This is a book for parents, grandparents, teachers, caregivers, and homeschoolers who love and spend time with toddlers and preschoolers. In Vocabulary Naturally: How to Raise a Word Wizard, Camille Blachowicz and Charlene Cobb share time-tested, engaging ideas for helping children develop the vocabulary and concepts they need for learning success. Their roadmap guides the reader to just the right place to start their own learning journey which includes the educational bases for the critical importance of early vocabulary learning, ideas for reading to children from earliest to later years, to family activities.
They provide:
- Easy, natural ideas for families at home, outside, shopping, mealtime, celebrations, family trips among other situations where low-pressure, easy-to-do interactions build critical concepts and vocabulary.
- Creative follow-up activities for home and school to build on family experiences.
- Detailed lists of books for read alouds, authors, and resources that are easy for parents to find.
- Links to printable word charts. Websites, games, interactive experiences, and other activities.
- Answers to questions parents ask about phonics, repetition, and other topics.
Kudos from educators and parents alike.
Vocabulary is critical for success in reading, writing, and learning in general so vocabulary development needs to be nurtured as early as possible. Noted vocabulary scholars and parents (and grandparents) Camille Blachowicz and Charlene Cobb have distilled into just a few pages some of the very best ways that children's vocabularies can be developed through natural interactions at home, in school, at the grocery store, while taking walks, and more. Every parent (and teacher) of preschoolers needs to have this book! I know I will be sharing it with all the new Moms and Dads in my own family.
Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D., Professor of Literacy Education, Rebecca Tolle and Burton W. Gorman Chair in Educational Leadership, Kent State University-best-selling author, and member of the International Reading Hall of Fame
Vocabulary Naturally: Raising Word Wizards is a tool that needs to be in the hands of every parent or caregiver of young children. This book offers practical solutions to encourage vocabulary development in your child's daily routine. It creates the opportunity for meaningful interaction between parent and child throughout everyday life. The authors' no-pressure approach to teaching is a timely acknowledgment of the needs facing the modern family. As a mother of 5, working full time, I am thrilled to have this incredible resource in my home.
Nancy Montoya, Homeschool Educator
