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ISBN 10: 0547210612 ISBN 13: 9780547210612

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010

Riassunto

Martha is suprised when her friend Truman wants to run away and invites her to come along. While Martha is always up for an adventure, she knows there's more to the story. She soon learns he's afraid of going to his softball game the next day because he can't catch the ball. If there's anything Martha is an expert at, it's playing catch! With the help of their human and doggy friends, Martha coaches Truman to catch the ball without fear. But will he be good enough for the big game?

Includes a matching vocabulary game and fill-in-the-blank word activity.

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Recensione

Three independent studies have recently reported that the highly rated PBS KIDS series Martha Speaks is an effective early-intervention tool in increasing young children’s vocabulary.

TV Research Results:
- On average, children who watched Martha Speaks had a significantly greater increase in vocabulary knowledge compared to children who did not watch the show.

- Children who watched Martha Speaks significantly outperformed their non-viewing peers in providing more detailed and accurate definitions of vocabulary words targeted by the show.

- Children were able to retain the increased vocabulary, and showed even greater gains on targeted words weeks after the study ended.

- These increases are comparable to traditional classroom vocabulary instruction (such as reading out loud) for kids who viewed multiple episodes of the show.

- Martha Speaks has proven to be an effective and powerful television project that has served low-income families throughout the US as an inexpensive means of introducing young children to key early-learning and literacy experiences.

iPhone App Research Results:
- Children 3-to-7 years-old who played with the Martha Speaks Dog Party app tested up to 31 percent higher in vocabulary.

- Mobile apps can provide an engaging, educational experience for kids. More than half of [parents] participating in the study saying that it is "very important" for their child to learn from media they use.

In sum, the goal of the Martha Speaks TV show is to promote vocabulary acquisition through explicit instructions of words, repetitions of words, and themes connecting words. The Martha Speaks books encourage vocabulary comprehension as well—throughout the text, in the glossaries for the chapter books, and through enjoyable word games.

Actual study results in detail and press releases available.

L'autore

Susan Meddaugh was born and raised in Montclair, New Jersey. She graduated from Wheaton College, where she studied French literature and fine arts. After working briefly with an advertising agency in New York, she moved to Boston and worked at a publishing company for ten years, first as a designer, then art editor, and finally as art director. While there, she did the illustrations for GOOD STONES (Houghton Mifflin) by Anne Epstein, and then decided to strike out on her own as a freelance illustrator and creator of children's books. Since that time, Susan has written and illustrated many popular books for children, including MARTHA SPEAKS, which was chosen as a NEW YORK TIMES Best Illustrated Book for 1992. In 1998 she was awarded the New England Book Award, given by the New England Booksellers Association to recognize a body of work. Her work also was acknowledged with a New York Times Best Illustrated Award. She lives in Sherborn, Massachusetts.

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• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0547210612
• ISBN 13: 9780547210612
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 24