Bonding While Learning gives busy parents the easy-to-use activities and materials they need to help their young children learn to read and write while having fun and feeling loved. Many Bonding While Learning activities can be used at home and on the run -- in the car, at the park, while out to eat, and even at the doctor's office!
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So many grandparents wish they could help their young grandchildren either prepare for or succeed in school, but are unsure how to go about doing so or even what exactly, they should be doing. Well worry no more! The solution comes in the form of the activity book Bonding While Learning by Gary Lee Kosman and Grace May Chiu. -- Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (Summer 2007)
This book did an absolutely fabulous job of giving parents and care takers a wide range of ideas to incorporate reading into everyday fun and games. It was broken down into easy chapters, gave wonderful hints on keeping things fun and engaging, was very positive and overall very motivating for both parent and child. I appreciated that all materials were included for each activity. The advice given was very specific and age appropriate and gave ideas for different stages of a child's development. It would be a very valuable tool for anyone who was wanting to teach preschool children at home. Also, the tips on teaching children who are learning English as a second language were very helpful. And the tips at the bottom of the pages incorporating reading into every day life were very helpful. Really made me as a parent think about how to make reading not only fun, but a daily practice. It was all around a wonderful tool! -- iParenting Media Awards Reviewer (May 2007)
Who says children should be the only ones who are having fun? There is a plethora of books that aim to teach children how to read make it fun for children without a thought for the parent who has to guide the process. But the activities outlined in Bonding While Learning take parents off the sidelines and encourage them to participate in the learning rather than simply overseeing it. -- Echoing Green (March 2007)
With games that will make reading fun for kids and keep both them and their parents entertained and engaged, Bonding While Learning is a fantastic resource for parents of preschoolers and kindergarteners. Finally, anyone looking for educational activities to do with their kids has to look no further than this book! -- Stacy DeBroff, CEO, Mom Central, Inc. (April 2007)
Wow this book is really great! I loved the fact that in the beginning it gave important information about the book and the authors. It is also great that it explains how to praise your child for their accomplishments. The activities and the materials provided were easy to understand and work with and provided time for me to sit down individually with my child and work on them. He was very excited to work on the different projects and we often did more than one at a time at his request. -- iParenting Media Awards Reviewer (May 2007)
This book did an absolutely fabulous job of giving parents and care takers a wide range of ideas to incorporate reading into everyday fun and games. It was broken down into easy chapters, gave wonderful hints on keeping things fun and engaging, was very positive and overall very motivating for both parent and child. I appreciated that all materials were included for each activity. The advice given was very specific and age appropriate and gave ideas for different stages of a child's development. It would be a very valuable tool for anyone who was wanting to teach preschool children at home. Also, the tips on teaching children who are learning English as a second language were very helpful. And the tips at the bottom of the pages incorporating reading into every day life were very helpful. Really made me as a parent think about how to make reading not only fun, but a daily practice. It was all around a wonderful tool! -- iParenting Media Awards Reviewer (May 2007)
Who says children should be the only ones who are having fun? There is a plethora of books that aim to teach children how to read make it fun for children without a thought for the parent who has to guide the process. But the activities outlined in Bonding While Learning take parents off the sidelines and encourage them to participate in the learning rather than simply overseeing it. -- Echoing Green (March 2007)
With games that will make reading fun for kids and keep both them and their parents entertained and engaged, Bonding While Learning is a fantastic resource for parents of preschoolers and kindergarteners. Finally, anyone looking for educational activities to do with their kids has to look no further than this book! -- Stacy DeBroff, CEO, Mom Central, Inc. (April 2007)
Wow this book is really great! I loved the fact that in the beginning it gave important information about the book and the authors. It is also great that it explains how to praise your child for their accomplishments. The activities and the materials provided were easy to understand and work with and provided time for me to sit down individually with my child and work on them. He was very excited to work on the different projects and we often did more than one at a time at his request. -- iParenting Media Awards Reviewer (May 2007)
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Bonding While Learning fosters family time in a fun and educational way without requiring a lot of time and effort by parents and without making home feel like school. Rather than asking busy parents to "play teacher" by assigning worksheets or to carve out time for extended "how to" reading on their own, each Bonding While Learning activity promotes communication, ongoing interaction, and relationship building between parents and children in which parents only have to do a minimal amount of planning.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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True to its title,
This review is from: Bonding While Learning: Activities to Grow Your Relationship While Preparing for Reading Success (Paperback)
I love this book's activities because they're not only helping me foster a love of reading in my child and helping him learn to begin reading and writing, but also because the activities really are (per the title) bonding activities. One activity in the book, called "What Should We Talk About?", even has me telling my son stories about my own childhood that I wouldn't have shared with him without the book's wonderful prompts. These special moments have been precious. I have a ton of worksheet books at home, and they just don't compare to the learning and sharing this book facilitates. I can't recommend this book highly enough.
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Amazing Resource for Two Years and Counting!,
This review is from: Bonding While Learning: Activities to Grow Your Relationship While Preparing for Reading Success (Paperback)
My son and I have loved using the resources in this book together for more than two years -- at home, at the park, and even while sitting in traffic. The authors do a great job of helping kids develop a love of reading without making the learning process feel rote, boring or tiresome (for myself or my son). I LOVE that the book offers the precise details parents need to successfully practice the activities with their kids. I also appreciate the ideas the authors provide for adapting the activities to whatever situation they find themselves in -- at a restaurant, at home, etc. The fact that the book comes with the materials one needs for the activities is another a plus. And, unlike other books I've found, the materials aren't flash cards or worksheets. They're actually engaging and fun to use!
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Great resource!,
By Jaia "Jaia" (Anaheim, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bonding While Learning: Activities to Grow Your Relationship While Preparing for Reading Success (Paperback)
As a former teacher and now a mom of 2 young children, I highly recommend this book to parents, grandparents and care providers who want to help their children get a running start on reading. This book is NOT a "drill and kill" get-your-child-reading-by-age-4-in-100-easy-lessons-or-else manual. It's all about how to deliberately expose your child to good literacy principles in a fun, engaging, natural way. The book even includes reproducible printouts of materials so you don't have to hunt them down yourself (who has time for that?)! I also plan to order this book as a gift for my sisters and friends of little ones.
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