Raising Readers at Home: An Easy-to-Follow Plan to Implement a Foundation for Reading in the Home [Paperback]

This book consists of an easy-to-follow plan designed to guide and assist parents in nurturing and developing pre-reading/pre-literacy skills needed to learn how to read. Parents/caregivers begin their journey by examining and exploring why some children have difficulty learning to read. It is also noted the role they can play in preparing their children for the learning to read process at home. They are guided through the development of pre-reading milestones and behavior characteristics of young children. Additionally, parents/caregivers complete a self-assessment to determine their thoughts about learning which is important in setting up a creative and vibrant learning environment for their home. Before addressing the four components of the reading process, parents/caregivers are guided in setting the stage for learning to reading their home by establishing a print rich environment.Sheila E. Sapp is an educational consultant and author who has a passion for working with parents/caregivers, teachers, and school leaders. She also shares her years of experience as a speaker and presenter.

Raising Readers at Home is a most needed book for parents & caregivers today; one that presents the reader with an immediately helpful and practical guide for todays family. Dr. Sheila E. Sapp is talented at inspiring and empowering the reader by providing perfectly aimed tools and simple applications that direct families back to the fundamentals of teaching children how to read. Im excited and thankful that my mentor, Dr. Sapp, has provided such an inspiring book! There is nothing like getting back to the basics with children and providing them with good, solid building blocks at home that soundly lead them through the reading process and on toward life success!  Darlene Bruce, EdD, former teacher, principal, and business owner

Raising Readers at Home is an essential guide for parents and caregivers of young children. This comprehensive book delves into the reasol3¤