Six books containing heaps of suggestions for busy parents, grandparents, teachers, tutors and 'home-schoolers'.
They are written by an experienced South Australian teacher, working mother, tutor and grandmother, Lorraine Capon. She wants to give support to parents and others. She currently runs her own tutoring and consulting business. There is little educational jargon in these publications.

Be Able 1 Coping Ideas to Help Run the home for Women in the Work Force and All Busy Parents. Throughout the book there are spaces to jot down your own ideas. It is useful for collaborative learning.

Be Able 2 Coping Ideas to Support Your Child's Learning in the Primary School. Again there are spaces for your own thoughts. This book has many valuable ideas to help parents and could be used well in conjunction with Books 4 and 6. It has more details about educational games to play with young learners.

Be Able 3 Coping Ideas for Behaviour Management in the Home, Sunday School and Classroom. Develop good discipline and become an effective facilitator of learning. There are some detailed instructions about setting up a Sunday School. Remember, "Busy, well supervised children are usually well behaved."

Be Able 4 Be an Able Tutor. Extra Easy Ideas for Tutors, Parents, Teachers and 'Home-Schoolers' WITH A PHONICS EMPHASIS. There are useful cards to be made for effective discussions and motivational activities. Teachers and tutors are invited to make multiple copies of the cards for lessons. There is a section devoted to teaching literacy and numeracy from birth.

Be Able 5 Be Able Poetry. Rhymes for Children and Adults. This book is in two sections. Section one contains poetry with nature themes and one on bullying, which could be used in any classroom. Teachers must feel free to copy these. Section two is for Christians with the ORIGINAL BELIEFS, and could be used in their classrooms. They are thought provoking and faith stimulating. Teachers and Sunday-school Teachers have permission to do multiple copies of poetry for class lessons. Poetry is a useful way to teach reading and sounding because of the rhyming words.

Be Able 6 Neuroplasticity in Learning. A book for learners, parents and teachers containing HOW rather than WHAT. There are extra ways to support learning and useful cards to make to promote much talking and thinking WITH A STRONG PHONICS EMPHASIS. Teachers and tutors are invited to make multiple copies of the cards for lessons.

Lorraine says that they are:

• inexpensive books,
• with timeless ideas that work,
• in easy English,
• for ordinary people like her,
• grandparents buy them for their children,
• with spaces to jot down your own ideas,
• useful for 'Home Schoolers,'
• useful for new teachers,
• and they will help in children's education.
  
  "If you find one idea that works for you, you have not wasted your money."

To see the contents of Be Able 1: CLICK HERE

To see the contents of Be Able 2: CLICK HERE

To see the contents of Be Able 3: CLICK HERE

To see the contents of Be Able 4: CLICK HERE

For sample poems from Be Able 5: CLICK HERE

To see the contents of Be Able 6: CLICK HERE

DO YOUR OWN WORKSHOPS

Each download entitles you to print out one copy of the book purchased. The standard books print in A4 format. Many of the teaching aid cards in Books 4 & 6 are presented in A4 format and these may be printed many times for student and parent use.

IMPORTANT: The books offered for sale are copyright and remain the intellectual property of Lorraine Capon.
A buyer cannot claim them as their own work or on-sell them to any other party.

Lorraine is a conscientious, experienced, registered South Australian teacher who is 'English as a Second Language' trained. She specialises in Specific Learning Difficulties and Visualisation & Verbalisation methods. She tutors in her home for SPELD. (Specific Learning Difficulties South Australia Inc.)