| Native Reading: How To Teach Your Child To Read, Easily And Naturally, Before The Age Of Three |  | Author: Timothy D. Kailing
Publisher: CreateSpace
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ISBN: 1434848817
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Give your child the gift of early, effortless, and lifelong literacy. Teaching your child to be a native reader is a joyful, creative and social experience. The techniques of native reading structure just a small portion of your child's natural play, but with this structure, they do something wonderful: the fundamental similarity of written and spoken language becomes apparent, even obvious, to a child. Reading is transformed into a spontaneous skill that children acquire effortlessly, as toddlers, in the course of their play. The benefits go far beyond simply reading early. When a child learns to read natively, deep neural connections are made between oral language and the written word. Reading is transformed into a less abstract and more natural skill. It becomes natively known, just as the ability to talk is known natively. A native reader has a mother tongue not only in the spoken language, but also, deeply, in the written language.
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 A Sensible Approach to Early Reading August 25, 2009
Emma Sarkozy
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As someone who began reading at an early age, I wanted to impart this same skill and a love of reading to my child. Kailing's book offers practical tips that a parent or caregiver can begin using almost from birth. As a scientist, K. thoroughly documents the science behind the method, but the book itself is easy to read and logically presented, so that with minimal effort you can assist your child as she begins to navigate the world of words and symbols (i.e. writing).
We began using this book with our son when he was six months old. Simply by drawing connections for him as we read to him and play with him (e.g. pointing to words as we read, using letter blocks and bath toys when playing with sounds and language), we already see him at nine months showing greater attention to written language, whether on tags, signs or pages. I'm grateful that we read _Native Reading_ so early in our son's life--and we are so convinced by its approach that we now routinely give it as part of a baby shower gift.
 Doesn't answer the question "How to teach your child to read" August 12, 2009
P. Toche
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
Whatever the merits of this book, it does not address the question that it is intended to, viz "How to teach your child to read." This book does not provide any tools that may be used to teach your child how to read. This book is an overview (pretty straightforward and intuitive) of various theories of child learning, stuff like "it's never too early to learn" or "learning must be fun" (I am quoting these from memory since I immediately returned the book unread). If you are searching beyond the obvious, you will most likely be left pretty dissatisfied. What's more, despite being presented as a serious pseudo-scientific manual the book presents absolutely no data whatsoever to back up assertions like "it's never too early to learn".
I am going to copy-paste this review to this other title, "How To Teach Your Baby To Read" (The Gentle Revolution) by Glenn Doman and Janet Doman, as they left me with the same impression for the same reasons.
The only book that works for my stubborn learner! June 7, 2009
C. Da Roza (Vancouver, BC)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Despite a passionate love of books, my son Connor (almost 4 years old) is a reluctant student and teaching him to read has been grueling for both of us. To guide me in teaching him (I am no teacher - just a plain ol' graphic designer), I read several books, including "The Reading Lesson" and "Teach Your Child to Read in Just Ten Minutes a Day". I also spoke to my sister-in-law who successfully taught both of her girls to read from a very young age (she is a speech pathologist, and used her own phonics-based methods). In the six months since I started teaching Connor, we have made some progress - but he is still far from reading on his own with ease and enjoyment.
I decided to shelve the teaching for a while and seek out another teaching method, when my copy of "Native Reading" finally arrived. I gobbled up the book in three or four nights, and found it so fascinating that I re-read it again while taking notes so as to absorb even more of the tips. It's a shame that this book is not more well-known because it's something every parent should read from day one. It's a quick read, with plenty of simple, easy-to-implement techniques to help your child become a native reader. A native reader learns to read naturally, from exposure by the parent to a variety of activities which help link spoken language to written language. The focus is on keeping things interesting, engaging and fun for your child - which is something other reading programs advertise, but in all honesty, don't do well.
Native reading techniques are so fun, natural and unobtrusive for children that they don't even know they are learning. That is the beauty of the tips that Timothy Kailing shares. I simply need to use my son's natural desire to spend time with and play with me to guide him to notice the connections between written and spoken language. Yes, it requires effort on the parent's part, and it needs some patience because results may not be apparent immediately. But the other teaching methods I've tried require even more effort (preparation, planning, allowing time for completing the activities) and patience (fighting my son to sit still, pleading with him to co-operate, bribing him to participate). "Native Reading" will show you how you can incorporate the techniques easily and naturally into your day.
Indeed, native reading has been working for us so far. After implementing the techniques for only one week, we have already achieved a breakthrough! Connor has always loved books, but the text would always seem to be invisible to him. Many kids his age will also point out words when out and about, but Connor never did - never. Just a few days ago, he started pointing to lines of text in the books I was reading to him and asked me what they said. Even more to my surprise, the next day, he saw a fire emergency sign on an elevator and asked me what it said! I've also been using the techniques with my 14-month old son, and will report back later with an update on how he is progressing.
This is an excellent book, at a great price, and it will give your child a multitude of priceless gifts - your time and attention, the ability to read and become literate, confidence - the list goes on.
 Intriguing and useful concept which does not translate into a good book January 13, 2009
Roy Pickering (NJ)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I don't think I'll be able to force myself to read this all the way through. This is definitely browse and highlight what you find most useful material. The fault is not so much with the author's writing ability as it is the fact that there's basically enough formation being provided to fill up a useful article, but since it has been made into a book instead, the author resorts to an astronomical amount of padding. The same exact point is repeated in as many different minutely different ways as possible to get the page count up to triple digits. This is not made any less annoying by the fact that just about one sentence per paragraph and a half needlessly ends with an exclamation point. So I cannot recommend this book as something to read for pleasure. This doesn't mean it will not ultimately prove to be a wonderful resource that delivers on its promise to teach a child under the age of 3 to read. If the techniques prove succesful perhaps I'll feel compelled at a later date to come back and improve my current rating. After all, I didn't buy this book to be entertained. I bought it to learn how to teach. But it would have been a nice bonus if the book was easier on the readability meter.
Great book January 8, 2009
K. Waide (PA, USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am looking for materials to help me facilitate my young babies acquisition of language. My older children have such trouble with reading comprehension that I want to do all I can for my 2 babies (and any more that we may be blessed with). The theories put forth in this book appear well researched and thought out. For those who would be worried about "pushing" your baby, that is not the case with this "method." I believe from my experience in a Montessori day care that this is a great way of "preparing the environment." You expose your child to letters and words from a young age. In this way children will grow up understanding that written language is a natural part of life. I would highly recommend this book for anyone who would like to see their child(ren) have a head start.
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