Books with author Sarah K Major

This book is for children who are strongly visual, who learn all at once through pictures, are drawn to patterns, rely on body motions, and who need to understand the process behind each math problem they solve. In Time, Money, & Measurement, we start at the very beginning and increase in difficulty in each area. 1- We embed symbols in VISUALS so that the child can take a quick look, absorb the learning piece, and store it as an image to be retrieved intact later. 2- We use PERSONIFICATION which is a powerful element in teaching and learning. The use of personification makes for rapid learning because the very look and personality of the character conveys the substance of the learning. For example, Ollie Owl, Molly Mongoose, and Sammy Stork have personalities that help cement their function in children's memory. Ollie Hour is an owl who marks the hours and goes very slowly on his short legs. Molly Minute is a mongoose who ticks off the minutes, scuttling around the clock quickly. Sammy Second is a stork who swoops around the clock marking off the seconds.3- We rely on PATTERN DISCOVERY as a way of making numbers come alive and as a means of conveying the amazing relationships between numbers. What results is number sense. Because the brain is a pattern seeking organ, it is drawn to material that follows patterns. 4- We use STORY to contain the meaning of what we are teaching in math. Stories, like visuals, make learning unforgettable. They explain the "why" behind math concepts and tie everything together, creating a vehicle for meaning and for recall.5- We use BODY MOTION--both gesture and whole body movement that mirrors the symbol shape or the action in the math story (such as addition or subtraction). Again, body movement is a powerful agent for learning and remembering. For many people, body motion makes recall effortless if the learning piece is directly tied to a unique motion.6- We employ VISUALIZATION--a powerful tool for right-brain-dominant learners. If these learmers are given time to transfer the image on the paper in front of them to their brains (prompt them to close their eyes and SEE it in their mind's eye), they will be able to retrieve that image later. If the image contains learning concepts, this is how they will remember what you want them to learn. So in this book, each time a visual is introduced, prompt the student(s) to "see" the image in their mind.

Set C contains 24 new titles and picks up right where we left off in Set B. Set C teaches more complex spellings including all the R controlled spellings, oi and oy, OO and oo, and more. Also taught are 59 sight words -- those included in our SnapWordsTM List C, and 59 more words from our Nouns List 1 for a total of 118 words. Books 13-15 teach: Sounds: /OR/ spelled or, ore, oor Sounds: /OR/ spelled ar, our Sounds: /OW/ spelled ow, ou along with selected SnapWords(TM) stylized sight words from List C. Use the teaching tips provided for each book to prepare children for success before having them read each title.

About the Easy-for-Me C Books Set C covers sight words from List C (59 words), all the nouns from SnapWords Nouns List 1(59 words), the sound spellings for oo as in BOOK and oo as in MOON, sound spellings for OW, the R controlled spellings, diphthongs, digraphs, and much more. Easy-for-Me Children's Readers are designed to be read in sequence, as the skills used in each build on each other and gradually increase in difficulty. These sets of Children's Readers teach all needed skills explicitly so that there are no gaps in what the children know. These decodable/sight word readers are perfect for providing reading practice after children learn sounds using Alphabet cards and sight word vocabulary using SnapWords cards. This edition includes 24 12-page stories. All illustrations are full color. Books are 5.5" x 5.5".

The Easy-for-Me™ decodable readers are designed for initial teaching of reading and wonderful for working with children who have dyslexia, ADD/ADHD or autism, or are right-brained/ visual learners. Set C readers are designed for children who have already mastered the sight words in Set A and Set B. Use the teaching tips provided for each book to prepare children for success before having them read each title. The teaching tips detail any new sight words used in the book as well as phonics concepts children will need to know. The Easy-for-Me™ Books are designed to be read in sequence, as the skills used in each build on each other and gradually increase in difficulty. Set C covers sight words from List C (59 words), all the nouns from SnapWords™ Nouns List 1 (59 words), the sound spellings for OO and oo, sound spellings for OW, the R controlled spellings, diphthongs, digraphs, and much more. This new edition includes 24 stories divided into 8 books by target sound spelling. Books are perfect bound, 5.5" x 8.5". All illustrations are full color.