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Raise Your Child's Reading Level 2 Grades
with This Easy 3-Step Program
Interview with  Peggy M. Wilber, M.Ed.
hosted by Joe Spataro

Meet the Authors
"The Magic Bookshelf"
by Janie & Richard Jarvis
A Parent's Guide to Showing Growing Minds
the Path to the Best Children's Literature
hosted by Joe Spataro
interview & FREE excerpt: The Reluctant Reader
They have written a comprehensive parents' guide to helping children learn to make the right reading choices while creating a more literary environment in their homes. The book helps parents transform their child's lives and brighten their futures by introducing them early to the very best children's literature. Find our more.

Meet the Author
"Teach Me Mommy"
by Jill Dunford
hosted by Sue Spataro
interview & FREE excerpt
Teach Me Mommy is a step by step themed book that gives parents lessons that will teach their preschoolers in a fun and relaxed way.  The book is simple to use and includes crafts, book recommends and topics to cover that are perfect for the preschooler. In the interview with author Jill Dunford, she describes how to set up your own nursery school complete with activities along with a FREE excerpt to help you see how this is done.

McGraw-Hill/Phonics : Grade 1

also see: Phonics Center
This McGraw-Hill Junior AcademicTM workbook brings entertaining and educational material for the Grade 1 student in Phonics featuring the cast of the EmmyTM Award-winning AnimaniacsTM television series. 80 full-color pages including a full-color answer key.

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
by Siegfried Engelmann, Phyllis Haddox, Elaine Bruner

also see: Reading Ed Center
SRA's DISTAR is one of the most successful beginning reading programs available to schools. Now, this program has been adapted for use at home. In only 20 minutes a day, this remarkable step-by-step program teaches your child to read--with the love, care, and joy only a parent and child cane share.

Write Source 2000:
A Guide to Writing, Thinking, & Learning:
by Patrick Sebranek, Pat Sebranek, Verne Meyer, Dave Kemper

also see: Writer's Support Group
It is a user-friendly reference which saves students time and gives them autonomy which they prefer it. It is easy to generate lesson plans to get students started on using the books. Introduce a topic, such as subject-verb agreement or sentence-combining, use examples from Write Source 2000, help students find evidence in their own work of the the problem, and let them see how well the book works to support editing.

Guided Reading:
Good First Teaching for All Children
by Irene C. Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell

also see: Reading Ed Center
This is the richest, most comprehensive guided reading resource available today and the first systematic offering of instructional support for guided reading adherents. Guided Reading was written for K-3 classroom teachers, reading resource teachers, teacher educators, preservice teachers, researchers, administrators, and staff developers. Based on the authors' nine years of research and development, it explains how to create a balanced literacy program based on guided reading and supported by read aloud, shared reading, interactive writing, and other approaches. While there is an entire chapter devoted solely to the process by which children become literate, every chapter clearly presents the theoretical underpinnings of the practices it suggests.

Meet the Author - Linda Dobson
"Homeschooling: The Early Years"
Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 3- to 8- Year-Old Child
See the cyber interview
and a FREE excerpt of this book hosted by Joe Spataro
The Early Years
Emergency Resource Starter Kit
The formative years are the most critical to a child's education. They lay the foundation for developing learning skills that last a lifetime. For that reason, homeschooling during those early years takes on considerable importance to parents dissatisfied with traditional schools. Stop by and find out more

Meet the Author - June Oberlander
"Slow and Steady, Get Me Ready"
The How to Book That Grows with Your Child
Cyber-interview hosted by Joe Spataro
with FREE excerpts
She is a retired Kindergarten teacher who taught kindergarten for 19 years in Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia. Her book gives a step-by-step approach on what you should do for your child during the first five years of life. Included in the interview are several excerpts reprinted from the book.

More Bob Books for Reading
Reading Education Center

• Reading Ed Center
• Phonics
• Books for Preschoolers
• Harry Potter Series (Rowling)
• E.D.Hirsch Series
• Bob Books Series
• Boxcar Children series

Homeschooling: The Early Years
Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 3- to 8- Year-Old Child
by Linda Dobson, Jamie Miller
See the cyber interview
and a FREE excerpt of this book hosted by Joe Spataro
The Early Years
Emergency Resource Starter Kit

The formative years are the most critical to a child's education. They lay the foundation for developing learning skills that last a lifetime. For that reason, homeschooling during those early years takes on considerable importance to parents dissatisfied with traditional schools. Because of the unique challenges (and opportunities) of teaching the very young child at home, author Linda Dobson offers smart solutions to help every parent get off to the right start in this endeavor. In Homeschooling: The Early Years, parents will learn why homeschooling makes sense for this age group, the magical difference involved parents can make at this stage, creative ways to promote socialization among young children, appropriate use of technology in the early years, and tailoring your curriculum to meet your child's individual needs.