What Your Preschooler Needs to Know: Get Ready for Kindergarten (The Core Knowledge Series)

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 school--and 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 preschooler's learning experience. Discover:Favorite Poems and Rhymes--all beautifully illustrated. Read and recite together-- from Robert Louis Stevenson's 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 Fables--read 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 Arts--help 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. Music--dozens of songs to sing and dance to, including "move around" songs like "Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes" and "The Wheels on the Bus" History--a delightful introduction to American history--from the first Thanksgiving to Martin Luther King, Jr., --with activities and stories parents and children can enjoy together Science--from the wonder of animals to exploring physical properties of light, air, and water--fun activities that will let children observe, experience, and enjoy the natural worldFrom the Trade Paperback edition.

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