Books with author Nora Gaydos

This extension of the award-winning, best-selling series by acclaimed author, Nora Gaydos, engages kids in an entertaining, hands-on reading, writing, and drawing experience! Includes more than 20 stickers. Level 1 - The Reading section mixes short-vowel words, sight word reinforcement, simple sentences, and strong picture clues. The Writing section teaches penmanship, spelling reinforcement, simple word recognition and builds comprehension. The Drawing section allows coloring in pre-existing scenes and creative expression. Frog is good at everything-except hopping! Will the other frogs want to play with him anyway?

The best-selling, award-winning, step-by-step beginning reading system now introduces plays! A 24 page storybook, five play scripts and four character masks encourage kids to ready by performing in their own dramatic versions of favorite classic fairy tales. Leveled and formatted to improve fluency and comprehension. Now I'm Reading! Plays make every kid a reading star! For children just starting to gain reading fluency, this retelling of one of the most popular fairy tales of all time is a perfect fit! With Cinderella, an evil stepmother and stepsister, a fairy godmother, and a price charming, kids will love getting into character while building reading fluency and confidence.

TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ WHILE HAVING FUN! Simple sentences and strong picture cues help guide young children to reading success with this award-winning learn-to-read series.What could be more exciting than hearing your child read a book to you for the first time? The Now I'm Reading! books for emerging readers are just right for children who want to read but aren't quite ready to sound out words using phonics. At the Pre-Reader level, each of the 10 stories in LOOK AROUND! uses a proven system of simple, patterned text and strong visual cues to build confidence in the earliest readers. Each booklet focuses on a specific early-learning concept (like colors, animals, family, and shapes) to help kids feel like "real" readers as they learn simple sight words and reading habits.Inside the CD binder-like package, you'll find:· 10 story booklets with colorful illustrations and engaging text· 40 reward stickers to encourage completion and rereading· "Words to Know" and "Stretch Your Mind" activity sections· A Parent/Teacher Guide to help you figure out the best ways to use these booksPerfect for ages 3 and up! Books in the NIR Pre-Reader Level focus on read-along stories, strong picture clues, predictable patterned text, and letter and sound recognition.The concepts and skill progression in the NIR! series are aligned to meet Common Core State Standards. This book is Fountas & Pinnell Level A/B; information on individual booklet levels and Lexile Measures is available at the Now I'm Reading website.

This book follows hot on the heels of the first two levels in the series. Written by K-3 educator Nora Gaydos, this book provides a simple color-coded, step-by-step approach to reading with the appropriate sequence of phonetic sounds and whole language necessary for the beginning reader. Humorous stories combined with zany illustrations will delight children while they learn to read. The simple repetitive text in each story builds page-by-page and more difficult skills are introduced book-by-book to reinforce a child's reading ability. The cool CD-like package contains: * 10 removable storybooks * Parent Guide * 40 incentive stickers * Enhancement activities at the end of each book * A magnetic closure

Little steps for big kids!From the bestselling author of the Now I'm Reading!" series comes a brand new line created to help both parents and children as they take on the many steps, challenges, and changes that go hand in hand as little kids become big kids. With contemporary art and child-firendly stories, these books provide a fresh approach to growing up!Princess of the Potty: From smelly, wet diapers to clean big girl underwear, kids will laugh right out of their pants and onto the potty as they master this momentous milestone.