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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