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Give your child a running start into kindergarten! "Deborah helps parents see how simple, experiential, even play-based activities that are easily woven into a child's and parent's day can help make a difference." - Rae Pica, cofounder of BAM Radio Network: The Education Station and author of A Running Start: How Play, Physical Activity, and Free Time Create a Successful Child It's time to prepare your child for kindergarten success! An essential guide to the upcoming school year, Ready for Kindergarten! provides you ways to help your son or daughter start off on the right foot. Filled with hundreds of fun activities to practice throughout the day, this book helps you gain valuable insight into your child's capabilities as well as foster the behaviors and skills she needs to have before the big day. From reciting his home address and communicating his feelings to learning how to display good sportsmanship, each activity will boost your child's confidence and set him up for a happy and successful kindergarten experience. With Ready for Kindergarten!, you will not only prepare your child for school, but you will also be able to confidently choose an education path that fits his or her needs.
Build a kindergartener’s writing skills with this collection of activities from the Ready to Learn series—great for kids ages 4 to 6. Bolster fundamental writing skills for kids ages 4 to 6, and get them ready for school with Ready to Learn: Kindergarten Writing Workbook. Fun activities and lessons vetted by early education specialists will strengthen students’ ability to differentiate between and write uppercase and lowercase letters, to recognize sight words, and to write sentences. Kids will even learn the basics of composition: how to brainstorm ideas and write simple stories. Helps children learn to write ABCs. Introduces the concept of word choice and sentence construction. 64 full-color and illustrated pages. Answer key at the end of the book. Meets Common Core State Standards. Includes a Certification of Achievement to celebrate completion. Get to know the Ready to Learn series! Developed for kids entering pre-kindergarten all the way through third grade, Silver Dolphin’s Ready to Learn series of educational and engaging workbooks, workpads, write & wipe formats, and flash cards will put young learners on the path to success. Focusing on three key subjects—reading, writing, and math—each grade level is vetted by experts in early education to adhere to the Common Core State Standards Initiative. Foundational, buildable skills are introduced, developed, and reinforced with colorful illustrations and familiar learning formats that will encourage learning confidence as kids benefit from extra educational opportunities outside the classroom.
This reusable write-and-wipe workbook in the Ready to Learn series helps first-graders (ages 5 to 7) develop their reading, writing, and math skills. The Ready to Learn: First Grade Write and Wipe Workbook helps kids ages 5 to 7 build the foundation to keep up and thrive in first grade. Reading, writing, and math are the topics covered in this reusable book that allows kids to complete activities as often as they like—students can simply use the included erasable marker, wipe the page clean, and do it all over again. Repeating the reading comprehension, writing exercises, and math skills in Ready to Learn: First Grade Write and Wipe Workbook is a great way to get ready for first grade, get some extra practice during the school year, or prepare for the move to second grade. Hones first-grade reading, writing, and math skills. Write-and-wipe format allows for skill reinforcement. Includes write-and-wipe marker. Pages wipe clean for repeated use. Meets Common Core State Standards. 60 full-color and illustrated pages. Get to know the Ready to Learn series! Developed for kids entering pre-kindergarten all the way through third grade, Silver Dolphin’s Ready to Learn series of educational and engaging workbooks, workpads, write & wipe formats, and flash cards will put young learners on the path to success. Focusing on three key subjects—reading, writing, and math—each grade level is vetted by experts in early education to adhere to the Common Core State Standards Initiative. Foundational, buildable skills are introduced, developed, and reinforced with colorful illustrations and familiar learning formats that will encourage learning confidence as kids benefit from extra educational opportunities outside the classroom.
Be your child's best advocate! Children with special needs who succeed in school have one thing in common--their parents are passionate and effective advocates. It's not an easy job, but with The Everything Parent's Guide to Special Education, you will learn how to evaluate, prepare, organize, and get quality services, no matter what your child's disability. This valuable handbook gives you the tools you need to navigate the complex world of special education and services, with information on: Assessment and evaluation Educational needs for different disabilities, including multiple disabilities Current law, including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Working within the school system to create an IEP The importance of keeping detailed records Dealing with parent-school conflict With worksheets, forms, and sample documents and letters, you can be assured that you'll have all you need to help your child thrive--in school and in life!
Giant Workbook: Get Ready for Pre-K is designed to provide plenty of practice for children getting ready to go to school for the first time. A strong start helps ensure a child is able to benefit from the learning opportunities available at preschool. This giant workbook includes practice in important pre-K learning areas such as the alphabet, pen control, sorting, and counting. The bright colorful pages with a delightful blend of photographs and illustrations make this workbook some of the most eye-catching and engaging available. Includes 24 pages of stickers Scholastic Early Learners: Interactive books for hands-on learning. Perfect for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, and first graders, too
Wipe Clean Workbooks - Kindergarten is a colorful, wipe-clean workbook to support children in their early learning. Provides plenty of practice for children on a wide range of early learning topics. A wipe-clean pen is provided, the wirobound book lies flat, and the glossy card pages are easy to wipe clean so that children can practice until they have really mastered a topic. This kindergarten book focuses on writing letters, letter sounds (at the beginning, middle and end of words), letter sequence, rhyming, matching words, writing numbers, counting, odds and evens, ordinals, sequencing shapes, volume, sorting and time. Scholastic Early Learners: Interactive books for hands-on learning. Perfect for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, and first graders, too
With First Steps Workbooks, toddlers practice motor control skills and develop spatial reasoning and problem-solving abilities. Children can take the first step in their education by stickering, pasting, cutting, coloring, and folding with our colorful and fun exercises.
Dr. James L. Casale, both a state and national award winning educator, has authored his second parenting guide. Family Pledge is unique in that it consists of 40 individual essays that can be read in any order. Choose a topic that interests you and read that first. Select How to Say No and Mean It, or A Holocaust Survivor’s Lesson to His Grandchild, or Empty Lots and Building Forts: Why Electronic Devices Suck, or Is it the Gorilla’s Fault the Kid Fell into the Zoo Enclosure? or Why is School Reform Mission Impossible? These and many more essays and are designed to inform, encourage and inspire parents to accept their solemn responsibility to act as their child’s first teachers and role models. Raising life-long learners and good citizens requires a loyal and devoted commitment to establish a culture of learning at home. The key components are acquiring accurate information, creating a family mission statement, and devising a plan of action that all family members adhere to. As with his first book, Wise Up and Be the Solution, readers will enjoy a jargon free, no nonsense, parent friendly journey filled with practical suggestions and important information.
Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based framework for preventing and addressing challenging behaviors in the classroom; it has shown to be effective from preschool through high school. Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports for Preschool and Kindergarten will provide specific information for preschool and kindergarten teachers on creating and implementing a classroom-wide behavior management system, as well as research-based interventions for addressing challenging behaviors. Anecdotes and real-world examples illustrate the concepts presented by Dr. Marla J. Lohmann.
