Do you have students who have difficulty reading? Perhaps ESL students learning English, but still need simpler text? As a teen parent, s/he is tackling all sorts of challenges. The textbook needs to be inviting, possible for them to read, and, of course, contain the information they need at this time.
Lani Martin’s translation of Your Baby’s First Year tests at a second grade reading level using the Flesch Grade Level Formula. Yet the crucial information about breastfeeding, coping with crying, preparing and feeding solid food, accident-proofing the home, health care, and dealing with baby’s curiosity is here in language she can understand.
If your student reads at about a fifth grade level or above (reading level of most newspapers), she needs the regular edition of this book. But if reading is difficult for her, this is the edition that can truly help her.
"... excellent resource for young parents ... obvious sympathy and understanding of how they think and where they stand. Practical, concrete advice on childrearing mingles with personal accounts from teenage mothers and fathers."
Kliatt
"A solid 'what to expect' and 'how to cope' manual. The approach is positive in tone with the emphasis on setting goals for a happy and productive future ... much useful material here."
School Library Journal
Ideal for classes and Independent Study
Reading level: Grade 2. 224 pages. Photos. Lay-flat binding.
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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 beb
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