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Synopsis
The lessons in this book have been designed to be used by teachers, paraprofessionals, tutors, home visitors, and parents or other family members. Before a child learns to read, many things are needed which will help develop the skills, attitudes, and understandings that provide early success in reading. None of these lessons require any special materials - they are all available in every home and are designed to focus on the development of things our young children need to know before formal reading instruction is begun: 1) Word meanings and understandings (usually the child who speaks many words well has a better chance to learn to read); 2) Visual discrimination (recognizing likenesses and differences, looking, observing); 3) Categorizing (finding things that belong or do not belong to a group). This is thinking! 4) Auditory (listening for sounds, listening to you as you talk and read, following directions); 5) Tactile (feeling things). Make your lessons fun! Make them short (ten mi
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