Archive for January, 2010
"My First Baby" Feeding Manual
Providing for your baby’s nourishment is more than just a dietary issue. It also has something to do with comfort and nurturing. A multitude of first-time parents have, in fact, turned to various “my first baby” books and guides for some advice on feeding their babies. Apart from being an excellent way to increase parent-and-baby bonding time, it’s also a
It is magnificent chance to just talk to your little bundle of joy.
Since it is your first-time to care for your baby, you definitely need to get hold of all the useful feeding tips you can muster. For beginners, give attention at learning few fundamentals of feeding your newborn.
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The Night Before PreschoolIt's the night before preschool, and a little boy named Billy is so nervous he can't fall asleep. The friends he makes the next day at school give him a reason not to sleep the next night, either: he's too excited about going back! The book's simple rhyming text and sweet illustrations will soothe any child's fears about the first day of school.
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten (Miss Bindergarten Books)It's the first day of kindergarten and Miss Bindergarten is hard at work getting the classroom ready for her twenty-six new students. Meanwhile, Adam Krupp wakes up, Brenda Heath brushes her teeth, and Christopher Beaker finds his sneaker. Miss Bindergarten puts the finishing touches on the room just in time, and the students arrive. Now the fun can begin! This rhyming, brightly illustrated book is the perfect way to practice the alphabet and to introduce young children to kindergarten."Multifaceted and appealing, this book can be enjoyed in many ways, at home and at school."
-The New York Times Book Review
Melissa & Doug See & SpellPlace the colorful wooden letters in their proper places to spell words on the cut out two-sided wooden boards. Includes 16 playful pictures with three and four letter words to keep learning fun. Includes over 50 letters.
Reader Rabbit Learn to Read With Phonics (Preschool & Kindergarten)Join Reader Rabbit on a joyful journey to build reading confidence and success! Develop essential reading skills while exploring 26 Letter Lands filled with fun phonics activities and engaging storybooks. Practice language arts skills while playing with four fabulous word-making machines at the Word Factory. From letters and sounds, to words, and spelling, and on to reading comprehension.
Preschool - Latest Preschool News - Preschool Opens in North Scottsdale
I hope you’ve been enjoying my posts lately. I thought I might do something different today and rustle up a few bits of info from around the WWW. These are some of the news items and blog posts that have been popular over the last few weeks. Leave me your thoughts.
Preschool opens in north Scottsdale
3, 2009 12:10 PM A new preschool for children from six weeks to six Read the rest of this entry »
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Preschool Skills (Home Workbooks)-Build essential skills while having fun with Home Workbooks! Now updated with fun, colorful pages and engaging art, each book measures 7" x 9.25" and is filled with 64 pages of age-appropriate activities, puzzles, and games. These teacher-approved books are perfect for home, school, summer breaks, and road trips! Skills covered include classifying, letter recognition, counting, number recognition, and more! An incentive chart and 140 full-color stickers are also included to help parents or teachers track student progress. Home Workbooks are available for prekindergarten through grade 3 students, and feature titles in a wide variety of skill areas to suit any need.
The Big Book of Sight Words: Vocabulary Words for PreschoolThe Big Book of Sight Words is a powerful tool that will help your preschool age child develop their vocabulary and communication skills. Children love gadgets and technology, and this ebook is viewable on Kindle, ipad/iphone, Android devices, and even desktop computers, using the free Kindle application from Amazon. It was specifically designed to teach children the crucial “40 Sight Words” from the Dolch List of most common words found in children’s reading books.
Named after Dr. Edward Dolch, who had originally compiled the list of the 220 most common words, sight, or “service” words are words that cannot be phonetically “sounded out,” and therefore should be memorized.
Developing fluency in in these crucial words and nouns is essential to literacy, and will help your child become a stronger reader. Children should learn to recognize all of the 220 sight words and nouns by the end of first grade.
The Big Book of Sight Words will help them do just that.
Get this extremely effective book today for your “parental toolbox,” and help your child develop their “educational edge” for tomorrow.
Melissa & Doug See & SpellPlace the colorful wooden letters in their proper places to spell words on the cut out two-sided wooden boards. Includes 16 playful pictures with three and four letter words to keep learning fun. Includes over 50 letters.
Alex Ready, Set, School Activity Box, Alex Little Hands SeriesKindergarten, here we come! This jumbo box of preschool learning activities helps kids develop the essential skills they'll need for school. And because the activities are so much fun, future students look forward to learning. Kindergarten readiness pack includes dry erase workbooks, preschool worksheets, stencils, crayons, stickers, and more. Helps preschoolers master the alphabet, numbers and counting, colors, shapes...there's even a shoe-shaped lacing board so kids can learn to tie their shoes! With helpful, step-by-step instructions for parents. For ages 3 and up.
I Know Letters (Preschool) (Step Ahead)Contains activities for parents to use in preparing their children for kindergarten. Includes press-out panels and stickers. Author: Susan J. Schneck Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Format: 32 pages, Paperback Publisher: Golden Books 1 edition (November 12, 1985) ISBN: 978-0307035844
Preschool - Latest Preschool News - Report Stresses Early Education for Area Children
Ok so you might find the next few links interesting. These are from around the web, just random snippets that I’ve picked up in my reading, but I found some very cool information in them. You might too. Here goes…
Report stresses early education for area children
Those programs are the city schools' preschool programs, the county's Bright Stars and Head Start Read the rest of this entry »
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Brain Quest Workbook: Pre-KJam-packed with hundreds of curriculum-based activities, exercises and games in every subject, Brain Quest Workbook: Pre-K reinforces what kids are learning in the classroom. The workbook's lively layout and easy-to-follow explanations make learning fun, interactive, and concrete. Plus it's written to help parents follow and explain key concepts. Includes ABCs, 123s, tracing letters, mazes, shapes, colors, beginning sounds, sorting and matching, "what's wrong with this picture" games, and much, much more.
Melissa & Doug See & SpellPlace the colorful wooden letters in their proper places to spell words on the cut out two-sided wooden boards. Includes 16 playful pictures with three and four letter words to keep learning fun. Includes over 50 letters.
The Big Book of Sight Words: Vocabulary Words for PreschoolThe Big Book of Sight Words is a powerful tool that will help your preschool age child develop their vocabulary and communication skills. Children love gadgets and technology, and this ebook is viewable on Kindle, ipad/iphone, Android devices, and even desktop computers, using the free Kindle application from Amazon. It was specifically designed to teach children the crucial “40 Sight Words” from the Dolch List of most common words found in children’s reading books.
Named after Dr. Edward Dolch, who had originally compiled the list of the 220 most common words, sight, or “service” words are words that cannot be phonetically “sounded out,” and therefore should be memorized.
Developing fluency in in these crucial words and nouns is essential to literacy, and will help your child become a stronger reader. Children should learn to recognize all of the 220 sight words and nouns by the end of first grade.
The Big Book of Sight Words will help them do just that.
Get this extremely effective book today for your “parental toolbox,” and help your child develop their “educational edge” for tomorrow.
Preschool - Craft Idea for Preschool Teacher Tshirt?
Craft idea for preschool teacher tshirt?
i need an idea for a t-shirt with kids handprints or footprints idea for my shirt i am a prek teacher
How about these right… I think you’ll find the following nuggets of wisdom particularly insightful. Leave your comments below. Check out the second one in particular…
Noggin offers creative programming for preschool age children Read the rest of this entry »
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Preschool Skills (Home Workbooks)-Build essential skills while having fun with Home Workbooks! Now updated with fun, colorful pages and engaging art, each book measures 7" x 9.25" and is filled with 64 pages of age-appropriate activities, puzzles, and games. These teacher-approved books are perfect for home, school, summer breaks, and road trips! Skills covered include classifying, letter recognition, counting, number recognition, and more! An incentive chart and 140 full-color stickers are also included to help parents or teachers track student progress. Home Workbooks are available for prekindergarten through grade 3 students, and feature titles in a wide variety of skill areas to suit any need.
The Big Book of Sight Words: Vocabulary Words for PreschoolThe Big Book of Sight Words is a powerful tool that will help your preschool age child develop their vocabulary and communication skills. Children love gadgets and technology, and this ebook is viewable on Kindle, ipad/iphone, Android devices, and even desktop computers, using the free Kindle application from Amazon. It was specifically designed to teach children the crucial “40 Sight Words” from the Dolch List of most common words found in children’s reading books.
Named after Dr. Edward Dolch, who had originally compiled the list of the 220 most common words, sight, or “service” words are words that cannot be phonetically “sounded out,” and therefore should be memorized.
Developing fluency in in these crucial words and nouns is essential to literacy, and will help your child become a stronger reader. Children should learn to recognize all of the 220 sight words and nouns by the end of first grade.
The Big Book of Sight Words will help them do just that.
Get this extremely effective book today for your “parental toolbox,” and help your child develop their “educational edge” for tomorrow.
I Know Letters (Preschool) (Step Ahead)Contains activities for parents to use in preparing their children for kindergarten. Includes press-out panels and stickers. Author: Susan J. Schneck Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Format: 32 pages, Paperback Publisher: Golden Books 1 edition (November 12, 1985) ISBN: 978-0307035844
The Night Before PreschoolIt's the night before preschool, and a little boy named Billy is so nervous he can't fall asleep. The friends he makes the next day at school give him a reason not to sleep the next night, either: he's too excited about going back! The book's simple rhyming text and sweet illustrations will soothe any child's fears about the first day of school.
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Brain Quest Workbook: Pre-KJam-packed with hundreds of curriculum-based activities, exercises and games in every subject, Brain Quest Workbook: Pre-K reinforces what kids are learning in the classroom. The workbook's lively layout and easy-to-follow explanations make learning fun, interactive, and concrete. Plus it's written to help parents follow and explain key concepts. Includes ABCs, 123s, tracing letters, mazes, shapes, colors, beginning sounds, sorting and matching, "what's wrong with this picture" games, and much, much more.
Developing and Administering a Child Care and Education ProgramThis text is intended as a core text for an Early Childhood Administration course required at most schools of education and taught primarily at community colleges, secondary/vocational schools, four-year universities, and some career colleges.
The Business of Child Care: Management and Financial StrategiesEarly childhood students will develop a firm grasp of the business and administrative skills required to run a financially stable child care center when they study this text, written by a child care director with an MBA and over 12 years of experience as an early childhood education adminstrator.
Preschool Skills (Home Workbooks)-Build essential skills while having fun with Home Workbooks! Now updated with fun, colorful pages and engaging art, each book measures 7" x 9.25" and is filled with 64 pages of age-appropriate activities, puzzles, and games. These teacher-approved books are perfect for home, school, summer breaks, and road trips! Skills covered include classifying, letter recognition, counting, number recognition, and more! An incentive chart and 140 full-color stickers are also included to help parents or teachers track student progress. Home Workbooks are available for prekindergarten through grade 3 students, and feature titles in a wide variety of skill areas to suit any need.
Bliss for Your Children in the Form of Amazing Home!
A abode mainly has three important works to be done on it. They are the work done by roofers and the electricians and the plumbers. Now you need to get the best of them that is you have to select the most intelligent one out of the many standing to get the work who may easily understand your need and get those needs implemented onto your dwelling. This work starts from the electricians and must be hired at the time you start building your abode. The second comes the plumbers which must be put on to work when the basic structure stands still. Then at last the work of starts and that is of the roofer who gives the final shape to your home. The electricians must be selected who knows all the latest ideas and the techniques used in a proper management of the functioning of all the light, switches and other electrical equipments. Mainly the internal wiring done to your rooms must be perfectly all right, as once done its very difficult for you to change or to get it renovate. To accomplish this task, Charlotte Electricians (Need one? click here!) are known to be most famous. A dream home is the one which have all the latest facilities to live in and the interiors of the house being designed in such a way that it suits all the member living in that particular abode. This interiors may include any object being placed in the rooms or being it be any facility or any kind of latest electronic equipment used or it being any kind of decorative things which make your home a wonder to live in and to enjoy every movement that being lived in it. Also, the work of Ruskin Plumbers is known to be very flawless in terms of fittings and arrangements. But it is really recommendable that the roof work should be very robust for a abode to stay intact. Villa Ridge Roofers very well know how to accomplish this task and that too very easily.
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Alex Ready, Set, School Activity Box, Alex Little Hands SeriesKindergarten, here we come! This jumbo box of preschool learning activities helps kids develop the essential skills they'll need for school. And because the activities are so much fun, future students look forward to learning. Kindergarten readiness pack includes dry erase workbooks, preschool worksheets, stencils, crayons, stickers, and more. Helps preschoolers master the alphabet, numbers and counting, colors, shapes...there's even a shoe-shaped lacing board so kids can learn to tie their shoes! With helpful, step-by-step instructions for parents. For ages 3 and up.
Kindergarten: Tattle-Tales, Tools, Tactics, Triumphs and Tasty Treats for Teachers and ParentsRemember the innocent but goofy things you did as a kindergartner? Reminisce about your early years as you learn how to help your precious child become ready for school and have a successful kindergarten year. Are you a kindergarten teacher who needs proven ideas and solutions for your classroom? This book is for parents and teachers of preschoolers and kindergartners. It will make you laugh and give you hundreds of ideas to help with behavior, reading, special education, science experiments, holiday celebrations, and recipes for Fun Fridays and for success. Chapter One: Teacher Tattle Tales Chapter Two: Celebrate the Holidays-Celebrate Life Chapter Three: A Smooth Move to School Chapter Four: Reading-the Greatest Gift of All Chapter Five: Science-Survival Specials Chapter Six: Discipline-Combat Duty or Common Sense Tactics? Chapter Seven: The Special Education Experience Chapter Eight: Silly Sanity Lists Chapter Nine: Recipes for Fun Fridays Chapter Ten: It's a Wonderful World, After All Susan Case is a retired Special Education and kindergarten teacher and the mother of a special needs daughter. She earned a Master of Science degree in Family and Child Development and has teaching certificates in Early Childhood, Special Education and Elementary Education.
Welcome to KindergartenJoin Tim as he visits his future kindergarten classroom and learns what he will be doing during his first year of school. Explore the reading, math, and art centers. Sit at the desk where he will practice writing, counting, and telling time. The classroom may look a little too big at first, but after finding out about all the fun ahead, it doesn't seem too big at all. In fact, it's just the right size.
Endure Your Family With Plentiful Warmth!
In some way or the other we all indebt some responsibility towards our family members. We should appreciate them with some special moments that we all can cherish throughout our life. The best way is that we can also gift them with some new amendments in home that will definitely make them contented. Dunedin Electricians (Need one? click here!) can help us in this job of ours. They can gild our homes with their skills and proficiency. This new look of our homes with gripping illumination will definitely shower love on our dear ones. All families in this planet share a special mutual acquaintance. Happy families are fashioned on the basis of belief that bonds up the feeling of love and affection. In this worldy world family is one word that you will cherish throughout your life. It’s your family that imparts you a sense of being extraordinary and gives you a sense of specialness. You never feel alone when you are with your family. Only blessed people are gifted with families. We all should be gratified to God for gifting us with the families. In the vague of fame and responsibilities we should never disregard our family. We should definitely spend some time with our families on daily basis. This ritual will not only keep you satisfied and cheerful but will also give you a sense of being special and will also strengthen up the affectionate tiethat you share with your family. Other way out is to alter their rooms carved with beautiful sculptures where you can sit with them and enjoy the beauty of these carvings along with creating memories for the lifetime. This task can be attained with the assistance of Cedar Hill Roofers (Need one? click here!), who will help you make your room a fantasy, with their innovative works. Along with this in addition, a perfect aura within your homes can be achieved with the help of Chattahoochee Plumbers, who can construct and place wonderful fountains and showers for you that you can relish with your family. The splendor will definitely set up their mood.
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Educating Young Children: Active Learning Practices for Preschool and Child Care ProgramsThe updated chapters include information on phonemic awareness and preschool reading, additional references, the latest Perry Preschool research results, recent research relating to brain development, and a complete description of a consistent approach to problem solving. Written for early childhood practitioners and students, this manual presents essential strategies adults can use to make active learning a reality in their programs. Describes key components of the adultÂ's role: planning the physical setting and establishing a consistent daily routine; creating a positive social climate; and using High/ScopeÂ's 58 Â"key experiencesÂ" in child development to understand and support young children. Other topics include family involvement, daily team planning, interest areas, appropriate materials, the plan-do-review process, small- and large-group times. Offers numerous anecdotes, photographs, illustrations, real-life scenarios, and practical suggestions for adults. Reflects High/ScopeÂ's current research findings and over 30 years of experience.
The New Kindergarten: Teaching Reading, Writing, & MoreCome into Connie’s kindergarten classroom and learn how to plan literacy-rich learning experiences all year long. This complete resource includes activities to build phonemic awareness and phonics skills, mini-lessons on shared reading and writing, and learning-filled morning messages and meetings. Plus, tips on introducing and managing materials, establishing classroom routines, setting up sensational centers, creative ways to connect with parents, photos, student samples, reproducible activity sheets, forms, and more! For use with Grade K.
Some Ways to Get the Kids to Become More Active
It would be hard to deny the evidence that obese children are a significant problem nowadays. Several factors have led to recent reports of alarming numbers of children being labeled as obese. Probably a lot of the problem relates to the fact that so many unhealthy foods these days are so convenient and cheap. So many quick food alternatives are full of fat and sugar instead of much more nutritionally sound ingredients. In other words, our kids are being filled up with food that are terrible for their weight and health. Of significance may also be the fact that so many unhealthy foods are quite a bit cheaper than much healthier counterparts.
Decreasing amounts of physical activity among the children is a likely place to lay blame for the current problem of obesity. Certainly, there are many safety issues to think about when allow your kids to play outside. However, there are also measures concerned parents can impliment to encourage their children to exercise in a safe environment. Don’t let your child sit on the couch watching TV and playing video games all day. Instead, you might consider locating physical activities sponsored by your school, other schools, or local organizations such as the YMCA. No doubt that healthier eating habits and a more physically active lifestyle can consumer quite a bit of a parent’s schedule. However, the health benefits you provide for your children in this way can be extremely rewarding and satisfying.
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Developing and Administering a Child Care and Education ProgramThis text is intended as a core text for an Early Childhood Administration course required at most schools of education and taught primarily at community colleges, secondary/vocational schools, four-year universities, and some career colleges.
I Know Letters (Preschool) (Step Ahead)Contains activities for parents to use in preparing their children for kindergarten. Includes press-out panels and stickers. Author: Susan J. Schneck Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Format: 32 pages, Paperback Publisher: Golden Books 1 edition (November 12, 1985) ISBN: 978-0307035844
1 Dozen Velour Animal Hand Puppets Kids TOY Preschool KindergartenTake home these adorable velour animal hand puppets. The dozen includes 12 different kinds of animals ! Includes: pig, monkey, zebra, tiger, lion, cow, bear, cat, dog, elephant, giraffe & horse. So soft, cute & cuddly !
Countdown to KindergartenIt's just ten days before kindergarten, and this little girl has heard all there is to know--from a first grader--about what it's going to be like. You can't bring your cat, you can't bring a stuffed animal, and the number one rule? You can't ask anyone for help. Ever. So what do you do when your shoes come untied--and you're the only one in the class who doesn't know how to tie them up again?
We Care: A Preschool Curriculum for Children Ages 2-5 (Good Year Book)Thirty units cover key curriculum areas--art, block play, cooking, language arts, math, movement, music, role play, and science. Completely developed with over 1,500 activities using inexpensive materials.
How to Deal With the International Child Obesity Scourge
For the last year or two the childhood obesity epidemic is more and more prominent on the news. Obesity in a child can aggravate the risk for more child health issues like diabetes, hyperlipidemia, heart health issues, skeletal disorders, sleep problems, psychological problems and symptoms and gastro-intestinal spasms. Such disorders can be expected to continue into adulthood. Recent studies have shown that if a child is obese it is extremely likely that adult obesity will follow.
Nonetheless, it is possible for parents to make a positive impact on the lifestyle of their offspring and give them the guidance that will ensure a happy and healthy adulthood.
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1 Dozen Velour Animal Hand Puppets Kids TOY Preschool KindergartenTake home these adorable velour animal hand puppets. The dozen includes 12 different kinds of animals ! Includes: pig, monkey, zebra, tiger, lion, cow, bear, cat, dog, elephant, giraffe & horse. So soft, cute & cuddly !
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten (Miss Bindergarten Books)It's the first day of kindergarten and Miss Bindergarten is hard at work getting the classroom ready for her twenty-six new students. Meanwhile, Adam Krupp wakes up, Brenda Heath brushes her teeth, and Christopher Beaker finds his sneaker. Miss Bindergarten puts the finishing touches on the room just in time, and the students arrive. Now the fun can begin! This rhyming, brightly illustrated book is the perfect way to practice the alphabet and to introduce young children to kindergarten."Multifaceted and appealing, this book can be enjoyed in many ways, at home and at school."
-The New York Times Book Review
Countdown to KindergartenIt's just ten days before kindergarten, and this little girl has heard all there is to know--from a first grader--about what it's going to be like. You can't bring your cat, you can't bring a stuffed animal, and the number one rule? You can't ask anyone for help. Ever. So what do you do when your shoes come untied--and you're the only one in the class who doesn't know how to tie them up again?
Kindergarten Rocks!Dexter already knows everything there is to know about kindergarten. His big sister, Jessie, told him all about it. So Dexter is not scared. Not even a little bit. But his stuffed dog, Rufus, is scared. Actually, he’s terrified. But Dexter--er, Rufus--has nothing to fear: As he’ll soon find out, kindergarten rocks!
Preschool - Latest Preschool News - Preschool Depression May Persist in Childhood
Hey Readers! I’ve been comin across some crazy stuff the past few days from a few different blogs around the web which I just had to share with you. Check em out below…
Preschool depression may persist in childhood
WASHINGTON – Depression among preschoolers is not a transient developmental stage, but may even continue into childhood, according to a report.
Therapist Unlimited Blog » Blog Archive » Study shows depression … Read the rest of this entry »
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The Big Book of Sight Words: Vocabulary Words for PreschoolThe Big Book of Sight Words is a powerful tool that will help your preschool age child develop their vocabulary and communication skills. Children love gadgets and technology, and this ebook is viewable on Kindle, ipad/iphone, Android devices, and even desktop computers, using the free Kindle application from Amazon. It was specifically designed to teach children the crucial “40 Sight Words” from the Dolch List of most common words found in children’s reading books.
Named after Dr. Edward Dolch, who had originally compiled the list of the 220 most common words, sight, or “service” words are words that cannot be phonetically “sounded out,” and therefore should be memorized.
Developing fluency in in these crucial words and nouns is essential to literacy, and will help your child become a stronger reader. Children should learn to recognize all of the 220 sight words and nouns by the end of first grade.
The Big Book of Sight Words will help them do just that.
Get this extremely effective book today for your “parental toolbox,” and help your child develop their “educational edge” for tomorrow.
I Know Letters (Preschool) (Step Ahead)Contains activities for parents to use in preparing their children for kindergarten. Includes press-out panels and stickers. Author: Susan J. Schneck Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Format: 32 pages, Paperback Publisher: Golden Books 1 edition (November 12, 1985) ISBN: 978-0307035844
The Night Before PreschoolIt's the night before preschool, and a little boy named Billy is so nervous he can't fall asleep. The friends he makes the next day at school give him a reason not to sleep the next night, either: he's too excited about going back! The book's simple rhyming text and sweet illustrations will soothe any child's fears about the first day of school.
Melissa & Doug See & SpellPlace the colorful wooden letters in their proper places to spell words on the cut out two-sided wooden boards. Includes 16 playful pictures with three and four letter words to keep learning fun. Includes over 50 letters.
Brain Quest Workbook: Pre-KJam-packed with hundreds of curriculum-based activities, exercises and games in every subject, Brain Quest Workbook: Pre-K reinforces what kids are learning in the classroom. The workbook's lively layout and easy-to-follow explanations make learning fun, interactive, and concrete. Plus it's written to help parents follow and explain key concepts. Includes ABCs, 123s, tracing letters, mazes, shapes, colors, beginning sounds, sorting and matching, "what's wrong with this picture" games, and much, much more.







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