and does not cost a fortune. I look forward to using more Charlie’s Soap in
the future and definitely recommend
these products.
—Product Review by Marisa Corless
Everyday Cooking (The Everyday
Homemaking Series, Book 1)
The Everyday Family Chore
System (The Everyday
Homemaking Series, Book 2)
Vicki Bentley
Everyday Homemaking
www.everydayhomemaking.com
I think it is very important that life skills
and home economics be a part of our
homeschooling process. All parents
should prepare their children for life
outside of their parents’ home. There
are many curricula out there that cover
these skills, but often the easiest subjects
to cover first are cooking and cleaning.
Children can learn how to clean at an
early age, and even basic cooking skills
can be taught once the child is school-aged. I have to admit that I fought my
mother tooth and nail when it came to
learning how to cook, and soon after I
was married I wished that I hadn’t! But
she did insist that I learn how to clean a
home, thank goodness!
Vicki Bentley has written two books
(so far) in her Everyday Homemaking
Series. The first book is titled Every-
day Cooking, and I have to say that I
think this book covers it all. It would
make a wonderful book for a young
adult to take along to his or her first
apartment—after Mom has taught him
from the book, of course! In addition
to containing almost 150 yummy reci-
pes, the book also has sections about
the following topics: timesaving tips,
measurement help, meal planning and
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sample menus, kitchen equipment, and
more! The recipes are mostly “tried-
and-true,” meaning that they use items
easily found at the grocery store and do
not require the cook to spend all day in
the kitchen. The recipes focus on cook-
ing from scratch, using fresh produce
and other whole foods. Categories in-
clude appetizers, dressings, bread and
grains, main dishes, soups and stews,
desserts, and snacks. It’s all covered
in this one hundred-page guide. As of
March 2012, this expanded edition of
the original book retails for $17.99.
Becoming Verbal With
How to Stop Drooling
How to Stop Thumbsucking
Pam Marshalla
Marshalla Speech & Language
www.pammarshalla.com
425-379-6443
This review included several materials
produced by speech-language patholo-gist Pam Marshalla. I will discuss each
book separately and then offer a general opinion of all the materials.
Becoming Verbal With Childhood
Apraxia is a softcover book of 109
pages, including nine chapters and a
glossary. Using Jean Piaget’s observations and research into the way young
children imitate, Pam Marshalla reveals
that apraxic children cannot imitate.
The book breaks down the process of
imitative speech in children and the
possible trouble areas for apraxic children. The goal is to help young children with severe apraxia, those without
the ability to imitate specific words or
sounds on demand, to begin to talk
and to become more intelligible. She
includes many ideas for encouraging
imitative speech, from games and songs
to creating an environment that will
encourage speech for practice and improvement of imitation. The book will
be helpful to parents and speech professionals who are assisting young children
with limited or no speech, whether or
not the child is formally diagnosed with
apraxia. The author thoroughly explains
terms like vocal contagion, vocal synchro-ny, and motherese while writing at a level
easily understood by those of us who are
not speech professionals.
Not only does she include games and
songs that are easily implemented, but
she also suggests specific toys that will
encourage vocalization. She explains
the imitation development stages and
details how to use sounds already present in a child’s repertoire to stimulate
imitation.
