Making the transition into kindergarten is a significant and exciting milestone in young children's lives. With proper coordination and planning, it can be a smooth process, benefiting children, families, and schools. Is Everybody Ready for Kindergarten? provides early childhood professionals with information and practical advice to help children and their families prepare for the transition and then successfully begin kindergarten. Helpful activities and reproducible checklists and handouts are included.

Ensure young learners transition to kindergarten successfully. This tool kit is an ideal planning resource for early childhood professionals as they coordinate a successful transition to kindergarten that benefits children, their families, and schools. Using an anti-bias lens throughout, this updated edition incorporates current best practices in the field while also considering the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on kindergarten readiness. Filled with information, advice, and activities, Ready for Kindergarten includes discussion questions, reproducible checklists, and assessment and planning templates to help you prepare children for the transition to kindergarten.

Growing research shows that many children from immigrant and refugee families are not doing well in school, due in part to linguistic and cultural disadvantages. Teaching dual-language learners requires cultural sensitivity, an understanding of language acquisition, and intentional teaching strategies. Combining research and techniques, this resource helps early childhood educators support dual-language learners as they develop the skills necessary for school readiness and success. Angèle Sancho Passe, an early childhood education consultant and writer, is trilingual and has worked with many programs serving dual-language learners. She is the author of Is Everybody Ready for Kindergarten?

If you are a first-time parent of a newborn infant, you are just finding out that parenting is not just a "job," it's a full time, 'round the clock "profession" for which there is no pay. I find it hard to believe that we actually get more training for the "job" of birthing the baby than we do for the "profession" of raising the child. Almost all parents attend a course that lasts about eight weeks in order to learn about childbirth, which takes an average of eight to fifteen hours from start to completion! And you have a team of experts there with you throughout the entire process. Then comes the day you take the little bundle home. You are given a "gift pack" from the hospital and sent on your merry way to spend the next eighteen years guessing what to do next! I believe this job is too important to leave up to chance. For a child is a gift from God, much more important than a gift to be placed on a shelf and forgotten all about. Raising a child is an enormous responsibility, and parents must take this responsibility seriously or face the consequences of not doing so. Therefore, I urge you to take the time to read this book. I hope as you begin to walk down the path of parenting another human being, the most important and incredible journey you will ever experience in life, you will not forget the lessons learned from A to Z!

With "Teaching Kids the Fun Way", you can teach kids and entertain them at the same time. This book uses prewritten skits to help teach kids how to handle everyday situations. The fun part is that the kids actually perform the skits. This allows them to have an intricate part in the learning experience. Following each skit there are some questions to stimulate discussion about the topic. After the group discussion the instructor can give some tips on the proper way to deal with the situation. You can also add biblical principles to support your answer. "Teaching Kids the Fun Way", is a great way to allow kids of all ages to express themselves. It allows them to use their imagination and help them to develop acting skills. In addition, it introduces them to public speaking at an early age, while at the same time teaching simple things like common courtesy. This book can be used in schools, churches, camps, by youth leaders and anywhere you want to teach kids and have fun doing it.

A Pocket Full of Wishes: This book was fun with Scooter and “Pocket!” Who can resist a genie in a bottle and a bit of magic! David Dorris never misses a one liner when he writes, and while I have heard most of them in my 59+ years, I learned a few new ones this time! My favorite was “You left your voice in my ear” said by Scooter to Hannibal. These two characters sure can sling words! Entertaining book, fun to read! Robin Rollins CEO KOEHLER ELECTRIC

Introduce the benefits of meditation to kids ages 7-10 with this practical and playful guide Start your kids off on a path to self-awareness through meditation! Written in easy-to-understand language, Meditation for Kids empowers kids to start learning about and practicing meditation as a way to stay calm, focused, and confident so they can work through daily stresses and manage tough emotions. This extensive guide features options for both seated and walking meditation practices with over a dozen illustrated, step-by-step exercises like the tightrope walker and the flamingo. A short history of meditation, fun checklists, and a troubleshooting guide for frequently asked questions--including "What happens if you fall asleep?" and "Can I meditate with my pet?"--help lay the groundwork for a daily practice of stillness and inner reflection. The book even provides playful opportunities for kids to "teach" their parents the exercises so the whole family can participate.

Neil Bierker is a bit famous in New Halliday: he's the kid who jumped off the bypass when he was sixteen. At twenty-seven he’s a third grade teacher who manages his depression through running, boxing, and one night a week with Clem Robbins. He can keep everything else in his life together, as long as for a few hours every week it all falls away. Clem wants more than one night a week. The way he sees it, if one night’s good, wouldn’t more be better? But he’s had three years of good sex with a man twenty years younger than him and he’s not about to blow it by asking for more, even if he thinks it’s what both of them want. When Neil’s life begins to unravel, the last thing he wants to do is rely on Clem to keep him upright. Sometimes it takes a crisis to realize just how many people are on your side…and just what you’re willing to do to keep them there.

Holly Reeses gripping odyssey to the edge of despair and back is one of rare beauty and powerful insight. While she graphically plumbs the raw reality of chronic illness, Ms. Reese ultimately draws redemption and healing from seemingly insurmountable circumstances. Told with keen wit and a self-deprecating humor that captivates the reader, this beautiful tale of survival against the odds is essential for others challenged by devastating ill health. She exemplifies the truth that our greatest weapon against illness lays not in hospitals or laboratories but within ones own inner spirit. This remarkable, triumphant story offers a light in the darkness, and is one I will definitely recommend to patients. Ursula McGarry, MD, Emergency and Family Medicine, Almonte, Ontario, Canada Hollys story is the epitome of what it takes to conquer chronic illness, she moves you from total pain and dark desperation through her quest for her personal holy grail in this powerful voyage of self-healing and transformation. It is the ultimate healing miracle story, a pure gem for truth and result seekers and health professionals. Marina Dufort, bestselling author of Aromatherapy Secrets for Wellness Hollys journey from the depths of hopelessness and despair is a gift to all who are suffering from earthly physical and mental dis-eases. Sharing her heart and soul with all of us reveals what a true LIGHTWORKER and healer is. This is a story that will touch your soul, giving the reader hope, joy, laughter, and love in the mist of unbearable misery. Sarah Dennison, PhD, founder of holistic health center, Beams of Light

Mindy, Kimmy, and Sonia are beginning the summer between seventh and eighth grade and none of them are feeling very good about it. Mindy gained a lot of weight over the winter, and at the same time, her best friend ditched her for two more popular girls, so she spends most of her time alone, watching reruns of Friends. Kimmy has always been painfully shy, and now that her parents are getting a divorce, she has to move in with her grandparents and be the only new girl in the eighth grade. Sonia's mother has been battling cancer for the last two years, and Sonia's anxiety attacks are so bad that she had to be homeschooled for a year. All three girls reluctantly find themselves in a local theater camp where they get so swept up with the magic of putting on a musical revue that they start to forget about their own problems. Throughout the course of the summer, the three girls work through their personal issues while having the time of their lives with all the new interesting people they've been thrown in with. By the end of the summer, Mindy, Kimmy, and Sonia are officially "theater kids." They and their new friends are ready to take on eighth grade.