Learning to read is a big step for anyone. Betty Miles demystifies the process by revealing the secrets behind one of life’s most important and enjoyable skills. Hey! I’m Reading! is for children who are just getting ready to read — and for the parents, relatives, teachers, and friends who want to help them. Part 1 tells beginners how much they already know about reading and includes 10 simple questions children can answer for themselves to see if they are ready to use the book. Part 2 introduces new readers to six skills all readers use to decode words. Part 3 features short stories, poems, and puzzles so beginners can try out their new skills. Armed with confidence, skills, and practice, children will delight in finding that they are reading!
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For many kids, there's nothing quite so exciting as realizing that the ABCs are more than just a song. In parts 1 and 2 of Betty Miles's very accessible book--written not just for parents, but for beginner readers themselves--she helps children discover how much they already know about reading, and shows them some fun ways to learn to read. By telling young readers some things they already know (that letters are part of writing, they know how to talk--talking is good practice for reading, they know about books, and they know about many of the things they will read about--dogs, cats, the moon, stars, tying shoes, zipping zippers...), Miles encourages kids to take the next steps. She suggests that beginning readers learn to read by getting help from pictures, remembering words, sounding out letters, expecting what comes next, writing words themselves, and trying to figure out if what they're reading makes sense. She uses recognizable examples, with some silly ones thrown in for a giggle. Part 3 consists of 20 pages of short-short stories for kids to read themselves (or with help). Sylvie Wickstrom's cartoonish illustrations of pudgy children and animals are tremendously appealing, without being distracting. This is a reassuring resource for any child on the verge of reading, by an educator and author of 30 books for young readers, including The Secret Life of the Underwear Champ. (Ages 3 to 6) --Emilie Coulter
From School Library Journal
PreKindergarten-Grade 2?A reassuring book about learning to read. The opening two sections are about the process. The last section gives 19 brief selections to read such as poems, knock-knock jokes, an alphabet of names, and a double-page spread of a school scene with labels, dialogue balloons, and a chalkboard message. Wickstrom's pictures are delightful. In a style somewhat reminiscent of Janet and Allan Ahlberg's work, she populates the pages with appealing multiethnic children and clearly rendered animals and objects that illustrate verbal concepts. Public libraries will find a definite demand for this book from parents of pre-schoolers and primary-grade children. Teachers will also find that this overview will be a good way to let children know that they are already on the path to reading.?Louise L. Sherman, Anna C. Scott School, Leonia, NJ
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
a unique and useful, non-preachy "how to" book,
This review is from: Hey! I'm Reading! (Paperback)
I totally disagree with the person complaining about "whole-language" as a dead-end learning method. I am a very visual learner, and did learn to read early using phonics alone, and I agree that it is very important and ultimately knowledge every child should have. I thus tried to steer my bright, eager, exceptionally verbal daughter in that direction by enrolling her in a Montessori school at the age of 3 1/2, and it was a disaster! She struggled with quietly learning all of the letter sounds, but to her dismay was constantly reversing letters and reading short words backwards, and was beginning to shy away from books altogether after a couple of months there. Alarmed, I searched for something she would enjoy that would make her feel good about reading again, and found this unique book. We devoured it the first night, and have read it over and over many times together. She cried with joy when she realized she could in fact already "read" some words using several of the methods mentioned in the book (phonics is indeed mentioned as one method). We have since switched her to a preschool where she could have more social and verbal interaction with her peers and teachers, with some much less "intensive" phonics as well as some whole language instruction. She is now 5 and beginning to read for herself, and I believe reading this book early on gave her the patience to "crack the code" of phonics while having fun and gaining confidence along the way. I highly recommend it for any eager kid that may need also need a confidence booster.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A great book about an excellent way to approach reading,
By galrose@msn.com (Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hey! I'm Reading! (Paperback)
This book was exactly what it took to get my 5-year-old interested in learning to read. While it does employ some of the concepts of whole language learning, it also stresses phonics in a balanced approach to teaching children to read. For us it gave my son confidence to realize he really was ready to become a new reader. He especially liked the questions at the beginning of the book which indicated he WAS ready to learn to read, and also the activities at the end of the book which included passages that he could already "read". A wonderful choice for parents who are open-minded enough to realize that phonics and whole language methods can be used together to teach children to read.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Sensible and Realistic,
By Ann Azuma (Kobe, Hyogo-ken Japan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hey! I'm Reading! (Paperback)
This book addresses the reality of what children actually go through as they learn to read. The simple and positive text introduces children to basic pre-reading skills that they will soon or have already encountered, and lays out the different strategies they will use as they learn to read, without preaching or talking down to them. Phonics is included, but we all know that children use other clues when beginning to read, and those, realistically, are included, too. Many colorful and warm illustrations help make the more visually oriented child feel at home (my younger son.) This book did not teach my eldest to read. His teacher did. And he did. In Japanese. Having been raised bilingually, he was not very confident in his success in reading and writing in Japanese. However, many of the concepts outlined in this book (except phonics) can be applied to reading in Japanese, and he found that he was indeed, ready to read. Once he bagan to read in Japanese in school, he suddenly began to read in English, as well. Now his younger brother, who is not so verbal in either language, is enjoying this book.
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