Teach Baby to Talk . and Make Reading Fun

Smith Sandra Jean

ISBN 10: 1609768620 / ISBN 13: 9781609768621

Published by Strategic Book Group, 2011

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PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 78.

Seller Inventory # 1897492011

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Teach Baby to Talk . and Make Reading Fun
• Publisher: Strategic Book Group
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1609768620
• ISBN 13: 9781609768621
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Teach Baby to Talk ... and Make Reading Fun: The Importance of Speech and Language in Learning to Read begins by recounting author Sandra Jean Smith's experience as a teacher of illiterate adults, and also examines the possible causes for the ever-growing number of children starting school with speech problems unseen in previous generations.Smith's research on this topic, interspersed with her personal stories, makes for impressive reading. She uses humour and anecdotes to entertain and inform readers.Learn the latest research into these problems and what parents can do to prevent and rectify them. Chapter summaries reinforce her research.The content covers such varied topics as childcare and parenting issues, the problems associated with children learning to speak, and the consequent implications for learning to read. She also discusses the library's role in stimulating and extending children's interest in reading to counteract the influence of computer games and television.Teach Baby to Talk is written in an easy-to-read format with minimal educational jargon. The book is a must-read for parents and anyone working with very young children.About the Author: A teacher for thirty years, Sandra Jean Smith has taught all grades K-6, has been a specialist English teacher in both primary schools and TAFE. She is currently a teacher-librarian at Narara Public school in Lisarow, New South Wales, Australia.Publisher's website: http: //www.sbpra.com/SandraJeanSmith

Review

If there's a single deep down guiding assumption about everything we do in society, its the idea of progress.......In the simplest language, and based on direct experience Sandra Jean Smith sounds an alarm bell about a deterioration that is so central to our lives that it needs to be written on the sky.  We are raising kids who are verbally dumb...
But her strongest suite is in providing remedies...Any parent could use her book and know their littlie was coming alive to language.Steve Biddulph is Adjunct Professor of Psychology and the authorRaising Boys, and the new Raising Girls.