What an effective prereading resource! When I received this ARC, I had a preschooler who was on the cusp of learning to read after mastering the alphabet and identifying most upper and lowercase letters. This hands-on resource came at perfect timing for him. It starts identifying letters (a good refresher) and linking them to letter sounds (phonics) and more. The “easy to digest” activities continue to build on each other as skills are achieved and confidence grows. I found this activity book comprehensive but not complicated. It’s convenient because it uses materials easily accessible and requires minimal preparation, as well. I tested just a few of the activities on my prereading son and it was received as fun and engaging, just as learning should be! I was pleased that it held his attention, too. I highly recommend this resource for teachers in classrooms or for moms homeschooling or supplementing their children’s education at home. The entire 3 books series is worth exploring. This is only book 1 of 3. I want to thank the publisher and author for allowing me access to the eARC in exchange for this review. 5 stars!

This is a great activity book for getting slow readers started. You can scan through them and see which o es you have time to prepare and do. Since I have many more kids than most. I don't have a huge chunk of time to prepare things. But some of these ideas are doable and I can always make do with items that I have.
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This is a great supplement to keep around for children who are showing an interest in learning to read. It's more of a flip-through book for me that I'd use when at a loss for a new game to play with my child.

This book is a great resource for any parent prepping thier child to read. It covers things like signs of reading readiness, so you can feel more confident in starting the program and reducing anxiety for the chid and frustration for the adult(which I love). The activities are easy to do and I love that you are provided with the link to print and reprint the resources as needed. It is a great starting off point for a literacy program for parents and for homeschooling moms/dads. I felt the author did a good job in explaining the process of literacy and keeping things as succinct as possibly, we all know child care giver's time is a precious commodity. TLDR: I would recommend this book.

I'm a mom of 2 years old kid and that is the reason I wanted to read this book.

It's concise and precise guide for parents or teachers on how to teach your kid to read.
It discusses phonemic awareness, synthetic phonics, analytic phonics and oral blending techniques.

" Reading is a precious gift that opens a child's mind to endless possibilities. It is a key that unlocks the door to boundless knowledge. " And I wholeheartedly agree. For me reading has not been just a hobby, for years it has been an escape from the real world when I faced anxiety or depression. In parts, Books took care of my mental health as well. And that is why I want to raise a reader not coz I want my kid to accomplish academically but I want my kid to enjoy books as both of her parents do.

This book is quite informative but these lines I found very important in the overall book which goes like this —Reading on grade level by the end of third grade is crucial milestone in the education of a child as till then child is learning to read but from third grade onwards child is reading to learn.

Book discusses following points briefly to provide an outline for how to take it further.
* Signs of readiness like if child shows interest in reading and so on
* Why and how a digital book can be detrimental and how a physical book can be beneficial
* How and why repetition is necessary while teaching your kid
* Points on how to read a book for your kid to make it more effective
* Importance of reading
* Paying attention to fonts

There are activities for everything that is discussed previously in the book like rhyming and uppercase, lower case, and so on.

Frankly at one point, I was thinking of homeschooling my kid and I now know that this book would be saviour for those parents who homeschool. And it will be helpful for professionals even. It's quite simple to understand and follow.

Thank you Netgalley and creative ideas publishing for providing me with ARC in exchange of an honest review.

This book is a great hands-on resource for starting the reading process.

We are a homeschooling family a d I'm currently teaching my third child to read.

The majority of the recommended curriculums are worksheet based learning. This book was a refreshing change.

It's an activity book, so all lessons are an activity. Most of the activities are low prep. The sheets needed are in the appendix or can be downloaded from the authors website.

Each activity is clearly explained and incorporate other element of learning such as motor skills.

This is the first time I've come cross this author and was pleased to see she has many more books for me to read.

THis ARC was a great discovery for me. As a mom and as a preschool teacher this book turned out to be a very insightful and helpful resource. This resource showed how important prereading is in young children. As an advocate for reading from birth I strongly appreciated this book and all it stands for. The book was so easy to follow and understand. It includes 61 activities to do with your child. By following suggestions from this great resource you are in the right direction to encourage a child’s interest in reading. It can help strengthen that bond that comes from reading with your child. The book includes detailed instructions as well as material lists and video links all designed to help you to begin the journey of teaching your child to read. I also feel this is an excellent resource to be used in early childhood classrooms.

A really useful book for parents and caregivers of pre-school age children. My son will be starting school next year so this book will be very useful to refer back to and help me support him as he learns to read. The activities section if full of great ideas to do with your child.

A book full of fun inventive ideas for parents to help their child learn to read. As a parent, it's easy to feel lost on where to begin, and this book gives a lot of help and guidance. There are printouts and cutouts for many of the activities. There are physical activities as well for those high-energy kids.

This book has a lot of helpful information. I have very little experience with kids so I've been unsure how my daughter will learn to read. The earliest I remember myself reading was when I read my first picture free book as well as manga at age 6 - which does not help. I'm excited to go through some instructions from this book with my daughter. The author provides encouragement without pressure for the parent & child

Great tool for teaching reading! This book provides a nice set of activities for parents to complete with their child in order to help them learn to read. There were some really fun and interesting activities. I dont think this should be the child's main resource for leaning to read. While the front of the book goes over the basic phonics information, it doesn't integrate them as well thoughout the lessons. For example, they show the alphabet sounds in the parent/ teacher reading section. It then has the child mainly matching upper and lowercase letters rather than putting activities to showcase the letter sounds. And while I still love those activities, it just seems odd that there isn't more phonics based activities to start given the emphasis on phonics in the beginning pages. I still think this can act as a very valuable extension for lessons with a child as kids are more likely to rememer things from activity based learning such as this than just being told.

The author of this book has excellent credentials as both an educator and a parent. She has also carefully developed the framework, rationale and activities that are included in this title.

Prereading is described as an essential early skill. A few of the concepts introduced to children in this book include recognizing upper and lower case letters, understanding concepts of rhyme and more. The author strongly advises that adults read the parts of the book that precede the activities section in order to be most effective.

All of the activities are described and there are illustrations for all of them in the appendix. In addition to focusing on these, the author recommends reading to children as a key activity.

To me, this title looks like it is directed to those who are doing home schooling. Those who are leaving the teaching of reading to the school might want to use some of these activities as adjuncts.

I confess that I left much of my kids’ learning of literacy skills to the school. Certainly we read a lot at home but I did not do too many workbook like activities. I am very glad to have raised readers. That said, it is up to each adult to make their own decisions on this topic.

However it is approached reading is a fundamental skill and one that, in my opinion, should be taught with a sense of joy and excitement. If your child would have fun with this book, go for it…or go for it if you feel it is helpful.

Many thanks to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for this title. All opinions are my own.

There are fun learning activities in this book to help your child get a head start and start reading quickly! I can't wait to do these activities with my little one!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the eARC!