Let's Get Ready for Kindergarten! (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

The Let’s Get Ready series from Cedar Valley Publishing is taking the nation by storm, helping parents and kids prepare for Kindergarten! Teachers at home and schools love it! It’s not a storybook or a workbook; it’s a book that covers the curriculum: the alphabet in and out of sequence, numbers in and out of sequence, left and right, shapes, colors, high frequency words, positional words, opposites, rhyming, let’s read a story and so much more. It’s all in one engaging book illustrated with Mrs. Good, the teacher and six adorable Cedar Valley Kids that you simply read to children to learn.

Editorial Reviews

Review

The focus is teaching basic skills through fun and interactive learning activities specially designed to entertain and interest children. --James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review, May 2005

This is a great high quality book that will help kids have a happy association with their kindergarten educational experience. --Jodie Lynn, syndicated parenting/family expert, CEO founder of www.AddingWisdomAward.com, and author of family/health book, Mommy-CEO - April, 2005

About the Author

Written by two stay-at-home mom's, Linda Desimowich and Stacey Kannenberg who were inspired by several Oprah shows, to give parents, kids, and teachers a much needed tool in today's ever changing Kindergarten curriculum. They formed Cedar Vallley Publishing and will be releasing, Let's Get Ready For First Grade" in the summer of 2005.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Cedar Valley Publishing (March 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933476001
• ISBN-13: 978-1933476001
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 7.9 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #213,213 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Creative, Ingenious, and Fun for Little Ones, July 29, 2006

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Linore Burkard "Inspirational Romance Author" (Cincinnati, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let's Get Ready for Kindergarten! (Let's Get Ready Series) (Paperback)

What a pleasure to find a book that is fun for parents as well as the young child they use it with. In addition, this book cuts to the quick by offering only what is necessary for kindergarten readiness, and thereby prevents overworking the child--and the parent wanting to cover all the bases. No more searching around for the right workbooks or information you need to prepare your child--it's all here, in colorful, lively, and re-usable format! Great for homeschoolers as well as any home with children from toddler-age to pre-school--or the slow learner needing a new way to approach basics. My three-year-old and I are having great fun with this. Highly recommend.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for Parents!, February 3, 2006

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Cathy P. Miller "The Literacy Ambassador" (Huntsville AL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let's Get Ready for Kindergarten! (Let's Get Ready Series) (Paperback)

As an independent literacy consultant I am constantly preaching the importance of parent involvement in children's literacy development. Nowhere have I seen a more practical, fun, easy-to-use tool for encouraging that relationship, just in time for the challenges of today's kindergarten. Without undue pressure or overstimulation, this book breaks most important elements of Kindergarten curriculum and what you need to get ready for that into tidbits that are digestible for parent and child like. The colorful illustrations and "one page per skill" approach make it appealing for anyone.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good learning tool, July 2, 2006

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Armchair Interviews (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

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

Imagine having a book that tells parents exactly what their children should know at each grade level. Imagine that children would want to read it, too. That's what you get with Let's Get Ready for Kindergarten!

In a kid-friendly format with engaging illustrations, Let's Get Ready for Kindergarten! has dry-erase pages where children can practice again and again the skills they are learning. Children can practice their alphabet, numbers, rhyming, time, calendar, seasons and much more.

And now for the personal experience. I have two children who will be entering kindergarten in the fall so I approached this book with more than a little trepidation. What do my children know? Have I failed them? Was keeping them out of preschool a bad idea? As we sat down to "play" with our new school book, my children jumped right in, practicing the skills and now want to do the book again and again.

Although the title indicates "this is what you need to know," the literature that came with the book gives the feeling that they are the skills to master in the kindergarten year. As my children know about 50 percent of the information contained in the pages, that is a distinct difference. However, it is a good learning tool for all parents of the five-year-old crowd.

Armchair Interviews says: A fun and engaging learning tool.