Attention All Preschooler Moms, Grandmothers, and Teachers! (a book give-away)

Kim Scanlon is a certified and licensed pediatric speech language pathologist who lives and practices in New Jersey. Kim is the author of two books. MY TODDLER TALKS will help you help your child with language development. LEARNING TO READ IS A BALL is a rhyming picture book about balls with an excellent parent's guide to help you prepare your preschooler to be a lifelong reader.

Reading is the foundation for your child's future. Children who like to read do better in school. As a former teacher and as a parent, I put a lot of value on teaching reading skills to your children early in life. When my daughter was a preschooler almost everything in our house was labeled with index cards. We read to her daily and nightly. She memorized books when she was two and a half. She loved books then and still does today. (Sometimes I think she is the reason Barnes & Noble is still open.)

Kim's new book, LEARNING TO READ IS A BALL, is not only a cute rhyming picture book about all kinds of balls, but it has an amazing parent's guide in the back. You'll want to start on page one of the story, but don't! To get the most out of this book you should read the parent's guide first.

Kim gives specific techniques to help your emerging reader do more than memorize words. She gives you examples of ways to connect your child's reading and learning to their real life. Those connections increase the value of reading for your child. She shows you how to use synonyms and antonyms to improve your child's vocabulary. She even shares a lesson on how to use elaboration help your child develop his or her own stories. And if that's not enough...she guides you through phonological awareness, rhyme, alliteration and print awareness. These are all skills that will benefit your child as he or she becomes a skilled reader. LEARNING TO READ IS A BALL even has some activity pages. The parent guide  is versatile. Once you grasp the concepts, you'll be able to apply them to other books.

Learning to Read is a Ball is available on Amazon in print and a Kindle version. It is also available at Barnes and Noble. Kim has a wonderful website full of insight on speech and language.

Kim also has a website specifically for My Toddler Talks.  My Toddler Talks can be purchased on Amazon.

You can learn more about Kim, her books, and her services on Facebook and Twitter.

If you would like to be entered to win a copy of Learning to Read is a Ball please tell me if you are a mom, a grandmother, a teacher, a caregiver, an aunt or uncle of a preschooler who would benefit from Kim's book. (Random.org will choose a winner on May 7th and Kim will send him or her a signed copy.)

Please show Kim some book love and tweet about her new book.