Christmas Book Clubs!

Want to go out for dinner or do some shopping? FORGET THE SITTER!

abc ME READ is now offering CHRISTMAS BOOK CLUBS!!

Each fun-filled session will feature a different Christmas story, along with a themed snack, craft and game! Our Friday evening sessions will be classic Christmas stories including "Rudolph", "The Night Before Christmas", and "Frosty the Snowman". Our Saturday mornings will be contemporary stories including "My Penguin Osbert", "Mortimer’s Christmas Manger", and "The First Christmas Tree".
We welcome boys and girls ages 3–10, and will accommodate age appropriate stories, crafts, and so on! The cost is $20 per child, per session or if you prepay - $55 for 3 sessions, and $100 for all six sessions. Each session includes story time, craft, snack, and games. Spaces are limited, so sign up for individual sessions, or prepay and guarantee your spot for the whole series!

• WHEN:
  Friday Evening
  6:00-8:00 p.m.
  December 4
  December 11
  December 18
  



• Saturday Morning
  10:00-12:00
  December 5
  December 12
  December 19
  



• WHERE:
  Hamilton Sports
  Complex*
  
  *location subject to change

Contact us to sign up or for more information! (See our contact info to the right!)

Now Offering: Dinosaur Book Club!

We are excited to announce that now have a Dinosaur Book Club! Our Dinosaur Book Club targets children 3-7 years old. The book club has 4 lessons that include a welcome activity, suggestions for books to read, hands on activities, snacks, and a closing activity. Your child will have fun learning about different dinosaurs and socializing with children their own age. A few activities in the Dinosaur Book Club include participating in a Dinosaur Dig, creating Dinosaur Fossils, making Dinosaur cupcakes, and completing a Dinosaur word search. Check out our website for more information!

TEMPORARILY REDUCED PRICES!!!

Buy NOW to take advantage of our temporarily reduced prices on our products! Check out our Shop Page from our website for more information and a detailed price list.


abc ME READ has now GONE GREEN!! We now offer our programs only in the download version and CD version.

You can download a program straight to your own computer...

...0r order a CD-ROM!

Both are great deals that are environmentally conscious and space savers!!

Check out our website for more details!

Coming SOON: Dinosaur Book Club!

abc ME READ will soon be offering the Dinosaur Book Club in addition to our Alphabet Book Club. The Dinosaur Book Club will contain 4 lessons. Each lesson with have welcome activity, dinosaur themed book, craft activity, snack activity, and a wrap-up activity. The lessons are all hands-on multi-sensory lessons that will teach children about dinosaurs while interacting socially with their peers.

We are also currently working on the following Book Clubs: Christmas, Holidays, Countries Around the World, Pirates, and Princess Manners.

1st abc ME READ Open House Party!

This weekend abc ME READ had our first Open House Party! What is a Open House Party? Well..think of it very similar to a purse party or jewelry party. It is a time where friends and their children come together to sample what a book club is and view the abc ME READ products. The adults and children participated in a hands on book. You can see a sample lesson of the book at our website.

After guests arrived, adults and children, our Founder Kim began with a few remarks to the adults explaining our company and our products.

While the adults were listening, the children began the first part of the book, coloring the welcoming activity for the letter L, a picture of Leo the Lion.

Next, the children and adults listened to an AlphaTales "L" story about Leo Lion and answered comprehension questions about the book.

Once our story was done, the adults and children made a craft and a snack surrounding the letter "L" theme. Each child made ladybug paper whose wings actually moved in and out along with a lion pudding snack. How cute are these?!

After a quick explanation by Laura (Executive Vice President of Creative Development), everyone enthusiastically dove in to creating their own ladybugs. Alisa (Executive Vice President of Sales) helped to make sure everyone had the supplies needed. Lindsay (Executive Vice President of Marketing) took the pictures that you are seeing here.

Children of all ages not only had fun creating their ladybug paper, but also creatively thinking of names for their ladybugs while testing out their movable wings.

Younger guests needed little help with creating their craft and snack. Here, a 4 year old confidently creates the mane on his lion before devouring his snack!

The ages of the children who participated in our open house party varied from 12 months old to 10 years old. Our 10 year old guest informed everyone that he loved participating in book clubs and always had "a lot of fun" at book clubs no matter how old he was!

While the children were finishing up their snack, parents had plenty of time to order abc ME READ products and reserve dates to host their own abc ME READ Book Club Party.

Interested in hosting your own abc ME READ Book Club party? Post a comment or contact us at info@abcmeread.com to reserve a date for your party today! Hosts will receive an exclusive hostess gift! Dates are quickly filling up so reserve a date for your party TODAY!

Frequently Asked Questions

Here are a few questions that we have received about our Book Clubs.

The Alphabet Book Club craft kit includes craft supplies for how many children?

The Alphabet Book Club craft kit includes enough supplies for 6 kids for each lesson. So you would actually get 144 crafts!

The Book Club Program (PDF Version), what exactly does it include?

The Book Club PDF comes with all 24 lessons of the alphabet (we include X, Y, and Z together) In each lesson you will get a welcome activity that includes a color page, comprehension questions that correlate with the AlphaTales books, the instructions on how to make each craft (picture included), the instructions on how to make each corresponding snack (picture included) and an alliteration poem to reinforce the letter you are working on, I just have my kids highlight the letter in each word. So basically you are getting a lesson plan book, a craft book, and a snack cook book all in one.

The AlphaTales Books must be bought from a separate vendor, or are they included in the Book Club package?

The AlphaTales books are sold separately through a different vendor right now, only because that is cheaper for our customers. If you have any type of alphabet books at home, they would work. You just wouldn't be able to use our comprehension questions. If you have a hard time locating the AlphaTales books, please contact us and we will get a copy for you!

Book Club Sample

Want to know more about our unique Kids' Book Club Concept? Hop on over to our website to view a sample of our Alphabet Book Club. Remember our Book Clubs can be used with your own children, during playdates or to form your own neighborhood Book Club (a great way to make some extra cash). See Laura's Story to read about a successful Book Club.

Like what you see? You can purchase a trial sample of our Alphabet Book Club (you get letters A, B and C) for only $9.99. Hurry, though, because this offer will not last long!

Keep checking our website and blog for the release dates of our next Book Clubs. They are coming soon!

What Can We Do For You?

Have you ever wondered how you could give your preschooler a head start on school? Have you ever watched helplessly as a child you know and love struggles to learn to read? Are you interested in being able to stay at home with your children while still making some money? abc ME READ is the answer to all of these questions.

Our Letter Program gives preschoolers that head start by helping them learn to recognize and write the letters of the alphabet. Fun, colorful picture cards are also available as a supplement to help children associate letters with words.

Our Sound Program is perfect for helping your 6-9 year old become a better reader. The lessons are fun, multi-sensory and best of all, easy enough for anyone to use! In addition, because the Sound Program is multi-sensory, it is a great option for children with reading difficulties.

With both our Letter and Sound Programs, our goal has been to create materials that absolutely anyone can use to teach a child...you do not have to be a teacher or tutor! Even better is the fact that you do not have to have your own child to use our programs. If you are interested in making a few extra bucks, use the materials as part of a tutoring business! Or use them as part of your classroom curriculum...we did and saw awesome results!

If you are interested in making a little money, our Book Club Concept may be just the thing for you! This is a totally new and unique concept. See post below for more information on how a Book Club works and read Laura's Story to see how one mom created a successful Book Club business.

The first Book Club we have available is an Alphabet Book Club. Within the program are 24 lessons (X, Y, Z are grouped together), each with a book suggestion, comprehension questions and craft and snack instructions (sort of like a lesson plan book, craft book and cookbook, all in one). You can even purchase the craft materials kit (see picture above) from us to lessen the amount of time you spend preparing. Check out our website for a $9.99 sample of our Alphabet Book Club (enter promo code abcfriends) and stay on the lookout for the release of our next Book Club!

Book Club Sample, Only $9.99!

What is a Book Club?

A Book Club is a group of children that meet during scheduled times to listen to a story, complete a related craft project and enjoy a snack. In other words, a book club is an organized play date in which the play is structured around a central theme and book. You can find a book club for your child to join in your area or you can purchase our alphabet book club and start your own! Not only will you be instilling the love of books and reading in children, you can also earn a little extra cash on the side!



Sample Schedule for An Alphabet Book Club

1:00pm
Children arrive; begin Welcome Activity
1:15 pm
Adult reads a book to children
1:30 pm
Adult engages children in discussion of book, including conversations about the concepts of print (i.e. author, illustrator, title, front/back of book), asking simple comprehension questions (i.e. setting, characters, plot, problem/solution)
1:45 pm
Begin theme-related craft activity (i.e. making wearable neckties for the letter Nn)


2:30 pm
Make and enjoy theme-related snack (i.e. make apple smiles with apples, peanut butter and marshmallows)
3:00 pm
Parents arrive to pick up children

To try a sample of abc ME READ’s Alphabet Book Club for just $9.99, go to www.abcmeread.com and enter this special promotional code: abcfriends.

What Is abc ME READ?

At abc ME READ, our passion is teaching children to read. We have designed programs to reach children at various age levels that will spark their natural curiosity and love for learning. As parents ourselves, we understand the importance of parental involvement in a child’s learning and created abc ME READ and Book Clubs to bring that participation to a new level. As children begin to learn how to read and master these skills, they will also begin to lay the foundation to become lifelong learners.

Book Clubs

Book Clubs target children ages 3-7 years old. During book clubs, children will enjoy story-time and socializing while learning letter shapes and sounds, crafting, and snacking. Currently, we have an alphabet book club that has 24 alphabetically appropriate themed snack and craft ideas. Book Clubs are great for starting your own business, party planning ideas, and for parents, teachers, and tutors. The craft kit is available for purchase and can be used to create multiple crafts for multiple children.

Letter Program

The letter program targets children ages 3-5 years old. It includes 26 interactive, multi-sensory lessons that focus on recognizing, reading, and writing all the letters of the alphabet. Picture flash cards accompany the letter program for additional visual recognition of the 26 letters. The letter program provides a head start for preschoolers and is great for parents, teachers, and tutors.

Sound Program

The sound program targets children ages 6-9 years old. It includes 122 fun, multi-sensory lessons that focus on reading and producing sounds, as well as decoding, spelling, and comprehension skills. This program is beneficial for children with dyslexia and other reading difficulties. It is easy and great for parents, teachers, and tutors to use.

All of our programs and book clubs are available for purchase through our website in downloadable version, on a CD, or in a bound book. Please feel free to contact us with any comments or questions. Our contact information is located on the right hand side of our blog.