Reading
Reading is a complex process

• Children do not suddenly become readers
• Literacy development is an emerging process based on life and school experiences including:
  • Reading
    • From pictures
    • To reading Letters
    • To reading words
  • Writing
    • From scribbles on paper
    • To marks that look like letters
    • To real letters
    • To writing with letter sound correspondence
    • To writing real words
  • Speaking
    • From Mama
    • To simple sentences
    • To retelling events or stories of his/her own invention

  Helping Your Child

• The Reading Readiness link is helpful for preschool aged children.

• The Alphabet Knowledge link is for preschool and early kindergarten.

• Phonemic Awareness is a necessary part of reading readiness and is appropriate for all of kindergarten and early elementary grades.

• Emerging Readers is a link designed for beginning readers.

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Reader/part4.html
No Child Left Behind:  Helping Your Child Become a Reader

http://www.sde.state.id.us/IRI/parent.htm
Parent Guide to the Idaho Reading Indicator

http://www.earlychildhood.com/Articles/index.cfm?FuseAction=Article&A=6
Advice from an Early Childhood Reading Expert

http://www.earlychildhood.com/Articles/index.cfm?FuseAction=Article&A=95
Developing Reading Skills in Young Children