Preschool Skills

Put children on the road to learning success with fun reproducible skill-building practice pages which teach and reinforce key skills such as tracing, drawing, identifying shapes, classifying, sequencing, coloring, writing color words, and more. For home or school.

"Introduce your child to basic math, verbal, and fine motor skills in preparation for kindergarten"--Cover

Prepare young learners for preschool and beyond with our Preschool Skills series. Designed to build a solid foundation for learning, each book in the series introduces an important early-learning concept. The series includes Alphabet, Numbers, Colors and Shapes, Same and Different, Ready for School, and Beginning Sounds--everything your child needs to get a jump start on preschool! This Numbers workbook contains counting games, hidden pictures, and dot-to-dot activities to give your child lots of practice with numbers. Each book contains 64 pages full of age-appropriate activities such as: coloring and matching activities, counting games, hidden pictures, dot-to-dot activities, patterning exercises, mazes and more!

High-quality preschool programs are essential to improving children's outcomes in reading achievement and leveling language and literacy disparities among students from diverse backgrounds. Grounded in state-of-the-art research evidence, this practice-oriented book demonstrates how preschool professionals can create, evaluate, and sustain exemplary programs. Chapters from leading authorities cover coaching, assessment, and differentiation, as well as explicit strategies for teaching English language learners and helping at-risk readers. Discussion questions and suggested activities for professional development are included, as are reproducible assessment forms and planning tools for use in the classroom.

Bring the classroom home with Step Ahead workbooks from Golden Books! This teacher-approved guide to basic classroom skills is perfect for preschoolers ages 3 and up—now in a deluxe edition with twice the pages and 34 colorful stickers! Carefully planned by teachers to complement the school curriculum, every Step Ahead workbook provides positive learning experiences through a variety of kid-friendly activities. In Preschool Skills, children will learn about: • Matching numbers nad sets • Counting and coloring • Recognizing letters and sounds

Comprehensive and user friendly, this ideal professional reference and graduate text provides a developmentally informed framework for assessing 3- to 6-year-olds in accordance with current best practices and IDEA 2004 guidelines. The authors are leading clinician-researchers who take the reader step by step through selecting appropriate measures, integrating data from a variety of sources, and using the results to plan and evaluate effective interventions and learning experiences. Coverage encompasses screening and assessment of cognitive, linguistic, emotional, and behavioral difficulties, including mental retardation and autism. Case studies illustrate key facets of assessing diverse children and families; appendices offer concise reviews of over 100 instruments.