This kit contains three recommended tools that the author of "Happy Cheetah Reading" uses in her clinical practice, plus a bonus resource:
Constant Encouragement Button
Give constant encouragement with a button that says "That was Easy!" Have your students hit the encouragement button after reading each review story, after reading each new story, after reading the printed story in the workbook, after each of the Think-and-Do exercises, after each sentence copied and read. . . . Basically, as often as you can reasonably suggest it. Batteries included.
Preferred Pencil Grip for Perfect Practice
After trying many brands of pencil grip, this is the one that Dr. Karen found works best. She offers these to all students who come to her office-and now to you, too. Good for both right-handed and left-handed students, this will help your students hold their pencils correctly.
Mistake-Covering Tape
When Dr. Karen works with students, she always keeps this tape at hand. Whenever students make an error, she immediately covers it up, because the less time students look at an error, the better! Stop worrying about misplaced erasers and the shadowy, show-through lines that can't be fully erased. Instant correction, and a clean piece of paper!
BONUS: Exclusive Top 100 Most Value-Rich Audio Recordings
For struggling readers, one of the most valuable things you can do is let them listen to books as much as possible. Since most parents don't have eight to twelve hours to read aloud, audio books become one of the best ways to build the pathways in the brain to help a student learn to read as quickly as possible.
The best children's audio books are the ones they return to again and again. The ones that offer the best value for their price. The ones that a range of ages enjoy. The ones that enhance the audio book art form the most, where the recording is not just a book that's read aloud, but a book that comes alive through a skillful narrator.
From this list, the books are divided out according to age and according to personal preference, from the very greatest must listens, to the ones the author and her children still like much.
