Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons


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A step-by-step program that shows parents, simply and clearly, how to teach their child to read in just 20 minutes a day.




Learning How to Learn


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A surprisingly simple way for students to master any subject--based on one of the world's most popular online courses and the bestselling book A Mind for Numbers A Mind for Numbers and its wildly popular online companion course "Learning How to Learn" have empowered more than two million learners of all ages from around the world to master subjects that they once struggled with. Fans often wish they'd discovered these learning strategies earlier and ask how they can help their kids master these skills as well. Now in this new book for kids and teens, the authors reveal how to make the most of time spent studying. We all have the tools to learn what might not seem to come naturally to us at first--the secret is to understand how the brain works so we can unlock its power. This book explains: Why sometimes letting your mind wander is an important part of the learning process How to avoid "rut think" in order to think outside the box Why having a poor memory can be a good thing The value of metaphors in developing understanding A simple, yet powerful, way to stop procrastinating Filled with illustrations, application questions, and exercises, this book makes learning easy and fun.




Playing with Ease


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Playing with Ease is a book about ergonomic technique for the guitar, as well as other instruments. Renowned classical guitarist David Leisner offers an introduction to the basic anatomy of movement, advice on relieving unnecessary tension, pioneering ideas about engaging large muscles, and tips for practicing and concert preparation.




Reading with Ease


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Reading With Ease: An Alternative Method is a unique learning to read strategy that is based on decades of literacy research supporting the use of direct one-to-one reading instruction as the key to stimulating the development and improvement of reading skills. For children, teens, and adults who learn differently, there exists a vast gap in the quality of education available that is often challenging to bridge. Coalescing decades of literacy research such as pre-teaching vocabulary sight words combined with the processes of teaching phonetics with the use of word symbols, Elaine created a learning strategy that helps beginner readers and others improve their reading skills. Learning to read often develops a desire to continue a lifelong learning journey into the wonders of written language. This and future volumes of Reading with Ease: An Alternative Method helps open the door to the discovery of written language for people who learn uniquely.




Sesame Street Write and Erase Look and Find


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Write and erase in this new Sesame Street Look and Find book! This book is filled with Look and Find challenges and Picture Puzzles for you and your child to enjoy! Look and learn as you explore each page with classic Sesame Street characters. Use the erasable marker to circle what you find. When you're done, erase it, and you can start all over again! Featured: 5 Look and Find spreads, 5 Picture Puzzle Spreads, 2 Spreads in back with additional findems and answer keys, 1 erasable marker




Polyglot: How I Learn Languages


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KAT LOMB (1909-2003) was one of the great polyglots of the 20th century. A translator and one of the first simultaneous interpreters in the world, Lomb worked in 16 languages for state and business concerns in her native Hungary. She achieved further fame by writing books on languages, interpreting, and polyglots. Polyglot: How I Learn Languages, first published in 1970, is a collection of anecdotes and reflections on language learning. Because Dr. Lomb learned her languages as an adult, after getting a PhD in chemistry, the methods she used will be of particular interest to adult learners who want to master a foreign language.




Teaching for Comprehension in Reading


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Teachers can help children read deeply with this powerful new book by members of Ohio State University's Literacy Collaborative. The first part discusses the strategies and structures readers need to comprehend text-and the changes those readers experience as they move up the primary grades. The second part shows strategy instruction in action, in real classrooms, bymaster teachers. The third part focuses on how planning, organization, and management support instruction.




Ease the Tease


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Ten easy-to-learn strategies to help kids ease the pain of teasing and stand up for themselves. Teasing happens to lots and lots (and lots!) of kids. Every day. Sometimes that teasing can be fun, but other times it hurts. Ease the Tease helps young readers recognize what hurtful teasing sounds and feels like and provides simple but powerful ideas for dealing with teasing. How many ways can children ease the tease? Inside the book, readers will find not one . . . not two . . . but ten helpful ways to ease the tease: Two ways using pure brainpower Three ways to try right away Four ways with the element of . . . surprise! And, finally, one way with the help of a grown-up (because sometimes asking for help is the right thing to do) Children can try out these useful and memorable strategies, practice them, and team up with others to ease the tease. A glossary of terms at the back of the book empowers children with the vocabulary they need. Little Laugh & Learn Series Self-help, kid-style! Kids ages six to nine can tote these handy guides anywhere and boost their skills. With practical advice, silly jokes, fun illustrations, and a kid-centric point of view, these books are the go-to for help with everything, from triumphing over teasing to learning to be a fantastic friend to becoming a self-confidence superstar, and more!




The Growing Discontent of the Masses


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Accessible, humorous, impassioned, and strangely relevant to our present day: here are collected some of the best short pieces by Emma Goldman, once famously regarded as "the most dangerous woman in America."




Read With Ease


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This book contains a collection of strategies that encourage children to become readers. Through the Cut a Sentence, Guided Reading, and Sight Word books that are included in this text, the children can practice using reading strategies that encourage them, as they become fluent readers.