Read with me: engaging your young child in active reading, hardcover/samantha cleaver

Description Parents and early childhood teachers know that reading aloud to children is important, but the specific things that adults do while reading with children that make reading a powerful way to improve childrens language, vocabulary, and early literacy skills can remain a mystery.

Read with Me makes those behaviors clear and easy to implement for parents and teachers by outlining the ABCs of Active Reading (Ask Questions, Build Vocabulary, and Connect to the Childs World).

Active Reading is an approach to reading aloud with young children that is supported by decades of research.

Read With Me provides parents and teachers with the knowledge and skills to engage young children (age 2 to 5) in Active Reading with examples, clear explanations, and ideas for making one-on-one or small group read aloud sessions a powerful way to build childrens early literacy and language skills, all while creating a lifelong love of reading.

About the author Samantha Cleaver led the initial design and startup of Active Reading work for Read Charlotte, a community-wide initiative to double the number of students reading on grade level by 3rd grade in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

She earned a doctorate in special education with a focus on literacy interventions from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Munro Richardson is the executive director of Read Charlotte, a community-wide initiative to double the percent of students reading on grade level by 3rd grade in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

Richardson earned a doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in political science.