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From Booklist Growing Up Reading is a workbook designed for parents who want to encourage early reading in their children (aged approximately three months to seven years). Hauser is a teacher and a teacher trainer,which gives the book a bit of a preschool-text slant. Her method,which employs age-appropriate play activities, appears to require a lot of time and effort,but it's probably a good aid in removing kids from the TV. Growing Up Reading features both the phonics and whole-language approaches to reading and writing,and it encourages reading aloud to children,with a list of recommended books. Sections include "Creating a Literacy-Rich Home" and "Developing Critical Thinking Skills." Hauser also provides information for those wishing to set up an "official" Growing Up Reading approach in early-childhood education programs. Jo Peer-Haas Product Description Here's the breakthrough that ushers young children into the fantastic world of reading--through play. Hauser's reading system builds on two basic conditions of childhood--a child's natural desire to discover his world and the unique ability parents have to influence that discovery