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Parents as Teachers Resources

Helping your child with reading is one of the most important things you will do as a parent. The following site provides helpful information and activities for meaning reading experiences.

A Reading Handbook for Parents
http://www.gov.nl.ca/edu/literacy/handbook.htm

Information about teaching kids to read and those who struggle
http://www.readingrockets.org/

Put Reading First Parent Guide
http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/reading_first2.html

Reading Activities you can do with your children Ages 0-17
http://www.rif.org/parents/

Parent and Children Together Online http://www.indiana.edu/~reading/www/famres/pctogeth/ish08/ish08.shtml
Share the joy of reading over the internet with original stories, articles, illustrations and other resources.

Parents' Reading List

Books to Build On: A Grade-by-Grade Resource Guide for Parents and Teachers , edited by John Holdren and E.D. Hirsch, Jr.  Delta, 1996.  ISBN 0385316402

Choosing Your Children's Books: 8 to 12 Years Old , by Valerie White. Bayley & Musgrove, 1994. ISBN 188272612X

How to Hook Your Kids on Books: Create a Love for Reading That Will Last a Lifetime , by Karen O'connor.  Thomas Nelson publishers, 1995.  ISBN 0785279423

Keeping Kids Reading: How to Raise Avid Readers in the Video Age , by Mary Leionhardt.  Crown Publishers, 1996.  ISBN 0517701146

New York Times Parent's Guide to the Best Books for Children , edited by Eden Ross Lipson.  Three Rivers Press, 2000. ISBN 0812930185.

Parent's Guide to Storytelling: How to Make Up New Stories and Retell Old Favorites, by Margaret Read MacDonald. Harper, 1995. ISBN 0064461807

Parents Who Love Reading, Kids Who Don't: How It Happens and What You Can Do About It , By Mary Leonardt. Crown, 1993. ISBN 0140146555

Raising a Reader: Make Your Child a Reader for Life , by Paul Kropp.  Doubleday, 1996.  ISBN 0385479131

Read All About It: Great Read-Aloud Stories, Poems and Newspaper Pieces for Preteens and Teens , edited by Jim Trelease. Viking Penguin, 1993. ISBN 0140146555

Read-Aloud Handbook , by Jim Trelease. 5th edition.  Penguin Books, 2001. ISBN 0141001615. (Also by this author: Hey! Listen to This: Stories to Read Aloud.   ISBN 0833589164.)

Read to Me: Raising Kids Who Love to Read , by Bernice E. Cullinan.  Scholasic, 2000.  ISBN 043908721X

Reading Connection: Bringing Parents, Teachers, and Librarians Together , by Elizabeth Knowles and Martha Smith.  Libraries Unlimited, 1997.  ISBN 1563084368.

Read to Your Bunny , by Rosemary Wells.  Scholastic Press, 1988.  ISBN 0590302841

Reading in Series: A Selection Guide to Books for Children , edited by Catherine Barr.  R.R. Bowker, 1999.  ISBN 0835240118

Tell Me Another! Read-Aloud Stories for the Very Young , by Mathew Price.  Knopf, 2000. ISBN 0375805397.

They're Never Too Young for Books: A Guide to Children's Books for Ages 1-8 , by Edythe M. McGovern and Helen D. Muller. Prometheus Books, 1994. ISBN 0879758589

Valerie and Walter's Best Books for Children: A Lively, Opinionated Guide , by Valerie Lewis and Walter Mayes.  Avon Books, 1998. ISBN 0380794381.

What Else Should I Read? Guiding Kids to Good Books (2 volumes), by Matt Berman.  Libraries Unlimited, 1995-1996.  ISBN 1563082411 (volume 1), ISBN 1563084198 (volume 2)

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