Come Learn With Me Reviewed by Play On Words
 November 3
Every speech-language pathologist yearns to grab a bag of goodies that will amuse, entice and teach their preschoolers the foundation of language, building the basics for communication and literacy.
"Come Learn With Me” is my goody bag of choice! Use it yourself and share it with parents. Save the precious time of collecting props and pictures and unzip this set of books, objects and pictures to begin assessing and teaching receptive and expressive language and cognitive skills. Clearly the authors’ 30 years of combined early childhood experience is evident in this well organized, complete, simple to use tool with step-by-step lessons. They have anticipated developmental stages and what would be most useful to stimulate them.
Each area of development—receptive and expressive language and cognitive development—is broken down into 5-6 skills, progressing from the easiest to the hardest, with complete instructions on how to teach that skill beginning with ages that it is developing, prerequisite skills, sample objectives, baseline data, how to increase that skill and prompts, including modifications for children with visual or physical limitations. With each skill so clearly defined and broken down into activities, parents can easily utilize this manual and kit too. Parents often ask me, “What should my child be doing now?” I could easily refer to the developmental milestones and show what tasks were appropriate for their child’s age.
Therapists, teachers and parents have unlimited options with the bags of vehicles, food, farm animals, and function objects. Everything is kid-sized so they love to play with the objects, while the five books provide simple, colorful, cartoon drawings within the categories of things to ride, on the farm, in your house and moving out and about. With increased emphasis on data collection, therapists can easily record responses in the front cover of each book, using dry erase pens. The illustrations in the books as well as the 66 individual pictures of objects, animals and people by category, are a strength of this teaching tool. Clear enough to keep it simple, but just enough detail to identify the picture; these punchy drawings attract the child. The thick laminated, interchangeable pictures are the right size for a child’s hands while the thrill of ripping off the Velcro and sticking the picture on to the page is just the interaction needed to keep kids engaged.
The simple backdrop of book pages provides the flexibility we want in teaching preschoolers language skills. Kids can identify vocabulary, follow directions, answer questions, and create their own stories as they place their picture discs on each page of the books, interchanging the drawings to create unlimited stories as the groundwork for understanding and using vocabulary, grammar, and concepts. The inherent adaptability of this teaching tool is evident in the fact that I use it with children on the autism spectrum as well as with language and articulation delays or disorders.
Although parts are offered separately, my recommendation would be to buy the whole kit, ultimately saving money by giving you more flexibility and options for language learning.
Short Bio: Sherry Artemenko, a practicing speech-language pathologist has been working with kids for over 30 years. She reviews children's media, books and toys for their language value.
Reviewed by Play On Words www.playonwords.com
Reviewer: Sherry Y. Artemenok M.A., C.C.C. - Read Her Full Bio
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 Come Learn With Me Creators to Attend ASHA 2008 Conference
November 20-22, McCormick Place West
The creators of the award winning early language series “Come Learn With Me” will be at booth #855 at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) national conference. The ASHA conference will be held at McCormick Place West from November 20-22, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois.
The Come Learn with Me exhibit booth will be open from 10:00am-5:00pm on Thursday, November 20th, 9:00am-5:00pm on Friday, November 21st, and 9:00am – 3:00pm on Saturday, November 22nd. The complete library of “Come Learn With Me” products will be available for purchase and there will be special exhibit discounts available throughout the conference.
To reach a representative at the booth, call 866-330-8063 ext. 6. |
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 Come Learn With Me Invited To Exhibit At National Autism Conference
Auguest 4-8, 2008
The award winning Come Learn With Me series will be on display at the 2008 National Conference on Autism “Progress Through Partnership.” Come Learn With Me was selected to be an exhibitor based on its’ usefulness in early language intervention for children diagnosed within the Autism spectrum.
The conference, designed to provide a comprehensive selection of current topics on autism spectrum disorders, will be hosted by Penn State University and held at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel from August 4-8, 2008.
The Come Learn With Me exhibit booth will be open from 12:00pm-5:30pm on August 4th, 8:30am-5:30pm on August 5th & 6th, and 8:30am – 1:00pm on August 7th. To reach a representative at the booth, call 866-330-8063 ext. 6. |
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 Come Learn With Me creators to attend the Ed Expo
March 6-8, 2008
Come and meet the product creators at the upcoming National School Supply and Equipment Association (NSSEA) Ed Expo in Orlando. Stop by our booth (#262) at the Orange County Convention Center South Hall A during this expo to see the entire Come Learn With Me series in person.
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Come Learn With Me Adds Marketing Director to Staff
Come Learn With Me is pleased to announce the addition of Brian Micheels to serve as the Marketing Director. To learn more about our products, including how to become a reseller of the Come Learn With Me series, call 866-330-8063 ext. 6 to speak with Brian.
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 Recipient of the 2007 Learning Magazine "Teachers' Choice Award"
Learning Magazine released their 2007 award winners and the Come Learn With Me book and toys series earned the Teachers' Choice Award. For 14 years, the Learning® magazine Teachers' Choices Awards have heralded the very best in classroom-tested, teacher-recommended products. Each year their nationwide panel of teacher-judges names the standouts in books, classroom supplies, educational games, software, Web sites, and more--everything you need for your classroom. After receiving top ratings in two rounds of rigorous judging, the Come Learn With Me series earned a Teachers' Choice Award.
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