Slow and Steady Get Me Ready
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, large (8 ½ x 11 inch), 352-page 4th edition of SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY includes 260 weekly, age-appropriate developmental activities that are easy to understand and do. This unique book is your answer to early childhood education and now contains updated illustrations, Measurable Parameters To Profile Child Development, Tips For Solving Behavioral Dilemmas, The Early Brain and Important Points.
SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY is a highly recommended early childhood developmental parenting resource that tells you when, how and what skills to develop, provides an inexpensive phonetic approach for reading and spelling, contains a complete readiness curriculum full of ideas, enriches the parent child bond with close interaction and develops preschool skills, painlessly and in proper order. It only takes only about ten minutes for each activity.
This wonderful, helpful book now provides an easy, cost-saving method to measure the progress of a child to determine when the child should be ready for kindergarten. A simple checklist guide of developmental characteristics has proven to be a useful tool for parents and childcare providers to monitor progress by observation for children from birth to age five. This guide is useful for parents, teachers, Head Start, etc., because there is little paper work – just a checklist.
SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY was divinely inspired and is based upon Mark 9:36-37. Jesus taught his disciples to welcome children. This was a new approach in a society where children were usually treated as second-class citizens. Unfortunately, children are often still regarded as second-class citizens around the world. We hope that by interacting with them closely in an appropriate manner, as recommended in this book, parents will realize children are their most precious asset and will treat them accordingly.
This valuable, but inexpensive, resource has been found to be useful for children with special needs (e.g., autism, learning disabilities, Down’s Syndrome, etc.).
SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY is an inexpensive book that provides 5 years of activities at approximately a penny a day!
The best thing to spend on your child is your time!
SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY Activities Help Newborns Develop:
· Interest in interacting with another person
· Beginning listening skills
· Enhancement of sense of touch
· Awareness of body parts
· Skill in grasping an object
· Interest in rhythm and repetition
SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY Activities Help One-Year Olds Develop:
· Confidence and independence
· Eye/hand coordination
· Awareness of left and right
· Ability to follow directions
· Vocabulary
· Gross motor skills
SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY Activities Help Two -Year Olds Develop:
· Knowledge of different shapes
· Skill in color matching
· Memory recall
· A desire to help
· Awareness of similarities and differences
· An understanding of obedience and responsibility
SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY Activities Help Three-Year Olds Develop:
· Observational skills
· Skill in making a decision
· Problem solving ability
· Ability to reason
· Freedom of Expression
· Role playing ability
SLOW AND STEADY GET ME READY Activities Help Four-Year Olds Develop:
· Knowledge of numbers
· Awareness of telling time
· Recognition of letters and their sounds
· Skill in forming shapes, letter, numbers
· Ability to think and associate
· Awareness of patterns
· More confidence and independence
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars Good basic idea, some activities are way off
I love the idea of this book, and some of the activities are perfectly age appropriate and I enjoy doing. Others are so off-base I can hardly believe it. For example: When your baby is about 10 1/2 months old, you are supposed to put 3 objects in front of her, tell her the names of them, try to get the baby to say the object’s name, and then ask for one of the objects and have the baby hand it to you. On a good day, an 18 month old should be able to do that! At 10 1/2 months, a baby is just going to stare at you, and pick her favorite object to chew. This game is not the least bit developmentally appropriate at all.
It also doesn’t take into account that babies develop at different speeds. According to this book, your baby should have a pretty wide range of vocabulary by age 1. A few babies do, but most don’t. It would be nice if the book included some modified suggestions for babies who may not be up to the game suggested.
Still, my daughter is 11 months and we’ve had fun going through the book doing the activities that are appropriate. I think that this is a great resource, and I do recommend purchasing it. I just think that it could be better.
5 Stars great ideas
This book is full of great ideas with activities for all toddlers. I especially like the activites for 12 months and older. I am a stay at home mom of two and sometimes get lost for new ideas. I have turned to the book several times and the kids love the activities!
5 Stars Start Educating Your Child Early
Children who come from homes where parents realize the importance of educating them before they start school are so much more successful and happy in the school experience. This has some great ideas for just that. Two other books that are invaluable for teaching a love for reading and actual reading skills (using the parent guide) early on- ages 3 and up to age 8 areLife’s Little Lessons: An Inch-By-Inch Tale of Successand The Big Squeal: A Wild, True, and Twisted Tail.
4 Stars Starts early and keeps going
This book has a wide range of activities that use common household items. My daughter is developmentally delayed and this book really helps with ideas to hone her fine and gross motor as well as cognitive skills. There are many “toys” she will play with daily, even after that week has gone by.
4 Stars Good Resource for Baby
This book is a good resource of activities to do with baby. Some of the activities are beyond baby’s abilties but overall the book offers activities that baby gets excited about, and are very engaging. I feel its a good buy!
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