Diane Frankenstein’s latest book Reading Together: Everything You Need to Know to Raise a Child Who Loves to Read
When a child is reading an assigned book he often is reading purely to hunt down information, find the answers to the questions on the worksheet or what they think will be on the test. Children who discuss and digest what is read, how it made them feel and what they think about the situations brought forth in the book will better retain the material and enjoy what they are reading.
In the beginning of the book there is a list of ways you can help children love what they read. Some of them are:
- Read what you love and love what you read
- Respect your child’s taste
- Read aloud
- Encourage your child to read a book more than once
Next she explains how to read conversationally, getting the conversation started. This is the key to this entire book and a skill parents and teachers should master. Next, the meat of the book, is the story pages. There are 101 children’s books that are broken down by age group and have discussion starters you can use with your own children. My children and I have read hundreds of books together and I was surprised to find that we have only read 5-6 on this particular list of books. There is a lot of great children’s literature out there and once you master the skills taught here they can be applied to any book. If you would like to see what the story pages look like click here. The back section of the book is filled with subject conversations-ways you can prolong the conversation on topics like: Attitude, Choices, Disappointment, Fear and many more. If you want to raise children who love to read you should read Reading Together: Everything You Need to Know to Raise a Child Who Loves to Read
I am giving away a copy of Reading Together to one lucky reader of The Mom Maven. I am making this giveaway simple, but please make sure either your e-mail, blog URL or Twitter handle is attached to your comment so I can let you know when you win!
To enter: Leave me a comment with the title of your favorite children’s book and tell me what made it special for you.
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I loved reading “A Mouse Told His Mother” to my kids over and over when they were younger. It had beautiful illustrations and the story provided an easy goodnight routine for us.
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Cat in the hat as I love rhyming.
My favorite is Good Night Moon. It would always comfort me before bed when I was a kid.
the fire engine that could . my son loves this book mverno@roadrunner.com
my favorite children’s book is “green eggs and ham” by dr. seuss. it changed my view of books when i was in 1st grade and our teacher made us green eggs and ham to consume while we read it in class. it made a big impact, and i have read it to my son, who is not as interested in reading as i was growing up. i think this book may help me find a new way to build his interest in literature–i know it has been a lifelong passion ever since that 1st grade class.
Goodnight Moon, This is the book that my children love to have read to them and can hear over and over and it never gets old.
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My daughter loved Stellaluna and The Missing Piece. We would read those books all the time :).
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I am a grandmother now but my daughter’s favorite book was Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss. She had it memorized at age 3. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway.
I read to my grand baby alot dr suess books are their favs
I like How To Eat Fried Worms because it is funny.
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I really like to read The Giving Tree to my children. It was read to me by my mom so its neat to now read it to my own kids
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I loved where’s waldo….I know it has no words but I loved it anyway. I am a librarian and a first time mom so I would really love this book.
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My favorite book recently has to be Go Dog Go! by Dr. Suess
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This would be great for my son!
“Oh The Place You’ll Go” – Dr. Seuss – it was a childrens book with a grown up message.
Little House on the Prairie
Always felt some kind of connection to the time period and way of life.
“Charlotte’s Web”; it was a catalyst for my love of reading!
loved the velvateen rabbit, it was special because I loved the story and reading it under the covers at night. I know you may want us to say our moms reading it made it special maybe, but I had a single working mom so my very early love of reading was inborn I guess. In fact, the fact that others didn’t have the time to read to me may have been what led to early reading – not that I’m not a BIG supporter of reading with your kids!
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My little one is only 9 months, but she does have a favorite already. She loves the personalized book we got her. It spells her name, and has lots of cool animals. She laughs everytime we read it.
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Our favorite book is Pajama Time, my boys love it they get so excited to read it 🙂
I loved the “Little Critter” books as a child. I loved all the pictures and how easy they were to read.
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We have love Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs for years. I love how imaginative it is. We can’t wait to see the movie.
When I was little, I loved A Wocket in my Pocket by Dr. Suess. The language, though much is made up, got my imagination going. Thanks!
The cat in the Hat, all three kids loved it when they were little, oh the memories
when i was little i loved to read cinderella
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My favorite is Good Night Moon.
My personal favorite is The Lorax. As a child I just thought it was a fun book, as I got older I grew to appreciate the environmental message behind it too.
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