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READING SKILLS


PUT READING FIRST

Focus On Fluency / Focus on Phonics / Phonemic Awareness
Focus on Vocabulary / Reading Comprehension
Tutoring and Helping Those With Learning Disabilities
Guided Reading / Ways to Make Learning to Read Fun
Dr. Edward Fry's Reading and Phonics Books

Although we have listed our books on reading according to their primary focus as related to the Reading First Initiative, the various skills --phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary -- are best taught together. Our attempt here to separate them is to help you find help with specific reading skills you are especially interested in. But almost all the books overlap into one or more other areas. So do explore them all.

General Books on Teaching Reading and Tutoring Students Who Need Extra Help in Reading

 

As Reading Programs Come and Go, this is what you need to know by Judith Cochran. Incentive Publications, 2003. This book seeks to give educators a balanced approach to reading instruction. It will help you get through the series of fads that come and go along with new buzzwords from one year to the next. No matter what is currently popular, there are several common practices that will always be important in reading instruction. This book is an outstanding reference that covers the tried and true methods of teaching reading elementary students to read. You will learn to effectively teach word identification, vocabulary development, comprehension, and critical thinking. You will learn the processes that go into learning to read. You will learn how to arrange the schedule and classroom environment to facilitate teaching reading as a class or in small groups. You will get ideas for effective seatwork and practice activities, as well as guidance in assessment and evaluation. This book will be of more use to classroom teachers than home teachers. But it's a reference classroom teachers will turn to again and again. Sample lesson plans are included. 191 pages. BTH-3159. $17.06-D

 

Building Basic Literacy Skills: a series designed to help student in grades five and up who are weak in phonics and reading skills. It is a set of seven books, the last of which is spelling. The books build on each other and are designed to work well in  tutoring programs. Follow this link for more specific details.

 

Fearless Phonics: A Phonics Handbook with Rules and Super Word Lists!  by Linda Schwartz. The Learning Works. This book, with limited reproduction rights, answers the questions most teachers and parents have about the rules of phonics, such as when a c is soft or hard, when an o is long or short, or how consonant blends work. Not only are the explanations simple, but there are also lots of examples.

The first two sections of the book, "Conquering Consonants" and "Vowel Victories," show how to decode most words by associating sound with spelling. These two sections contain generalizations followed by rules and samples.

The last two sections contain helpful lists, including basic sight words, rhyming word families, and common prefixes, suffixes and roots with definitions and sample words. There is also help for dividing words into syllables and accenting syllables.

Bold graphics add eye appeal. This book is ideal for all ages, since the graphics are based on letters, and there are no childish pictures to hurt the self-esteem of older children and adults. BTH-626. $12.59-D

Graphic Organizers; Reproducible Sheets for Reading by Kathleen Bullock, Cherie Farnette, Marjorie Frank, Jill Norris, and Kris Sexton. Incentive, 2006. This book introduces important strategies, supports state literacy standards and helps students organize for comprehension. There are 60 different ready-to-reproduce organizers. These will help students to visualize information better for recall and understanding, make connections between new concepts and their own experiences, analyze and evaluate information, and document processes and concepts. Research has confirmed that using graphic organizers helps students read more efficiently and comprehend abstract content. it also helps them to organize their ideas before, during, and after reading. Give students the help they need in understanding fiction, nonfiction, literary elements, and different genres, including their textbooks in other subjects. At the back of the book you will find several blank organizers for teacher use: Double Venn, Triple Venn, Wheel, Cluster, Two-Column, Three-Column, Four-Column, Bow Tie, Circle-Ray, Hand, and Star. 64 pages. BTH-3035. $8.06-D

 

  Helping Struggling Readers: Successful Reading Techniques by Susan Fondrk and Cheryl Frasca. Good year Books, 2008. For grades 1-3. This book draws on the combined 47 years of of the authors' experience as Title 1 resource teachers and  provides a detailed road map for helping struggling readers. It breaks the process into easily manageable steps, and it shares the systematic and sequential techniques for teaching decoding skills and phonics, while building vocabulary and reading comprehension skills. 188 pages. BTH-5578. $17.06-D

 

How to Teach Reading When you're Not a Reading Teacher, Revised Version by Sharon H. Faber. Incentive Publications, 2006.  This revised edition draws on current research on learning styles and methods and has 40 more pages than the earlier edition. This book was written for middle grade teachers who realize that some of their students can't read at all or have great difficulty reading. Though most middle school teachers haven't been trained as reading teachers, they do know that when they have students who can't read their textbooks, they have a responsibility to help these students with learning disabilities. Many  teachers are already doing some of the right things by instinct as they break down textbooks into manageable units, preview a textbook's features, and teach content-specific vocabulary before an assignment. This book reinforces those strategies already in use and provides new and practical approaches for teaching students how to read. If you have children in your class who have been left behind, this book will give you the tools you need to help them catch up. 175 pages, including bibliography. BTH-3036. $15.26-D

 

Literacy Assessment in the Early Grades, K-3, Tips, Tools, and Strategies by Laura Townsend. Rigby Press. 176 pages. This book will supply all busy primary teachers need to make the most of daily observations and assessment opportunities. It has tips for planning and managing assessments, blackline master forms, and strategies for evaluating your assessments. It includes eleven reproducible benchmark books for use with oral reading records as well as the following assessment tools: parent surveys; interest inventories; anecdotal records; alphabet knowledge surveys; reading checklists; oral reading records for the included benchmark books; retelling forms; reading conference forms; comprehension checklists; writing checklists and self-assessments; and writing conference forms. BTH-1926. $16.19-D

 

 

 

Reading First by Alaska Hults. Creative Teaching Press. Reproducible, 176 pages. Workbook size. Contains over 100 activities that reinforce the five key areas of reading instruction; Phonemic Awareness; Phonics; Fluency; Vocabulary; and Comprehension. Designed to meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. For Grades K-3. This book summarizes the key elements of an effective reading program. This book helps teachers plan such a program and gives them the tools they need to help implement the plans they make.  The book's contents are based on the research report, Put Reading First, which was a joint effort of the National Institute for Literacy, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the U.S. Department of Education. This is the all-in-one resource that helps you take up the challenge of helping all children become successful readers. BTH-125. $18.89

 

Reading First Activities by Teacher Created Materials. This series has reproducible activities by grade level that cover all of the key elements of reading identified by the National Reading Panel: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. The books are all standards based. 176 pages, each book, including bound in answers.

    Reading First Activities Grade K by Joden L. Smith. BTH-5123. $15.29-D

    Reading First Activities Grade 1 by Joden L. Smith. BTH-2711. $15.29-D

    Reading First Activities Grade 2 by Jennifer O. Prior. BTH-5124. $15.29-D

     Reading First Activities Grade 3 by Jennifer O. Prior. BTH-5125. $15.29-D

 

 

Reading Reflex: The Foolproof Phono-Graphix™ Method for Teaching Your Child to Read, by Carmen and Geoffrey McGuinness, founders of Read America. © 1998, first printing.  Hardcover spiral notebook-type edition. This method is designed to meet the needs of two types of students: young children who are ready to learn to read for the first time, and older elementary children who are struggling with reading or spelling.

The Phono-Graphix™ takes what the child knows, the sounds of his language, and teaches him the various sound pictures that represent these sounds. It does this through developmentally appropriate lessons that do not rely on propositional and other logic that children cannot understand, such as phonics rules and exceptions. This method has been well researched and proven to teach reading in one-tenth the time of phonics with a 100% success rate. It has worked with learning disabled and children and bad readers in general.

Here is where  Phono-Graphix™ departs from phonics: Instead of teaching the sounds that letters make, it recognizes that letters don't make sounds -- they just represent sounds. The book identifies the various subskills needed to learn to read and then helps you teach them in a way that will help children grasp them quickly.

Unfortunately, I can't give you all I have learned by reading this book here. But after the reading I have done, I believe I would use this method if I currently needed to teach a child to read. One very nice feature of using this with remedial readers is that the pictures are black and white drawings that are relevant to all elementary ages -- not just primary children. This is one of our bargain books, and if you need to teach a child to read, I'd try this method first. How can you go wrong for only $15.00-B? Supply is limited, so order soon. If it doesn't do all you hoped for, you can still try some other method. If is does, you've saved yourself a lot of money you could have spent on expensive programs. BTH-120. $17.99-B

 

Reading Yellow Pages for Students and Teachers, Revised Edition, 2002. Incentive Publications. This handy reference contains just about all one could need to know when teaching reading. You will find checklists for word recognition skills, word usage skills, comprehension skills, and reading study skills. There are extensive  lists of words arranged by sounds for phonics reference and structural analysis charts, listing roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Other lists include words with silent letters; contractions; compound words; selected abbreviations, synonyms, antonyms; homonyms; homographs; words with multiple meanings; words that confuse; similes, proverbs, idioms, puns, analogies arranged by type; literary devices; and great ways to share a book. No reading or language arts teacher should be without this book. Not reproducible. 63 pages. IP-891. $8.99-D

 

 

Strategies for Struggling Readers: A Practical Approach to Applying Cognitive Research by Jo Fitzpatrick. Creative Teaching Press, 2007. For grades 3-5. Struggling readers often become trapped in cycle of failure and frustration that can undermine their confidence as learners throughout their lives. This book can break this cycle. This comprehensive resource will help your students take an active role in learning to read and give them the tools to succeed. Use the interactive "My Brain Booklet" and coordinating script to teach students exactly what they need to do in order for their brains to learn; then help them apply these strategies to reading. This book also features engaging activities that teach phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. The book also includes reproducible word lists and activities, and a list of segments that will benefit any intervention program. Contains over 70  brain-based activities to lead your students to success. 128 pages. BTH-5142. $14.39-D

 

 

 

The Tutor's Handbook: Reading. The books in this series use a variety of approaches to help students who need tutoring. Each book has grade-appropriate creative tutoring strategies, reproducible worksheets, and recommended reading lists. Here are some more closely graded details:

Tutor's Handbook Reading, Grade 1: First a tutor must be able to evaluate the student's needs in order to set appropriate goals. There are plenty of tools in this book to help you with this evaluation. The next unit deals with teaching strategies and lesson planning. Activities center on phonics, letter recognition, sight words, and writing. Activities include games, teaching phonics rules, responding to books in writing, and more. Worksheets are provided for  lists of word families, key word charts, manuscript styles, 100 frequently used words, and assessment tests. A sample tutoring session is included to help you with planning. 64 pages.
 FS-122120. $8.99-D

 

Tutor's Handbook Reading, Grade 2: First a tutor must be able to evaluate the student's needs in order to set appropriate goals. There are plenty of tools in this book to help you with this evaluation. The next unit deals with teaching strategies and lesson planning. Activities center on phonics, vocabulary, and writing. Activities include using puppets to teach phonemic awareness, oral drills on sounds, reading aloud to the student, having the student read aloud, silent reading, retelling, and worksheets,  and more. Worksheets are provided for  My Reading Log, Assessment of Phonetic Skills, High-Frequency Words and Second-Grader Words, Flashcards, Syllable Stumper, Vocabulary List, Record of Reading Behaviors  and more. There is an extensive list of books for second grade readers.  A sample tutoring session is included to help you with planning. 64 pages.  FS-122121. $8.99-D

Tutor's Handbook Reading, Grade 3: First a tutor must be able to evaluate the student's needs in order to set appropriate goals. There are plenty of tools in this book to help you with this evaluation. The next unit deals with teaching strategies and lesson planning. Activities center on phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing. Activities include previewing books with the student, reading poetry,  reading aloud to the student, having the student read aloud, echo reading, partnered reading, silent reading, rereading, response journal, word games and puzzles, Cloze passages, retelling, rebus stories, dictated reading,  Elkonkin boxes, and more. There are plenty of  reproducible activities as well, and an annotated list of books for third grade readers.  A sample tutoring session is included to help you with planning. 64 pages. Answer Key for worksheets is included.  FS-122122. $8.99-D

Tutor's Handbook Reading, Grades 4-6: The book begins with ideas on getting to know your student and his family, encouraging your student, using rewards, maintaining discipline, and dealing with attitude problems. This is followed by a chapter on evaluating your student's reading level and progress.  The next unit deals with teaching strategies and lesson planning. Activities center on comprehension, vocabulary, and writing. Activities include  Activities include helping your student select books, previewing books with the student, reading poetry,  reading aloud to the student, having the student read aloud, echo reading, partnered reading, silent reading, rereading, response journal, word games and puzzles, Cloze passages, retelling, rebus stories, dictated reading,  Elkonkin boxes, and more. There are plenty of reproducible activities as well, and an annotated list of books for grades 4-6.  A sample tutoring session is included to help you with planning. 64 pages. Answer Key for worksheets is included.  FS-122123. $8.99-D

 

 

 

 

Guided Reading

 

 

Guided Reading by Carla Hamaguchi. Creative Teaching Press, 2002. This book is a complete resource for a teacher who wants to implement a guided reading program in her classroom. It includes sample lesson formats using fiction and nonfiction books; activities to use before, during, and after guided reading; assessment ideas, and ready-to-use reproducible forms for running records and several assessment methods. There is also a list of suggested leveled books - both fiction and non-fiction -- that also come from Creative Teaching Press. (I can get any of these that you need, but have not had time to list all 200 of them on my site yet. Most of the leveled books listed are $1.99 or $2.99. Many are available in sets. Books from both the Dr. Maggie and the Character Builders sets, which I do have listed, are on the list. Feel free to ask for any of the others.) 64 pages. BTH- 2505. $10.79-D

 

 

 

 

Guided Reading in Grades K-2 : Guided Reading Strategies, Activities, and Lesson Plans for Reading Success by Anthony D. Fredericks.  This easy-to-use resource guide for the busy teacher focuses on developing a learning environment where students are empowered to become active participants in the reading process.  Its strategies are based on solid research on what constitutes an excellent comprehensive literacy program. The components of such a program include reading aloud to children; shared book experience; guided reading; individualized reading; paired reading (See the Two Can Read Series); sustained silent reading; language exploration; and reading and writing.

This book discusses the importance of guided reading and its place in a comprehensive literacy program; pre-reading development; and literacy stages. it provides help in designing and teaching a guided reading  lesson, including a sample plan. It explains how to assess and administer running records (form included) and  how to match books and readers (long list of books provided with levels, number of words, author, and publisher. ( We have a lot of these and can probably get the rest for you.) There is a discussion of grouping in guided reading and a chapter on strategies for success. This chapter includes a number of forms to reproduce. The author discusses the importance of literacy centers and provides suggestions for creating a number of them. (Also see the self-contained Literacy Centers from Evan-Moor.) He also discusses ways of helping students build on multiple intelligences in these centers. (Also see Quick Flip Activities for Multiple Intelligences.)

Teachers will appreciate the chapter on organizing and managing the classroom, the plans and schedules for guided reading, and the many helpful planning forms provided to reproduce and use. They will also appreciate the reproducible letters ready to send home to help get parents involved with specific suggestions for activities to share with their children. And there is also a reproducible activity calendar for home use that will assist parents in helping their children with reading.

All in all, this is one terrific book  for teachers in K-2, and should not be missed. 288 pages. RBTP-80608. $21.59-D

 

 

Guided Reading in Grades 3-6 by Anthony D. Fredericks. This is similar to the book above, but is for teachers of upper elementary children. Like its counterpart for the younger grades, it is an all-inclusive resource featuring reading strategies, activities and lesson plans. It features sixteen 100-words oral reading passages for assessments; 28 sample lesson plans for popular children's books; over 40 strategies for use before, during, and after reading; and lists of additional resources, including books, professional organizations, and websites.

Sample Literature Extensions are provided for Miss Rumphius, Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, Dear Mr. Henshaw, and Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Lesson plans are provided for 28 books, including Amazing Grace, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Fly Away Home, The Great Kapok Tree, Lon Po Po, Smoky Night, The Giver, A River Ran Wild; Bridge to Terabithia, James and the Giant Peach, Hatchet, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and many more. BTH-1592. $21.59-D

 

Phonemic Awareness

 

 

101 Ways to Make Your Students Better Decoders and Readers, a Rigby Press publication, 2006. This book helps teachers who need to have their students master the skills of phonemic awareness and phonics. You will find an abundance of oral language activities -- rhymes, rhythms, songs, sounds, and word patterns -- that can be used in independent, small group, and whole-class instruction. There are family involvement ideas and 40 reproducible school-home newsletters, games, and patterns. BTH-1887. $11.66-D

 

phonemic.jpeg (13934 bytes)Complete Phonemic Awareness Handbook More than 300 Playful Activities for Early Reading Success, by Anthony D. Fredericks. This is a complete handbook full of strategies and activities to foster phonemic awareness for early reading success. The book clearly explains the five stages of phonemic awareness and provides tips on how to teach and assess phonemic awareness. Literature, nursery rhyme, songs, and drama activities to make language learning playful. Includes reproducible picture cards, a list of words arranged by their phonograms (or word families), and reproducible letters to send home to parents to help them become more involved at home. These include a Family Read-Aloud Calendar, a list of suggested books for reading aloud to young children, reproducible letter and phonogram cards, and much more. 206 pages in all. BTH-1538. $16.16-D

 

Letter Works: Building Early Literacy Skills by Mary Ramming Chappell. Teacher Created Materials, 2003. Pre-K-1. Reproducible. 304 pages. Features week-long units for each letter of the alphabet that reinforce developing literacy skills. This book will help early childhood educators create language rich environments by reading quality children's literature aloud, introducing letter-sound associations, including phonemic awareness activities, and integrating literacy skills from many curriculum areas. Besides the read-aloud activities, songs, centers, and even snacks provide connections to language arts, social studies, math, and science. Units can be taught in any order. BTH-1594. $22.49-D

Phonemic Awareness: Playing with Sounds to Strengthen Beginning Reading Skills by Jo Fitzpatrick. Creative Teaching Press, 1997. Experts are raving about this "must-have" resource for primary teachers that includes dozens of fun activities to help children listen to language and play with sounds. Activity cards can be cut out and laminated to create a handy reference file of fun ideas. A wide selection of reproducibles (picture cards, word cards, and manipulatives) is included. Help your students learn to read by teaching them how to "listen to language." Before children can understand printed words, they need to hear and manipulate letter sounds. Phonemic Awareness is a complete resource book that includes over 90 interactive activities, reproducible manipulatives, picture cards, and word lists to help children connect oral language to written text. This book also includes a complete program overview with important facts about phonemic awareness to help you guide your students' language development. This all-in-one, ready-to-use resource book is a "must" for primary reading teachers.
128 pages. BTH-5141. $15.29

Phonemic Awareness Songs and Rhymes 3-Pack by Trisha Callella and Kimberly Jordano. Creative Teaching Press.  Each book in this three-book series includes a CD full of dozens of interactive, theme-related songs and rhymes that help children listen to language and "play with" sounds. Each song, sung to a familiar tune, is complemented by activity ideas, making it easy to add some phonemic-awareness fun to your lesson plans. Silly, playful songs paired with research-based phonemic-awareness activities -- a winning combination for any reading-development program. Each song is sung to a familiar tune based on a standard classroom classic, making it easy to incorporate the songs into your lessons. The CD includes instrumental songs and 34 -37 songs from the book sung to the same tunes.

Phonemic Awareness Songs & Rhymes also includes reproducibles, a helpful cross-check index to simplify lesson preparations, and reproducible activity cards that can be cut out and laminated to create a handy reference file of fun ideas. This is an all-in-one resource filled with engaging, interactive activities and silly, playful songs-a winning combination for any reading-development program! This set includes the following book/CD sets: Fall; Winter; Spring BTH-5491. $48.59-D
The individual volumes can be special ordered for $16.19 each. Please inquire.

 

Phonemic Awareness Through Language Play by Jill Norris. Evan-Moor. This valuable resource contains 34 week-long units, each focusing on a chant, a poem, or a language game. There is a min-lesson for every day of the week, illustrated rhymes, reproducible pages, and patterns. The lessons increase in difficulty, moving through the five levels of phonemic awareness, and finally to letter-sound associations.  113 pages.  For grades PreK-1.BTH-1539 $13.46-D

 

Preschool Literacy Calendar by Judy Nyberg. Rigby-Steck-Vaughn. 320 pages. This research based resource for preschool teachers covers phonemic awareness, lessons for a full year, and great literature suggestions. it includes 48 weekly themes, over 200 daily themes, and over 1,300 activities. Student activities are reproducible. Here are the weekly themes:    

    September: Hello, Hello; My Family; Apples and Orchards; It's Fall
    October: Being Safe; Do You Know a Dinosaur?; At the Fire Station; It's Halloween
    November: In My Neighborhood; Going to the Grocery Store; Winter is Coming; Thanksgiving
    December: How Things Work; Pajama Party!; In My Home; Holiday Time
    January: Happy New Year!; Getting Along; Let It Snow!; Going to the Zoo
    February: Pick a Pet; Lots of Love; Staying Healthy; Oh, Those Five Senses
    March: By Body; Creepy, Crawly Creatures; Food from the Farm; Jobs People Do
    April: What's Green?; It's Spring; Hey, Birdie!; Watch the Garden Grow
    May: Now I Know; All About Baby Animals; Good, Better, Best; Off in Space
    June: Beautiful Butterflies; A Week of Celebrations; Bug Hunt; It's Summertime!
    July: Red, White, and Blue; The Best Stories; Story Bears; Rhyme Time
    August: When I Grow Up; Into the Woods; Water Fun; Circus, Circus

This all-in-one resource makes planning the curriculum easy. BTH-1537. $21.59-D

 

 

Reading Readiness Workbooks by Steck-Vaughn
    Activities focus on the key words and sound/letter patterns that precede decoding skills.  Exercises involve multiple intelligences to meet every child's learning needs. Reproducible. Bound-in answer key. 64 perforated pages. Levels K-1.

Consonants (Riddles)

Stresses Consonant recognition through a riddle theme. 7.19-D
Vowels (Tongue Twisters) Stress vowel recognition through a tongue twister theme. 7.19-D

 

 

 

 

 

Ways to Make Learning to Read Fun

AnyChRd.gif (11846 bytes)Any Child Can Read Better: Developing Your Child's Reading Skills Outside the Classroom, by Harvey Wiener. This book is directed to those parents who want to help their children get through the maze of classroom assignments and exercises they are expected to do in school. The parents will learn how to be "reading helpers" for their children  by supporting a child's reading habits and helping him practice the critical thinking and reading skills that will ensure academic success. A new chapter in this second edition describes the benefits of encouraging children to keep a journal of their personal reactions to books and other valuable reading-writing connections and activities. There is also a suggested book list for children. $12.59-D

50simpRD.gif (12145 bytes)50 Simple Things You Can Do to Raise a Child Who Loves to Read, by Kathy A. Zahler. This book is full of practical suggestions that will work with a variety of ages. It encourages parents to be role models of reading and shows them how to do this deliberately so that children can't miss it.  If your children haven't become bookworms yet, don't miss this book. 139 pages. Trade paper. $10.75-D

 

 

 

Building Literacy Skills Through Art by Jennifer Dorval. Teacher Created Materials. For grades Pre K -1. As the title suggests, this book uses art and craft activities to build literacy skills in young children. Each activity is presented with a specific literary objective, a link to literacy, a materials list, and art project instructions. Projects re organized by their objectives: Letter Recognition, Classifying Skills, Recognizing Rhymes, Building Math Skills and Vocabulary, Expressing Feelings, Storytelling, Word Recognition, Story Recall, and Motor Coordination. Activities are reproducible for classroom use. 208 pages. BTH-2987. $14.39-D

 

 

Expressway to Reading: 101 Creative Activities for Intermediate Readers, by Beatrice Davis. For parents of children grades 2-5. Whether you are home schooling or you just want to be involved in helping your child practice reading skills learned in school, this book will meet your need for fun ways to apply reading skills to real life. There are suggestions for easy games to make and play with your children, developing language by reading together and making your home a literacy learning center. Special attention is given to vocabulary development, phonics and word attack skills, and comprehension activities. Some of these activities can be done in the car or while you wait in a doctor's office. 48 pages. Trade paper. Cat. #SV-18945. Only 4.50-D

Games for Reading: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Read, by Peggy Kaye. This book contains over 70 games that will help your child learn to read. They are easy to follow and easy to play and are ideal for busy parents. These games can be played in a car, while doing laundry, or while cooking. They will help all beginning readers, with or without learning problems. Regular price is $12.60-D

Help Your Child With Reading: For Parents of Children Aged 0-12, by Wendy Body. This is intended for parents who want to help a child in school or to teach a child not yet in school, but who aren't sure what to do. It will help you choose stimulating books for your children and  will also encourage them to read through other non-book activities. Includes discussion of how to help children with special needs. Regular price, 11.95 Now $6.95-S while supplies last.

Let's Read! Storytime Crafts Books by Kathryn Totten. Edupress, 2006. Part of the Storytime Crafts series, the programs in Let’s Read! support the role of story time in emergent literacy. Each story time program includes information on preparing the children, theme-related annotated book lists, rest activities and a craft. Within each program, several of the multiple intelligences are touched upon so that all of the intelligences are included over a period of several sessions. Throughout the programs, you’ll find literacy tips for parents as well as nursery rhymes and folktales for cultural awareness. The book includes 20 story time themes, such as Bedtime, Dance, New Baby and Shapes, along with library skills rhymes and songs and handouts for parents. 120 pages. For Pre K -1. BTH-3585. $11.66-D

 

On the Road to Reading: 101 Creative Activities for Beginning Readers by Beatrice Davis. For parents of children grades Pre-K -1. This little book will meet the needs of parents to prepare their children for learning to read at home or at school. The activities can be done at home or on errands -- in the car or at the grocery store. It will show parents how to turn everyday activities into teaching moments. it will show the do's and don'ts of reading together and how to make the most of reading aloud. Activities will help children with the following skills: sorting and classifying; vocabulary development; environmental awareness; motor skill and hand-eye coordination; listening ; following oral directions;sensory awareness; body awareness; auditory and visual discrimination; storytelling; and writing. Handy icons indicate quickly which activities can be done in the car. 96 pages, trade paper. BTH-241. $4.50-D

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