Help Your Child to Read Better Author:James Schiavone What parent hasn't been shocked by accounts of students entering college as functional illiterates? When newspapers publish the yearly reading scores revealing that across the nation youngsters are reading below grade level, the problem strikes very close to home and suddenly the reading difficulties of one's own first-grader become a matter of... more » considerable importance. The author believes that the parent still has a primary responsibility for seeing that a child makes the most of his or her capabilities. Having done this, most parents can spare themselves a lot of needless anxiety if they will just relax and let their children learn to read when they are ready, as they learned to walk and talk. Reading readiness will help ease and speed the process and set the stage for learning by encouraging the child's curiosity and natural desire to learn. Obviously, the teacher's job is made easier when the child comes to school ready and eager to learn. Help Your Child to Read Better is a parents' guide to reading readiness.« less