Raising a Rock Star Reader

by Amy Mascott, Allison McDonald

From the creators of the popular education blogs Teach Mama and No Time for Flash Cards comes a must-have parents’ guide for raising lifelong readers and learners. Written for today’s time-crunched parents, this book is filled with easy-to-implement tips for creating a literate environment and fun, quick activities for building children’s oral language and early reading and writing skills. Just five minutes a day every day is all it takes to foster a child’s love of reading and learning. For use with Grades K-5.

Genres: Nonfiction, Parenting

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

Amy Mascott is a teacher, literacy specialist, tutor, author, and lifelong reader who has spent more than 25 years helping children and families discover the joy of reading. She is the co-author of Raising a Rock-Star Reader: 75 Quick Tips for Helping Your Child Develop a Lifelong Love of Reading and Setting the Stage for Rock-Star Readers: Helping Young Children Develop a Lifelong Love of Reading, both published by Scholastic. When she isn’t helping students grow as readers, Amy is probably reading, traveling, spending time with her family, or adding yet another title to her ever-growing “to be read” list.

Reviews

[Stefanie Pitzer]

Hands down a must read for all parents! It gives simple yet valuable ways to instill the love of reading. I love that it provides so many tips/suggestions: book lists, games, travel activities, using what you have at home, addressing screen time, parent friendly language explaining educator language, and variations that can be applied to multiple ages. The format and layout make it an easy read too. I appreciate that this book acknowledges that even though there are so many components to the reading puzzle, 5 min here or 5 min there with these tips, can and will make all the difference! So parents order this immediately and then read it immediately!

[Morgan Hagan]

Pretty good book of tips for parents who don't know where or how to start teaching their kiddos to read. It's presented in an easy to understand nonjudgmental way. My only complaint is that the last chapter ( on technology related to literacy) seemed more like a throw away the authors were requested to add, rather than the more polished work in the other chapters.

[Susan Carraretto]

Fantastic! Every parent should read this book.

[Angela]

This is such a great book! It is full of ideas and activities for babies through early elementary age to help them learn how to read.

[Laura]

Simple, practical steps. Most activities and strategirs geared for preschool

[The Primary Bookworm]

This is a great parenting resource book! It is a quick, easy read, filled with great tips on how parents can help their children develop a lifelong love of reading from day one. Many activities and games are included, as well as book lists for different age levels. Readers can also download free printables on the authors' websites!

[Alison Stewart]

For a parent that has no experience with reading whatsoever, this book is great. For me, it was meh and so basic I would give it 1 star. I did jot down a few ideas from the short book lists and recommended apps for kids, but that was the extent of what I got out of this book.

[superawesomekt]

A very well organized, quick reference guide on promoting literacy with your children. I think this is an ideal book for a busy parent that doesn't have time to read more than one book (har har har) on this subject.