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Embrace play to spark learning with practical examples, activities, and resources for using play in the classroom to build skills in literacy, math, science, technology, and more.
Do you tell your preschooler one thing and they do the opposite? Are they easily distracted or unable to focus? If you suspect that your child may have a learning problem--or if you simply want to help them be ready--here is the book to read before he or she enters the school system: a realistic, humorous, and kind-hearted guide to helping your little one learn. In Ready to Learn, Stan Goldberg draws on thirty years of clinical experience (and personal experience as the father of two kids with learning differences) to provide an easy-to-use guide to helping children overcome any problems and improve their learning skills. Illustrating his discussion with many anecdotes about teaching both his own children and children in his private practice, Goldberg walks readers through the process of learning and shows how to identify a learning problem. He focuses on four major areas--problems of attention, understanding, storage, and retrieval--presenting each problem through the eyes of the child, in everyday terms that a parent can understand. He looks at seven down-to-earth strategies that will allow you to create the best plan to help your child overcome their problem and he provides many handy charts and figures that will help you organize your efforts. The book also includes a list of useful web sites and a chart of development milestones, outlining motor skills, cognitive-sensory skills, and language and social skills. Written in a style that blends humor, insightful stories, and practical experience, Ready to Learn provides a flexible, time-tested approach, using step-by-step strategies that will help your preschoolers become confident and love learning--before they enter the classroom.
Getting Ready to Learn describes how educational media have and are continuing to play a role in meeting the learning needs of children, parents, and teachers. Based on years of meaningful data from the CPB-PBS Ready To Learn Initiative, chapters explore how to develop engaging, playful, and developmentally appropriate content. From Emmy-Award-winning series to randomized controlled trials, this book covers the media production, scholarly research and technological advances surrounding some of the country’s most beloved programming.
Master third-grade (ages 7 to 9) reading, writing, and math skills with the activities in this workbook from the Ready to Learn series. Whether they’re getting ready for third grade or need extra practice, students ages 7 to 9 will be prepared and confident for school with Ready to Learn: Third Grade Workbook. Building on children’s growing academic skills, these activities will further develop their capabilities in reading, writing, and math—including comprehension, composition, multiplication, division, and much more. Introduces concepts and techniques to be taught in third grade. Reinforces skills learned in second-grade reading, writing, and math. Meets Common Core State Standards. 240 full-color and illustrated pages. Answer key at the end of the book. 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.
Boost second-grade (ages 6 to 8) reading, writing, and math skills with the activities in this Ready to Learn workbook. Ready to Learn: Second Grade Workbook helps kids ages 6 to 8 gain the confidence they need to excel in second-grade reading, writing, and math. Building on the foundation of skills attained in first grade, this 240-page book is packed with activities that cover those three key topics and adhere to Common Core State Standards for the second-grade level. Colorful illustrations help develop vital skills in phonics, grammar, punctuation, multiplication, and more. Introduces concepts and techniques to be taught in second grade. Reinforces skills learned in first-grade reading, writing, and math. 240 full-color and illustrated pages. Meets Common Core State Standards. Answer key at the end of the book. 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.
Senate hearing on the Elementary & Secondary Education Act. The hearing focuses on how children learn at an early age, & provides different perspectives on early educ. It delves into the importance of early childhood longitudinal studies which will focus on education, health & development of children & how to understand the results of such studies. It also discusses the role of child care centers in early childhood education & the role of early childhood educators & how to improve their training. Witnesses: Pascal Forgione, Commissioner, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Education; & Faith Wohl, Executive Director, Child Care Action Campaign, New York, NY.
These hearing transcripts present testimony before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the 105th Congress on early childhood education and related services. Participants provided different perspectives on early education, focusing on the academic achievement of American students, especially in comparison to students in other countries; the importance of early childhood longitudinal studies; the role of child care centers; and improving early childhood educators' qualifications. Speakers included Senators James Jeffords (Vermont), Tim Hutchinson (Arkansas), Susan Collins (Maine), and Jack Reed (Rhode Island). Providing expert testimony were the commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics and the executive director of the Child Care Action Campaign. Witnesses indicated that basic measures from the National Household Education Survey document tremendous variation in the skills children bring to kindergarten. Studies of child care in the United States report that the vast majority of centers provide poor to mediocre care. One participant compared U.S. child care programs to early education programs in France, noting differences in caregiver qualifications and compensation, as well as other programmatic differences. This witness also recommended accelerating the move toward universal prekindergarten programming and increasing accreditation efforts. A report on data needs for early childhood development and learning readiness is appended. (KB)
This third volume of PISA 2012 results explores students’ engagement with and at school, their drive and motivation to succeed, and the beliefs they hold about themselves as mathematics learners.
Students can practice and review first grade lessons and prepare for second grade with this comprehensive summer workbook! Ready to Learn: Summer Workbook: Ready for Grade 2 is jam-packed with activities that reinforce first grade foundational skills in reading, writing, science, and math. Activities review key lessons and concepts from first grade and help children jump start their learning with introductory material for second grade to set them up for success before school even starts. The book's 10 levels cover important concepts such as number sense, grammar and punctuation, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and more. Helps to prevent learning loss during the summer, bridging the gap between first and second grade and establishing the skills kids will need to be successful in school and in life. Meets Common Core State Standards. Includes an answer key at the end of the book, a Certificate of Achievement to celebrate completion, and stickers. 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.
Going beyond what our schools typically assess to determine readiness to attend school, which is often based upon age, this book addresses the synergistic aspects of readiness, learning, and adaptation that allow children to be optimally ready to learning and capable of handing for challenges and transitions. This more holistic and interactive understanding of readiness involves not only the typical physical development, but also psychological aspects including the cognitive, emotional, spiritual, behavioral, and environmental pieces. The goal of this book is to provide the necessary lens through which we can see what is really hindering many children in schools today, along with possible approaches and interventions typically not seen as educational in nature, but what may be just the needed prescription for our ailing youth.
