Share and Take Turns

by Cheri J. Meiners, Meredith Johnson (Illustrator)

Overview

Sharing is a social skill all children need to learn—the sooner the better. Concrete examples and reinforcing illustrations help children practice sharing, understand how and why to share, and realize the benefits of sharing. Includes a note to teachers and parents, additional information for adults, and activities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781575421247
Publisher:	Free Spirit Publishing
Publication date:	03/15/2003
Series:	Learning to Get Along Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	56,102
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.16(d)
Lexile:	AD460L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Cheri J. Meiners, M.Ed., has her master’s degree in elementary education and gifted education. A former first-grade teacher, she has taught education classes at Utah State University and has supervised student teachers.

Cheri and her husband, David, have six children and enjoy the lively company of their grandchildren. They live in St. George, Utah.

Meredith Johnson has worked for over twenty years as the art director at an advertising agency.

She is also the illustrator of over 120 children’s picture books, including Free Spirit’s popular Learning to Get Along® series.

Meredith lives with her family in La Cañada, California.

Editorial Reviews

A good choice for teachers seeking books that reinforce familiar classroom messages.

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Learning Magazine’s Teacher’s Choice Award Finalist

From the Publisher

K-Gr 1-Two books aimed directly at issues that arise in the classroom and on the playground, presenting the social skills needed to address them and ideas and activities for parents and teachers to reinforce them. The titles could not be more didactic in tone and spirit; the greeting-card illustrations are determinedly multicultural and multiabled, bluntly repeating the lessons at hand. Sample dialogue: "I think about what I hear. Thinking helps me learn and remember" (from Listen). "I'm learning to make good choices. I'm learning to think about others" (from Share). It's unlikely that this kind of iteration actually motivates children. These books may be of some use in the classroom, but they are of doubtful value in a general collection.-Dona Ratterree, New York City Public Schools Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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