TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smart,Maya Payne
TI  - Reading for our lives: a literacy action plan from birth to six 
SN  - 9780593332177
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Avery, Penguin Random House LLC
KW  - Reading (Elementary)
KW  - Children
KW  - Books and reading
KW  - Readiness for school
KW  - Informational works
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Handbooks and manuals
N1  - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-223) and index; We should all be readers -- Beyond bedtime stories: the truth about getting kids ready to read -- The long run: how to nurture reading at each age and stage -- Yes you can: five touchstones for parents who dare to teach -- You're hired: essential lessons every parent can--and should--give kids -- Nourishing words: the lasting impact of early language -- Taking turns: how to make conversation a habit from day one -- Sound instruction: the tenor of reading success -- L is for Liberation: how to help kids crack the alphabetic code -- Word wisdom: how to spell your way to better reading -- Extra credit: how savvy parents keep learning -- Raising all readers -- how to assess childcare providers and schools from an early-literacy perspective
N2  - "Reading for Our Lives challenges the bath-book-bed mantra and the idea that reading aloud to our kids is enough to ensure school readiness. Instead, it gives parents easy, immediate, and accessible ways to nurture language and literacy development from the start. Through personal stories, historical accounts, scholarly research, and practical tips, this book presents the life-and-death urgency of literacy, investigates inequity in reading achievement, and illuminates a path to a true, transformative education for all"--
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