DANIEL T. WILLINGHAM, PHD, is professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. His best-selling first book, Why Don't Students Like School? (Jossey-Bass, 2009), was hailed as "brilliant analysis" by the Wall Street Journal and "a triumph" by the Washington Post, recommended by scores of education-related magazines and blogs, and translated into many languages. His most recent book, When Can You Trust the Experts? How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education (Jossey-Bass, 2012), was named recommended reading by Nature and Scientific American, and made Choice's list of outstanding academic titles for 2013.

• About the Author viiAcknowledgments ixIntroduction: Have Fun, Start Now 11 The Science of Reading 7Part I: Birth Through Preschool2 Preparing Your Child to Learn to Decode 313 Creating a Thirst for Knowledge 414 Seeing Themselves as Readers before They Can Read 57Part II: Kindergarten Through Second Grade5 Learning to Decode 756 Banking Knowledge for the Future 957 Preventing a Motivation Backslide 113Part III: Third Grade and Beyond8 Reading with Fluency 1319 Working with More Complex Texts 14510 The Reluctant Older Reader 165Conclusion 189Appendix: Accessing the Bonus Web Content 193Suggestions for Further Reading 195Works Cited 199Index 219

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DANIEL T. WILLINGHAM, PHD, is professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. His best-selling first book, Why Don't Students Like School? (Jossey-Bass, 2009), was hailed as "brilliant analysis" by the Wall Street Journal and "a triumph" by the Washington Post, recommended by scores of education-related magazines and blogs, and translated into many languages. His most recent book, When Can You Trust the Experts? How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education (Jossey-Bass, 2012), was named recommended reading by Nature and Scientific American, and made Choice's list of outstanding academic titles for 2013.

• About the Author viiAcknowledgments ixIntroduction: Have Fun, Start Now 11 The Science of Reading 7Part I: Birth Through Preschool2 Preparing Your Child to Learn to Decode 313 Creating a Thirst for Knowledge 414 Seeing Themselves as Readers before They Can Read 57Part II: Kindergarten Through Second Grade5 Learning to Decode 756 Banking Knowledge for the Future 957 Preventing a Motivation Backslide 113Part III: Third Grade and Beyond8 Reading with Fluency 1319 Working with More Complex Texts 14510 The Reluctant Older Reader 165Conclusion 189Appendix: Accessing the Bonus Web Content 193Suggestions for Further Reading 195Works Cited 199Index 219

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DANIEL T. WILLINGHAM, PHD, is professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. His best-selling first book, Why Don't Students Like School? (Jossey-Bass, 2009), was hailed as "brilliant analysis" by the Wall Street Journal and "a triumph" by the Washington Post, recommended by scores of education-related magazines and blogs, and translated into many languages. His most recent book, When Can You Trust the Experts? How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education (Jossey-Bass, 2012), was named recommended reading by Nature and Scientific American, and made Choice's list of outstanding academic titles for 2013.

• About the Author viiAcknowledgments ixIntroduction: Have Fun, Start Now 11 The Science of Reading 7Part I: Birth Through Preschool2 Preparing Your Child to Learn to Decode 313 Creating a Thirst for Knowledge 414 Seeing Themselves as Readers before They Can Read 57Part II: Kindergarten Through Second Grade5 Learning to Decode 756 Banking Knowledge for the Future 957 Preventing a Motivation Backslide 113Part III: Third Grade and Beyond8 Reading with Fluency 1319 Working with More Complex Texts 14510 The Reluctant Older Reader 165Conclusion 189Appendix: Accessing the Bonus Web Content 193Suggestions for Further Reading 195Works Cited 199Index 219

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