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Teach
Me: Books that Make Learning Fun
By
Jennifer LB Leese
March
1, 2003
My mother
always said that children are like sponges- you can teach them just
about anything, and they usually remember it. Here are a few books
for your kids to absorb.
THE
ABCS OF FOOD |
THE
ABCS OF FOOD: A Study of Food as History, Story, Tradition
and Nutrition by Louise Ulmer and Richard S. Calhoun published by
eBooks on the Net (https://www.ebooksonthe.net) This book is a dictionary/encyclopedia/guide,
and it provides a delightful way for readers to search from A to
Z for all kinds of foods and spices. Readers can also find out how
to pronounce, collect information on, and make specific foods as
well.
FROM
ONE TO ONE HUNDRED |
Author
Teri Sloat's FROM ONE TO ONE HUNDRED, published
by Scott Foresman Publishers is a clever book, designed to help
children count to 100. There are more than 2,500 eye-appealing objects
arranged so each page drips with fun characters and brilliant color.
ON
BEYOND A MILLION |
Another
wonderful book my children and I have recently read is, ON
BEYOND A MILLION. An Amazing Math Journey by David M. Schwartz,
published by Random House: Dragonfly Books. Children will feel proud
when they realize just how high they can count by making use of
this book. It was designed almost like a comic strip because the
text is set in balloons. Readers can easily learn the English number
system taught in multiples of ten.
MY
SPIRITUAL ALPHABET BOOK |
MY
SPIRITUAL ALPHABET BOOK by Holly Bea and published by HJ
Kramer: Starseed Press, was a treat to read. The bubbly illustrations
and vivid text will fill kids with laughter. Not only will children
reading this story, learn the alphabet, they will also understand
the changing of the seasons and the importance of nature.
FROM
LETTER TO LETTER |
For
a fun read try, FROM LETTER TO LETTER by Teri Sloat.
Each page is a different letter of the alphabet. Children will enjoy
searching the pages for items that begin with a specific letter.
Along the bottom of each page, Sloat includes the whole word, giving
the reader an added boost in learning and it is published by Puffin
Unicorn Books.
Print-on-paper is not the only format for high-quality books from
talented authors. Books on CD, as download or on diskette, known
as eBooks or electronic books, are becoming a popular form of reading,
especially in children's stories. Perhaps this is because eBook
creators can add moving graphics and designs to their stories, providing
a way for children to not only read eBooks, but to interact with
them too.
To
find out more about eBooks, here are some eBook authors:
Daisy Dexter Dobbs (https://daisydexdobbs.home.attbi.com/),
Moses Cramden (https://beam.to/2084),
Dorothy Thompson (https://www.thewriterslife.homestead.com/theworksofdorothythompson.html),
JV Harlee (https://www.geocities.com/ladyjiraff/jvharlee.html),
and Valerie Hardin (https://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/4266/).
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