Teach Baby to Talk... and Make Reading Fun by Sandra Jean Smith

Teach Baby to Talk... and Make Reading Fun: 

The Importance of Speech and Language in Learning to Read

By Sandra Jean Smith

(http://sandrajeansmith.bookblogworld.com/)

Strategic Book Publishing (December 12, 2011)

78 pages

ISBN-10: 1609768620
For parents

"Babies and toddlers need to be spoken to, read to, sung to and played with everyday!" This book offers parents creative ways to do so. Her research on the topic, interspersed with personal stories, makes it an informative books for parents to read. Chapter 5, directly addresses the six building blocks for early literacy and childhood and advice is offered about how to encourage each skill. This books shows that literacy is goes beyond storytelling and that parents need to take an integral view of language. Activities show parents how to incorporate language and fun in educational stimulating ways.  

The book also addresses issues such as language deficits and how to prevent these issues in fun ways. Sandra Jean Smith uses humor and anecdotes to entertain and inform on such topics as childcare and parenting issues, and the library's role in stimulating children's interest in reading to counteract the influence of non-enriching computer games and television. 

The book is offered by kindle or can be ordered online from Australia.