Online Course: Nurturing Your Young Reader - Certificate and CEUs
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Basic Course: $25.00
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Nurturing Your Young Reader offers parents, caregivers, and teachers of young children information about the process of learning to read. Each lesson includes activity and game ideas to try with children as well as information about different aspects of the early reading process. The goal of this course is to help caregivers of young children improve their understanding of the process of learning to read and develop a collection of activity ideas to nurture literacy in the children in their care. Course Objectives include: 1. Students will demonstrate understanding of lecture content by completing assigned quizzes/tests. 2. Students will apply knowledge of concepts with children in their care by completing homework assignments and turning in completed written work. 3. Students will create a resource file that includes at least ten activities they will try/have tried with their children. 4. Students will explore outside resources, including printed books, articles, and related websites. Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish. An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions. This class has been officially reviewed by our Course Review Committee that scrutinizes course content and instructor participation. This course has received our Committee's highest rating: 4 stars.

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Continuing Education Units (CEU)
1.0 CEUs

Course Description

Hey parents and child care providers!  Want to give your preschooler or young child an extra boost in reading before the coming school year??  You don't have to be a certified teacher to provide your youngster with an edge in reading.  There are many simple tricks and games that you can begin to use right now to raise a reader.  Whether your child is two or six or somewhere in between, come to class to discover hands-on specifics to help build pre-reading and reading skills.

Nurturing Your Young Reader offers parents, care givers, and teachers of young children information about the process of learning to read. Each lesson includes activity and game ideas to try with children as well as information about different aspects of the early reading process. The class should be helpful to parents/care givers of children between age three and seven or so. If you have an older child who is struggling with reading, you may want to check out my other class, 'Help for Your Struggling Reader', course number 2596.


Nurturing Your Young Reader with Instructor Sandy Fleming course is self-paced (course begins on student's own timetable). Through this course students will demonstrate understanding of lecture content by completing assigned quizzes/tests, apply knowledge of concepts with children in their care by completing homework assignments and turning in completed written work., create a resource file that includes at least ten activities they will try/have tried with their children, and. explore outside resources, including printed books, articles, and related websites. Specific course rules and policies will be explained in a comprehensive and detailed syllabus. Coursework will consist of a number of central lessons, quizzes, assignments, class polls, and netlinks. The course grading policy will be based on satisfactory completion of tests/quizzes, completed homework assignments (pass/fail), participation in message board discussions, and participation in polls. For students who strive for course completion or other documentation might achieve several offered certificates based on 80+ academic performance, attendance and participation. Reference letters will also be available upon request.

Instructor Sandy Fleming earned her Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education/Mild Mental Retardation at Bowling Green State University , Bowling Green, OH and she earned a Master's Degree in Education: Mental Retardation, all levels, Learning Disabilities at South Bend Indiana University. She has one year of substitute teaching experience, six years classroom experience, and 20 years as a private tutor serving all ages/specializing in serving special needs students and troubled readers.


This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.

Course Lessons

  1. The Process of Learning to Read - This lesson includes discussion of determining a child's readiness level, how reading skills are acquired, and how adults can help with the process.
  2. Reading Is Language - This lesson makes the connection between spoken and written language skills. It includes information about the technique of Language Experience, as well as games and activities to assist you in helping your child develop language skills.
  3. Building Vocabulary - This lesson stresses the importance of building children's vocabulary skills. It covers how to guide vocabulary acquisition, the process of learning new words, and vocabulary games and activities.
  4. Reading Aloud - This lesson not only stresses the importance of reading aloud to your children, but offers practical suggestions and hints to make it happen with a minimum of fuss and bother. There are even some activity ideas to help your children become involved.
  5. Readiness Skills - This lesson covers the concept of 'readiness skills.' You will learn about the foundational skills required to begin the process of learning to read and explore games and activities related to readiness skills.
  6. Alphabet Skills - Lesson 6 discusses learning the alphabet. It includes the stages of letter knowledge, how print forms can affect reading, and making sound-symbol connections. There are games and activities included.
  7. Memorization - Learn the imporance of repetition and how memory affects children's ability to learn to read. Add related games and activities to your collection.
  8. Comprehension Skills - Lesson 8 covers the process of understanding what is read. The levels of knowledge are discussed and active involvement is stressed. Comprehension games are included.
  9. Sight Vocabulary - This lesson discusses the development of sight vocabulary, how to teach sight words, and the use of controlled-text readers. It includes sight word games and activities.
  10. The Role of Phonics/Word Analysis - This lesson covers the importance of teaching children to use these tools. It includes related games and activities.
  11. Strategies for Building Independence - The goal of reading instruction is to produce an independent reader. This lesson offers advice to help children attain this goal. It includes game and activity ideas.
  12. Put It All Together - Lesson 12 will help parents and teachers use the knowledge from previous lessons to monitor reading progress and become aware of deviations.
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  3. Certificate of Appreciation
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Course Title : Nurturing Your Young Reader
CEU Value : (Continuing Education Units)
Course Number : 2279
Course Type : How To
Course URL : http://class.universalclass.com/rdg1
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Instructor : Sandy Fleming
Syllabus : View Syllabus
Duration : Continuous: Enroll anytime!
Course Fee :
Basic Course: $25.00
with CEUs & Certificate: $50.00
NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT
This is a non-credit course. This course may not fulfill any local, state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.
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