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April 24, 2014
Bosley’s New Friends
Join Bosley on this bilingual journey as he struggles to understand what the other animals are saying. “Why don’t the other animals understand me when I talk?” he asks.
Bosley learns patience as he diligently learns how to speak other languages, one word at a time, and he discovers a wide world of new friends waiting to be made. This book is sure to impress upon any child the importance of language learning in a way that they can relate to.
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April 22, 2014
Parent-Child Bonding with Secret Code Words in a Second Language
In order to encourage your child’s interest in a second language, and at the same time maintaining a strong friendship with your child, try creating teaching them a few words in a second language that you can use as “secret code words”. Here’s what I mean…
If you teach your child the phrase “Do you want ice cream?” (in German this would be: “willst du Eis?”)this would give you a good opportunity to suggest a special parent-child outing without anyone else knowing what you’re up to. Or “Let’s g...
April 17, 2014
April 15, 2014
Help Toddlers Develop Event Sequencing with Simplified Reading
Bosley’s series of books are designed to teach foreign language, including English as a second language. And they do so by means ofa variety of interesting techniques. If you’ve read any of the books you will notice that they all contain a couple key words, on every page, that are highlighted in both languages. This is a tool that can add a fun element for kids and can be used strategically by parents and teachers.
The words chosen to be highlighted are two or three of the words that embody th...
April 4, 2014
Author Interview Videos – Regarding the Creation of Bosley Sees the World
I get a lot of questions about Bosley and how I came up with the ideas for the series, and what my motivations were. Recently I recorded a variety of answers to these questions and published them on YouTube. A few of these videos are below, and to watch more videos and subscribe to further video publications please check out my YouTube channel. The first three videos you see here pertain to the first book, Bosley Sees the World.
Question #1: Why did you create the Adventures of Bosley Bear?
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February 22, 2014
Bosley’s New Friends, Coming this Spring!
Bosley’s Mountaintop Vista – Such a big world with so many possibilities!
This spring, inspire your children to learn a new language by bringing them on Bosley’s next adventure.
In “Bosley’s New Friends”, Bosley wanders through the forest wondering why he can’t communicate with the other animals. He gets strange looks from the animals and can’t seem to include himself in their games. After learning how to understand what they are saying, his eyes are opened to how many new friends he can make b...
February 19, 2014
Meet the author, Tim Johnson
All of my self-published books to date.
Hello readers and Bosley fans! Thank you so much for all your love and support in 2013! Bosley has another book set to be released this spring and 2-3 more books after that that will be published in 2014. Stay tuned on Bosley’s facebook page for more information about those new books.
If you would like to know more about me as an author, please come visit my brand new FACEBOOK AUTHOR PAGE!
I have big plans for this year and plan to move into publishing oth...
January 6, 2014
Parent / Teacher Guide for Bosley Sees the World now Available!
The Parent / Teacher Guide for Bosley Sees the World is now available!!
This is a great opportunity for teachers to bring Bosley Bear into their classroom and introduce him to students as you immerse them into his world through these creative and inspiring activities. Bosley songs, craft projects, collaboration, interactive play, and much more! You will definitely find something in this guide that will bring Bosley to life in your classroom.
I was so luck to find Leanne Williams, M.Ed. a specia...
December 7, 2013
Language Learning Teacher’s Guide Coming Soon!
I’m so excited that I get to share Bosley’s stories with children all over the world and I have had lots of people use the books in their classes for both children and adults! I’m happy to announce that coming in January I will be offering an AWESOME teachers guide for kids that will encourage language learning in a fun, creative way, presenting lesson plans that encompass all types of learning methods. There will be audible, visual, and hands on lessons that help children learn new words and...
November 22, 2013
Bosley’s Four-Book Set!
Yes! You heard right!
I’m now offering a 4-book set of ALL of Bosley’s books:
Bosley Sees the World
Bosley Goes to the Beach
Bosley’s First Words
Bosley Builds a Tree House
You can choose your desired translation upon checkout.
Bosley’s Dual Language 4-Book Set
Merry Christmas!!
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