Let's Get Ready for First Grade! (Let's Get Ready Series) [Paperback]

Stacey Kannenberg (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Let's Get Ready Series

Award winning; Let’s Get Ready For First Grade! is taking the nation by storm, helping parents, kids and educators prepare for First Grade. It’s not a storybook or a workbook; it’s a book that covers the First Grade curriculum. Follow along with Ms. Best, the Cedar Valley Kids and Yodie the Coyote who makes learning vowels and constants, vowel sounds, compound words, contractions, the solar system, counting money, measuring, fractions and more exciting for everyone! See what has excited parents, teachers and schools nationwide!

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About the Author

“The more I can help inspire others the more they inspire me.” Stacey Kannenberg, Author, Motivator, Publisher and CEO Stacey Kannenberg Unlimited and Cedar Valley Publishing

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 44 pages
• Publisher: Cedar Valley Publishing (March 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933476109
• ISBN-13: 978-1933476100
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 7.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #244,396 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Stacey Kannenberg is an author, publisher, speaker/motivator/keynote, consultant, blogger, spokesperson and Mom CEO. As the "Get Ready to Learn Mom", Stacey is a nationally renowned education expert and award winning author with an expertise in children's education and "Mom-entrepreneurship". She is the Founder and CEO of two publishing companies: Cedar Valley Publishing and Stacey Kannenberg Unlimited, an Imprint of Cedar Valley Publishing. She is the author of the award-winning and state approved, Let's Get Ready Series with Let's Get Ready For Kindergarten! Let's Get Ready For First Grade! and the Spanish/English Bilingual Edition of Let's Get Ready For Kindergarten!/iA Prepararse Para Kindergarten! Her books are currently used inside over 500 school districts and 250 libraries nationwide and have been reviewed by over 1,000 mom and educational bloggers. Stacey was honored to be named as a top 50 Children's Publisher in 2009. She was selected to Parenting Magazine's 2010 Mom Congress as the Wisconsin Delegate and returned as a 2011 Mom Congress Mentor, where she works with other moms across the country to make our schools better. Stacey was also humbled to be included to the prestigous Top 50 Mompreneur's of 2011 by Babble.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding introduction and early guide for children preparing for their entry into the first grade of elementary school, August 11, 2006

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Let's Get Ready for First Grade! (Let's Get Ready Series) (Paperback)

Let's Get Ready For First Grade! by Linda Desimowich and Stacey Kannenberg is enhanced with color illustrations by Joyce Babel-Worth and provides an outstanding introduction and early guide for children preparing for their entry into the first grade of elementary school. Young students will follow along the thoroughly "kid-friendly" description of such first grade curriculum activities including spelling, reading, math, and more, as Let's Get Ready For First Grade! captures their full attention with fun and interesting activities and encouraging presentations of first-grade materials. Let's Get Ready For First Grade! is very highly recommended for all parents and educators for children between ages four and eight for its remarkable compilation and insightful content. Also very highly recommended from the "Let's Get Ready For" series is Let's Get Ready For Kindergarten!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for Guidance and Guidelines, January 15, 2010

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IE Mommy "Christine" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Let's Get Ready for First Grade! (Let's Get Ready Series) (Paperback)

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I was delighted to receive my copy of "Let's Get Ready for First Grade". It has been a wonderful companion to our regular curriculum. I have found it to be dead on with what my girls are learning right now in 1st grade.

As a home schooling mom...I have learned that the one main goal of teaching is "Try, try and try" in others words if one program or manipulative doesn't work...try another one and another..you will findsomething that works for your child and that interests them. While I have twins they both learn a bit differently. Skylar is a more organized learner but she has to reiterate every direction you give her. Rylan would rather have you say it once then let her at it. The Let's Get Ready for First Grade book worked well for both their learning styles.

Let's Get Ready for First Grade covers such topics as:

* Name & Phone Numbers
* Counting to 100
* Ordinal Numbers
* Odd & Even Numbers
* Food Groups
* Measuring
* Basic Money & Value
* Understanding Weather Concepts
* Basic addition

I started to carry the books around in my book bag and purse because they were the perfect thing to pull out while waiting at the doctor's office or at the dinner table. What I enjoyed the most, as a teacher, was that the information provided in Let's Get Ready for First Grade was not overwhelming for your child. It was the perfect morsel of information on an upcoming or new school topic. Allowing just an introduction gave my girls the desire to learn more.

The books are designed with a very smooth texture so you can actually use a wipe on/off dry erase marker with the book.

As a mom and as a teacher I would recommend that you pick up a copy of Let's Get Ready for Kindergarten and Let's Get Ready for 1st Grade. They will be valuable tools whether you are a home school family or your child attends private or public school. As a parent we want to be informed and up to date on what our child needs to know and should learn...this is a great resource to help our children grow.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Looks Great!, May 14, 2007

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K. Hopkins (Woodbridge, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let's Get Ready for First Grade! (Let's Get Ready Series) (Paperback)

I haven't actually USED this book with my son yet. I bought it at the same time I bought the Kindergarten one (which we are using now). He won't need it for about a year. However, I LOVE the Kindergarten one and I have looked through this one extensively and it looks to be just as wonderful. I know it will be an invaluable tool when he is getting ready for 1st grade.