Suzette Lamke Independent Usborne Consultant

Thinking ahead to the summer or even just the next few months with COVID-19 closing schools here are some resources to help you power through helping to eliminate the slide back. Studies have shown kids lose 2-3 months worth of reading skills and other learning achievements made in the previous school year ... Did you watch your child struggle at all last year? Help them not fall behind by doing 30 minutes of study a day ... reading a book, setting up an experiment, doing s...ome of our activity books on math... even the write your own series is perfect for developing English skills, help your kid not dread learning this year by helping them not fall behind over the summer or over this Long break! MATH we have many math books for many different grade levels! Fractions, multiplying, dividing ... even some fun math puzzle cards! [https://www.usbornebooksathome.ca/catalogue/catalogue.aspx](https://www.usbornebooksathome.ca/catalogue/catalogue.aspx) SCIENCE Amazing science dictionaries will help your kiddo understand what the teacher is talking about! They will know the language,allowing them to concentrate on learning the concepts! ... the periodic table is fun and knowing them makes chemistry so much easier ... trust me!.... and it’s filled with facts even I love discovering! Or our engineering book so they can learn how people design things around them ... so many to choose from so check them out [https://www.usbornebooksathome.ca/catalogue/catalogue.aspx](https://www.usbornebooksathome.ca/catalogue/catalogue.aspx) ENGLISH Grammar, spelling, creative writing... all amazing things they can work on this summer ... have them pick their favourite tree and they can go learn under it this summer like like Issac Newton (okay so that isn’t really how it happened, but still!)... you never know who will grow up to be the next Jane Austen...(speaking of which, we have amazing books by the classic authors! I will post a link below too!) [https://www.usbornebooksathome.ca/catalogue/catalogue.aspx](https://www.usbornebooksathome.ca/catalogue/catalogue.aspx) Classic author collections are linked below! [https://www.usbornebooksathome.ca/catalogue/catalogue.aspx](https://www.usbornebooksathome.ca/catalogue/catalogue.aspx) You can read more about them online and some even show you pages from the books!

When I first heard of Usborne I overlooked these...but the Usborne jigsaws are worth taking a look at ... I swear! Not only are the illustrations beautiful but they come with a book! ....some of which are look and find books Sooo what’s so good about these? Well the cost of the book is 17.95, the cost of the puzzle and book combo? 17.95 ... WHAT!?! The puzzle AND book is the same cost as the hardcover version of the book!?! Mind is blown! ... Some puzzles are 100 pieces, some 30 ... some come with the look and find book, unicorns comes with an awesome sticker book, and the 30 piece puzzles come with their equivalent story book! Best birthday gift ever! We got our first jigsaw (Snow White) over Christmas break and here is a time lapse video of my daughter doing a 30 piece! She LOVES it! I recently put on order the unicorn one and I cannot wait! I might be more excited than she is! [https://www.usbornebooksathome.ca/catalogue/catalogue.aspx](https://www.usbornebooksathome.ca/catalogue/catalogue.aspx)

Soft-touch button sound books! The buttons are like a touchscreen, in the sense they don’t need to be pressed very hard at all! They almost sense your finger is there! ... another great feature is the on/off switch! Hehehe The first three are from a touchy feely sound book collection...having them hear the sounds of nature they would normally hear around them ... kids delight in hearing familiar sounds and telling you what they hear! Knowing something! ... https://www.usbornebooksathome.ca/catalogue/catalogue.aspx The others are from various series .. Quiet Time is so beautiful... the raft of animals play 5 classical tunes as they drift down the river ... putting all the others to sleep... and hopefully your little one gets sleepy too! https://www.usbornebooksathome.ca/catalogue/catalogue.aspx Four Seasons is an amazing series of tunes that reflect the beautiful imagery of a forest throughout the seasons! A great story to teach them about the changing seasons as well as introducing them to Vivaldi’s classics! https://www.usbornebooksathome.ca/catalogue/catalogue.aspx Lastly is Poppy & Sam’s Animal Sounds I have shown already ... but it wanted to be here with it’s other friends too! A funny story of the kids doing their farm chores for all of the barn animals! https://www.usbornebooksathome.ca/catalogue/catalogue.aspx

Kayla Major - FARMS There are SOO many different options for farm related books. Everything from newborn baby/infant to older readers and activities like the press out paper farm! The Poppy & Sam Series of books all take place on a farm and there are some THATS NOT MY ____ series of books - thats not my cow or thats not my sheep...... https://www.usbornebooksathome.ca/catalogue/catalogue.aspx

Soft-touch button sound books! As mentioned before, these buttons are like a touchscreen, in the sense they don’t need to be pressed very hard at all! They almost sense your finger is there! ... another great feature is the on/off switch! Hehehe The first three are from a touchy feely sound book collection...having them hear the sounds of nature they would normally hear around them ... kids delight in hearing familiar sounds and telling you what they hear! Knowing something! ... https://www.usbornebooksathome.ca/catalogue/catalogue.aspx The others are from various series .. Quiet Time is so beautiful... the raft of animals play 5 classical tunes as they drift down the river ... putting all the others to sleep... and hopefully your little one gets sleepy too! https://www.usbornebooksathome.ca/catalogue/catalogue.aspx Four Seasons is an amazing series of tunes that reflect the beautiful imagery of a forest throughout the seasons! A great story to teach them about the changing seasons as well as introducing them to Vivaldi’s classics! https://www.usbornebooksathome.ca/catalogue/catalogue.aspx Lastly is Poppy & Sam’s Animal Sounds I have shown already ... but it wanted to be here with it’s other friends too! A funny story of the kids doing their farm chores for all of the barn animals! https://www.usbornebooksathome.ca/catalogue/catalogue.aspx

Not everyone is into fiction ... some people enjoy nonfiction TRUE STORIES Learn about Artic Adventures and amazing feats of Survival..... or Escape (want to know how they escaped Alcatraz?)... These are all part of the YOUNG READING SERIES 4... Recommended for 8+, but the true stories are interesting for even older readers! [https://www.usbornebooksathome.ca/catalogue/catalogue.aspx](https://www.usbornebooksathome.ca/catalogue/catalogue.aspx) [https://www.usbornebooksathome.ca/catalogue/catalogue.aspx](https://www.usbornebooksathome.ca/catalogue/catalogue.aspx)