You can teach your preschooler at home with Usborne books and
games! The following program is suggested:
Beginning Reading: learning the alphabet and phonics
Beginning Math: numbers and counting
Art: drawing, painting, cutting and pasting
Social Studies and Geography: common social experiences and knowing the
neighborhood
Science: the human body and nature
These Usborne books and games can be used in your own home-based preschool
program. Pick and choose the ones you like, or order as a package and
save $23! (Order the first eight items
and then select the last two as FREE)
Learning Palette with the following modules: Counting, Rhyming
Words, Alphabet, Beg Consonants, Beg Vocabulary, and Vowels. This
can be bought as a set for $69.95.
The Learning Palette base includes 12 colored answer disks, an
instructional card, and a self-containing lid and works with all
card titles. Each module contains 12 cards of 12 problems each.
Features:
• Easy and Fun to use
• Classroom tested
• Works with all curriculum
• Allows students to work at their own pace
• Unique Self-correction
How to use the Learning Palette
1. Remove the small colored disks
2. Position card, question side up, on the Learning Palette
3. Answer questions by placing their corresponding colored disk
in the slot containing the answer
4. Upon completion, turn the card over to check the answers. If
done correctly, the colors on the card will match those of the disks.
For more review, the questions and their correct answers are also
shown on this side.
This fun matching game helps children recognize numbers and develop
counting skills. The box contains four brightly coloured boards
and two sets of cards each with a character from Farmyard Tales.
The boards have numbers on one side and pictures on the other and
can be used with different sets of cards to create lots of number
matching games. Contains 4 bright, double-sided boards and 2 sets
of cards. Developed with the Child Development Unit at Nottingham
University. Detailed parent's notes are included. $12.95
Your child will have fun and learn valuable pre-reading skills,
such as word and picture matching, with Poppy and Sam and the animals
from Farmyard Tales. Use the contents of this box to play games
of varied difficulty according to the age and stage of your child.
Suitable for children who can't yet read and those who are becoming
confident with reading their first words. Contains 4 bright, double-sided
boards and 2 sets of cards. Developed with the Child Development
Unit at Nottingham University. Detailed parent's notes are included.
$12.95
First Experiences: This book introduces young children, in an amusing
and friendly way, to situations they might find themselves in for
the first time. Stephen Carwright's gently humorous illustrations
are full of things for children to look at, learn from and talk
about, and the simple text will enable older children to read the
books for themselves. This book contains 9 titles that are also
published separately (Going to the Hospital, Going to the Doctor,
Going to School, Going to the Dentist, The New Baby, Moving House,
The New Puppy, Going on a Plane, and Going to a Party). $8.95
My Street: This bright and friendly book looks at everyday
life in a street through the eyes of a young child. It introduces
first concepts about the typical environment of a child who lives
in a town or city. Children will love lifting the flaps to reveal
cross-sections of buildings and other surprises. There are also
fold-out maps to help introduce map-reading skills, and questions
to encourage readers to think about where they live.
My Town: Young children will pore over this book for hours,
lifting the flaps to look inside buildings and peering through peepholes
to locate people and places on the fold-out maps. The bright, friendly
pictures show life in a typical town and the simple text encourages
readers to think about their own environment and introduces basic
concepts of geography, including map-reading skills. (Winner of
the Silver Certificate in the Geographical Association Awards 1998
and recommended in their "100 Best Books" booklet 1999
; "The overall concept of this book along with the bright and
bold illustrations will capture your child's attention." National
Childbirth Trust News)
$8.95 each
Even very young children will be able to achieve delightful results
when they follow the clear step-by-step picture instructions in
these books! Precise hand-control is not required, and lots of ideas
for adding details and backgrounds guarantee satisfying results
for adults and children alike. Plus, it helps us adults KNOW HOW
to teach our children to draw using simple shapes. This can be a
complete art program for preschool as well as containing 3 titles
that have to do with numbers and counting. "...A Must Read!..."
Today's Books, July 2004. $17.95
Now you can discover the inside view of the amazing human body...with
the help of fantastic fold-out flaps. Find out what happens to the
food that you swallow. See how a baby grows in its mother. Take
a look at how you see, hear, smell, taste and touch. This volume
contains three Flip-Flap titles: What happens to your food?, How
do your senses work?, and How are babies made? $14.95
Most of us are fascinated by living things and this book gives
a greater understanding and appreciation of the plants and animals
around us. The beautifully detailed and informative illustrations
appeal not only to young children, sharing with adults, but also
to older children seeking an introduction to serious nature study.
Contains material from seven separate titles in the Usborne First
Nature series. ("A colorfully illustrated encyclopedia packed
with fascinating facts about plants and animals... A must in every
home." Parents magazine) $16.95
Help Your Child Learn to Read: In this book, Betty Root, one of
Britain's leading experts in the teaching of reading, shows how
you can help your child from birth through early school years to
become a confident reader. The emphasis is on using books, but there
are also suggestions for games and activities to develop pre-reading
skills, helpful information on the different methods of teaching
reading, and advice about reading problems. ("Here, in one
attractive volume, is all the advice we have been striving to give
parents in recent years." Times Educational Supplement) $7.95
