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I Want a Pet: Ages 4-7 - Level 1
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BOOK FEATURES
EXCELLENT - I Want a Pet is a charming, level 1 storybook for first-time readers from the Start to Read! series. It's a very relatable story about picking out a pet and how a little girl holds firm to what she wants and doesn't want in a pet. I Want a Pet has beginning vocabulary, many basic sight words, and a short sentence or two on each page. The story introduces 9-50 new words, and the repetition, short sentences and entertaining illustration clues will add up to reading success. Most of the vocabulary words are typically introduced in the first grade. This is just one selection from Dr. James Hoffman's Start to Read! Early Reading Program with storybooks across three progressive reading levels. STORYBOOKS - A love of reading has been proven to have far-reaching benefits for children, emotionally and academically. And children who enjoy reading become confident readers and read more often. Each of the three levels in our Start to Read! series contains stories with picture clues and vocabulary words chosen specifically for that reading level. As kids gain confidence, they can progress to the next level with ease. PREPARATION - Let us help you prepare your young children for the next grade level with our workbooks, flashcards, card games, early reading books, and online learning program – Anywhere Teacher. Keep kids "classroom ready" with these great supplemental learning tools and more! AWARD WINNING - School Zone content has won The Parents’ Choice Foundation Award, Tillywig Toy Awards, Brainchild Award, Family Choice Award, Mom's Choice Awards Honoring Excellence, Gold Star Toy Scholastic Parent and Child Award and many more. OUR STORY - More than 40 years ago, long-time educators James Hoffman, Ed.D., and his wife Joan Hoffman, M.A., began a retail supply outlet for teachers, then soon identified a need for at-home learning materials to help parents support and supplement their children’s classroom instruction. School Zone Publishing fast emerged as the market leader in workbooks and flashcards for preschoolers through sixth graders. School Zone remains family-owned, focused on excellence, responsive to customers, alert to emerging technology, and committed to the community. We continually update our products with new features and content, reflective of changing standards, evolving teaching methods, and overall best practices.
BOOK FEATURES
EXCELLENT - I Want a Pet is a charming, level 1 storybook for first-time readers from the Start to Read! series. It's a very relatable story about picking out a pet and how a little girl holds firm to what she wants and doesn't want in a pet. I Want a Pet has beginning vocabulary, many basic sight words, and a short sentence or two on each page. The story introduces 9-50 new words, and the repetition, short sentences and entertaining illustration clues will add up to reading success. Most of the vocabulary words are typically introduced in the first grade. This is just one selection from Dr. James Hoffman's Start to Read! Early Reading Program with storybooks across three progressive reading levels. STORYBOOKS - A love of reading has been proven to have far-reaching benefits for children, emotionally and academically. And children who enjoy reading become confident readers and read more often. Each of the three levels in our Start to Read! series contains stories with picture clues and vocabulary words chosen specifically for that reading level. As kids gain confidence, they can progress to the next level with ease. PREPARATION - Let us help you prepare your young children for the next grade level with our workbooks, flashcards, card games, early reading books, and online learning program – Anywhere Teacher. Keep kids "classroom ready" with these great supplemental learning tools and more! AWARD WINNING - School Zone content has won The Parents’ Choice Foundation Award, Tillywig Toy Awards, Brainchild Award, Family Choice Award, Mom's Choice Awards Honoring Excellence, Gold Star Toy Scholastic Parent and Child Award and many more. OUR STORY - More than 40 years ago, long-time educators James Hoffman, Ed.D., and his wife Joan Hoffman, M.A., began a retail supply outlet for teachers, then soon identified a need for at-home learning materials to help parents support and supplement their children’s classroom instruction. School Zone Publishing fast emerged as the market leader in workbooks and flashcards for preschoolers through sixth graders. School Zone remains family-owned, focused on excellence, responsive to customers, alert to emerging technology, and committed to the community. We continually update our products with new features and content, reflective of changing standards, evolving teaching methods, and overall best practices.
- GenresChildrens
16 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1984
About the author
Joan Hoffman
361 books4 followersJoan Hoffman, M.A., is the author and co-author of hundreds popular storybooks and workbooks for children. Among the titles are Peter’s Dream, I Don’t Like Peas, and The New Bike (the latter two published under the pen name Marie Vinje), the Get Ready for Preschool, Kindergarten, and First Grade workbook trio, along with the entire Get Ready, Little Thinker, I Know It!, Try-n-Spy, and Little Busy Book workbook series.
She is also co-founder, along with her late husband James Hoffman, Ph.D., of School Zone Publishing. Visionary in business, she has long looked at the world through a child’s eyes, infusing her stories and lessons with joy and relatability.
As a mother of 4 back in the ‘70s, like moms the world over throughout history, she wanted what was best for her children. And she knew that teachers didn’t have the time to give her kids everything they needed. As an elementary school teacher, Hoffman worked hard to give her students what they needed to learn. And parents would ask her what they could do to help. That’s why she started School Zone—to help give children every possible chance to reach their potential.
She brought retail experience gleaned from previously founding and managing two regional educational book and supply stores for teachers and parents. Her husband lent his blended talents of educator and entrepreneur. A professor of education who also had first-hand experience as an elementary teacher, he was involved in teacher education programs at several colleges and had served at the helm of a company that published classroom materials.
Combining rock-solid editorial judgment and creative instincts with a thorough understanding of early education, Joan Hoffman was an exemplary proponent of design thinking long before it became a conceptual label. An innovative problem-solver, she has always sought to reach out to end users and challenge convention. Separating fleeting trends from legitimate advances has been essential to her company’s longevity.
The results speak for themselves. With the next generation—both son Jonathan and daughter Jennifer—taking on creative and strategic leadership roles in the company their parents started, School Zone seamlessly integrated digital learning platforms. The company received Apple’s exclusive Human Interface Design Excellence Award for software development, and its apps were part of the first-generation iPad launch in 2010. School Zone’s flagship product, the Little Scholar Learning Tablet, has earned industry-wide recognition and awards, as has its online learning destination Anywhere Teacher. Inspired by mom’s story-telling excellence, son Jonathan continued that legacy with Charlie & Company, an original series for ages 3-7, available on Oznnoz, Kidoodle.tv, ToonGoggles, BatteryPop, Ameba, and Highbrow.
She is also co-founder, along with her late husband James Hoffman, Ph.D., of School Zone Publishing. Visionary in business, she has long looked at the world through a child’s eyes, infusing her stories and lessons with joy and relatability.
As a mother of 4 back in the ‘70s, like moms the world over throughout history, she wanted what was best for her children. And she knew that teachers didn’t have the time to give her kids everything they needed. As an elementary school teacher, Hoffman worked hard to give her students what they needed to learn. And parents would ask her what they could do to help. That’s why she started School Zone—to help give children every possible chance to reach their potential.
She brought retail experience gleaned from previously founding and managing two regional educational book and supply stores for teachers and parents. Her husband lent his blended talents of educator and entrepreneur. A professor of education who also had first-hand experience as an elementary teacher, he was involved in teacher education programs at several colleges and had served at the helm of a company that published classroom materials.
Combining rock-solid editorial judgment and creative instincts with a thorough understanding of early education, Joan Hoffman was an exemplary proponent of design thinking long before it became a conceptual label. An innovative problem-solver, she has always sought to reach out to end users and challenge convention. Separating fleeting trends from legitimate advances has been essential to her company’s longevity.
The results speak for themselves. With the next generation—both son Jonathan and daughter Jennifer—taking on creative and strategic leadership roles in the company their parents started, School Zone seamlessly integrated digital learning platforms. The company received Apple’s exclusive Human Interface Design Excellence Award for software development, and its apps were part of the first-generation iPad launch in 2010. School Zone’s flagship product, the Little Scholar Learning Tablet, has earned industry-wide recognition and awards, as has its online learning destination Anywhere Teacher. Inspired by mom’s story-telling excellence, son Jonathan continued that legacy with Charlie & Company, an original series for ages 3-7, available on Oznnoz, Kidoodle.tv, ToonGoggles, BatteryPop, Ameba, and Highbrow.
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January 29, 2024
Cute art and a simple narrative
April 6, 2019
I love that book because a boy finds a pet and finally decides on two! This classic book is better than the original. Some animals disappeared, but horses are not very big pets! It was Rex Schneider's
fault! He must had made a mistake! This book is still nice. I didn't read it yet! Can I read it? It was my favorite book I want to read in the whole world! I still like it because I Want a Pet is a very lovely book
about a boy's search for just the right pet. I see some animals disappear like the elephant, the hippo, the horse, the doggy and the turtle, but the black cat, the rabbit, the cute little mice, the green parrot and the chameleon is still here! But how can the black cat, the rabbit and the little mice go away? I do not know! But i'm sure i'll find a way. Barbara Gregorich and Rex Schneider will be happy if I read this book. Green pets are not the best pets at all. My favorite Goodreads author loves me.
fault! He must had made a mistake! This book is still nice. I didn't read it yet! Can I read it? It was my favorite book I want to read in the whole world! I still like it because I Want a Pet is a very lovely book
about a boy's search for just the right pet. I see some animals disappear like the elephant, the hippo, the horse, the doggy and the turtle, but the black cat, the rabbit, the cute little mice, the green parrot and the chameleon is still here! But how can the black cat, the rabbit and the little mice go away? I do not know! But i'm sure i'll find a way. Barbara Gregorich and Rex Schneider will be happy if I read this book. Green pets are not the best pets at all. My favorite Goodreads author loves me.
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