12 Secrets to Raising a Reader (paperback edition)
12 Secrets to Raise a Reader (Kindle edition): 12 Secrets is a great guide for parents and child care providers who want to know exactly how to help children get ready to read and be more successful in school when the time comes. It’s targeted at children from early preschool through grade 6.
Active Minds: Projects to Keep Kids Learning (Kindle edition): Active Minds boasts plans for ten different projects that will keep kids of nearly any age thinking and learning over school breaks. Most are ideas that kids come up with on their own, with added structure and learning twists that you can sneak in to maximize learning without the kids even noticing.
Just Five Sentences: Each pair of worksheets will move your child closer to independent writing! The activities have an interesting thematic picture. One sheet has a story frame where young writers can simply fill in the blanks, and the other in the set has blank lines to write an original paragraph.
30 Vocabulary Games to Build Better Readers (Kindle edition): Check out these games to build word knowledge in young children. You’ll be glad you did, since wider vocabularies usually translate to better reading and writing skills.
Help Your Child Learn: The Value of Collections (Kindle edition): Got a child? Chances are the kid has a collection. Find out just how important these seeming piles of junk really are to your child’s development, and grab some quick ideas to maximize the learning and make the collection more manageable at the same time.
Keeping Christmas (Paperback edition): Keeping Christmas is the perfect holiday journal. After a while, Christmases with the family sort of blend together. Use the prompts in this journal to fix those memories so you can enjoy them again and again each year. There’s room for ten years!
A Parent’s Guide to Readiness Skills (digital edition): If you have a baby, toddler or preschooler, you won’t want to miss this one. All of those traditional play activities really have much deeper purposes, and YOU can help your little one get ready to read with these simple ideas.
Newspaper Scavenger Hunts (digital edition)
Newspaper Scavenger Hunts (paperback edition): Got an old newspaper? Recycle it into a learning tool! Use these ideas again and again with different newspapers and it’s like having a whole new activity!
The Legends of Christmas (digital edition)
The Legends of Christmas (paperback edition): If you have multiple kids at multiple ages, this workbook is perfect. Each of the legends is offered in 3 different reading levels, with worksheets to go with each level. This way, the kids all can enjoy the same story but can do so at their own level.
Making the Most of Your Newspaper (digital edition): You’ll be amazed at the games and activities that you can create with just an old newspaper, a few markers, some scissors and a bit of glue. You’ll find a whole array of fun in this book.
Operation Santa Paws Unit Study (digital edition): Even if you don’t homeschool, your kids will love these pet related hands-on activities!