Show Me How Review & *Giveaway*

I am in love with this book, and I am so grateful that the author, Vivian Kirkfield, was nice enough to send me a copy for review! This book has come in to my life at a perfect time, at the perfect age of my boys. Some days I am at a wits end on what to "do" with them. This book is a great resource to give me ideas! There are places in the book for notes, which I think would be a good spot to write about the memory of you doing the activity with your child, so you can look back at it, and remember. I just love this book, and want to do everything in it right now today!! But I have to pace myself, and the kids! But this is so much fun! Great book! Can't wait for more in the series!

Product Description:

1st in the new Positive Parental Participation series, this reality-based program helps parents of preschoolers build self-esteem, develop pre-literacy skills and create a life-long parent-child bond. "Using this book with children will not only help build their self-esteem, it'll also turn them into life-long readers and lovers of books! I wish SHOW ME HOW! had existed when my own children were young." --Suzanne Williams, author of over 27 children's books -- SHOW ME HOW! pinpoints 100 picture books every young child should hear and provides a story summary, parenting tip, eco-friendly craft project and child-friendly healthful cooking activity for each recommended title. "A wonderful resource for people who care about their children and hope to better their reading and learning experience" -Norman Bridwell, author of Clifford the Big Red Dog - With keen insight and proven experience, Ms. Kirkfield empowers parents with simple and effective strategies to help their children develop a positive self-image. Chapter One, "I CAN DO IT MYSELF", focuses on mastering tasks and skills. Chapter Four, "I AM REALLY MAD RIGHT NOW!", shows how important it is to be able to express our feelings. "Parents and caretakers will find inspiration in this delightful guide to reading and planning activities with young children." -Katharine Holabird, author of Angelina Ballerina -- "A valuable, timely and timeless book that increases each child's level of healthy self-esteem and achievement. It's sure to be a family favorite!" -Sheila Glazov, author of What Color Is Your Brain.

About the Author:

Vivian Kirkfield's love affair with children's picture books began over fifty years ago when she was given THE LITTLE HOUSE by Virginia Lee Burton as a present for her third birthday. Helping her mother turn the pages, a new and exciting world was revealed to her. As a kindergarten teacher with a master's degree in early childhood education, daycare provider and mother of three (now grown with children of their own), she formulated a program that utilized children's picture books, not only for entertainment and enjoyment, but also to help preschoolers deal with many of the challenges they encounter. SHOW ME HOW! BUILD YOUR CHILD'S SELF-ESTEEM THROUGH READING, CRAFTING AND COOKING is the first book in her new Positive Parental Participation series. Vivian has also written a number of picture books that help toddlers learn their colors, numbers and ABC's. She loves reading, crafting and cooking, as well as hiking and flyfishing in and around the mountains and rivers of Colorado...her husband of 43 years says she always catches the biggest fish. Her most recent adventure might provide the basis for her next children's story...she went skydiving with one of her sons and jumped out of a perfectly good airplane.

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Vivian has generously offered two of my readers a chance to win her book! Here's how:

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Giveaway ends January 5th. Good luck!