During the summer, children can forget as much as 40% of what they learned during the school year. A child in pre-school to second grade is learning so many basic skills that forgetting what they learned could potentially set them up for struggles in the next school year.
This summer, help your child stay on top by introducing them to Stepping Stones Together. Stepping Stones Together is a program designed for parents to help their child with basic reading skills. Dr. Erika Burton founded Stepping Stones Together to provide parents with an easy-to-use and reasonably priced online beginning reading program to help parents instill a love for reading with children ages 3-7. The idea is to empower busy parents with the tools to take an active role in their child’s beginning reading skills, foster a love of reading, and provide a positive bonding experience for even the time challenged parents!
In just 15-20 minutes a day, you and your child can spend time together improving reading skills. Have your child select one of the pre-selected stories. Spend time trying to guess what the story will be about, looking at pictures, reading the book, and answering questions. Print of a certificate to showcase each level completion.
It is very affordable. The program is $19.99 for the 90 day program . There is also a full year program for $39.99. It offers high interest text (superheroes, sports, transportation, animals, princesses, fairies), repetitive syntax, helps develop print awareness, and utilizes all 220 high frequency words and more that 200 vocabulary words inclusive of the 95 most common nouns in children books. This personalized beginner reading program consists of stories, questions, games, and incentive chart…just to name a few.
This is such a great way to either help your child begin reading as a way of preparing them for school or as a way to help your child stay up and improve the skills they just recently learned. Not to mention the wonderful parent and child time that will take place during this program.
While looking through the books I noticed one in particular…
HEY! That cat has a great name 
The Stepping Stones Together program is a wonderful way for families to engage in literacy activities at home. This program encompasses all of the vital components of literacy. Children not only have an opportunity to practice reading and writing skills, but comprehension strategies are embedded within each story, thus preparing children for classroom learning. Equally as important, the books are created with high-interest content, which will help ignite an excitement for reading at an early age. The Stepping Stones Together program is an effective tool to make literacy fun and rewarding.
— Jennifer, First grade teacher, Glencoe, IL
Here are some important facts to consider:
–Parents are a child’s first teacher.
–Learning to read at home is associated with a more positive attitude, improved self-concept, and positive relationship with parents, teachers, and school.
–A child’s literacy scores are positively correlated to parent involvement.
–Parent involvement in reading leads to greater reading motivation and academic achievement.
–The amount a child reads is a strong predictor of their academic success.
If you are looking for a fun and educational tool for your child to have this summer, check out Stepping Stones Together. Not only will their beginner reading skills improve but so will your relationship with them. How does that phrase go? A family that reads together, stays together. Yeah…that sounds right!
{Opinions posted in this review are 100% mine. I was compensated for this review. Thanks Stepping Stones Together for providing parents a way to help their child learn and grow!}
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