Learning to Read is a Ball - Softcover

Scanlon, Kimberly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1505343208 ISBN 13: 9781505343205

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Do you want to prepare your child to be a lifelong, successful, and passionate reader? Then jump start your child's language skills while having a ball!This is not just another book for beginning readers. Kimberly Scanlon, licensed speech therapist and top selling author of My Toddler Talks has created an innovative resource full of simple-to-understand strategies to assist in building your child's language and early literacy skills.Learning to Read is a Ball is a unique and versatile book that can be used with toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners.  It is a must-have for anyone interested in developing language, pre-reading skills and emergent literacy in young children. Your child will almost certainly love the language learning process with this book! Learning to Read is a Ball combines a rhyming 28-page picture book about balls with a 17 Page Parent Guide that includes:

1. Specific techniques to develop oral language using different reading styles
2. Strategies to use synonyms and antonyms to build vocabulary
3. Various approaches to encourage storytelling
4. Dynamic tips to play with rhymes and alliteration to build the understanding that words are made up of different sounds
5. Thoughtful tactics to highlight letters and words and to stimulate print awareness

Develop these foundational skills in your child, and you'll take pride knowing you helped prepare your little one for formal instruction going into preschool or kindergarten. Learning to Read is a Ball is the perfect resource for:

• Parents, Grandparents & Caregivers
• Speech Therapists
• Speech Therapy Grad Students
• Early Intervention Specialists
• Early Childhood Educators
• Occupational & Physical Therapists 

Please visit Scanlon Speech Therapy's website and sign up for Kimberly's newsletter to access free worksheets, complimentary bonus content and additional tips on how to get the most from Learning to Read is a Ball -search the internet for Scanlon Speech Therapy!

About this title

About the Author

Kimberly Scanlon is a certified and licensed pediatric speech language pathologist and author of the top-selling speech therapy book, My Toddler Talks. Kimberly's practice is founded upon empowering parents to help their children achieve communication and literacy success while having fun. She lives in New Jersey with her family. To learn more about Kimberly's work please search the web for "Scanlon Speech Therapy" and "My toddler Talks"!

Review

"This illustrated, rhyming book for beginning readers helps preschoolers develop language skills... Cheerful, colorful homemade-looking drawings help illustrate the concepts. Scanlon, a certified and licensed pediatric speech-language pathologist, asks parents to read the 17-page guide for parents before sitting down to read the book to children... parents of children with language delays or anyone interested in language development will find this guide thorough and useful. An amusing, educational book for kids and a helpful resource for parents."-Kirkus Reviews

"Learning to Read is a Ball can be used with language impaired toddlers to introduce them to functional vocabulary words, as well as with emergent readers to introduce them to repetitive thematic text. I was impressed with how versatile this book can be. It can also be used to develop their critical thinking skills, enhance their lexicon by discussing synonyms and antonyms, as well as boost their narrative (storytelling) abilities. I highly recommend this book."
-Tatyana Elleseff MA CCC-SLP, Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care, Director Smart Speech Therapy LLC

"It's not just another picture book, it is a teaching guide for parents who want to help promote their child's early literacy. With the skills learned in this book, you can promote your child's literacy anywhere or with any story." - Sheana Johnson of Empowering Parents to Teach

"I will definitely be recommending this book to the preschool families I work with. 'Learning to Read is a Ball', can also serve as a lovely parting gift for many of my students who are transitioning to kindergarten." -Tej Sohan, Speech Language Pathologist and creator of Let's Talks Speech and Language

"I love the way it guides parents through different ways to make reading come alive, and I love the way the story centers on ACTIONS." - Ann Kulichik, Speech Language Pathologist and owner of akspeech

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1505343208
• ISBN 13: 9781505343205
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 48