Teaching Your Child to Read

A Step by Step Guide to Helping Your Preschooler Learn and Develop Simple Reading Skills

By: Jayne Beacon

Narrated by: Carole Graham Lehan

Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins

Publisher's summary

Letters and words and sounds, oh my! Don’t panic, Mom...kick-starting your child’s reading journey is way easier than it sounds.

The idea of setting children up to be confident and fluent readers is daunting for most parents, but it doesn’t need to involve formal lessons or an in-depth understanding of the curriculum...in fact, it shouldn’t.

The best way to set your child on the path to becoming an enthusiastic, curious, and confident reader is to integrate literacy skills into your everyday life...and above all, make them fun.

In Teaching Your Child to Read, you’ll find a modern and straightforward approach to teaching your child early reading skills. 

You’ll discover:

• The number-one thing you can do to raise a confident reader with a natural love of books
• How to recognize reading readiness in your child—and why so-called "milestones" aren’t all they’re cracked up to be
• All the background information you need to know to understand how to scaffold your child’s development
• Stealth strategies for taking what your child does naturally and turning it into a teachable moment (in a fun way!)
• The real reason nursery rhymes are so important—and how you can build on the foundations you lay with them
• Environmental print—understand how to use your new best friend!
• Everything you need to know about teaching your child the letter sounds—and what to do with them
• Sight words’ demystified—plus strategies to help your child recognize them
• The most common mistakes parents make when teaching their children to read
• A wealth of tips, activities, and games for every area of development
• And much more.

Worrying is a natural part of being a parent. You want your kids to be confident, fluent readers, and you want them to enjoy reading...but do you have the skills to teach such a difficult skill?

Here’s a secret: You do. Set your child up for reading success without delivering a single lesson!

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 Blueyonder Publications (P)2022 Blueyonder Publications

A must-have reference guide

This is a great gift for a new parent or grandparent that wants to positively influence a child’s love of reading. It will be a book they refer to at each stage of development to find actionable strategies and techniques that are age appropriate. It has tons of useful information that is laid out in an easy-to-understand manner. I love that the author is focused on creating and growing a child’s passion for reading by providing lots of fun ideas and games to get a kid engaged in reading.

A Must-Have Audiobook for Parents

I absolutely loved this audiobook! It offers a modern and practical approach to teaching kids to read, making it relatable to real-life parenting. The best part is the emphasis on integrating literacy skills into daily life, ensuring a fun learning journey. Kudos to the author for their expertise and the narrator for an engaging delivery. I highly recommend this audiobook to parents—it's a valuable resource for setting our children on the path to reading success while making it an enjoyable experience.

Incredible tips to help my child’s reading comprehension!

I found this audiobook extremely useful and I now have some great techniques to implement into my youngest child’s reading journey. I especially enjoyed chapter 5 “Read read read!…”. All about the importance of reading to your child frequently. I experienced this first hand with my first child and even to this day he LOVES to read (and is one of the top academic students in his class). I highly recommend this audiobook!

Well done

Achieving success with a child at the youngest level requires momentum for seeing what the child can do and teaching just that. The book is packed with fun ideas to engage your child with reading, with game time included with every chapter. The author's direct style of tackling issues and potential solutions broaden the book even further. She explains how the younger your child is, the more you will have to do to maintain the child's attention. Going too fast is an error and going too slowly is also an error. I think that this book is probably the quickest way you can get your child to read books that are sufficiently complex that they ARE interesting. Well done!!!

What your child needs!

LOVED this book! Very helpful book for parents who believe their children is ready to read! Amazing guide filled with tips and creative suggestions that will enhance their learning experience in a very fun and effective way! The author is very thorough with the content and really provided a lot of knowledge while keeping it simple for everyone to follow, making this very valuable. The narration was done well too with a great pace and a friendly atmosphere. Highly recommended to those wanting their children to develop reading skills!

Perfect resource for a parent of young children

Teaching Your Child to Read is a fantastic audiobook for any parent who wants to help their child develop reading skills in a fun and engaging way. The author provides a modern and straightforward approach that is easy to follow and implement.

One of the strengths of this audiobook is that it recognizes that every child is unique and there is no one-size-fits-all approach to teaching children how to read. Instead, the author provides a range of strategies and activities that can be adapted to suit individual children's needs and interests.

The author covers a range of topics, including recognizing reading readiness in your child, the importance of nursery rhymes, teaching letter sounds and sight words, and common mistakes parents make when teaching their children to read. The book is full of practical tips, activities, and games that parents can use to support their child's development.

Overall, I highly recommend Teaching Your Child to Read to any parent who wants to help their child develop early reading skills. The audiobook is well-written, easy to understand, and full of practical advice that parents can use to make learning to read fun and engaging for their children.

What a wonderful book!!

Amazing content, very detailed and thorough. As an educator I believe this is a great book for parents to use it will definitely set their children up for success. I highly recommend this book the research is phenomenal, and the narrator is easy to listen to and very engaging!!

A must-read for parents!

I bought this book as a gift for new parents in my family and I wish I had had it when teaching my own children to read! This valuable book takes away the nervousness parents feel when encouraging their child to read, and gives practical strategies you can implement right away. The author is so compassionate and understanding in her approach, which is really refreshing. She encourages parents to be natural with their children instead of crafting formal lessons that will confuse and bore the child. I love the games this book teaches that will help you encourage your child’s reading skills in “stealthy” ways. Overall, this book is so helpful and well-researched. Highly recommend!

My child is thrilled.

I just finished this book (with my child) and many of the hints and tips provided were implemented directly and my kid is most certainly thrulled and is showing significant improvement. I am remonned this book for parents whose kid are about to learn reading.

Simple Skills For Preschoolers

There is so much advice out there for parents on how to teach kids to read that it can often become very confusing. I know when my partner and I tried to teach our second youngest to read, we were often unsure about the best way to go about it. I really wish we had known about this book at the time as this audiobook is a refreshing change, and will really help your young ones to learn.