In this chapter the authors on focusing on literacy. One activity they suggest to help promote literacy is shared reading. I think shared reading is a great activity for parents and students to share together. The book goes on to explain how shared reading works on different levels and how parents might use it at home. Something that the book mentions is parents should follow the child's lead for focus of attention and duration of activity. This is so important for parents and teachers to remember because if we keep forcing children to read and do activities they don't enjoy then we will turn them off of reading.
This chapter also discussed the importance of phonological awareness skills and phonics skills for children to have. I liked how the book described this two terms. It was very easy to follow and would be very helpful to parents or others who don't really understand phonological awareness or phonics.
The various studies discussed throughout this chapter were very interesting. There are so many different opinions and options for teaching so it is important to be up on the latest research and I think this chapter gave a really good over view of various studies and finding.
I do agree that it is so important to get children reading. Just reading. Reading ANYTHING! I know that it is hard for the students, and they may get frustrated, but if there is some way to really get them to enjoy reading (and shared reading is a great way), they will be more likely to read more and thus improve skills and vocabulary.
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