Books with author Janice Jobey

C...D…Just You and Me! Rock through the alphabet in an ABC book that brings love and literacy together! LITERACY and LOVE come together in this ABC picture book. The shared moments between mother and child are both timeless and boundless as portrayed in the illustrations. Mamas and babies rock through the alphabet in sweet rhyming verse and provide a familiar context in which children can not only relate but find comfort. Rock through the upper case letters, then through the lower case letters to a sleepy finale. The predictable phrases and rhyming words are important strategies for developing phonological awareness in young children, an important skill for developing early literacy. Multi-cultural illustrations and carefully selected words not only entertain but engage children in learning about the alphabet, families, and cultural awareness. LITERACY LINKS page provides multiple ways to promote literacy skills as you read this book. Literacy skills include: Predictable text Comprehension Phonological Awareness Vocabulary Alphabetic Principle Upper and Lower case letter differentiation This book is also part of the MeComplete Early Learning Program, Volume 1, Unit 3, Me and My Family. The complete curricular set may be purchased at earlylearning.today.

Learning to write is a developed skill that is essential to literacy and school readiness and success! This book of “Spring and Summer Preschool Writing Development Workbook” makes it fun to learn how to hold a pencil, control movements, and develop eye-hand coordination. Rather than starting with lines of alphabet letters to trace, this book offers colorful, attractive exercises to develop writing skills! Your child will enjoy following a worm through his underground tunnel or making his or her way through a spring shower. Chasing lightening bugs, ladybugs, and slithery snakes will also delight your child! Twenty writing practice pages are included in this book beginning with easy all the way to challenging, including an alphabet tracing page! You’ll find tips on how to make this book reusable just inside! In addition, you will find connections to learning standards that these activities promote. Look at all the ways you can give your child an advantage on learning this important academic skill! * Learning to write is essential to learning to read! Writing helps children learn about reading and these sets also promote linguistic skills…also essential to literacy! You’ll find lots of things to “talk about” with each page! * Eye-hand coordination and muscle strength are basic skills needed in writing and these books offer opportunities to develop both! * independence and persistence! Who doesn’t benefit from these learning attributes? * Being able to control hand movements promotes self-regulation, the ability to stop, pause, and think…which is carried over to every other learning domain. * Opportunities to cross the midline of the body can promote brain development. * Practice makes perfect! Being able to practice something until it is mastered is not only satisfying, it is skill-building! Children enjoy the simple, do-able sheets! * Many of the sheets also promote problem-solving skills. Mazes are challenging and fun! * Full-color, attractive sheets are appealing to children as opposed to filling in lines of letters. These sheets begin with basic movements that provide a foundation for more refined work later. The lines are easier to follow and are larger for beginner writers!

Rhyming-word and picture clues take you on a woodland journey. Not only do little ones havefun with this guessing game, they will learn interesting facts about many woodland animalsfeatured in this book. Woodland animals featured in this book include:*Deer*Fox*Wolf*Skunk*Otter*Raccoon*Lizard*Possum*Mole*Squirrel*and moreCaptivating illustrations and carefully selected words not only entertain but engage the child in learning literacy, science, vocabulary, and deductive reasoning skills!Read the book MANY ways:1. Enjoy the Riddle Rhymes and the simple animal answer2. Read the Riddle Rhymes along with the ANIMAL FACTS3. Read the Book and add-in some CONVERSATIONAL EXTENSIONS4. Read the Riddle Rhymes with a focus on one of the several LITERACY LINKS suggestions.LITERACY LINKS provide multiple ways to enhance and expand early literacy skills through:*phonological awareness*alphabetic principle*phonemic awareness*predictable textCONVERSATIONAL EXTENSIONS provide open-ended and though provoking questions as well as some hands-on activities to reinforce learning. The Conversational Extensions are provided as an optional activity to the adult reader.ANIMAL FACTS provide interesting facts about woodland animals.

Learning to write is a developed skill that is essential to literacy and school readiness and success! This book of “Trails, Paths, and Mazes” makes it fun to learn how to hold a pencil, control movements, and develop eye-hand coordination. Rather than starting with lines of alphabet letters to trace, this book offers colorful, attractive exercises to develop writing skills! Your child will enjoy racing through orbit, helping an ant through a labyrinth, walking through a garden, finding the way out of a bubble maze, and many more….with his/her pencil or marker though! Twenty writing practice pages are included in this book beginning with easy all the way to challenging, including an alphabet tracing page! You’ll find tips on how to make this book reusable just inside! In addition, you will find connections to learning standards that these activities promote. Look at all the ways you can give your child an advantage on learning this important academic skill! * Learning to write is essential to learning to read! Writing helps children learn about reading and these sets also promote linguistic skills…also essential to literacy! You’ll find lots of things to “talk about” with each page! * Eye-hand coordination and muscle strength are basic skills needed in writing and these books offer opportunities to develop both! * independence and persistence! Who doesn’t benefit from these learning attributes? * Being able to control hand movements promotes self-regulation, the ability to stop, pause, and think…which is carried over to every other learning domain. * Opportunities to cross the midline of the body can promote brain development. * Practice makes perfect! Being able to practice something until it is mastered is not only satisfying, it is skill-building! Children enjoy the simple, do-able sheets! * Many of the sheets also promote problem-solving skills. Mazes are challenging and fun! * Full-color, attractive sheets are appealing to children as opposed to filling in lines of letters. These sheets begin with basic movements that provide a foundation for more refined work later. The lines are easier to follow and are larger for beginner writers! early learning, writing, tracing, workbook, curriculum

In this tale, a grandmother and grandchild have a candid conversation about the function of body parts that are found endearing, but puzzling, by an inquisitive grandchild. Surprise leads to sweet rhyming responses that are satisfyingly and lovingly imparted by an understanding grandmother. While the reader may catch a glimpse of "Little Red Riding Hood's" refrain, "yes, my dear", the story goes beyond fairytale. Colorful illustrations and simple language combine to both entertain and engage the child in exploring the grandparent relationship and demonstrates value in multi-generational learning. Regardless of the many names for grandmother, this affectionate grandparent poem makes a great read for both grandmother and grandchild. The predictable phrases and rhyming words are important strategies for developing phonological awareness in young children, an important skill for developing early literacy. LITERACY LINKS provides various ways to "read" the book with attention to various aspects of literacy skills, including: *phonological awareness *phonemic awareness *alphabetic principle *predictable text *and more!

In this tale, a grandchild’s inquisitive nature leads to a sincere, yet fun conversation about the unique characteristics of her grandfather...from his fuzzy arms to his strong back. The grandfather answers in rhyming responses which satisfy and endear his grandchild to him. Child’s curiosity and grandparent understanding combine to offer this sweet story of the special grandfather/grandchild bond. "Oh Poppa" portrays the fun-loving trait of grandfathers that make them special! Regardless of the many names for grandfather, this affectionate grandparent poem makes a great read for any child who loves their grandfather.The predictable phrases and rhyming words are important strategies for developing pho-nological awareness in young children, an important skill for developing early literacy. The LITERACY LINKS page provides multiple ways to promote literacy skills as you read this book. Some of the ways this book promotes literacy includes:*phonological awareness*phonemic awareness*print awareness*predictable phrases*alphabetic principle....and more!

Snow flakes-- Flakes fall; Fall down-- Down slowly… This book combines snow and echoes as an innovative way to promote literacy and learning! Echo poetry is a style of poetry in which the last word of a phrase becomes the first word of the next line. Children “echo” the last word spoken to “read” the next line. All things “snow” is the topic and beautiful imagery engage children in meaningful conversations about this favorite topic. From snow fall to snow melt, “Snow Echo” will delight! “Literacy Links” and “Learning Extensions” support the adult in promoting learning across academic domains! Teachers, parents, and children will all enjoy this unique way of promoting literacy and learning! SNOW ECHO is part of the Me Complete! Early Learning Program, Volume 1, Unit 5, “WINTER TIME” unit. It may also be used independently. The complete curricular set may be purchased at earlylearning.today

Wild Summer Nights await to fill you with sensory delights. Hear the calls of the wild and envision the shrouded sights as children play under moonlight. You’ll enjoy the hoot of the owl and the song of the whippoorwill, but the bobcat scream may send shivers down your spine. You’ll be amazed to witness nocturnal animals stirring and on the prowl but the sight of a flying squirrel will leave you breathless! You might even feel what it’s like to live amongst the wild! Rhyming words and beautiful photos engage the reader. Conversational Extenders support the reader in helping the young child engage in higher order thinking. So, come out and play with us tonight! Please see “Literacy Links” and “Learning Extensions”in the back of the book for many ways to engage children in this favorite study topic.

Woodland animals must find new homes when their woodland habitat becomes a neighborhood for humans. A fox who makes his home in the “shade of trees” stubbornly refuses to leave and adapts to his new home in “the city” while his other woodland neighbors leave to find new homes. Discover how he adapts and survives, and thrives in a changing world. This educational book provides opportunities for learning literacy, science, social studies, and conservation concepts. Other woodland animals featured in this book include: *Deer *Skunk *Otter *Raccoon *Possum *Squirrel *Duck Captivating illustrations and carefully selected words not only entertain but engage the child in learning literacy, science, vocabulary, and deductive reasoning skills! LITERACY LINKS provide multiple ways to enhance and expand early literacy skills through: *phonological awareness *alphabetic principle *phonemic awareness *predictable text LITERACY LINKS are suggested for parents and for kids who can read. Also learn about:ENDANGERED WOODLAND ANIMALS: Find out what it means to adapt and what it means to be endangered. Learn some simple things you can do to help conserve the environment.

The "Bee-Attitude" friends teach important "ways of being" a friend. A dozen bees share their bits of wisdom in simple friendly advice. Learning about friendship and social skills starts early in life. Adults who work with children, must remember that children learn friendly behaviors by how they are treated and through directly teaching qualities and skills that will go with them the rest of their lives. While we cannot always control all the influences in children's lives, we can make a difference by providing gentle, kind, and firm guidance. These bees support teachers in doing just that! Take these bees into your classroom and into the lives of young children! This book along with others in this unit of study, encourages children to learn about the many concepts of friendship and to practice the skills that lead to a successful life! BEE ATTITUDE FRIENDS is part of the Me Complete! Early Learning Program, Volume 2, Unit 1, “Me and My Friends” unit. It may also be used independently. The complete curricular set may be purchased at earlylearning.today

Pets enrich our lives and they become a part of our families. Pets deserve our very best in keeping them healthy and happy! Discover a variety of pet helpers and the many ways they help pets and pet owners. From Pet veterinarian to pet adoption counselor to pet shop owner–-there are many people who work hard to ensure that all pets are happy and healthy. If you love a pet, then you’ll want to know about all these pet helpers and how you can be a great pet owner! See “Literacy Links” and “Learning Extensions”in the back of the book for many ways to engage children and enhance learning.

Rhyming-word and picture clues take you on a woodland journey. Not only do little ones havefun with this guessing game, they will learn interesting facts about many woodland animalsfeatured in this book. Woodland animals featured in this book include:*Deer*Fox*Wolf*Skunk*Otter*Raccoon*Lizard*Possum*Mole*Squirrel*and moreCaptivating illustrations and carefully selected words not only entertain but engage the child in learning literacy, science, vocabulary, and deductive reasoning skills!Read the book MANY ways:1. Enjoy the Riddle Rhymes and the simple animal answer2. Read the Riddle Rhymes along with the ANIMAL FACTS3. Read the Book and add-in some CONVERSATIONAL EXTENSIONS4. Read the Riddle Rhymes with a focus on one of the several LITERACY LINKS suggestions.LITERACY LINKS provide multiple ways to enhance and expand early literacy skills through:*phonological awareness*alphabetic principle*phonemic awareness*predictable textCONVERSATIONAL EXTENSIONS provide open-ended and though provoking questions as well as some hands-on activities to reinforce learning. The Conversational Extensions are provided as an optional activity to the adult reader.ANIMAL FACTS provide interesting facts about woodland animals.