Course Overview
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Meet Your Instructor
Why This Course is Important
Your Relationship With Reading
What this Course Isn’t
Before You Think about Trying to Teach Your Child to Read
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Read Alouds are More Important Than You May Think
What Is Repeated Reading?
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Before Getting Started
Strategies & Tricks of the Trade
Read it and then Read it Again!
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Why and When to Ask Questions
“Wait Time” and Why It’s So Important
2 Types of Questions
Bloom’s Taxonomy
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What is “Layered Learning”?
Story-Based Play
Field Trips
Art & Cooking
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What is a “Literacy-Rich” Home?
17 Things to Think About
Long-Term Literacy Goals
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What We Covered
Our Site
A Gift for You
Coming Soon!
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Early Literacy Skills
What the Research Tells Us
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Indicators of a Well-Written Children’s Book
A Few Lists to Get You Started
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The Importance of Nonfiction
Pairing Fiction with Nonfiction
Nursery Rhymes & Poetry
Wordless Books
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Introducing New Words
Practicing with Flashcards
The Frayer Model
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It’s Not Going Anywhere
Consumer or Creator
Creation-Centric Technology Ideas
