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What Your Preschooler Needs to Know

Get Ready for Kindergarten

by Core Knowledge Foundation
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Give your child a smart start with What Your Preschooler Needs to Know
 
Designed for parents to enjoy with children, filled with opportunities for reading aloud and fostering curiosity, this beautifully illustrated anthology offers preschoolers the fundamentals they need to prepare for a happy, productive time in school—and for the rest of their lives. Hundreds of thousands of children have benefited from the acclaimed Core Knowledge Series, developed in consultation with parents, educators, and the most distinguished developmental psychologists. In addition to valuable advice for parents, such as what it means for a child to be ready for kindergarten, special sidebars throughout the book help parents make reading aloud fun and interactive, suggesting questions to ask, connections to make, and games to play to enrich their preschooler’s learning experience. Inside you will discover
 
• Favorite poems and rhymes—all beautifully illustrated, to be read and recited together, from Robert Louis Stevenson’s “At the Seaside” to limericks by Edward Lear and tongue twisters by Jack Prelutsky, plus fun “clap along!” and “fingerplay” verses that parents and children can act out together
• Beloved stories and fables—stories such as “The Three Little Pigs” and the African folktale “Why Flies Buzz” will open whole new worlds of learning and discovery
• Visual arts—beautiful reproductions of classic works that foster early appreciation of art history while igniting discussions about shapes, colors, and different styles and media
• Music—dozens of songs to sing and dance to, including such “move around” songs as “Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes” and “The Wheels on the Bus”
• History—a delightful introduction to American history, from the first Thanksgiving to Martin Luther King, Jr., with activities and stories parents and children can enjoy together
• Science—from exploring the wonder of animals to the physical properties of light, air, and water—fun activities that will let children observe, experience, and enjoy the natural world

  • Creators

  • Series

    The Core Knowledge

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  • Release date

    December 10, 2008

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      • ISBN: 9780307493064

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      • ISBN: 9780307493064
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    • Table of contents to all chapters of the text via links.

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  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      March 15, 2008
      Hirsch (education & humanities, emeritus, Univ. of Virginia; "The Knowledge Deficit") and Bevilacqua (president, Core Knowledge Fdn.) target children aged three to five in this newest title from the "Core Knowledge" series. In 1986, Bevilacqua developed the Core Knowledge preschool program, now used in 1200 U.S. classrooms. Intrinsic to the program is the sequencing of social and academic skills. Here, the editors stress the importance of a society in which all children are taught the same content-rich curriculum. They claim that what makes their work unique is that it is based on an overarching set of goals for learning at the preschool level. Consisting of chapters dedicated to poems, rhymes, stories, fables, visual arts, music, history, science, and songs, the book also has lesson plans, an advice-filled chapter for parents, and additional resources. Two activity books"What Your Preschooler Needs To Know: Activities To Get Ready for Kindergarten", Vols. 1 and 2 (www.coreknowledge.org/bookstore/index.php)complement the text. Recommended for public libraries, academic libraries with extensive education collections, and special libraries focusing on homeschooling.Krista Bush, Univ. of New Haven Lib., CT

      Copyright 2008 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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