"The two best predictors of early reading success are alphabet recognition and phonemic awareness."
"Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for learning to read."
70 likes
Source: Marilyn Monroe, Roger G. Taylor (1983). “Marilyn Monroe in her own words”, Putnam Pub Group
About the author
Same author
More quotes by Marilyn Jager Adams
"If the process don't transfer, they cannot even be called thinking. They can be called learning, memory, or habit, but not thinking. The purpose of a course on thinking is to enhance student's abilities to face new challenges and to attack novel problems confidently, rationally and productively."