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Preparing Your Child For Academic Success: Enjoyable Practical Tools That Motivate Children to Learn at a Higher Level
Are You Ready for Academic Success?
Due to the pandemic , children may be more behind academically than ever before! This book will teach parents, grandparents and caregivers helpful techniques for academic readiness and provide success tips for the elementary child. Terri Hadley provides enjoyable practical tools that motivate children to learn at a higher level.
The Hidden Motivator to Academic Success
Success - Results For Your
Due to the pandemic , children may be more behind academically than ever before! This book will teach parents, grandparents and caregivers helpful techniques for academic readiness and provide success tips for the elementary child. Terri Hadley provides enjoyable practical tools that motivate children to learn at a higher level.
The Hidden Motivator to Academic Success
Success - Results For Your
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Published July 7, 2022
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Readers say "Preparing Your Child For Academic Success" is "A must-read for every parent, grandparent, and parent-to-be" The updated 2024 edition is featured in Reedsy Discovery .
Terri Hadley was a sensory development tutor for regular education, at-risk, and special needs Elementary children for more than 15 years. Having a Bachelor of Science degree in Child and Adolescent Development helped Terri understand the theories for age appropriate learning. Terri learned the correct order of sensory development while undergoing vision training for Strabismus (a lazy eye) to improve her eye coordination and focusing. Due to this knowledge, she helped many children become confident, independent, and successful in the classroom.
"Preparing Your Child For Academic Success" was first published in July 2022 by Terri Hadley. This 1st Edition was recently revised in January 2024. It is divided into age groups (Newborn through Elementary Years) for an easy read, and is still the same great book! The toys and techniques Terri suggests motivate children to learn and achieve higher level academic success.
In Terri's creative time, she enjoys wholesome acting and dance. She photo doubled for Academy Award Actress Linda Hunt (Hetty) on NCIS: LOS ANGELES. Terri also read off camera dialog for children on many television and feature film sets. Learning accents challenges Terri in being an actor.
Terri volunteers for special needs at Saddleback Church, CA. She is a member of Learning Disabilities Association of America, and SAG-AFTRA.
Relaxation for Terri is walking at the beach with her husband. A young grandma, she enjoys spending time with her twin granddaughters.
Readers say "Preparing Your Child For Academic Success" is "A must-read for every parent, grandparent, and parent-to-be" The updated 2024 edition is featured in Reedsy Discovery .
Terri Hadley was a sensory development tutor for regular education, at-risk, and special needs Elementary children for more than 15 years. Having a Bachelor of Science degree in Child and Adolescent Development helped Terri understand the theories for age appropriate learning. Terri learned the correct order of sensory development while undergoing vision training for Strabismus (a lazy eye) to improve her eye coordination and focusing. Due to this knowledge, she helped many children become confident, independent, and successful in the classroom.
"Preparing Your Child For Academic Success" was first published in July 2022 by Terri Hadley. This 1st Edition was recently revised in January 2024. It is divided into age groups (Newborn through Elementary Years) for an easy read, and is still the same great book! The toys and techniques Terri suggests motivate children to learn and achieve higher level academic success.
In Terri's creative time, she enjoys wholesome acting and dance. She photo doubled for Academy Award Actress Linda Hunt (Hetty) on NCIS: LOS ANGELES. Terri also read off camera dialog for children on many television and feature film sets. Learning accents challenges Terri in being an actor.
Terri volunteers for special needs at Saddleback Church, CA. She is a member of Learning Disabilities Association of America, and SAG-AFTRA.
Relaxation for Terri is walking at the beach with her husband. A young grandma, she enjoys spending time with her twin granddaughters.
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July 10, 2024
Preparing Your Child for Academic Success is a self-help guide for parents, written by former sensory development tutor, Terri Hadley. Covering eight chapters, the book aims to provide parents with all the needed tools and advice to help raise their children in a supportive, healthy, environment. Each chapter covers a specific age range, from under a year, to elementary and adolescence. Despite the book's title, the focus of Preparing Your Child for Academic Success is less about specific educational devices to improve intelligence or mental ability, and more about setting good foundations for academic prosperity.
Hadley's approach to writing is informed, with bullet-points used to indicate high-level pieces of takeaway content, nestled alongside paragraphs and key reference sections at the end of each chapter. While it is not for me to comment on the specifics of the guidance (I am not a behavioural development specialist), they way Hadley presents information comes across as well-placed and relevant. It is worth noting that as a guide there is a lack of illustration or imagery, outside of the puzzle piece line drawings used as header imagery for each chapter. This is a book better suited to readers who can focus on words and sentences, as opposed to needing visual stimulus to maintain engagement.
Coming in at 146 pages cover to cover, it is a manageable read over the course of one or two sittings, although whether the average reader would be looking to do that is another thing altogether. Given the very broad range of age ranges covered, Preparing Your Child for Academic Success lends itself better to readers who are at the very start of their parental journey, or ones with big enough bookshelves to make room for a long-standing title in their homes. It is probably better, therefore, to see this as a good introductory guide, a springboard to help readers launch themselves into other areas of self-discovery.
A good starting point for parents, highlighting the importance of foundational support in fostering academic success.
AEB Reviews
Hadley's approach to writing is informed, with bullet-points used to indicate high-level pieces of takeaway content, nestled alongside paragraphs and key reference sections at the end of each chapter. While it is not for me to comment on the specifics of the guidance (I am not a behavioural development specialist), they way Hadley presents information comes across as well-placed and relevant. It is worth noting that as a guide there is a lack of illustration or imagery, outside of the puzzle piece line drawings used as header imagery for each chapter. This is a book better suited to readers who can focus on words and sentences, as opposed to needing visual stimulus to maintain engagement.
Coming in at 146 pages cover to cover, it is a manageable read over the course of one or two sittings, although whether the average reader would be looking to do that is another thing altogether. Given the very broad range of age ranges covered, Preparing Your Child for Academic Success lends itself better to readers who are at the very start of their parental journey, or ones with big enough bookshelves to make room for a long-standing title in their homes. It is probably better, therefore, to see this as a good introductory guide, a springboard to help readers launch themselves into other areas of self-discovery.
A good starting point for parents, highlighting the importance of foundational support in fostering academic success.
AEB Reviews
December 23, 2025
Preparing Your Child for Academic Success is a practical, approachable guide that emphasizes something many parents overlook: strong academic outcomes are built on consistent foundational support, not shortcuts or pressure.
Terri Hadley draws on her background in sensory development to structure the book by age range, making it especially useful for parents at the beginning of their journey. Rather than focusing narrowly on academics, the book prioritizes environment, routine, and readiness elements that quietly shape confidence, independence, and long-term learning habits.
The writing is clear and well organized, using bullet points and summaries to highlight key takeaways. This is less a visual guide and more a thoughtful, text-driven reference parents can return to over time. Best suited as an introductory resource, it works well as a starting point for families looking to better understand how early support influences later academic success.
A solid, grounding guide for parents who want to be intentional about learning from the very start.
Terri Hadley draws on her background in sensory development to structure the book by age range, making it especially useful for parents at the beginning of their journey. Rather than focusing narrowly on academics, the book prioritizes environment, routine, and readiness elements that quietly shape confidence, independence, and long-term learning habits.
The writing is clear and well organized, using bullet points and summaries to highlight key takeaways. This is less a visual guide and more a thoughtful, text-driven reference parents can return to over time. Best suited as an introductory resource, it works well as a starting point for families looking to better understand how early support influences later academic success.
A solid, grounding guide for parents who want to be intentional about learning from the very start.
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