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Slow and Steady, Get Me Ready: A Parents' Handbook for Children from Birth to Age 5
 
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Slow and Steady, Get Me Ready: A Parents' Handbook for Children from Birth to Age 5 [Paperback]

June R. Oberlander
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..ANNOUNCING...

THE NEW 3RD EDITION OF

SLOW AND STEADY,

GET ME READY

that can help your program and the

parents of the children you serve!

LEARNING BEGINS AT BIRTH

START WITH

SLOW AND STEADY, GET ME READY

THE UNIQUE BOOK THAT GROWS WITH YOUR CHILD CONTAINS AN INEXPENSIVE PHONETIC APPROACH THAT IS NECESSARY FOR

A SUCCESSFUL READER AND SPELLER

WRITTEN BY A RETIRED KINDERGARTEN TEACHER

SLOW AND STEADY, GET ME READY SHOULD BE ON EVERY LIBRARY

SHELF TO ASSIST PARENTS OF CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO AGE FIVE LEARNING BEGINS AT BIRTH! Research on brain development has shown that any attempt to maximize intellectual growth must begin the first three years of life; the younger the child, the stronger the effect. Beginning education at age five is too late! The new 3rd edition of SLOW AND STEADY, GET ME READY now includes MEASURABLE PARAMETERS TO PROFILE CHILD DEVELOPMENT, TIPS FOR SOLVING BEHAVIORAL DILEMMAS, THE EARLY BRAIN AND IMPORTANT POINTS with additional illustrations. It is a highly recommended early childhood developmental parenting resource that has achieved recognition in both the educational and medical communities. This resource was awarded the seal of approval from The National Parenting Center and is listed in the Head Start Education Resource Directory.

The Harvard Family Research Project recommended SLOW AND STEADY, GET ME READY to the United States Department of Education, where it now appears in the Educational Research Information Center (ERIC) data base (http://ericir.syr.edu). This preschool parenting resource has been endorsed by Mary Pride, a leading home school educator and author. In addition, this helpful guide has been listed in the Journal of the American Medical Association as a pediatric reference. It has also been recommended by pediatricians and has been used by hospitals and churches in birth and family education programs. This resource has been found to be useful for children with special needs (e.g., autism, learning disabilities, Down’s Syndrome, etc.).

The author, June R. Oberlander, mother of two and grandmother of six, is a retired Fairfax County, Virginia kindergarten teacher. She initially wrote the book for her daughter, a dentist, when she sought advice on how to interact in a positive and developmental manner with her first child, Bonnie, who is illustrated on the front cover. Mrs. Oberlander taught 22 years in private and public kindergartens developing ideas that culminated in the publication of this guide. She has spoken before more than 100 groups in schools, hospitals, libraries, churches and parenting organizations throughout the United States. She devotes her energy assisting parents and caregivers in developing preschool skills in their children and refreshing the preschool teaching skills of grandparents.

Numerous repeat orders have substantiated and demonstrated the usefulness of SLOW AND STEADY, GET ME READY. People do not reorder a product unless they like it! Many mothers and grandmothers have said, “ I wish I would have had a resource guide like this when my child was young.” This book has been published both in Japan and in Romania. Other foreign publishers have expressed an interest in publishing this book.

The first five years of a child’s life are the most formative and critical. SLOW AND STEADY, GET ME READY is for those genuinely interested in helping children get a good start in life. These children will some day be the leaders of the future.

THE BEST THING THAT PARENTS CAN SPEND ON THEIR CHILD IS THEIR TIME!

SLOW AND STEADY, GET ME READY

The following changes have been incorporated into the new 3rd edition:

MEASURABLE PARAMETERS TO PROFILE CHILD DEVELOPMENT, formerly

a $3.95 booklet

THE EARLY BRAIN - scientific rationale for using the book

IMPORTANT POINTS - interesting and useful background information

TIPS FOR SOLVING BEHAVIORAL DILEMMAS

42 additional and revised illustrations

The 3rd edition contains 352 pages compared to 324 in our 4th printing.

The exterior dimensions of this early childhood developmental parenting resource are

now 6” x 9” compared to our previous 8.5” x 11” book since it will now be more

convenient to use and is similar in size to our Japanese book.

Notwithstanding, all of the above changes, additions, etc., the price of the 3rd edition

remains the same! How many excellent products do you know that have improved

and yet have remained the same price for 12 years?

A carton of the 3rd edition contains 28 books for those ordering in quantity.


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5.0 out of 5 stars A complete "preschool" in your home, Jan 6 2003
By 
Christy Bagasao "bagx6" (Nevada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Slow and Steady, Get Me Ready: A Parents' Handbook for Children from Birth to Age 5 (Paperback)
Slow and Steady offers a wide variety of interesting, yet simple activities that guide you, the conscientious parent, in assisting your child in skill development. By the time your child is five, he should have a grasp of numerous concepts and skills that might otherwise be learned haphazardly, and perhaps incompletely. It is a low-pressure approach to guiding your child through learning the natural way, by doing and playing and being together with a loved one. Physical skills, spatial concepts, pre-reading skills, numerical skills and the like are touched on and expanded gradually. I generally perform the recommended activity with one of my four daughters, spending the cherished moments together, and after a while she continues on her own, letting her imagination guide her into related areas of play. Slow and Steady is a delightful book with a strong grasp of childhood development. This book has benefitted us, as a homeschooling family, by offering simple activities requiring minimal preparation which can allow the younger children to "do school" with Mommy in whatever timeslot is available while the older children are working on their own. Some activities can be expanded to include the older children as well. This also makes a wonderful gift!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great book... prep work involved, Nov 28 2002
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T. L. Hooker (Lorton, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Slow and Steady, Get Me Ready: A Parents' Handbook for Children from Birth to Age 5 (Paperback)
I bought this book when my daughter turned one and have been using it off and on since then (she's 22 months now). Each activity is centered around developing certain skills which are outlined below each activity. Although most activities involve things "typically" found around the house, I found that I did not have some of those "typical" items, eg. spools, bells, wooden clothespins. I ended up picking and choosing activities, rather than going week by week. The activities help let parents know it their child is on target developmentally and lets parents focus in on some skills that need strengthening.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Better than 10 new toys!, Oct 24 2002
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Sunshine (Oklahoma USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Slow and Steady, Get Me Ready: A Parents' Handbook for Children from Birth to Age 5 (Paperback)
I found this book when my son was about 8 months old. I wish I'd had it from the time he was born! The activities are simple and well-designed for each stage of development, as well as entertaining for the baby/toddler. Many activities have revealed abilities my son had developed that I was not even aware of. Often I would prepare for the current week's activity, expecting that it would still be a little over his head. Continually, I was surprised to find that he could understand and fully participate.

Furthermore, many of the homeade items used for the activities have turned into toys (at MUCH cheaper cost than buying a toy). For instance, some activities call for a coffee can opened at each end (cover jagged edges with thick tape), with one end covered by a plastic lid and a large hole cut into the plastic lid. The child practices putting a spool (or, in our case, shapes from his shape sorter)into the hole, then lifting the can to reveal the spool/object underneath. While my son was too young to play with his shape sorter itself (too young to differentiate which shapes went into which hole), he LOVED putting all the shapes through the hole cut into the coffee can lid (made large enough to accomodate all of them). He played with it repeatedly, learning valuable skills in the process.

I highly recommend this book at any stage of baby or toddlerhood!

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