Early World Of Learning

Early World of Learning promotes school readiness

Parents and teachers know a good start in school is vitally important. Early success builds a young child’s confidence and creates a strong foundation for later learning. This 'good start' begins at home.Pre-school children who have had certain experiences and acquired certain skills usually succeed better than those who have not.

Early World of Learning was developed from a pre-school teacher survey identifying 93 readiness skills important in pre-school development. These skills have been broken down into 10 skill groups:
Visual
Listening
Language and Reading
Manipulative
Self-help and Social and Emotional Development
Early Mathematical Concepts
Time
Position and Direction
Texture
Color

The Early World of Learning program features a central character, Poldy the lovable scarecrow. Children will identify with Poldy in all the various activities of the program and share in his many adventures.

Features:
12 Storybooks. Introduce the skills, and concepts from the 10 key readiness areas.
6 Audiocassettes. The cassettes, which accompany the storybooks, introduce and develop the same skills, with special attention to listening and auditory discrimination.
Concertina Books. These books feature moving parts to teach movement and direction.
Poldy and Friends. This is a simple picture boardbook with no text.
Watch Me Grow. This height chart gives children experience in measuring.
Colour Wheel. Fun making secondary colours.
What's the Time?. The movable clock hands teach your child to tell the time.
Posters. These lively and colourful posters will help children become familiar with the shapes, colours and numbers presented in the storybooks.
ABC alphabet tray. This tray will familiarise your child with both capital and small letters and letter and sound association.
Guide for Parents and Teachers. This guide explains how to use the programme and gives suggestions for further skill development.
Word Book
Words and
Pictures
Picture Pairs
2 Activity Books
Shapes Jigsaw
Numbers Book
Song Book

Welcome To Reading

Give your children the support they need to become successful readers-using the entertaining and child-friendly methods perfected by World Book.

Charming characters and creative activities help develop a youngster's love for reading. Welcome to Reading includes 48 delightful "little books," 12 audiotapes, and 240 colorful flashcards to immerse your child into the world of reading. While whimsical and fun, this program is nonetheless focused on reading development. The kit helps to develop sequenced reading skills, including phonics, comprehension, and vocabulary development.

The program is self-paced and interactive, adjustable for individual student's needs, and ideal for boosting the reading skills of a youngster who requires some help outside of the classroom. All of this delivered by the learning experts at World Book Encyclopedia.

Features:
48 Little Books, divided into four levels, with continuing characters that students will enjoy
12 audiotapes, by level, with read-aloud text for many of the Little Books
256-page illustrated Anthology packed with traditional and contemporary stories and poems Activity Booklet Game board with oversized alphabet cubes
240 Flashcards corresponding to the four levels, plus alphabet and numbers/counting series Parent and teacher handbook

Childcraft

Childcraft – The How and Why Library is for children, particularly for children from preschool through the primary grades. It is a resource library designed to initiate lifelong learning by answering children's questions and stimulating new interests and curiosity. It satisfies children's need to understand the world of information, imagination, and feelings.

Childcraft is a fifteen-volume set, organized by topic and designed especially to provide young children with an enjoyable first reading experience. The first two volumes offer a selection of the best in children's literature for reading aloud and sharing. The next twelve volumes invite children to explore the world around them – including plants, animals, science, technology, shapes and numbers, geography, and much more. The fifteenth volume includes a cumulative index, as well as information for parents and other caregivers on children's growth and development.

Throughout the set, children's questions are answered in words and pictures that are easy to understand and fun for adults and children to share. Illustrations are treated as an important part of learning. Full-color and excellent graphic design are important actors in keeping interest and motivation high. Phonetic pronounciations, glossaries, and detailed indexes help guide young readers throughout the volumes. Fun facts, games, and simple activities also make the information engaging and light.

Childcraft creates opportunities for interaction between children and adults by providing activities and information that are developmental ly appropriate for children. Childcraft is an invitation for children to learn and explore.

The Childcraft library is perfect for eager-to-learn youngsters who like to read on their own!
We all know children who are ready to take basic reading skills further along on their own. The Childcraft library is the perfect bridge between school and home, providing your child with just the right set of books to challenge and inspire; just watch his or her reading skills grow!

Childcraft books are carefully structured at the level of early readers. Bright colors, photography, and child-friendly topics all add to their appeal. These are books kids want to pick up.

World Book combines an understanding of how children learn (Childcraft books were developed by experts in child development and growth) with a far-reaching collection of literature, nonfiction articles, and creative activities to stimulate and motivate kids. The result is a 15-volume library packed with stories and information youngsters will want to read.

Once your kids start picking up books to read on their own, make sure they have a selection that is geared especially towards them. They'll quickly develop a habit of pleasure in learning and reading that will be a lifelong advantage they'll thank you for again and again.

Features:
Childcraft includes 15 volumes:
Once Upon a Time
Art Around Us
Poems and Rhymes
How Things Work
How Does it Happen?
Our Earth
Our Universe
Shapes and Numbers
The World of Animals
The World of PlantsAbout You,
Celebrate!
See The World
Who We Are
Guide to Childcraft

The World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia is a great reference and teaching tool. It is a perfect introductory encyclopedia set for any school library. The Student Discovery Encyclopedia can be used to encourage independent learning and instill the lay of reading with such features as :

Illustrations make this special encyclopedia set ideal for younger students who need a visually rich source written at a lower reading level.

This new introductory reference set has more than 2,500 colorful illustrations, diagrams, graphs, and maps that help draw and hold students' interest. Once you catch their attention, the learning begins.

Age-appropriate content reflects topics of high interest to the target audience and helps to build research skills.

Biographies of Oprah Winfrey, Sammy Sosa, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and many more people children should know from the arts, politics, social sciences, sports action, education, and exploration bring subjects to life and motivate reluctant readers. Entries were chosen with the advice and assistance of teachers, school librarians, readability specialists, and other educators.

The Student Discovery Encyclopedia introduces many features of adult reference works including cross-references, guide words, pronunciation guides, and indexes. These books help young learners' research skills and promote the use of reference works. They'll be able to tackle that tough assignment that used to overwhelm them after learning from these books!

World Book Encyclopedia

World Book Encyclopedia is the best family reference book

World Book Encyclopedia rank as the best encyclopedia on the market because of its easy-to-use format that young students find so appealing. Continually rated number one, THE WORLD BOOK™ ENCYCLOPEDIA provides accurate and authoritative source material in an easy-to-use and easy-to-understand format.

Twenty-two volumes
More than 14,000 pages
More than 18,000 articles
Up-to-date information, new curriculum developments and changing educational practices.
Rich illustrations and photographs, more than 28,000 of all.
Designed and written to meet the reference and study needs of students around the world.
Extra 2 volumes of Complete English Dictionary

The World Book Encyclopedia is not only a great reference set, but also enter-taining books that family members find themselves browsing on lazy after-noons. Young and old alike will learn.

Parents, teachers, and librarians consistently rank The World Book Encyclopedia the best general reference source because of its easy-to-use format that students find so appealing.
World Book editors present information in a clear, direct style that makes each article readable. Articles start at a relatively basic level and advance in depth as they progress.

More than 28,000 rich photographs and illustrations are combined with award-winning text to produce the perfect encyclopedia for students and families. No wonder it has been a staple on home, library, and classroom shelves since the first edition in 1917!

Nothing can substitute the experience of turning the pages to go from Chicago to China, Jazz to Jefferson, Civil Rights to Civil War, and everything in between. The World Book Encyclopedia is a great reference set, and a source of pure pleasure reading, too. Family members will find themselves browsing through volumes on lazy afternoons. Youngsters and grown-ups alike will make discoveries and find new things to learn!

Award and Reviews
A Parent's Guide to Children's Media Award Winner - 2002
2001 Instructional Materials Finalist/ Middle School - The Association of Educational Publishers, April 2001.
Parents' Choice Classic 1999
The Best in Family Reference Books - Family Life 1998
"World Book Encyclopedia is an outstanding, beautifully illustrated, current general reference source for all age levels." -Booklist, 15 9/98
"It's (World Book) accessible, comprehensive, full of color illustrations and as up-to-date as a print encyclopedia can be." Family Life, 9/98

Cakrawala Pengetahuan Dasar

To develop essential skills in your child

17 hardcover books, each designed to develop a specific skill or understanding of a subject for your child.

Skills and subjects are presented through stories to captivate your child's attention and make learning fun.

Special interactive features such as split-pages, cutouts, flaps, and moving parts engage and entertain your child.

Also includes a parent's guide to help you make the most of the series.

Child's First Value

To help your child develop good behaviour and moral values at an early age

15 storybooks with stories from around the world develop values and entertain your child at the same time. Carefully written, the storybooks improve your child's reading skills and comprehension.
Tittles are :
A New Coat of Leaves (Menerima Diri)
The Tale of The Giant Turnip ( Kemurahan dan Ketamakan)
The Dragon Lantern ( Kejujuran)
The Heart of the Winter ( Tolong Menolong)
In Search of The Missing Light (Pantang Menyerah)
Saving The Old Apple Tree ( Menyayangi Lingkungan)
Mimi The Selfish Kitten (Berbagi Mainan)
The Dragon Who Couldn’t Breath Fire (Tampil Beda)
The Land of Toys (Memelihara mainan)
Pippo Learns A Lesson (Menyayangi orang lain)
The Aligator’s Secret ( Mengakui Kesalahan)
The Little Blue Elephant (Sikap Keterbukaan)
The Grumpy Dragon (Persahabatan)
Who Took My Strawberries (Berbagi dengan Orang Lain)
The Naughty Mole (kepatuhan)

15 audio CDs with recordings of all the stories help your child with accurate pronunciation while teaching important values.

Collection of five finger puppets bring to life the characters from the storybooks and help your child explore his creativity.

Parenting book, Teaching Good Behaviour, provides useful information on how to handle different behavioural issues.

A separate parent's guide helps you make the most of the series.

English Time

A fully integrated, multimedia system to give your child a solid command of English

Watching and listening through the videos.
Playing and practicing through the CD-ROMs.
Learning to read through the readers
Developing writing skills through the writing/activity books.
Reinforcement and recognition through online tests and reviews
Learning to speak confidently through the Pronunciation Enhancement Kit.

Learning Math With Albert

A multimedia program to provide a strong foundation in essential math skills.

The set includes many integrated components to get your child interested and excited about math, and make learning of the concepts easy and entertaining.

10 hardcover books graded by level of difficulty, starting with the basic concepts of size and quantity, and all the way to multiplication and measurement. The tittles are :
Which Is Bigger ?
What Is a Collection ?
What Are Numbers ? (0-5)
Let’s Put Thing Together.
Let’s Spot The Position
What Are Numbers? (6-99)
Carrying Up And Carrying Down.
Larger Number (100-1000)
Let’s Measure Things.
Let’s Do Multiplication.

10 activity books to reinforce the concepts and test what has been learned from the books.

5 CD-ROMs with over 50 different activities to further practice the concepts with real-life objects and situations.

Magic Number Board (3 x 2 feet) with 105 pieces of numbers, tiles, symbols and shapes that can stick to the board. This provides exciting opportunities of learning through play and parent-child interaction.

3 Magic Pads and a Magic Pen for repeated writing practice of numbers and sums. Whatever you write on it disappears in a short while, making it a great educational toy, too.

A Multiplication Tile Set to help children learn the concept of multiplication and provide a visual times table.

An Achievement Chart with Star Stickers to keep track of the progress through the ten levels and provide recognition to the child.

A parent's guide to help you make the most of every component in the program