Chronicle Books
Would you like to teach your homeschooler in a new way, without having to plop a bulky, intimidating textbook on the table? If you’re looking for a way to bring back the fun in learning, then it’s time to close those word-only books shut and instead flip through colorful card decks.
Card decks offer a creative, portable and fun way for your child to learn. One of the best features of educational card decks is that they can be easily slipped into a purse or bag and…viola…now you can teach your homeschooler in a whole new environment…in your yard, at the park, or even at the beach. With educational card decks, you and your homeschooler can make any location your makeshift school.
Finding the perfect educational cards is easy now that Chronicle Books, an award-winning publishing company in San Francisco (founded in 1967), have published a variety of educational cards for all ages and disciplines.
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Day to Day Enterprises
Day to Day Enterprises was created in February 1997. Our mission is to create good books for today and tomorrow. In a short space of time we have produced six award-winning books: The Monster Run, For Health’s Sake: A Cancer Survivor’s Cookbook, Grandma’s Magic Scissors, Hope for the Wounded Heart, and There’s a Frog on a Log in the Bog. For more information about our books visit us at http://www.daytodayenterprises.com.
We also host StoryMasters a professional storytelling team who helps promote literacy one book at a time. They provide fine programs for schools, workshops and events why not give them all call and book a StoryMaster event for your group today. More information is available at http://www.StoryMasters.org.
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Images Press
Are you looking for a way to make your homeschooler’s next birthday party unique and entertaining? Then be sure to incorporate Miss Muffin in the fun with her Party Camp Collection.
This delightful character is sure to add a bit of sweetness to your celebration. “She was created to help children have fun and create muffins,” explains Marcia Trimble, the creator of the collection.
Some of the activities that youngsters can enjoy, include: Decorating cupcakes to Miss Muffins songs, cut out a Miss Muffin puppet and participate in specialized character games. One of these games is Miss Muffin’s version of pin the tail on the donkey.
The collection features Miss Muffin songs, scripts for Theater-in-the-Town and lyrics.
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KATY-DID Publishing
KATY-DID Publishing, LLC is a six-year-old publishing company that specializes in creating vibrantly illustrated books for parents and children to enjoy together.
“The Old Clock On The Wall” by Lynda Bulla (illustrated by Ernie Hergenroeder) is a charming rhyming book that is beautifully designed to entice even the most reluctant of readers. “The Old Clock On The Wall” teaches a youngster the importance of not giving up on a goal simply because things get a little tough: “It’s only the quitters that lose in the end. They never try, so they never win.” This recurring tag line is one that will inspire both children and parents alike.
Are you trying to instill a sense of individuality and pride in your youngster? If so, “The Churkendoose” is a must to include in your child’s library. The original story, created by Ben Ross Berenberg in 1946 and illustrated by Dellwyn Cunningham, was brought to life again by Bulla and Hergenroeder.
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Nana Star
Grandmothers know how to captivate an audience with their stories. Authors Elizabeth Sills and Elena Patrice wanted to pay a tribute to the engaging tales and lively characters developed by their nana, so they created books and toys based her stories.
They wanted not to just merely sell product, but they have a higher goal in mind: to change the world one book and one child at a time.
“We create children’s books and toys with high play and imagination value because we believe that the world would be a happier place if kids got to be kids just a little
bit longer and if grownups greeted each day with more of the wonder we love in
our children,” says Patrice.
Nana Star’s adventure begins with a lost baby star that needs help getting back home. This book is very special because it encourages traditional values such as compassion, kindness, and generosity -- traits that unfortunately seem to be diminishing in our times.
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One More Story
Review by Linda Pliagasr
The internet has revolutionized education. Thanks to the World Wide Web, learning is now an interactive activity, one that adults and children alike can partake in the comfort and convenience of home.
One More Story is an example of an educational website that fosters a love of learning and reading in children. Forget about having to drive miles with kids asking, “Are we there yet?” in order to visit the nearest library. One More Story provides a wide array of beautifully-illustrated, popular children’s titles with just a click of a mouse.
The website was developed to provide children, ages two through nine, with the best of both classic and contemporary literature. One More Story collaborates with top national publishers, such as Random House, Penguin Putnam, Harper/Collins, and others, and for a minimal annual fee makes their prized collection available at any time, day or night.
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Rime to Read
Lynn Klaiman was working as a first-grade teacher when she became inspired to develop books for beginning readers. “As a teacher, I would hear parents complain that there was nothing available to use at home to teach reading,” she says.
Shortly thereafter Rime to Read, a series of 20 short books was created by Klaiman, who holds a master’s degree in reading, and Sara Hines, Ph.D., a learning specialist and university professor.
Rime To Read is unique in the fact that it utilizes onsets and rimes as a way of introducing words to youngsters. Rimes (not rhymes), also called word families, are words that sound and look alike, such as the “at” in Pat, cat, and sat. By comparison, rhymes are words that sound alike, but do not always look alike (care, hair, where).
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Willow Bend Publishing
Award-winning author Ellen Feld began her career in a subject far removed from horses. Receiving a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts with a double major of Russian and Soviet and Eastern European Studies, Ms. Feld continued her studies with graduate work at Georgetown University where she focused on Russian Studies. After a brief stint working in Washington, D.C., Ms. Feld realized she missed her childhood home and returned to rural Massachusetts.
Ms. Feld's stories are noted for their realistic portrayal of horses, their behaviors, and the experiences of young riders. To achieve this believability, Ms. Feld uses her horses as the basis for the animal characters within her books. For instance, Ms. Feld’s horse Blackjack, a showy English Pleasure horse, stumbles over the smallest of jumps. In the book Rusty, the main character Heather tries to teach her beloved Blackjack to jump, but like the real Blackjack, he is unable to get his feet over the tiny ground poles. Many of the experiences that Heather has with her horses evolve from adventures that either Ms. Feld or one of her friends has had with their horses. The plots in her books reflect the reality of working with horses, and it is this down to earth quality that keeps the stories authentic and attracts so many readers.
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