Info for parents with pre school children

Good morning and Happy New Year!
For my first post of 2011 I want to direct my remarks to those parents who have children not yet enrolled in school. Having just completed the book "Annual Growth:Catch-up Growth" I can not stress enough the importance of building the literacy and math skills of your children prior to the start of school. Reading to them daily, asking them questions about what you read is vital. Making sure that when entering the Ellis kindergarten, they have developed an awareness of the alphabet and numbers is very important. The world around us is filled with chances to practice these skills in natural settings. Simply going food shopping provides many opportunities to reinforce numbers, colors, letters of the alphabet and words. Building these skills can be a lot of fun and will greatly improve academic success when school begins.
For more information on specific skill, please contact me.
Bill Lander