OPERATION BOOKWORM, LET'S READ TOGETHER: A Parent's Guide To Beginning Reading [Paperback]

Ellen Gordon (Author), Eileen Zweig (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2000

LET'S READ TOGETHER was written for parents and grandparents who want to guide their children (ages 2 - 8) to become better readers. There are dozens of easy-to-use, interesting activities that include learning the alphabet, building a sight vocabulary, and increasing comprehension. These activities will help children learn to love reading, while working on beginning reading skills. LETS READ TOGETHER is the basis for the OPERATION BOOKWORM SM Classroom Volunteer Program. It is an excellent resource for teachers, reading tutors, parents, grandparents, babysitters, or anyone that works with young children.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Ellen Gordon and Eileen Zweig have gotten the children reading. Now they're turning their focus to the parents. With their new book LET'S READ TOGETHER: A PARENT'S GUIDE TO BEGINNING READING (formerly OPERATION BOOKWORM: Reading Activities Your Child Will Love) Ms. Gordon and Ms. Zweig hope to enlighten parents about the benefits outside activities can have on developing children's reading habits."Here is a new way for parents to look at the reading process with children, " Ms. Zweig said. "It goes beyond just reading a book and saying 'good night'." The book features follow-up activities, ABC games, and other extra reading experiences designed for parents to play with their children. "This book will show parents the benefits of giving kids extra one-to-one reading time," Ms. Gordon said. "It guides them through the ABCs of reading with children." -- THE SOUTH BRUNSWICK POST

Ellen Gordon and Eileen Zweig wrote LET'S READ TOGETHER: A PARENT'S GUIDE TO BEGINNING READING (formerly OPERATION BOOKWORM: Reading Activities Your Child Will Love), a book demonstrating ways reading can be interactive and enjoyable. "A lot of parents want to help children with reading, but they don't know where to start, Zweig said. "This book puts it all together for them." Not only does the book have reading activities that involve parents in their children's development, but it explains the reading process. The book is linked to a volunteer reading program OPERATION BOOKWORM in which parents, community members, and teenagers learn special reading techniques and read to children individually. In May, 1999 Gordon and Zweig were awarded the Best Practice Award by the NJ Department of Eduaction for this program. "The basis of the book and the program is to give kids the tools to become independent readers and thinkers," Gordon said. -- THE JEWISH STATE

The authors have been teaching children to read for some twenty years and they conduct reading workshops for parents. Reading a book with your child, creating story activities, learning the alphabet, building a sight vocabulary, telling a story, putting things in order. The activities in this book have been used by Gordon and Zweig at home and in school. They work. The lively drawings throughout add to the festivities of learning and entering a new world of possibilities. This is an imaginative volume for beginning readers that makes learning fun. Gordon and Zweig have the kind of imagination that would make learning anything an exciting adventure. -- THE BOOK READER

About the Author

Ellen Gordon has been a Basic Skills Reading Teacher/Coordinator in the South Brunswick, New Jersey School System since 1987. Prior to this, she was a reading consultant in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She has also taught special education classes, remedial reading, and junior high and high school English. She has a masters degree in English and masters equivalent course work in reading.

Eileen Zweig has been a Basic Skills Reading Teacher/Coordinator in the South Brunswick, New Jersey School System since 1985. Prior to this, Eileen taught special education students in a Rockville, Maryland middle school. She holds a B.A. in special education, elementary education, and psychology. She is currently working toward a masters degree in reading. Her participation in a specialized elementary reading program for at-risk children earned her a Best Practice Award from the State of New Jersey.

Ellen Gordon and Eileen Zweig are the co-creators of OPERATION BOOKWORM, a unique volunteer reading program used in the South Brunswick, New Jersey School System. To participate in OPERATION BOOKWORM, volunteers (parents, teachers, intermediate and high school students) learn special reading techniques by attending workshops. These workshops are down-to-earth, enjoyable, and full of practical ideas that can be implemented in the classroom and at home.

Ellen Gordon and Eileen Zweig are the recipients of the 1998-99 New Jersey Department of Education Best Practice Award, under the Language Arts Literacy category, for their OPERATION BOOKWORM Program. They have appeared on the Comcast show Family Talk and on News 12 New Jerseys Morning Show.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Operation Bookworm. (January 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966603214
• ISBN-13: 978-0966603217
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,246,264 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)