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Main Author: Morrow, Lesley Mandel
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1985
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED261966
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contents Promoting Voluntary Reading in School and Home. Fastback 225. Morrow, Lesley Mandel Educational Strategies Elementary Education Independent Reading Learning Activities Parent Participation Parent Role Preschool Education Reading Habits Reading Instruction Reading Research Recreational Reading Teacher Attitudes Teacher Role Teaching Methods This booklet describes methods that teachers can use in recreational reading in early childhood and elementary classrooms and suggests ways to help parents promote voluntary reading in their children. The first section deals with "Promoting Voluntary Reading through Classroom Library Corners." Discussed are the value of classroom library corners, their physical features, their management books and materials to use, and how to integrate instructional activities with the library corner. Comments of teachers and students about library corners are included. The second section deals with "The Teacher as Facilitator of Voluntary Reading." Teacher attitudes, recreational reading periods, and reading activities for children are discussed. The third section deals with "Promoting Voluntary Reading in the Home." Discussed are research on home influence on voluntary reading, what teachers can do to promote voluntary reading at home, and parents' responses to home reading programs. Also included is a parents' checklist for promoting voluntary reading at home. The concluding section discusses "Reading by Choice, Not by Coercion." The booklet concludes with references. (RM)
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spellingShingle Promoting Voluntary Reading in School and Home. Fastback 225.
Morrow, Lesley Mandel
Educational Strategies
Elementary Education
Independent Reading
Learning Activities
Parent Participation
Parent Role
Preschool Education
Reading Habits
Reading Instruction
Reading Research
Recreational Reading
Teacher Attitudes
Teacher Role
Teaching Methods
Promoting Voluntary Reading in School and Home. Fastback 225. Morrow, Lesley Mandel Educational Strategies Elementary Education Independent Reading Learning Activities Parent Participation Parent Role Preschool Education Reading Habits Reading Instruction Reading Research Recreational Reading Teacher Attitudes Teacher Role Teaching Methods This booklet describes methods that teachers can use in recreational reading in early childhood and elementary classrooms and suggests ways to help parents promote voluntary reading in their children. The first section deals with "Promoting Voluntary Reading through Classroom Library Corners." Discussed are the value of classroom library corners, their physical features, their management books and materials to use, and how to integrate instructional activities with the library corner. Comments of teachers and students about library corners are included. The second section deals with "The Teacher as Facilitator of Voluntary Reading." Teacher attitudes, recreational reading periods, and reading activities for children are discussed. The third section deals with "Promoting Voluntary Reading in the Home." Discussed are research on home influence on voluntary reading, what teachers can do to promote voluntary reading at home, and parents' responses to home reading programs. Also included is a parents' checklist for promoting voluntary reading at home. The concluding section discusses "Reading by Choice, Not by Coercion." The booklet concludes with references. (RM)
title Promoting Voluntary Reading in School and Home. Fastback 225.
topic Educational Strategies
Elementary Education
Independent Reading
Learning Activities
Parent Participation
Parent Role
Preschool Education
Reading Habits
Reading Instruction
Reading Research
Recreational Reading
Teacher Attitudes
Teacher Role
Teaching Methods
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED261966