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Slow and Steady Get Me Ready [Paperback]

June Oberlander (Author)
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December 1, 2002
LEARNING BEGINS AT BIRTH! Research on brain development has shown that any attempt to maximize intellectual growth must begin the first three years of life; the younger the child, the stronger the effect. Beginning education at age five is too late!

The new, large (8 ½ x 11 inch), 352-page 4th edition of SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY includes 260 weekly, age-appropriate developmental activities that are easy to understand and do. This unique book is your answer to early childhood education and now contains updated illustrations, Measurable Parameters To Profile Child Development, Tips For Solving Behavioral Dilemmas, The Early Brain and Important Points.

SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY is a highly recommended early childhood developmental parenting resource that tells you when, how and what skills to develop, provides an inexpensive phonetic approach for reading and spelling, contains a complete readiness curriculum full of ideas, enriches the parent child bond with close interaction and develops preschool skills, painlessly and in proper order. It only takes only about ten minutes for each activity.

This wonderful, helpful book now provides an easy, cost-saving method to measure the progress of a child to determine when the child should be ready for kindergarten. A simple checklist guide of developmental characteristics has proven to be a useful tool for parents and childcare providers to monitor progress by observation for children from birth to age five. This guide is useful for parents, teachers, Head Start, etc., because there is little paper work – just a checklist.

SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY was divinely inspired and is based upon Mark 9:36-37. Jesus taught his disciples to welcome children. This was a new approach in a society where children were usually treated as second-class citizens. Unfortunately, children are often still regarded as second-class citizens around the world. We hope that by interacting with them closely in an appropriate manner, as recommended in this book, parents will realize children are their most precious asset and will treat them accordingly.

This valuable, but inexpensive, resource has been found to be useful for children with special needs (e.g., autism, learning disabilities, Down’s Syndrome, etc.).

SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY is an inexpensive book that provides 5 years of activities at approximately a penny a day!

The best thing to spend on your child is your time!

SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY Activities Help Newborns Develop:

· Interest in interacting with another person
· Beginning listening skills
· Enhancement of sense of touch
· Awareness of body parts
· Skill in grasping an object
· Interest in rhythm and repetition

SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY Activities Help One-Year Olds Develop:

· Confidence and independence
· Eye/hand coordination
· Awareness of left and right
· Ability to follow directions
· Vocabulary
· Gross motor skills

SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY Activities Help Two -Year Olds Develop:

· Knowledge of different shapes
· Skill in color matching
· Memory recall
· A desire to help
· Awareness of similarities and differences
· An understanding of obedience and responsibility

SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY Activities Help Three-Year Olds Develop:

· Observational skills
· Skill in making a decision
· Problem solving ability
· Ability to reason
· Freedom of Expression
· Role playing ability

SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY Activities Help Four-Year Olds Develop:

· Knowledge of numbers
· Awareness of telling time
· Recognition of letters and their sounds
· Skill in forming shapes, letter, numbers
· Ability to think and associate
· Awareness of patterns
· More confidence and independence


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SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY is a highly recommended early childhood developmental parenting resource that has achieved recognition in both the educational and medical communities. This resource was awarded the seal of approval from The National Parenting Center and is listed in the Head Start Education Resource Directory. The Harvard Family Research Project recommended SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY to the United States Department of Education, where it appears in the Educational Research Information Center (ERIC) database and the CLAS Early Childhood Research Institute – Office of Special Education Programs.

SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY has been endorsed by Mary Pride, a leading home-school educator and author. This guide has been listed in the Journal of the American Medical Association as a pediatric reference. SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY has also been recommended by pediatricians and it has been used by hospitals and churches in birth and family education programs. In addition, The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home and the October 2000 issue of Your Baby, a South African magazine, have endorsed this valuable 352-page parenting book.

An excellent article on SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY is found in The Washington Post (Style Plus, May 20, 1997).

SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY has become a worldwide reference standard for parents. It has been translated and published in Japan, Romania, Korea, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, India (3 languages), Lebanon (Arabic) and Mexico (Spanish).

SINCE BABIES DON’T COME WITH DIRECTIONS, USE SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY TO GUIDE YOU.

From the Author

The first five years of a child’s life are the most formative and critical. SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY is for those genuinely interested in helping children get a good start in life so that they will not be left behind! These children will some day be the leaders of the future.

Numerous repeat orders have substantiated and demonstrated the usefulness of SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY. People do not reorder a product unless they like it. Many mothers and grandmothers have said, "I wish I would have had a resource guide like this when my child was young."

THE BEST THING THAT PARENTS CAN SPEND ON THEIR CHILD IS THEIR TIME!


Product Details

  • Paperback: 356 pages
  • Publisher: Xulon Press; 4 edition (December 1, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 159160236X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1591602361
  • Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,881 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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62 of 63 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Full of great ideas for activities..., July 3, 2003
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"pcgould2" (Decatur, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This book contains one educational activity for each week of your childs life, from birth to age 5. Although you are humorlessly instructed to do the activities in order, repeating the activity-of-the-week daily, the book is still useful in real life. Every few weeks, I flip through the sections for my children's ages and get ideas. The activities are exactly age appropriate- even the ones for young babies. They generally (but not always) use stuff you have around the house. And they are often ideas you might not think of on your own. I have also found that the activities have a good time-enjoyed to clean-up-the-mess time ratio!
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great learning games!, July 20, 2005
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Someone suggested I get this book because I was having a hard time thinking up ways to play with my daughter that would intrigue her. The things to do in this book are easy to follow and make use of common household items. I would certainly recommend this book!
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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars great concept, mediocre delivery, May 7, 2007
This review is from: Slow and Steady Get Me Ready (Paperback)
I bought this book on a recommendation from a friend who is homeschooling her 2 kids. I won't be homeschooling, and I work outside of the house. But I like the principles of taking an active role in developing my daughter's mind & body. This book provides great activities to engage your little one. My daughter has enjoyed the games. I enjoy the new ideas. However, the writing is overly-simplistic. The illustrations are weak. An online resource pushing weekly activity emails encourages many of the same conepts. But I still like having the book so I can go back or jump ahead to meet my daughter's development stage. Buy a used/discounted copy if you can.
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