MAY 24, 2014 - NEW from Grammy Pags Stories

"Three Little Gnomes and a Boy Named Orion"

Story by Rhonda Paglia

Illustrations by Ratna Kusuma Halim

There's a secret world out back in Grammy's garden!  

Summary:  Imagine you are a little gnome.  You love living and working in Grammy’s beautiful garden.  You have lots of good friends and neighbors.  Life is great, until the day you realize . . . you don’t have a name!

What would you do? How would you feel? Who would you ask for help? 

Find out how three adorable gnomes with a GNOME-size problem set out to find the answer . . .  because everyone deserves a good name!

Special add on:  Recipe for “Droppin’ Time Stew”

Topics:  #Gnomes     #Gardens & Nature     #Friends     #Problem & Solution     #Hearing Impairment #Indoor / Outdoor Voices

Also by Rhonda Paglia's Grammy Pags Stories:

• The Little Lambs and the Very Special Mission: https://www.createspace.com/4527624
• Doonsey's Beach Adventure, the Great Rescue: https://www.createspace.com/4541243
• Doonsey's Beach Adventure, the Great Rescue, Coloring and Activity Book: https://www.createspace.com/4561558 

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Rhonda Paglia is a retired elementary and gifted support teacher from Hermitage, PA. She is the author of 3 children’s books.  Her 4th book, "Orion and the 3 Little Gnomes" will be released May 24, 2014. Her 5th book, "Grammy's Rockin' Color RAPalicious Rap" will be released later this year.

E-mail:  grammypags1@gmail.comWebsite:  https://sites.google.com/site/grammypagsstories/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grammypagsstoriesAmazon Author page:  http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00G5X3WO2Blog:  http://rhondapaglia.blogspot.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/grammypags1

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It's a Garden Party Book Launch - Save the Date

Gnomes, Summer, Gardens, NEW Children's story - Here's a peek: Coming - May 24, 2014

We can't wait any longer! 

Here's a mini-video peek at the newest children's story from Rhonda Paglia's 

Grammy Pags Stories: 

Three Little Gnomes and a Boy Named Orion  

Enjoy!! 

May 24, 2014
#gnome   #gardening   #friendship  #problemsolving  
 #hearingimpaired  #cookingwithkids   #imagination  

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Rhonda Paglia is a retired elementary and gifted support teacher from Hermitage, PA. She is the author of 3 children’s books.  Her 4th book, "Orion and the 3 Little Gnomes" will be released May 24, 2014. Her 5th book, "Grammy's Rockin' Color RAPalicious Rap" will be released later this year.

E-mail:  grammypags1@gmail.com

Website:  https://sites.google.com/site/grammypagsstories/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grammypagsstories

Amazon Author page:  http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00G5X3WO2

Blog:  http://rhondapaglia.blogspot.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/grammypags1

Learning to Read - Tip #3

Rhonda Paglia’s "Grammy Pags Stories" – Tip #3

Learning to Read Tip #2 gave you some ideas on writing stories with children to help them get the concept  and the confidence that reading is talk written down.  

If you and your child have created a story, as recommended in Tip #2, here is what to do next:

#1 - Purchase or make some flash cards.  3" x 5" index cards work great!  

#2 - Choose one sentence from your child's story.  

#3 - Print each word from the sentence on an index card - one word per card.  For example, if your child's sentence is, "I have a cat named Tippy," place the word "I" on one card, "have" on another card, "a" on a card, "cat" on another, etc.  For this sentence, you will end up with 6 vocabulary cards from one sentence. 

#4 - Practice pointing at each letter and sounding out each word.  

#5 - Play a flash card game with your child.  When your child is ready, flash the words to them, and every word your child recognizes, they get to keep the card.

#6 - Lay the cards out in a different order.  For example: "I have Tippy."

#7 - When you start to do this exercise, you will be surprised and amazed that your child will want you to write additional words on cards.  Example: "My" cat "is" named Tippy. Or "Tippy "is my" cat.

#8 - Continue to add words to your flash card stack.

BE PATEINT - HAVE FUN - MAKE LEARNING TO READ A GAME!!

It works and you will be amazed!  

Rhonda "Grammy Pags" Paglia

Rhonda Paglia is a retired elementary 

and gifted support teacher from Hermitage, PA. 

She is the author of 3 children’s books.  

Her 4th book, "Orion and the 3 Little Gnomes" 

will be released in May 2014.

Her 5th book, "Rockin' Color RAPalicious Rap" 

will be released later this year.

E-mail:  grammypags1@gmail.com

Website:  https://sites.google.com/site/grammypagsstories/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grammypagsstories

Amazon Author page:  http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00G5X3WO2

Blog:  http://rhondapaglia.blogspot.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/grammypags1

How do you do an online book tour?

Hi Everyone - My new children's story, with the working title, Orion and the 3 Little Gnomes, will be released this May.  I am a relatively new author.  Could someone please explain how an author does an on-line book tour?

Thank you so much for your help.

Sincerely,

Rhonda Paglia, author
"A Grammy Pags Story"

Rhonda Paglia is a retired elementary 

and gifted support teacher from Hermitage, PA. 

She is the author of 3 children’s books.  

Her 4th book, "Orion and the 3 Little Gnomes" 

will be released in May 2014.

Her 5th book, "Rockin' Color RAPalicious Rap" 

will be released later this year.

E-mail:  grammypags1@gmail.com

Website:  https://sites.google.com/site/grammypagsstories/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grammypagsstories

Amazon Author page:  http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00G5X3WO2

Blog:  http://rhondapaglia.blogspot.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/grammypags1