later skills in reading and spelling and will help to develop a permanent interest in reading.

Edition details

• Publisher: Poolbeg Press Ltd
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853710970
• ISBN 13: 9781853710971
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 151