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Teach a Child to Read with Children's Books

Timing is the key to success with emerging child readers of all ages. Teach a Child to Read with Children’s Books skillfully presents and guides the reader through a process of recognition and reinforcement that customizes reading instruction to the specific child. Foundational reading skills are introduced as the child’s natural desire to learn develops. When the skill being introduced is relevant to a child’s desire to learn both teaching and learning become exciting, even joyful experiences!

Teach a Child to Read with Children’s Books approaches reading instruction from a particular perspective: nurturing lifelong learners. Written specifically for parents, tutors and teachers who work one-on-one with children learning to read, Teach a Child to Read with Children’s Books provides a comprehensive approach that provides tools to identify and implement research-based, instruction strategies without dampening a child’s enthusiasm for reading and learning.

Elementary Grammar: A Resource Book

Children can use this handy resource alone or with your help to answer questions about usage, catch up or move ahead for their age/grade level, or just get practice and review. Suitable for Grades K-6.

Building a Strong Vocabulary: A 12 Week Plan for Students

This guide offers powerful strategies to help children develop strong vocabularies. Children explore context clues, analogies, synonyms, context maps and much more. 6”x 9”, 140 pp. Suitable for Grades 6-12.

Phonics Plus Book A

Develops a child’s skill in recognizing the alphabet and the initial sounds in words. 78 lessons on: printing, consonant letters and sounds, and the short vowels. Suitable for Parents of K-1.

Phonics Plus Book B

Help children learn to discriminate sound-symbol correspondences by listening, saying, seeing, then writing letters and words.Suitable for Parents of Grades 1-2.

Phonics Plus Book C

Develops your child’s skill in recognizing consonant sounds as well as the most important short and long vowels. Suitable for Parents of Grades 2-3.

Tutoring Children in Reading & Writing: Book 1 (Kindergarten)

Book 1 focuses on the building blocks of reading and writing with sample worksheets that focus on letter recognition, spelling, phonics, and comprehension. Suitable for Parents of Grade K.

Tutoring Children in Reading & Writing: Book 2 (Grades 1-2)

Book 2 focuses on the building blocks of reading and writing with sample worksheets that focus on letter recognition, spelling, phonics, and comprehension. Suitable for Parents of Grades 1-2.

Self-Esteem Made Easy: Encourage Confidence in Your Child

Also Available in Spanish. Self-Esteem Made Easy is intended to provide parents with an overview of what influences the development of a child’s self-esteem. Author Barbara Rosin shows that the parent’s role is fundamental in forming a child’s confidence. With easy-to-follow language and examples, Rosin leads parents through some of the key issues important to the good emotional health of their children. Topics include: Setting a Good Example, Listening and Communicating, Setting Boundaries, Responsibility and more. Self-Esteem… is divided into four easy-to-read sections. Each chapter includes hints for parents. Also included is a sample situation for illustration and discussion, and a suggested reading list.

For a Moment for a Lifetime

For a Moment for a Lifetime by Terry R. Wisniewski is a delightful collection of lyric and narrative poems that gives the reader a glimpse into a world where, for a moment, the ordinary becomes extraordinary. In that moment, possibilities are born. Ranging from cinematic imagery, to thoughtful musings, with the occasional dash of dry humor, this collection makes a great gift for that friend or colleague who enjoys curling up with a good book of poetry now and then.

Grandma & Grandpa, May I Come Over?

When grandchildren visit, they want to DO things. This book presents 52 different activitites for each week of the year. The activites are easy and inexpensive. They range from planting a seed to visiting a horse to dusting the bookshelves! All activities are both educational and enjoyable – a perfect gift for grandparents.

With Love, Grandma

This collection of sample letters and books to share is full of whimsical illustrations and drawings by children. Subjects include holidays, family, the seasons, and school. Also included are developmental charts and a list of resouces.

Gotcha, Grandpa

Opens up a dialog on many subjects and issues, including self-esteem, goals, persistence, heroes, lessons from history, and more. Each subject accompanied by actual letters from seniors, as well as age-specific book lists for sharing. Essays discuss the benefits of cross-generational communication.A great gift for grandparents.