Growing a Reader from Birth: Your Child's Path from Language to Literacy

This book reviews findings on how much infants, toddlers and preschoolers know and are capable of expressing from the early months on. Chapters covering each year of a child's language growth link this knowledge to McGuiness's own programme for children's reading. McGuiness charts how a child first makes sense of the world of sound and symbols, and then progresses from recognizing and decoding words to developing a vocabulary and using it to become a good listener, reader and eloquent speaker. She offers advice to parents on how to maximize interactions with their children and be a positive force in nurturing their child's language from day one.