Monty Haas and Laurie Joy Haas, executive producers
Finding the fun of reading and writing can be a challenge. But by incorporating puppets and voices, making up songs, playing word games, and creating poems, words can excite children. Its even OK for adults to let go and be silly. Guests on this show include poet Steven Ratiner.
Use this lively DVD (part of the Words That Cook! set) to make family literacy a fun-filled part of everyday life. Included are an original half-hour show, and bonus material that features experts, parents, and children modeling enjoyable, simple family literacy practices. Recipes for Success provide creative tips, tools, and techniques for bringing literacy to life at home and in the classroom, and recommended booklists suggest expert-approved books for sharing.