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Posts Tagged ‘books’

Read to Succeed

Danny Pettry, a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) has been reading and studying about people whove achieved success over the last decade. Hes read hundreds of books on personal growth, development, achievement, and success. Now, hes put together a book of wisdom that includes everything hes learned on becoming your greatest. If you wan to become self-fullfilled then you may want to check out Danny Pettrys new book, Discover Hidden Secret Wisdom: A Recreational Therapists System on How You Can Become Great at Anything! It is jam-packed with stories, techniques, humor, and more. Bonuses: Details on how you can download over 30 electronic self-improvement articles by some of the leading experts in the field that are not found anywhere else are included in the book.

Six Steps to Reading Success for Children

Child Literacy 101 Series

Effective Literacy Practices – Assessing Through Close Observation

Teachers discover that close, systematic observation is a way to assess rapid changes in literacy learning of young children.

Effective Literacy Practices – Phrasing in Fluent Reading

Teachers explore aspects of fluent reading, including the importance of phrased reading for young literacy learners.

Effective Literacy Practices – Teaching for Transfer – Strategic Activity

An exploration of strategic reading activities initiated by children and actions teachers can take to encourage those behaviors.

Operation storybook 2009

Studies show nearly two-thirds of low-income families own no books for their children, yet book ownership is one of the strongest predictors of future reading success. To prevent the resulting achievement gap, Sheltering Arms Early Education & Family Centers launches the fourth year of Operation storybook. Operation storybook provides 2300 children—most from low-income working families–with 12 new books for their home libraries over the next year. Early learning and parent education programs bring these books alive for Sheltering Arms children and their families.