Studies of preschool reading are reviewed to determine environmental factors repeatedly associated with early reading. (DD)

In order to help children appreciate poetic surprises, teachers should select poems which appeal to the predictive sense by means of such devices as rhyming words, thematic twists, and surprise endings. (DD)

Children's rhymes are one way of introducing children to the world of print and reading instruction. (DD)

Encounters with written language through reading can be exciting if they serve a function within the child's own framework of interest. (DD)

Reviews recent psycholinguistic research to make a case for the importance of continual development of the semantic component of reading throughout the total reading process. (DD)

An annotated bibliography of 150 short, light, humorous reading materials suitable for reluctant readers at three levels of elementary school. (DD)

Describes the learning characteristics of educable mentally retarded children and points out advantages and disadvantages of various approaches to teaching them to read. (DD)

Discusses the personal value of reading, its ability to provide excitement and adventure and to touch the reader's emotions. (DD)

Suggests a variety of ways to diagnose and practice word recognition skills. (DD)

The reading process includes the ability to choose from a range of purposes, types of materials, and circumstances under which to read. (DD)

An annotated bibliography of 11 books to help teachers use the language experience approach to teach reading. (DD)

Draws from 15 documents indexed in the ERIC system in order to demonstrate ways to build positive attitudes toward classroom reading tasks. (DD)

Encourages teachers to evaluate the appropriateness of language activities in the light of the language competencies children possess. (DD)

Urges teachers to leave an expressive domain for the young child's writing, in which the audience is the young child. (DD)