num_pages: 224
description: Prepare your child for a lifetime of learning and wonder.Designed for parents to enjoy with children filled with opportunities for reading aloud and fostering curiosity this beautifully illustrated read-aloud anthology offers preschoolers the fundamentals they need to prepare for a happy productive time in schooland for the rest of their lives. Millions 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 to parents including 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 preschoolers learning experience. Discover:Favorite Poems and Rhymesall beautifully illustrated. Read and recite together from Robert Louis Stevensons poem 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 Fablesread aloud from stories like The Three Little Pigs and the African folktale Why Flies Buzz and open whole new worlds of learning and discovery.Visual Artshelp your child appreciate and talk about art. Beautiful full-color reproductions of great works of art will foster early appreciation of art history while igniting discussions about shapes colors and different styles and media. Musicdozens of songs to sing and dance to including move around songs like Head and Shoulders Knees and Toes and The Wheels on the Bus Historya delightful introduction to American historyfrom the first Thanksgiving to Martin Luther King Jr. with activities and stories parents and children can enjoy together Sciencefrom the wonder of animals to exploring physical properties of light air and waterfun activities that will let children observe experience and enjoy the natural world
language: English
title: What Your Preschooler Needs to Know: Read-Alouds to Get Ready for Kindergarten
publisher: Delta