Lines, Squiggles, Letters, Words


Book Description

Sensitively illustrated to show how a child might see and relate to words before learning how to read.




Kids' Squiggles (Letters Make Words)


Book Description

The Squiggle Code Books are easy for parents to use, fun for kids, and follow the science of learning to read. With lots of printable games, flashcards, and other materials that can be downloaded from www.dogonalogbooks.com, this series was created to be economical for families and teachers. All DOG ON A LOG Books follow a systematic, structured literacy/Orton-Gillingham based phonics sequence. This book is a kid-friendly collection of the stories from The Squiggle Code. Trying to find a way to teach your child to read, whether you are supplementing what your child is being taught in school or as a homeschooling family, can feel overwhelming. DOG ON A LOG Pup Books are written by a mom who wants to try and eliminate some of those feelings for other parents. These parent-friendly books will guide you along the path of teaching reading. DOG ON A LOG Pup Books give simple activities you can do with your child. Once you understand the skills that your child needs to learn, you may wish to add additional activities. Resources are suggested that will help you find additional free or low-cost activities you can personalize to your child. Book 1: Before the Squiggle Code (A Roadmap to Reading) starts at the very beginning of the learning to read process: it helps the learner hear the smallest sounds in words. Relevant excerpts from Teaching a Struggling Reader: One Mom’s Experience with Dyslexia are also included to help parents with children who are struggling to read. Book 2: The Squiggle Code (Letters Make Words) helps the learner discover that each sound has a letter or letters and when the letters are put together, they make words. This is when reading begins. Book 3 Kids’ Squiggles (Letters Make Words) The stories from The Squiggle Code are formatted with pictures and less words per page so they are less intimidating to new readers. Book 3 Kids’ Squiggles (Letters Make Words) The stories from The Squiggle Code are formatted with pictures and less words per page so they are less intimidating to new readers. DOG ON A LOG Pup Books teach phonological and phonemic awareness skills.







Pen Control Exercises


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Is it important to you that your child gets easily and playfully prepared for writing, reading, and drawing? Then the "Pen Control Exercises" is an excellent choice. The best preparation for learning to write, read and draw for boys and girls aged 3-6. This extensive kindergarten and pre-school A4 exercise book including coloring pictures and cognitive games offer varied exercises to support fine motor skills, concentration, and hand-eye coordination. Writing - Every child wants to do what adults can do. This millennia-old method of transmitting knowledge and experience demands top performance from the brain. Handwriting is a highly complex process involving fine ticks, bows, arches, and swings. If you master it, it not only improves fluent writing but also helps you learn to read. With this exercise book, you will playfully support your child's graphomotor skills and prepare them for writing letters and numbers. Particularly suitable for ages 3-6 during kindergarten, pre-school, for school starters, and the first years of school. In the book, concentration line tracing exercise pages alternate with coloring pages. Carefully designed picture illustrations invite you to trace the lines of the figures. Lines and shapes for beginners: Simple and short exercises ensure early successes and recognition of directions, forms, and lines along with first experiences of hand-eye coordination. Turns and arches for the advanced: Loops, hooks, and changes of direction improve the child's feelings for holding and guiding the pen correctly. Symbols and pictures: Drawing first simple pictures and figures is fun, strengthens your child's self-confidence, and also develops imagination. It unconsciously supports a feeling for mathematical figures, signs, and symmetries. Summary of the book contents: For girls and boys aged 3-6 Pre-writing and tracing exercises Picture motifs for coloring Puzzles and cognitive games Varied drawing exercises Concentration development Hand-eye coordination improvement Supports school start Preparation for learning to write Child-friendly picture illustrations Large format - US Letter Develop your child's fine motor skills for a perfect start at school while they have fun learning. Order now the Pen Control Exercises by © Little Genius




A Squiggly Story


Book Description

Who says there’s only one way to write a story? A young boy wants to write a story, but he only knows his letters, not words. His sister says, “Why don’t you start there, with a letter?” So the boy tries. He chooses an easy letter to begin with. The letter I. And to his delight, with just the power of his vivid imagination, and no written words, an amazing story begins to unfold. Right before his eyes. This playful tale about creativity will inspire budding authors everywhere to envision new ways to write stories of their own. With or without words!




The Squiggle Code (Letters Make Words)


Book Description

The Squiggle Code Books are easy for parents to use, fun for kids, and follow the science of learning to read. With lots of printable games, flashcards, and other materials that can be downloaded from www.dogonalogbooks.com, this series was created to be economical for families and teachers. All DOG ON A LOG Books follow a systematic, structured literacy/Orton-Gillingham based phonics sequence. This book guides parents and teachers in teaching letters, blending, and the beginning or reading. Trying to find a way to teach your child to read, whether you are supplementing what your child is being taught in school or as a homeschooling family, can feel overwhelming. DOG ON A LOG Pup Books are written by a mom who wants to try and eliminate some of those feelings for other parents. These parent-friendly books will guide you along the path of teaching reading. DOG ON A LOG Pup Books give simple activities you can do with your child. Once you understand the skills that your child needs to learn, you may wish to add additional activities. Resources are suggested that will help you find additional free or low-cost activities you can personalize to your child. Book 1: Before the Squiggle Code (A Roadmap to Reading) starts at the very beginning of the learning to read process: it helps the learner hear the smallest sounds in words. Relevant excerpts from Teaching a Struggling Reader: One Mom's Experience with Dyslexia are also included to help parents with children who are struggling to read. Book 2: The Squiggle Code (Letters Make Words) helps the learner discover that each sound has a letter or letters and when the letters are put together, they make words. This is when reading begins. Book 3 Kids' Squiggles (Letters Make Words) The stories from The Squiggle Code are formatted with pictures and less words per page so they are less intimidating to new readers. DOG ON A LOG Pup Books teach phonological and phonemic awareness skills.




Issun Boshi


Book Description

Equipped with a needle and a rice bowl, Issun Bãoshi, an inch-tall boy, leaves home for the city and finds work as the companion to a nobleman's daughter, whom he uses his wits to save from a gigantic ogre.




This Is Not a Picture Book!


Book Description

Duck finds a book and is surprised to discover that there are books with words and no pictures--and that even without pictures a book can interest and excite you.




I Do Not Like Books Anymore!


Book Description

Lovable monster siblings Natalie and Alphonse are back with big plans in a second surprisingly touching tale in which Natalie is ready to learn how to read. Natalie and Alphonse REALLY like books. Picture books with Dad, scary stories with Mom, and especially stories they remember or make up themselves. So when it’s time for Natalie to learn to read, she thinks it will be exciting — she can have all the stories in the world now, and even read them to Alphonse. But when Natalie gets her first reading book, the letters look like squiggles and it isn’t even a good story; it’s just about a cat that can sit. “I do not like books anymore!” Natalie declares. But she still wants to make up stories. With Alphonse’s help, can she find a way to turn a love of telling stories into a love of reading stories? With her one-of-a-kind voice and wonderfully droll artwork, Daisy Hirst captures the familiar frustration of struggling to learn something new — and the particular pride that comes when you finally succeed.




Bon Appetit!


Book Description

A picture book biography of Julia Child, the famous chef