iParenting Media Awards Names Bonding While Learning Among "Excellent Products of 2007"

May 4, 2007 (Mission Hills, CA) - iParenting Media Awards, one of the most prestigious award programs for parenting products, has honored America Learns’ newest book, Bonding While Learning, by naming it an “Excellent Product of 2007.”

Parents use Bonding While Learning activities to instill a love of reading in their children while teaching them to read and write.  In the words of one mother who recently began using the book with her child, "This book is NOT a 'drill and kill' get-your-child-reading-by-age-4-in-100-easy-lessons-or-else manual. It's all about how to deliberately expose your child to good literacy principles in a fun, engaging, natural way."

The evaluation process created by the iParenting Media Awards program is so thorough it has attained ISO 9001:2000 Certification from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). ISO is the world's largest developer of standardization regulations, and ISO 9001:2000 is an internationally recognized standard of quality assurance. Only a fraction of the companies that attempt this certification achieve it.

"iParenting is celebrating its 11th year of reviewing products for families. The iParenting Media Awards program is proud to thoroughly review products and then recognize only the best ones in the marketplace and share them with our audience," says Alvin All, Chief Executive Officer of iParenting Media. "During our Excellent Products Call for Entry, we reviewed many interesting items, but only the ones that exceeded our high evaluation standards earned the iParenting Media Award."

To be considered for an award, each company submitted four identical samples of each product, which were then precisely matched within iParenting's database of hundreds of experienced reviewers using iParenting's state-of-the-art technology. An expert, a childcare setting and a family reviewed the products and submitted a thorough evaluation of each item. Results were compiled and submitted to the iParenting Media Executive Committee for final approval. The end result of this comprehensive process is a list of award-winning products families can feel confident in purchasing for their loved ones.

One iParenting Media Awards Reviewer not only loved the book in theory, but even used the book with her own son.  That reviewer wrote, “The activities and the materials provided were easy to understand and work with and provided time for me to sit down individually with my child and work on them. He was very excited to work on the different projects and we often did more than one at a time at his request."

Another Reviewer wrote, “This book did an absolutely fabulous job of giving parents and care takers a wide range of ideas to incorporate reading into everyday fun and games. It was broken down into easy chapters, gave wonderful hints on keeping things fun and engaging, was very positive and overall very motivating for both parent and child. I appreciated that all materials were included for each activity. The advice given was very specific and age appropriate and gave ideas for different stages of a child's development.”

”As you browse the books in the parenting and education aisles in today’s bookstores, you’ll find so many titles focusing on ‘how to’ teach your child to read,” reflected Gary Kosman, CEO, America Learns and Bonding While Learning co-author.  “We’re thrilled that iParenting Media Awards recognized that Bonding While Learning offers parents that necessary, perfect blend of motivating one’s child to ‘want to’ read and write while working on the ‘how to’ in unique, engaging, love-filled ways.”

Bonding While Learning can be purchased on Amazon.com, bookstores everywhere and directly from America Learns at http://americalearns.net/families.htm.

About America Learns, LLC (www.americalearns.net): America Learns, based in Los Angeles County, is a national educational performance and accountability firm reaching more than 12,000 students nationwide.  The company’s flagship service, the America Learns Network, helps organizations track, evaluate and provide ongoing guidance and support to tutors, mentors and student teachers.  Organizations using its services include universities (e.g., Dwight Hall at Yale, Duke, UC Berkeley, Georgetown and the University of Michigan), community-based nonprofits (e.g., Big Brothers Big Sisters affiliates and the YMCA of Greater St. Louis), after-school programs (e.g., Public/Private Ventures' YET centers), and school districts (e.g., the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and the Minneapolis Public Schools).  The company also creates and publishes high quality, meaningful, stress-free learning opportunities for children that are steeped in relevant research and practice. 

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Visit the Bonding While Learning website.