Cognitive developmental psychologist Claire N Rubman, PhD reinvents reading in this accessible and
easy-to-use guide to teaching your child to read. Maximize your child’s learning potential while
optimizing precious family time by transforming your daily reading routine as you:
• Discover the five key comprehension skills for 3-5 year-olds instead of fixating on letters,
sounds, and rote memorization
• Learn about brain development with sixty years of expert pedagogical research
• Participate in fifteen research studies to experience what early readers encounter to help
your child avoid the many reading failures throughout our education system
• Engage in a fun four-stage reading program to open a world of sustainable literacy for your
child, focusing on extracting meaning from the printed word