What Your Preschooler Needs to Know: Get Ready for Kindergarten (Core Knowledge) | 
| Author: Core Knowledge Foundation
Publisher: Delta
Category: Book
List Price: $15.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 6568
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0385341989
Dewey Decimal Number: 372.21
EAN: 9780385341981
ASIN: 0385341989
Publication Date: March 25, 2008
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Product Description
Prepare your child for a lifetime of learning and wonder.
Designed for parents to enjoy with children, filled with opportunities for reading aloud and fostering curiosity, this beautifully illustrated read-aloud anthology offers preschoolers the fundamentals they need to prepare for a happy, productive time in school—and for the rest of their lives. Millions of children have benefited from the acclaimed Core Knowledge Series, developed in consultation with parents, educators, and the most distinguished developmental psychologists. In addition to valuable advice to parents, including what it means for a child to be ready for kindergarten, special sidebars throughout the book help parents make reading aloud fun and interactive, suggesting questions to ask, connections to make, and games to play to enrich their preschooler’s learning experience.
Discover:
Favorite Poems and Rhymes—all beautifully illustrated. Read and recite together— from Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem “At the Seaside” to limericks by Edward Lear and tongue twisters by Jack Prelutsky, plus fun “clap along!” and “fingerplay” verses that parents and children can act out together.
Beloved Stories and Fables—read aloud from stories like “The Three Little Pigs” and the African folktale “Why Flies Buzz” —and open whole new worlds of learning and discovery.
Visual Arts—help your child appreciate and talk about art. Beautiful full-color reproductions of great works of art will foster early appreciation of art history while igniting discussions about shapes, colors, and different styles and media.
Music—dozens of songs to sing and dance to, including “move around” songs like “Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes” and “The Wheels on the Bus”
History—a delightful introduction to American history—from the first Thanksgiving to Martin Luther King, Jr., —with activities and stories parents and children can enjoy together
Science—from the wonder of animals to exploring physical properties of light, air, and water—fun activities that will let children observe, experience, and enjoy the natural world
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Just what I needed June 15, 2008
This book is so informative and practical for parents of preschoolers. I came across it when looking for an age appropriate book list for my preschooler. I am trained as a reading teacher and love the reasearch this book is based on. It is clear and easy to understand and really helps parents to know what skills to focus on with their kids. I also take it with me to the library and use the list in the back to help me select books for my daughter. Way to go Core Knowledge! I love your stuff!
What Your Preschooler Needs to Know May 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is fantastic! It's extremely well designed and engaging for preschool aged children. The illustrations are beautiful which makes the book fun and interesting to young children. There are also companion activity books that are available through the Core Knowledge Foundation that are excellent! I have three children from ages 1-5 all of whom will benefit from this book!
A wonderful Primer May 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I received this book as a gift to use with my small children. My children ages 20 months and 3 years thoroughly enjoy it. They like each section, especially the stories, the history and the science. It is presented in a simple format that helps children learn.
The nursery rhymes and stories are great. I was even excited to be reminded of some fond childhood memories of certain nursery rhymes and songs, etc. I agree with the other reviewer, I wish that a CD (or even the sheet music) was included to help with the songs if you do not remember the tune.
If you teach your children using units, this book can be a great resource. For instance, it helped me with a unit we were studying at home about the American Flag. When I ask my 3 year old who was the first to sew an American Flag, she responds "Betsy Ross". She will also tell you that there are 50 stars on the flag, each representing a state in the United States of America. She also has learned that George Washington was the first president of the United States. All of this knowlege is because of this book and because of reinforcing exercises that we do at home.
I would recommend this book to anyone with small children who has the desire to help their children have a love of learning.
Core Knowledge: What Your Preschooler Needs to Know May 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love this series of core knowledge books. The new preschool book contains everything from nursery rhymes and other simple poems, delightful stories from around the world, simple science, history lessons (LOVE the history!) to pictures of famous artworks and recommendations for preschool music and more. It's a great beginner's guide to start a preschooler on a lifetime journey of being in love with learning.
I like it! April 28, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a good book that is full of songs and things to do with your preschooler. We really like it and have fun with it.
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