Learning to Read is a Ball

Do you want to prepare your child to be a lifelong, successful, and passionate reader? Then jump start your child's language skills while having a ball!This is not just another book for beginning readers. Kimberly Scanlon, licensed speech therapist and top selling author of My Toddler Talks has created an innovative resource full of simple-to-understand strategies to assist in building your child's language and early literacy skills.Learning to Read is a Ball is a unique and versatile book that can be used with toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners.  It is a must-have for anyone interested in developing language, pre-reading skills and emergent literacy in young children. Your child will almost certainly love the language learning process with this book! Learning to Read is a Ball combines a rhyming 28-page picture book about balls with a 17 Page Parent Guide that includes:

1. Specific techniques to develop oral language using different reading styles
2. Strategies to use synonyms and antonyms to build vocabulary
3. Various approaches to encourage storytelling
4. Dynamic tips to play with rhymes and alliteration to build the understanding that words are made up of different sounds
5. Thoughtful tactics to highlight letters and words and to stimulate print awareness

Develop these foundational skills in your child, and you'll take pride knowing you helped prepare your little one for formal instruction going into preschool or kindergarten. Learning to Read is a Ball is the perfect resource for:

• Parents, Grandparents & Caregivers
• Speech Therapists
• Speech Therapy Grad Students
• Early Intervention Specialists
• Early Childhood Educators
• Occupational & Physical Therapists 

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