Most parents don't see themselves as teachers, yet they are their children's literacy-learning partners each time they respond to a question, share some knowledge, help with a task. And this partnership does not end when the child goes to school but continues and expands, enhancing the child's literacy development. This book will help parents realize that reading has many purposes and extends beyond books and magazines to include "recipes, sewing patterns, road maps, tax forms, and directions for assembling tools or toys." It will also help parents understand why they should read books to their children, why they should listen to their children read, what makes a book hold a child's interest, and how to find time to read with their children. The book provides insights on how children learn from their own writing, why parents should include the child in the writing they do, what to look for in a child's beginning writing, and what creates a writing environment. Additionally, feedback from the first edition proves that Home: Where Reading and Writing Begin is of interest to not only parents but also educators who are concerned with helping parents value the home as a literacy-learning environment.

Home: Where Reading and Writing Begin

Children's Books

Hill, Mary

Education & Reference

Heinemann

Let's Make Bread (Welcome Books: In the Kitchen)

Photographs and simple text introduce the steps involved in making a loaf of bread.

Children's Cookbooks

Childrens Pr

Let's Make a Cake (Welcome Books: In the Kitchen)

A girl and her father go through the steps involved in making a cake for her mother's birthday.

Let's Make Tacos (Welcome Books: In the Kitchen)

A boy and his mother demonstrate the steps involved in making tacos.

Literature & Fiction

Let's Make Cookies (Welcome Books: In the Kitchen)

Simple text and photographs depict a young boy and his father making chocolate chip cookies.

Let's Make Pizza (Welcome Books: In the Kitchen)

A girl and her father go through the steps involved in making a pizza.

A young girl describes her day at the beach with her parents.

Let's Go to the Beach: Early Intervention Level 10 (Welcome Books)

Activities, Crafts & Games

Describes the experiences of a young girl and her father when they go to a theater to see a play.

Let's Go to a Play: Early Intervention Level 8 (Weekend Fun)

Let's Go to a Baseball Game (Welcome Books)

Describes the experiences of a young boy and his father when they go to a stadium to watch a baseball game.

Let's Go to a Park (Welcome Books)

Describes the experience of a young boy and his parents when they go to a park.

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