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"Homeschool mom Jennifer Pepito was letting fear and insecurity push her around, but then she recaptured her confidence as a mom within the pages of classic literature like The Hiding Place and Pride and Prejudice. This inspiring read takes you on a fascinating and whimsical journey that will bring freedom and fun to your parenting--one book at a time"--
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Learning Sight Words Has Never Been This Easy!™
Many words don't follow basic decoding rules and are taught in pre-k and kindergarten classrooms as "sight words", "instant words", "high frequency words" or "star words." A new reader finds sight words very frustrating until they are memorized. A good reader will be able to instantly recognize sight words without having to 'figure them out.' Preschool Prep Company® makes learning sight words fun...
3) Read, rhyme, and romp: early literacy skills and activities for librarians, teachers, and parents
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"Read, Rhyme, and Romp: Early Literacy Skills and Activities for Librarians, Teachers, and Parents explores the six basic pre-literacy skills that experts agree are necessary for a young child to be ready to learn to read. Special sections within each chapter are dedicated to the specific needs of preschool teachers, parents, and librarians, making the content relevant to different settings. Recommended book lists, personal anecdotes, and literacy-rich...
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A clip-filled celebration featuring many of the series' most popular segments, with Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno, and the multi-talented Electric Company cast. A cultural phenomenon in the '70s, this wildly popular educational television show with big laughs had a bigger message: teaching children basic reading and grammar skills with the emphasis on fun. Includes interviews with cast members Jim Boyd, Judy Graubart, Skip Hinnant, Tom Lehrer,...
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"Many words don't follow basic decoding rules and are taught in pre-k and kindergarten classrooms as 'sight words', 'instant words', 'high frequency words' or 'star words.' ... [This DVD featured sight words are] all, at, be, by, from , her, him, look, one, or, some, there, this, up & word."--Container.
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A new reader finds sight words very frustrating until they are memorized. A good reader will be able to instantly recognize sight words without having to 'figure them out.' Many words don't follow basic decoding rules and are taught in pre-k and kindergarten classrooms as "sight words."
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A wild word-building adventure. When Mr. Websley is accidentally silenced by the Silent E Machine, Leap, Lily, and Tad must journey through the word complex to build the code words needed to return his voice. Guided only by the 'Absent Professor Device, ' the kids learn how to build the complex words needed to solve the code and save the day. Humorous songs add to the fun and help teach the rules for advanced word-building.
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A set of high-quality, nationally-accepted, academic standards in reading. These learning goals outline what a student should know and be able to do before entering first grade.This third in a series of programs covers weeks nineteen through 27 of kindergarten, where kids build upon the first 50 sight words, already introduced, with 25 more sight words, such as "eat," "said," "read," etc.
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This first in a series of programs covers the beginning nine weeks of kindergarten, where kids learn 25 sight words, such as the, he, we, etc. Join young host Julianna, who explains what sight words are, and enthusiastically presents each word, sounds it out slowly and uses it in a simple sentence with on-screen graphics and illustrations that reinforce the use of the particular sight word.
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This video presents the information from which the Storybook-based Curriculum was developed. It gives concrete examples of how to initiate, expand, and evaluate the stories inclued int he curriculum. It presents the different components of each story and shares names of the ten stories included in the written version of the curriculum.
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This second in a series of programs covers weeks 10 through 18 of kindergarten, where kids build upon the first 25 sight words, already introduced, with 25 more sight words, such as "went," "had," "did," etc. Join young host Julianna, who explains what sight words are, and enthusiastically presents each word, sounds it out slowly and uses it in a simple sentence with on-screen graphics and illustrations that reinforce the use of the particular sight...
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"Twenty-three poems capture the joys of reading from that thrilling moment when a child first learns to decipher words to the excitement that follows in reading everything from road signs to field guides to internet articles to stories. These poems also explore what reading does, lyrically celebrating how it opens minds, can make you kind, and allows you to explore the whole world. Ryan O'Rourke's rich artwork beautifully captures the imagination...