Read, Rhyme, and Romp: Early Literacy Skills and Activities for Librarians, Teachers, and Parents - Softcover

McNeil, Heather

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9781598849561: Read, Rhyme, and Romp: Early Literacy Skills and Activities for Librarians, Teachers, and Parents

Synopsis

Designed to promote literacy in young children and to empower parents, educators, and librarians, this guide is filled with simple strategies, creative activities, and detailed instructions that help make reading fun.

Encouraging a love of reading in young children can be a source of both great frustration and immense joy. This handy resource provides essential tips, techniques, and strategies for making early literacy development fun and inspiring a lifelong love of reading.

Read, Rhyme, and Romp: Early Literacy Skills and Activities for Librarians, Teachers, and Parents explores the six basic pre-literacy skills that experts agree are necessary for a young child to be ready to learn to read. Special sections within each chapter are dedicated to the specific needs of preschool teachers, parents, and librarians, making the content relevant to different settings. Recommended book lists, personal anecdotes, and literacy-rich activities combine to create an effective and accessible plan for implementing an early literacy program.

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About the Author

Heather McNeil was Manager of Youth Services at Deschutes Public Libraries, Bend, Oregon, USA. An actress, author, and third-generation storyteller, McNeil has represented the United States at International Storytelling Festivals in New Zealand and Scotland. She is the author of Bringing Heart and Mind into Storytime: Using Books and Activities to Teach Empathy, Tenacity, Kindness, and Other Big Ideas (Libraries Unlimited, 2022) and Read, Rhyme, and Romp: Early Literacy Skills and Activities for Librarians, Teachers, and Parents (Libraries Unlimited, 2012).

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