Learning how a word ends is one more step toward successful reading. Utilizing drawings of everything from a craB to a mailboX, this book calls on images of familiar things to teach word closure. This creatively illustrated book is filled with 20 pages of exercises specifically designed to teach ending consonants. Writing each consonant is also encouraged. A "Review" section at the back of the book provides a useful lesson summary. Overall, this book is an outstanding way for children to practice ending consonant sounds, letter recognition, and word association.

Diverse direction exercises! Packed with puzzle, maze, cut-and-paste, tracing, and dot-to-dot activities designed to make following directions fun, this creatively illustrated book is sure to boost basic thinking and direction skills. With 20 lessons in all, exercises range from “tracing a dancing clown” and “getting Chirpy through a maze to his nest,” to “correctly ordering three drawings of a boy brushing his teeth.”

From “biggest” to “smallest” and “shortest” to “longest,” the 19 lessons in this book will develop students’ size comparison skills from good, to better, to the best! Children will have loads of fun tracing, coloring, and comparing everything from “snakes” and “worms” to “jump ropes” and “shoe laces.” Example: “The road to the city is long. The road to the ocean is longer. The road to the forest is longest.” Color the shortest road blue.Sizes include small, tall, little, long, and large. A pre/post test is included.

An introduction to telling time! Understanding nighttime, daytime, seasons, clocks, and calendars are all covered in this 22-lesson learning unit. Designed for children not yet able to tell time, each exercise creatively illustrates time concepts ranging from “Time for Recess” and “Summer Fun” to a monthly “October” calendar missing some of its dates. Coloring and tracing activities are incorporated to promote motor skills and add to the fun of learning about time.

This 20-lesson unit is designed to help teachers evaluate students’ ability to understand and appropriately respond to verbal information. The exercises may also be used to assist in the development of listening and following direction skills. “How would you feel if a bull was chasing you?” “Is a potato a fruit?” “Wink your eye!”For those students who find verbal response difficult, or to add an element of fun, picture response cards have been included.

Build that vocabulary! This creatively illustrated 24-lesson book helps young readers match words with images. While they practice writing the four words featured in each exercise, they begin vital construction of their foundation vocabulary. From “bear” and “butcher” to “tree” and “teeth,” the words and activities in this book are sure to boost reading comprehension and spelling skills. Of course, coloring the large, single-item drawings is all part of the fun.

Take phonics up a notch! This creatively illustrated book brings an understanding of blends home to children who are just beginning to learn to read. Image association is used to help children create words using blends. Tracing words further emphasizes the lessons. Coloring exercises using images that represent blend words offer children an artistic outlet. In all, there are 32 different blend activities. Phonemic awareness is an essential component to reading success and this book gives students plenty of practice.

Improve vocabulary and writing. Each of the 22 “word-building” lessons in this book features six words, a word-search lettered grid, and two incomplete words. Exercise themes range from Vegetables and Things in the Sky to Insects and Feelings. Students are challenged to find and circle the given words in the grid. Then they fill-in the missing letters in the two-word test. This lesson unit is a stellar way for a child to have fun and expand his/her vocabulary at the same time.

Constructing a foundation vocabulary! This creatively illustrated 24-lesson book helps young readers match words with images. While they practice writing the four words featured in each exercise, they begin to build their vocabulary from the ground up. From “plate” to “pot” and “swimming” to “skating,” the words and activities in this book are sure to boost reading comprehension and spelling skills. Of course, coloring the large, single-item drawings is all part of the fun.

“Jed likes to jog.” “Curt likes to climb.” Two drawings are featured. Which sentence goes with which picture? This is but one of the 24 lessons featured in this creatively illustrated book. What an effective tool for boosting reading comprehension, writing, spelling, and penmanship. After copying the correct statement under the appropriate image, young readers have the pleasure of coloring the two imaginative drawings.

“A kangaroo has strong legs.” “A moose is a large animal with antlers.” “Mother made waffles for breakfast.” Several drawings are featured. Which picture goes with which sentence?This is one the 24 lessons featured in this creatively illustrated book. What an effective tool for boosting reading comprehension, writing, spelling, and penmanship. After copying the correct statement under the appropriate image, young readers have the pleasure of coloring the imaginative drawings.

The better their vocabulary, the more fun reading will be! Each of the 24 lessons in this book features a creatively illustrated scene: a day at the beach, camping in the woods, dinner at a restaurant, a hot air balloon ride, and more. Young readers are challenged to use each of the six words highlighted in each exercise to complete the sentences provided. From “sandbox” to “hopscotch” and “potatoes” to “pumpkins” the words and activities in this book are sure to boost reading comprehension and spelling skills. Of course, coloring the large, single-item drawings is all part of the fun.

Constructing a foundation vocabulary! This creatively illustrated 24-lesson book helps young readers match words with images. While they practice writing the four words featured in each exercise, they begin to build their vocabulary from the ground up. From “plate” to “pot” and “swimming” to “skating,” the words and activities in this book are sure to boost reading comprehension and spelling skills. Of course, coloring the large, single-item drawings is all part of the fun.

“Say ‘No’ to strangers.” “Wash your hands before eating.” “Share with others.” Read. Trace. Write the sentence.Creatively illustrated with scenes that depict some basic safety, health, and etiquette tips, this 24-lesson book is a stellar way to promote reading comprehension, writing, spelling, and penmanship. After completing the written portion of each exercise, young readers have the pleasure of coloring the imaginative drawings.

As the second volume in the series, this book takes Word Association learning up one notch on the difficulty scale. Each of the 24 fully illustrated lessons features four images and eight words. Students are asked to associate two words with each picture. Example: What two words would go with the image of a windmill – uniform, gnaw, dam, badge, turn, stars, blow, and/or space? This book is an effective tool for teaching reading writing, vocabulary, and penmanship. Of course, creatively coloring in the drawings is all part of the fun.

Which word goes with the picture of a campfire – brush, burn, hop, or pail? This is but one of the 20 lessons featured in this book. Each exercise spotlights four words and four single-image illustrations. After being asked to match the words with the correct pictures, students are challenged to write a sentence using one of the words. Of course, creatively coloring in the drawings is all part of the fun.

Students will gain important lifetime skills and confidence as they learn how to compose all kinds of written correspondence including simple notes, postcards, friendly letters, social notes, and business letters. Examples of each type include typical content relating to specific situations that will help beginning letter-writers formulate ideas for their own correspondence. Clear explanations of letter parts and plentiful practice ensure understanding of the proper forms for friendly and business letters as well as addressing envelopes. While practicing the basics of letter-writing, students will enhance their skills in capitalization, abbreviations, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, sentence and paragraph writing, handwriting, composition, and comprehension.

The step-by-step lessons in this book will result in a complete understanding of the makeup of paragraphs and their importance in the writing process. The lessons begin with identifying information in a single-topic paragraph. They expand to identifying and writing ideas that belong in multiple paragraphs. Further exercises include picking out information that does not keep to the main idea of a given paragraph, organizing topics in logical order, and writing original, two- and three-paragraph stories about suggested topics. Plentiful practice reinforces comprehension and mastery of this important writing skill, which will lead students to creating organized and meaningful compositions. Clever illustrations and high-interest subject matter add to the effectiveness of this comprehensive teaching aid.