Preparing children for reading success : hands-on activities for librarians, educators, and caregivers

Preparing Children for Reading Success: Hands-On Activities for Librarians, Educators, and Caregivers will not only familiarize anyone who reads to young children with the essentials of promoting early and emerging literacy, but also contains more than 25 ready-to-go activities that can be immediately used to foster this critical skill development. Following a basic overview of preliteracy skills that prepare children for reading success, the book contains field-tested, proven activities that promote success in each of the following skill sets: -Alphabet knowledge -Print concepts -Book handling skills -Phonological sensitivity -Expressive vocabulary Each of the activities is described in detail and linked to a popular children's book. This is a must-have how-to for anyone interested in promoting emerging literacy.

Introduction -- The importance of reading -- The social-emotional benefits of reading -- Alphabet knowledge -- Book-handling skills and concepts about print -- Phonological awareness -- Vocabulary -- Decontexturalized language -- Writing.