| Autumn and Winter Contributor(s): Jobey, Janice (Author) |
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ISBN: 1548076112 ISBN-13: 9781548076115 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Activity Books - General |
| Physical Information: 0.12" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.39 lbs) 48 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Learning to write is a developed skill that is essential to literacy and school readiness and success This book of "Autumn and Winter Preschool Writing Development Workbook" makes it fun to learn how to hold a pencil, control movements, and develop eye-hand coordination. Rather than starting with lines of alphabet letters to trace, this book offers colorful, attractive exercises to develop writing skills Your child will enjoy helping a scarecrow through a cornfield maze or a kitten through a pumpkin patch. Weaving a spider web, chasing a bouncing snowflake, a snow bunny or a helping a bear find his den will also delight your child Twenty writing practice pages are included in this book beginning with easy all the way to challenging, including an alphabet tracing page You'll find tips on how to make this book reusable just inside In addition, you will find connections to learning standards that these activities promote. Look at all the ways you can give your child an advantage on learning this important academic skill * Learning to write is essential to learning to read Writing helps children learn about reading and these sets also promote linguistic skills...also essential to literacy You'll find lots of things to "talk about" with each page * Eye-hand coordination and muscle strength are basic skills needed in writing and these books offer opportunities to develop both * independence and persistence Who doesn't benefit from these learning attributes? * Being able to control hand movements promotes self-regulation, the ability to stop, pause, and think...which is carried over to every other learning domain. * Opportunities to cross the midline of the body can promote brain development. * Practice makes perfect Being able to practice something until it is mastered is not only satisfying, it is skill-building Children enjoy the simple, do-able sheets * Many of the sheets also promote problem-solving skills. Mazes are challenging and fun * Full-color, attractive sheets are appealing to children as opposed to filling in lines of letters. *These sheets begin with basic movements that provide a foundation for more refined work later. The lines are easier to follow and are larger for beginner writers |