Helping Children Become Better Readers: For parents, caregivers, teachers and aides

Reading is a problem solving task for children. This book is designed to help make reading a pleasurable experience for both the child and the caregiver.

Helping children become better readers: For parents, caregivers, teachers and aides is for anyone who assists children as they learn to read. It enables caregivers to provide the best support to developing readers by identifying and responding to reading behaviours. Packed with practical tips and guidelines, this book will turn learning to read into a pleasurable experience for everyone involved and allow children to become successful and independent readers.

About the author

Patricia Hipwell MEd, BSc Econ (Hons), GradDip LiteracyEd, PGCE is an independent literacy consultant and best-sellingauthor of thirteen books. She has written a numberof resources to assist students’ literacy development andprovides professional development to educators to supportthe use of these resources. She has spent a lifetime educatingchildren and teachers to develop literacy strategies andspecialises in assisting all educators to be literacy teachers,especially high school subject specialists, who often strugglewith how to combine content area and literacy teaching