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mnstucki's review against another edition
4.0
Lots of solid advice here! I was tempted when I started to think that there wasn't going to be much of anything for me to get out of this but I was pleasantly surprised by how much there really was for me to think about. His "Born Reading Playbook" is a great cheat sheet for parents who are wanting to make the most of reading time but aren't sure where to start, and I found myself using it as a mental checklist to make sure I was incorporating the various strategies into my reading with my daughter. If you're looking for advice for helping your kid love reading and develop thinking skills related to reading from birth through kindergarten, this is a great resource.
I am torn in my feelings about what Boog has to say about technology use in this book. I am a pretty firm believer in no technology for young kids, with the exception of using it to communicate with extended family (my daughter loves video chats with my parents, siblings, and their kids and wouldn't interact with them more than a couple of times a year if it weren't for technology). But I do agree with him that parents need to stop thinking of phones, tablets, and computers as digital babysitters and start thinking of it as an interactive experience. I suppose it comes down to this: Families will allow what they will allow when it comes to technology. Different parents have differing levels of comfort with allowing their kids to use technology at a young age (or any age, really). But the best thing parents can do if they allow their child to use technology is sit and use it with them. Technology is not a babysitter!
This book was published in 2014, and I imagine it could already use some updating. In fact, he was missing at least one piece of information (albeit a minor one in the context of his book overall) basically as soon as his book hit the shelves. This book was published in mid-July of 2014, about three months after the #WeNeedDiverseBooks hashtag started picking up steam on twitter. Now there is an entire nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting diversity in books for children. Boog briefly mentions the need to introduce children to diverse books, but because of the timeline, the resources available from the nonprofit are not included in his book. The other thing that could probably use some updating are his lists of apps. in the last 6 years, I'm sure some of the apps he mentioned are no longer in service, and even if that weren't true, there are certainly additional apps that warrant adding to the list.
So, to summarize: Valuable for the information and examples about reading, and if you're a tech-loving family that doesn't see any problem with introducing tech to kids at an early age, his resources and advice on that topic are some of the best I've seen.
I am torn in my feelings about what Boog has to say about technology use in this book. I am a pretty firm believer in no technology for young kids, with the exception of using it to communicate with extended family (my daughter loves video chats with my parents, siblings, and their kids and wouldn't interact with them more than a couple of times a year if it weren't for technology). But I do agree with him that parents need to stop thinking of phones, tablets, and computers as digital babysitters and start thinking of it as an interactive experience. I suppose it comes down to this: Families will allow what they will allow when it comes to technology. Different parents have differing levels of comfort with allowing their kids to use technology at a young age (or any age, really). But the best thing parents can do if they allow their child to use technology is sit and use it with them. Technology is not a babysitter!
This book was published in 2014, and I imagine it could already use some updating. In fact, he was missing at least one piece of information (albeit a minor one in the context of his book overall) basically as soon as his book hit the shelves. This book was published in mid-July of 2014, about three months after the #WeNeedDiverseBooks hashtag started picking up steam on twitter. Now there is an entire nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting diversity in books for children. Boog briefly mentions the need to introduce children to diverse books, but because of the timeline, the resources available from the nonprofit are not included in his book. The other thing that could probably use some updating are his lists of apps. in the last 6 years, I'm sure some of the apps he mentioned are no longer in service, and even if that weren't true, there are certainly additional apps that warrant adding to the list.
So, to summarize: Valuable for the information and examples about reading, and if you're a tech-loving family that doesn't see any problem with introducing tech to kids at an early age, his resources and advice on that topic are some of the best I've seen.
marleah_a's review against another edition
4.0
Lots of parenting books claim that parents SHOULD do this and SHOULD do that. Jason Boog's book presents recommendations from pediatricians, teachers, and librarians but also presents his own experiences raising his daughter, Olive, and makes no claims that this is the ONLY way to raise a child. He encourages parents to find a balance that works for them, especially in regards to books versus apps, and that no one format is better than another -- instead, it is how parents use them.
Boog presents his 15 tips to help your child develop their reading right in his introduction. That "playbook" provides the framework for the rest of the book, which follows a timeline from before birth to kindergarten and beyond. Each chapter provides age-appropriate book and app recommendations, as well as feedback as to how Olive (and Boog himself) responded to those tools.
Like pretty much anyone raising a child in this highly-technological world, I question how much time my daughter should spend with a portable screen in her hands. I also question whether some apps are better than others, just as some books may be better than others. Boog has great suggestions and ideas, as well as encouragement that a balance can be reached.
For parents who are looking for new ideas to work with their children and improve (or create) good reading habits, this book gives many tips and tricks, experiences, and title recommendations of both books and apps. If parents are born readers themselves, there may be little new information, but there is plenty of reassurance to be found.
Boog presents his 15 tips to help your child develop their reading right in his introduction. That "playbook" provides the framework for the rest of the book, which follows a timeline from before birth to kindergarten and beyond. Each chapter provides age-appropriate book and app recommendations, as well as feedback as to how Olive (and Boog himself) responded to those tools.
Like pretty much anyone raising a child in this highly-technological world, I question how much time my daughter should spend with a portable screen in her hands. I also question whether some apps are better than others, just as some books may be better than others. Boog has great suggestions and ideas, as well as encouragement that a balance can be reached.
For parents who are looking for new ideas to work with their children and improve (or create) good reading habits, this book gives many tips and tricks, experiences, and title recommendations of both books and apps. If parents are born readers themselves, there may be little new information, but there is plenty of reassurance to be found.
mlottermoser's review against another edition
4.0
I love to read. I want to instill that love with my children. I found the research and experiences interesting and loved the example books and apps for each age. I found the ending about the connections to the common core reassuring. Do these simple techniques and your kid will succeed.
Techniques:
1. Read together
2. Ask lots of questions
3. Share details
4. Dramatize the story
5. Help your child identify with the character
6. Compliment your child as you read
7. Discuss personal opinions
8. Follow the things your child loves
9. Stop and talk about what happened
10. Guess what happens next
11. Continue to conversation later
12. Scaffold
13. Explore the world and other cultures
14. Compare to personal experiences
15. Have your child retell the story
Techniques:
1. Read together
2. Ask lots of questions
3. Share details
4. Dramatize the story
5. Help your child identify with the character
6. Compliment your child as you read
7. Discuss personal opinions
8. Follow the things your child loves
9. Stop and talk about what happened
10. Guess what happens next
11. Continue to conversation later
12. Scaffold
13. Explore the world and other cultures
14. Compare to personal experiences
15. Have your child retell the story
choirqueer's review against another edition
4.0
Although I'm not a parent, I found this book really interesting because it covers a lot of issues relating to reading development that I hadn't given a lot of consideration before. I really appreciated the anecdotes illustrating the author's own child's progression through different stages of readership and how that related to her development in other ways. The attention to technological advancements such as audiobooks, apps, and "screen time" was very informative; these were things my parents never had to consider when I was a child. The one weakness I noticed in this book was that some sections seemed out of place in relation to the chapters in which they were included -- for instance, a section on books for older readers was included in the chapter on reading with your child in their first year of life, when it seemed like that would be more appropriate for the chapter on "kindergarten and beyond". Overall, I definitely feel like this book would be very useful to parents or to other adults interested in learning more about useful strategies for raising children who read. I would be really interested to hear whether actual parents feel similarly.
sapeiffer's review against another edition
4.0
Starting off citing research supporting significant IQ benefits to specific styles of reading with kids is strong and convincing to keep me hooked. Loved the fact that this book didn't outright dismiss screens but talked about HOW to use them as a form of media and evaluate the educational value of different apps with specific recommendations. This gets a little repetitive as each chapter sorted by age could probably be summarized "be animated, excited, and genuinely work with your child's interests", but the specific ideas on ways to do that were very helpful.
p0tat0's review against another edition
5.0
I wish I had infinity copies of this book to hand out to new parents in the library where I work. Boog's writing style is so engaging and accessible and his message so valuable that I think this should be a standard text for anyone involved in early literacy, parents, educators and librarians alike.
ecstaticlistening's review against another edition
4.0
Probably one of the best kid-raising books I've read so far. 100% recommended for every new and soon-to-be-new parent.
elephant's review against another edition
5.0
So, this is actually, a totally awesome book for parents and educators of young children to own. I am an assistant youth librarian, mother of 3 and teacher, and while I love checking out books from the library, this is a book that I highly recommend purchasing so that you can refer to it over time. The book covers reading from birth to age 5 and gives tips on good books and apps to share with your children along with how you should be sharing things with them and the developmental reasons why in order to further their mental growth and development. It is filled with fabulous "Storytelling Lessons" and "Born Reading Playbook" tips along with conversation starters. I highly recommend this book to parents, children's librarians and teachers of infants and young children. I received this book free to review from Netgalley.
bookwormmichelle's review
4.0
A very interesting and valuable book for preparing parents to raise real readers. I actually did many of these things on my own, not knowing the official "resehatarch" or "techniques" and never experienced any anxiety about what to read (I could hardly wait to read my way around the children's room.) I'd really recommend this to any new parent.