A teen parent is likely to need help during her baby's first weeks - when she and her baby aren't even in school. Here, in compact, inexpensive, attractive, and reader-friendly format is the information she/they need during this special period of bonding with baby.
If your student dislikes reading or has trouble with it, or if she is an ESL student who needs a simpler version of English right now, offer this Easier Reading edition. The text tests at grade level 2 using the Flesch Grade Level Formula.
A special Workbook and Answer Key are available for this edition. You can also order the personalized Nurturing Your Newborn workbook disk for the Easier Reading Workbook.
Content
Contents:
- Coming Home with Your Baby
- Feeding and Loving Your Newborn
- Observing Your Wonderful Newborn
- Baby's Goal- To Be Comfortable
- Guarding Your Infant's Health and Safety
- Dad's a Parent Too
- Focus on Mom and Extended Family
- Baby and Parents-Changing Rapidly
More Information
I (Jeanne Lindsay) started a school program for teen parents many years ago. For the first two months, I had only four students, all pregnant. They were: Maurine, 16, a middle class average ability student who liked school. Carlene, 17, averasge ability but had been sent to the alternative school because she was behind in credits. Maria, 15, a shy girl who came from a Special Education transitional class which meant she’d tested a little below normal in ability. Today, she would be placed in an English-as-a-second language class. Jessica, 18, a lovely blonde who had not attended school for at least two years, and could barely read.
The luxury of those two months was being able truly to understand how different each of these young women was from the other three . . . and to realize this is the way it is in any class — a wide range of abilities, interests, language, and motivation. I cherish that memory because I actually had time to notice the special needs of each of these students. Almost nothing was available then that was truly suitable for any pregnant teen, let alone one who couldn’t read, or who communicated more easily in Spanish, or with different interests and maturity level from the others. Believe, me, I scrambled looking for suitable materials. I found books on pregnancy that implied one must be 21 or older to be pregnant. I taped some of the information myself so Jessica could listen rather than painfully trying to read everything she needed. I dreamed up activities to help them learn — the kinds of things you do every day if you work with pregnant and parenting teens. When we first published our Teens Parenting series, we tried to make the books as accessible as possible to students with varying abilities. We decided on a sixth grade reading level, the level of most newspapers. This was a level that wouldn’t insult someone who reads at a college level, but would be understandable to many students with reading difficulties.
We have wanted to do more! And now we have. Four books in the Teens Parenting series, Your Pregnancy and Newborn Journey (Tu embarazo y el nacimiento de tu bebé), Nurturing Your Newborn, (La crianza del recién nacido: Guía para), Your Baby’s First Year (El primer año del bebé), and Discipline from Birth to Three (La disciplina hasta los tres años) are now available in 3 editions:
- Regular (sixth grade reading level)
- Easier Reading (reading level: grade 2)
- Spanish
The Spanish edition of The Challenge of Toddlers, El reto de los párvulos, will be available by October, 2007. Note that another title, Moving On, is also available in Spanish, Seguir adelante.
Now you can analyze your students’ individual needs and buy accordingly. Perhaps you have three students who read Spanish more easily than they read English. Four students have a hard time reading at all. Their reading scores may be between grades 1 and 4. The rest of your class read fairly well, and test at fifth grade or above. If you have 25 students, you want to take advantage of our discounts on 25 or more copies of one title. You can do this with mixed editions of the same title. For example, for the above students, you’d want:
3 Spanish 4 Easier Reading 18 Regular copies of each title you need.
Your can distinguish the Easier Reading edition from the regular only by looking at the spine (or © page). The only ID on the outside of the book is a small GL2 on the spine. We wanted to make sure a student doesn’t feel put-down by being given a text that screams “Easier Reading.” You’d probably order workbooks in the same quantities as the books (unless you’re ordering for future classes when you’d re-use the books but not the consumable workbooks.) Workbooks and Answer Keys are also available in the three editions. You’d pay only $1.60 each when you order 25 or more. Please be clear about which editions you want when you order.
Author & Illustrator
Jeanne Warren Lindsay Jeanne Warren Lindsay Jeanne Warren Lindsay is the author or co-author of sixteen books for and about pregnant and parenting teens. Half a million copies of her books have been sold. Lindsay's books deal with teenage pregnancy, parenting, adoption from the birthfamily's perspective, and teen relationships. Her Teen Dads: Rights, Responsibilities and Joys was selected by the American Library Association as a Recommended Book for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. Her other books include Nurturing You Newborn; Your Pregnancy and Newborn Journey; Your Baby's First Year; The Challenge of Toddlers; Discipline from Birth to Three; Books, Babies, and School-age Parents; Do I Have a Daddy?; School-Age Parents: The Challenge of Three-Generation Living; Pregnant? Adoption Is an Option; Parents, Pregnant Teens, and the Adoption Option; Teenage Couples: Caring, Commitment and Change; Teenage Couples: Coping with Reality; Teenage Couples: Expectations and Reality; Five Teens Parenting Comprehensive Curriculum Notebooks; and Teenage Couples Curriculum Guide. Lindsay has worked with hundreds of pregnant and parenting teenagers. She developed the Teen Parent Program at Tracy High School, Cerritos, California, and coordinated the program for many years. Most of her books are written for pregnant and parenting teens, and quotes from interviewees are frequently used to illustrate concepts. Lindsay grew up on a farm in Kansas. She has lived in the same house in Buena Park, California, for 36 years. She loves to visit the Middle West, but says she's now addicted to life in southern California. She and her husband, Bob, have five children and seven grandchildren. Lindsay is the editor of PPT Express, a quarterly newsletter for teachers and others working with pregnant and parenting teens. She speaks frequently at conferences across the country, but says she is happiest while interviewing young people for her books or writing under the big avocado tree in her backyard. You can reach Jeanne Lindsay by email. Jean Brunelli, PHN Jean Brunelli, PHN, has worked with hundreds of pregnant teenagers. For fifteen years she taught prenatal health and parenting in the Teen Mother Program, ABC Unified School District, Cerritos, California. She worked with pregnant teens as nurse for the school's child care center. Brunelli was also the director of the Handicapped Infant Program at the same school until her retirement in 1999. Brunelli is co-author of Your Pregnancy and Newborn Journey. Total sales, including the Spanish edition, have reached over 60,000. She is also the co-author of the new (1999) Nurturing Your Newborn: Young Parents' Guide to Baby's First Month. Brunelli is a graduate of Mt. St. Mary's College, Los Angeles. She and Mike have two grown children and two grandchildren. David Crawford illustrator, Teen Dads and other Teens Parenting Books; also Teenage Couples Series: David Crawford, M.A., has been a teacher, counselor, program administrator, and photographer of family life for 30 years. He has worked with thousands of pregnant and parenting teens as the director of the Program for Pregnant and Parenting Students, William Daylor High School, Elk Grove Unified School District, Sacramento, California. David uses photography as a teaching aid, blending the art of photography with education and enhancement of students' self-esteem. He is a leader in the field of digital photography as part of the Digital High School Program. David and his wife, Peggy, have two sons, Alton and christopher, both 31, and a daughter, Terrica, 23, who has given David and Peggy a granddaughter. Teaching Help
Nurturing Your Newborn offers an independent study approach to the important task of learning about a newborn. The Teachers Guide of Nurturing Your Newborn includes a description of a possible course based on the book and the lab work the student does with her own child. Remember shes learning a lot more the first month at home with her baby than she could learn in a full semester of working in a childcare center. The workbook focuses on the readers own infant. Questions, writing assignments, and projects are designed to encourage interaction and bonding between parent and baby. Because of the low price (25+ copies, $4 each), youll want to see that each student has a copy when she delivers.
A teacher suggested the workbook approach requires too much writing for new mothers. The workbook assignments should be flexible, depending on the need of the individual parent and the credit requirements of the school program, with the parents needs taking first priority. One student may complete all assignments and even need additional enrichment activities. Another new mom could be so overwhelmed with baby care that she might have very little time for "book work." You, the teacher, choose how much she must do to earn credit during this time. We provide options.
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