Understanding and Increasing Language Skills (Video - Parent)
Based on the work of Dr. Mel Levine and the All Kinds of Minds Institute, these videos will deepen understanding of children's problems with language?how they hear or read and how they communicate...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Understanding and Increasing Social Cognition Skills (Video - Parent)
Based on the work of Dr. Mel Levine and the All Kinds of Minds Institute, these videos explore children's abilities to relate to others, including how they communicate and act in socially acceptable...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Launching Young Readers plus Reading Rocks! (Video - Parent/Child)
Launching Young Readers is a series of half-hour television programs that look at different reading strategies to help young children learn to read. The programs also feature practical advice for...
Ages 7 years - 12 years.
Fluent Reading (Video - Parent)
Being able to read fluently means that a child can decode individual words accurately, quickly, and with understanding. Hosted by Deborah Norville, this program offers teachers and parents different...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Reading for Meaning (Video - Parent)
Kids can be taught how to take what they read and make it their own. Hosted by Frank McCourt, this program shows how getting a book "inside your head," understanding it, and connecting it to your life...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Bullying, Teasing and Put-Downs: What Victims Can Do (Video - Child)
Throughout the video, children share their own sometimes painful, real-life experiences with bullying, teasing, and put-downs, what worked and what didn`t to stop it. Counselors and youth workers also...
Ages 9 years - 13 years.
Shaking, Hitting, Spanking: What to Do Instead (Video - Parent)
Easy to use techniques every parent will appriciate. Shows four common scenes that often lead to shaking, hitting or spanking a child, followed by practical, nonviolent suggestions. -Active Parenting...
All Ages
Age groups: Infancy (<1), Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Still Shiny: The Newborn's First 28 Days (Video - Parent)
Describes new life from the point of view of two infants, covering every aspect of newborn care from sleeping and crying to burping and bathing.-Active Parenting Publishers
All Ages
Age groups: Infancy (<1), Toddlerhood (1-3)
Roots of Reading (Video - Parent)
Learning how to read isn't like learning how to talk or learning how to walk. Reading doesnít just happen, it has to be taught. Hosted by Fred Rogers, this program shows how the early years are...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Sounds and Symbols (Video - Parent)
Word play and rhyming games can prepare children to become readers by developing their ear for language. Hosted by Annette Bening, this program shows parents and educators how to use word games and...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)