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The First Day of School - A View From the Other Side: Love Thy Child's Teacher

For the Parent - From a Parent's Heart - A Letter to the Teacher

For the Student - A story/poem to illustrate: School Worries (.pdf)

 
 

TRAILS - The Read-Along Independent Literacy Series
Print these mini-books your child can read and illustrate - independent of adult assistance.
 

In the beginning: TRAILS began in the early 1990's as a pilot program for at-risk kindergarten children and their families. By bringing reading material into the homes of kindergarten children, the primary mission of The Read-Along Program - family literacy - was realized.


The second edition: In keeping with this central theme, we have developed a second-generation program using simple text, which is available here - free - online. The purpose of this version of TRAILS is to provide children with printable mini-books they can read and illustrate, independent of adult assistance. (see The Imagination Station for an explanation of the value of illustrating.)


I can do it all by myself: When provided with the appropriate tools, children will develop a sense of ownership and control over their own learning. To this end, we have written the text in this series using high-frequency words (see I Can Read). We have also designed the books in a simple, easy to construct format.
 

The Read-Along books are available in .pdf format.

If you do not have Adobe Reader, you may download the free program

by visiting their website at:

http://get.adobe.com/reader/

 

 

Directions: Print each .pdf file using 1 sheet of  8½ x 11 paper. Encourage your child to cut out the 4 mini-pages, draw the illustrations, and staple the book together.

# 1 - My Cat

# 2 - My Dog

# 3 - Two Balloons

# 4 - My Horse

# 5 - Jump !

# 6 - 1, 2, 3

# 7 - I Go

# 8 - Happy

 

 
 

Reference photo at the top of the page: One day in the spring, this baby bird sat just outside our office window. Both his parents spent the afternoon trying to teach this reluctant bird to fly. They took turns flying low, circling, chirping, and demonstrating technique. All the while, our little feathered friend held on tightly to the branch. As the sun began to set, he finally spread his wings, and the three headed skyward. Early childhood education: fly low, circle close, hover, encourage, instruct, be patient, work to maintain close family ties.

 

If you are looking for a particular book, select the category "books" and type in the keywords or title here:

 

 

 

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