Let S Play A Book About Making Friends

Being kind is contagious as a new girl navigates the art of making friends in a picture book suited for children starting school or moving to a new place. When Sukie’s family moves and she has to start at a new school, she feels shy and lonely at first. But soon she learns that receiving small acts of kindness—someone saying hi, or saving a hoop for her—makes her feel braver, and that passing friendliness along is a good feeling, too. Before long, Sukie, Joe, Poppy, and Stan are all becoming friends! Young readers are invited to join them as they explore meeting new people, celebrating differences, being thoughtful, and standing up for one another.

The joyful path from rich read-aloud experiences toward supporting young readers’ independence. When young readers join their voices together in shared reading, their literacy skills and confidence soar. Shared reading surrounds students with the language of stories and the delight of learning in community. In Shake Up Shared Reading, veteran teacher Maria Walther offers teachers a simple but robust scaffolding for moving from teacher-led demonstration of read aloud to student-led discovery of literacy skills—across the bridge of shared reading. This easily adaptable structure features short, targeted bursts of shared reading that are connected to and planned as a follow-up to a read-aloud experience. The resource includes: Read-aloud experiences drawn from 50 recently published works of children’s literature from varied voices, that provide the foundation for the short, intensive shared reading interactions that follow. 100 short, laser-focused bursts of shared reading, two for each title, that invite students to dig deeper, with a precise aim in mind—perfect for a variety of learning contexts including virtual settings. Key vocabulary, kid-friendly definitions, along with a Nudge Toward Independence section for each shared reading interaction help teachers connect shared reading to guided reading lessons and students’ independent literacy learning. A companion website offering reproducibles and a Learning Target Chart that gives an at-a-glance view of every read aloud learning target and shared reading focus, along related titles and additional links. Let the power of a read aloud and shared reading lead your students to read, talk, ponder, and react on the way to becoming joyful, independent readers.

Playing with your baby is more than fun and games: it's the key to building a strong relationship with your infant and providing important early stimulation that promotes learning and development. Let’s Play and Learn Together provides 100 games, activities, and exercises that parents can do with their baby to foster cognitive, motor, and language skills as well as creativity and relational skills. Let’s Play and Learn Together shows parents how they can use daily caregiving routines such as feeding, diapering, dressing, bathing, and bedtime as opportunities for play, positive emotional attachment, and learning. You'll also find play ideas for each age and stage and for different developmental levels.

Get ready for some fabulous fun with these action-packed stories from the sports field! Fancied Orchid School is already 33 for no loss in the three overs before lunch. Can Model School successfully unleash its secret weapon, Anshuman the chess nerd, and win the match? The two towns of Dilshan and Deewar have their prides at stake at the annual kabaddi competition, and when Lt. Aaron, owner of Tasty Buds and baker of delectable cakes, announces he will eat his hat if his town actually wins, it spurs the Dilshan-ites to greater heights. Neeru decides to start playing hockey like her mother to deal with her loss, and discovers there's no therapy like getting some dirt on her spotless whites. Hockey, TT, cricket, golf, basketball; winners, losers, underdogs, bullies, heroes and cheats, Let's Play! The Puffin Book of Sports Stories has them all, and more. Funny, uplifting and moving, this unique collection vividly portrays the heartbreaks and triumphs that are an essential part of playing sports, and is an absolute must-read.

This children's book, beloved by toddlers, preschoolers, and young listeners, tells a story of true friendship, how to help others and how to cultivate a sense of mutual support. This story is a sweet representation of caretaking and friendship, empathy, social skills, and kindness and is bound to become one of your child's favorite books of all time. Lenny is a playful and sociable dog who is best friends with a turtle named Otto. They play together every day and love going to the park, chasing squirrels and watching all the children playing happily. One day, the friends encounter Ava, a little girl who has nobody to play with. Luckily, Lenny and Otto are great at making friends, and they begin seeking out other children for her to have fun with. Soon Ava learns that making friends means that you have to help others, take turns, share things and join in with others. Before long, she has made a whole lot of new friends to play with any time she is at the park. This delightfully illustrated children's book is a great bedtime read and is perfect for showing young children an easy way to make lots of new friends. It is sure to become a perpetual favorite for years to come. Here's a preview and what else you'll discover: * Cute and colorful illustrations with a nice story * Large and happy figures to brighten up your little one's mood. * Not too long for toddlers, grabs your kid's attention The Story Help Make Friends will help your child to see the value of beautiful true friendship and helping others. So, scroll up and click the "Buy Now" or "Buy now with 1-click" button and let's get started!

The ‘Using storytelling to talk about...’ series is a collection of five easy-to-follow books which contain engaging interactive short stories, poems and songs specifi cally written to support learning and development of the three prime areas within the Early Years Foundation Stage. The stories and poems deal with Personal, social and emotional development and Physical development issues and experiences that the children would clearly relate to and discuss. Making relationships provides valuable storytelling advice and performance suggestions for each story or poem/song, enabling practitioners to not only develop effective storytelling skills, but also create a stimulating environment for the children to listen, participate and explore. It contains: * Eight original interactive themed stories and poems/songs * Concise EYFS learning objectives * EYFS reference chart, observation suggestions and record sheet. Each story or poem/song includes: * Storytelling suggestions, resources and set up * Discussion and ideas to reinforce the theme and story/poem * Consolidation ideas, e.g. role play, circle game, display, puppets * Related cross-curricular activities within the learning environment.

What makes us a good friend? And what might make us a not-so-good friend? What can friends do together? And how do we make friends? Best-selling author Molly Potter presents practical advice on helping children understand how to be a true friend and what helps and what hinders friendships. Will You Be My Friend? is ideal for starting conversations about making friends and includes a guide for parents and carers about supporting a child if they are having friendship difficulties. With fun and lively illustrations from Sarah Jennings, this book is both humorous and charming, and prompts children to discuss the idea of friendship with parents and peers. Let's Talk books help you start meaningful conversations with your child. Written by an expert and covering topics like feelings, relationships, diversity and mental health, these comforting picture books support healthy discussion right from the start.

Hal the hedgehog is shy. When a new kid comes around, heÕll have to learn how to make a new friend so they can all have fun together. In Frolic picture books, lovable animal characters encounter problems that kids 3-5 can relate toÑand learn that prayer helps. Each picture book includes a simple prayer that parents and kids can say together.