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Make a Difference: Talk about Books (Sea usted una buena influencia sobre sus hijos: Hable acerca de los libros) Reading aloud and talking about books is the most powerful modeling behavior parents can do to promote their -children’s reading and learning. This video demonstrates enjoyable ways parents can share books with their children, connect with their kids, promote mutual respect, improve school performance, and instill a love of reading. Parents receive specific ideas they can use at home. The video is divided into three brief parts with opportunities to stop and discuss after each section. Includes a 16-page discussion guide. Appropriate for parents of children ingrades Pre-K–6.
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Early Book Stages, 0-5 Years (Creciendo Con Libros, 0-5 Años) Parents discover how to give their children early book skills that will give them an advantage as they prepare to enter school. The video is divided into segments from 0-1 year, 1-2 years, 2-3 years, 3-4 years, and 4-5 years. The youngest child who appears on the video is 4 months old. Parents will also learn how to enjoy books with their children at each stage of their early reading development! This practical video shows parents and children interacting with books and explains the five normal stages each child goes through—from chewing the corners of books, to proudlyreading their favorite stories. Video Highlights: • Parents will learn how to read to their young children • Parents will be able to identify the developmental stages of using books • Children will be better prepared for success in school • Families from multicultural backgrounds are depicted.
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Make a Difference: Talk about Books (Sea usted una buena influencia sobre sus hijos: Hable acerca de los libros) Reading aloud and talking about books is the most powerful modeling behavior parents can do to promote their -children’s reading and learning. This video demonstrates enjoyable ways parents can share books with their children, connect with their kids, promote mutual respect, improve school performance, and instill a love of reading. Parents receive specific ideas they can use at home. The video is divided into three brief parts with opportunities to stop and discuss after each section. Includes a 16-page discussion guide. Appropriate for parents of children ingrades Pre-K–6.
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Early Book Stages, 0-5 Years (Creciendo Con Libros, 0-5 Años) Parents discover how to give their children early book skills that will give them an advantage as they prepare to enter school. The video is divided into segments from 0-1 year, 1-2 years, 2-3 years, 3-4 years, and 4-5 years. The youngest child who appears on the video is 4 months old. Parents will also learn how to enjoy books with their children at each stage of their early reading development! This practical video shows parents and children interacting with books and explains the five normal stages each child goes through—from chewing the corners of books, to proudlyreading their favorite stories. Video Highlights: • Parents will learn how to read to their young children • Parents will be able to identify the developmental stages of using books • Children will be better prepared for success in school • Families from multicultural backgrounds are depicted.
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Fanning the Flame This video introduces and discusses the notion that parents are their children’s first teachers. First, it shows parents what they can do to set the stage for academic achievement. Then, it gives parents and educators steps they can take to encourage their children to maintain a level of academic success. Facilitator’s manual also includes a Blackline Master for Parenting Inventory which includes 20 things parents do to contribute to their children’s success. Steps include how to: • Recognize a child’s natural skills and abilities • “Fan the Flame” of each child’s motivation to succeed • Identify the positive influences in a child’s life • Build the relationship between school and home to support academic success VHS Item No.: WB-317-2101 Price: $69.95 DVD Item No.: WB-367-2347 Price: $79.95 |
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Make a Difference: Talk about Books (Sea usted una buena influencia sobre sus hijos: Hable acerca de los libros) Reading aloud and talking about books is the most powerful modeling behavior parents can do to promote their children’s reading and learning. This video demonstrates enjoyable ways parents can share books with their children, connect with their kids, promote mutual respect, improve school performance, and instill a love of reading. Parents receive specific ideas they can use at home. The video is divided into three brief parts with opportunities to stop and discuss after each section. Includes a 16-page discussion guide. Appropriate for parents of children ingrades Pre-K–6.
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Parent Involvement: The Parent’s Role This video encourages parents to get involved in whatever ways they can. Drs. Motsinger and Edwards interview parents who are successfully involved in promoting their children’s efforts at school in a variety of ways. They also show that teachers want to hear from parents and find it helpful to talk with them even when things are going well. Facilitator’s manual includes Family Activities for Success in School with 10 ways parents can support academic success. VHS Item No.: WB-317-2106 Price: $69.95 DVD Item No.: WB-367-2341 Price: $79.95 |
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Parent Involvement: The School’s Role In this video, Drs. Hillery Motsinger and Annie Edwards help educators get a handle on parent issues and give them ways to make parents more confident, comfortable and able to support their children in school. Interviews with school principals, teachers and parent coordinators, provide insight into parents’ issues and give educators strategies to use in order to effectively communicate with parents. Facilitator’s manual includes the Home-School-Community Involvement Survey with 20 ways schools can support Parent and Community Involvement. VHS Item No.: WB-317-2105 Price: $69.95 DVD Item No.: WB-367-2340 Price: $79.95 |
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Parents as Tutors: Helping with Homework (Los padres como tutores: Como ayudar con la tarea) You can help parents with homework headaches! This video shows parents how to help their children with common homework problems in a way that encourages children and builds upon their study skills. Parents learn strategies to guide their children through reading assignments and comprehension, vocabulary and word recognition, writing assignments, and preparation for tests and oral reports. Divided into four short parts, this video allows for discussion with parents and includes a 16-page discussion guide. Appropriate for parents of children in grades K–6.
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Self-Esteem and Achievement Oriented Behavior In this video, Dr. Motsinger gives parents the tools they need to identify where their children are on the stair-steps to self-esteem and achievement oriented behavior. Dr. Motsinger identifies for parents specific ways to positively influence their children’s self-esteem. Each parent can learn to: • Meet a child’s basic needs • Meet a child’s relationship needs • Recognize and respond appropriately to each child’s different style of behavior • Recognize the traits of self-esteem and achievement oriented behavior • Encourage achievement oriented behavior in a child Facilitator’s manual also includes a Blackline Master for Activities for Building Self-Esteem in Your Child from A–Z. VHS Item No.: WB-317-2102 Price: $69.95 |
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Ventilando la llama (Fanning the Flame) In this two-part video, almost 40 minutes in length, a Spanish-speaking facilitator talks with Hispanic parents about what parents can do to help raise their children’s levels of academic success. Part one introduces and discusses the idea that parents are their children’s first teachers. In part two, guidelines are given for supporting children during their school life. Parents and facilitator share ideas on everything from providing a place to study and frequent communication with the school to establishing family activities and showing children they are appreciated. Includes a comprehensive Facilitator’s Manual that provides: • Step-by-step guidelines for 4 Parent meetings • Blackline Masters in both English and Spanish for: • Parent Sign-up sheets • Video objectives and outline • Parent Group Discussion Forms • Family Activities list • Parenting Inventory (Reminds parents of the ways they contribute to their children’s success.) VHS Item No.: WB-317-1080 Price: $119.95 DVD Item No.: WB-367-2344 Price: $129.95 |
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Working with At-Risk Students: 2 Video Set This two-part video series provides educators with background on at-risk students how they can learn and what drives them to achieve. In Part I, The At-Risk Student Can Learn, gives criteria for identifying at-risk students and describes efforts and relationships that can work in tandem to make positive and effective interventions. In Part II, Motivating the At-Risk Student, educators can gain insight into what basic factors influence student motivation as well as what motivates different students to succeed at school. Identifying a series of behavioral styles, Dr. Motsinger helps educators to positively respond to different students’ motivational needs in order to get the same result—improved student achievement. Facilitator’s manual also includes a Blackline Master for Parenting Inventory which includes 20 things parents do to contribute to their children’s success. VHS Item No.: WB-317-2103 Price: $119.95 |
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