Psychological Issues in Adoption

Its vital that we support young childrens reading in ways that nurture healthy reading identities that foster an attraction to books and a love of reading and that teach them how make meaning in any text they choose whether or not they can read the words. Kathy Collins and Matt GloverWhat do we see when young children interact with books before they can read the words?Kathy Collins and Matt Glover see real reading characterized by purposeful meaning-making and opportunities for reading growth and language development.One of our biggest hopes write Kathy and Matt is to help you see and value all of the powerful work young children do as readers. With I Am Reading youll see that fostering what little ones do before they can read the words is important early instruction.Kathy and Matt show how to nurture nudge and instruct young readers to make meaning in any text whether or not they are reading the words. They share: observation guides for children reading any kind of bookspecific descriptions of language and independence development sample reading conferences and whole-class minilessonssuggestions for creating reading opportunities in preschool and reading workshops in K1action plans to get you going25 online video clips of children making meaning and teachers supporting them.I Am Reading pairs two important voices in early literacy to remind us that were teaching children not reading levels. In the rush toward ever higher reading levels in the early years write Kathy and Matt we may fail to value the strategy use and high-level thinking children do before they are reading conventionally. Join Kathy and Matt and look anew at your young readers so you can provide the kind of support that gets them off to a great start.