Back-to-School Specials

Summer is almost over and it’s back to school! This school year, Anvil Publishing brings students and teachers new supplemental materials to give learning a new spin.

Children’s Reading Lab

by Dr. Aurora H. Roldan, Ed.D

“Children start out by deriving directly from sensory experience their knowledge of things…as they mature, they start to analyze their sensory experiences—

-- From abstraction, learners proceed to extension and concept development. This marks the beginning of the invention of structure. Learners discover further relations between relationships. They form, within a novel context, a system of structures. This system then represents a synergy between the original structures of things and the learner’s experiences, attitudes, knowledge, and values. We term this critical-creative process concept development.”

The Children’s Reading Lab series is an updated edition of the Reading Beyond series by the esteemed Dr. Aurora H. Roldan, Ed.D. Dr. Roldan is a pioneer in the fields of reading and gifted education in the Philippines. She is renowned, among many other things, for developing learning materials in reading for all levels of Philippine education. Dr. Roldan is the founder-president of the Talented and Gifted Philippines Foundation and the chairperson of the Reading Education Foundation. She also founded and presided over the Reading Association of the Philippines.

The Children’s Reading Lab series contains review notes for previous lessons, worksheets and problem-solving activities in varying degrees of difficulty, all within the context of Filipino values. The books are now available at all leading bookstores nationwide.

Learning Math through English Series

by Anna Santos-Villar and Andrew Philip E. Villar

The child-friendly workbook series upholds the child-friendly initiative, developed by UNICEF and the Department of Education in the Philippines. This book aims to promote a learning environment that recognizes, encourages, and supports children’s growing capacities as learners. The curriculum content is focused on learning and the learner.

Learning Math through English provides an enjoyable learning experience for your child, as all reading materials and math exercises in this book involve meaning text. The child is introduced to basic Math concepts through reading, writing, and oral language, integrated with Science, Social Studies, English, and Art by constructing meaning from texts and lessons that are built on themes. The subject areas are not considered as separate components of a curriculum. Ideas and activities in this book promote children’s self-esteem and self-identity, encourage self-awareness, and enhance learning about family community.

The Learning Math through English books are available at bookstores nationwide.

The New Experiencing Reading Series

by Joycelyn A. Enerio, Rosario L. Garcia, Maria Teresa K. Lagonera, Natividad A. Lansigan, Carmen S. Musngi, Anna Magdalena G. Sison,
and Marc V. Hernandez

The New Experiencing Reading series is an adventure in vocabulary development and an exciting journey into the world of words. Each book focuses on specific levels to equip the learner with age-appropriate literacy skills. Sequentially presented, the different activities encourage the learner to be familiar with the various basic skills involved in phonetic, structural, and contextual analysis.

This series uses the workbook format as supplementary material to any reading program offered in the classroom. The exercises offer opportunities for getting the most out of vocabulary development lessons as a prelude to and support for the continuous development of comprehension skills. It ranges from first preparatory to sixth grade.

The New Experiencing Reading series is available at all bookstores nationwide and is published by Anvil Publishing, Inc.

Mga Alamat at Kuwentong Bayan: Dito, Doon, at Kung Saan-Saan

by Alfredo C. Nem Singh and Rosario P. Nem Singh

Mga Alamat at Kuwentong Bayan: Dito, Doon, at Kung Saan-Saan is a collection of legends and folktales in Filipino for Filipino readers. It is an all-ages collection meant to inspire a love for our roots and spread Filipino values.

Collected and translated by Alfredo C. Nem Singh and Rosario P. Nem Singh, the book also features artwork by Andrew Philip E. Villar, Amos Jan Fraser S. Villar, Anto Bautista, Steph Lim, Kim Primo Molino and Julia Marbella.

The book is available at all bookstores nationwide and is published by Anvil Publishing, Inc.

Games Filipinos Play

by Jovita O. Calixihan

Games Filipinos Play is a journey to the past and a peek at the future. For the old, playing native games is an exhilarating return to one’s youth. For the young, it is simply a bridge to being a citizen with a sound mind in a sound body.

Everyone, at every age, enjoy watching, much more playing, Pinoy games. After all, it is a wholesome vehicle for physical fitness and a great practical lesson on Filipino culture and heritage. But children today seem to have lost that connection to the outside world. They spend most of their time in front of laptops, desktop computers, or game consoles.

This book targets these ends: good health and enjoyment and an immersion in Philippine culture. The author, Jovita Ona Calixihan is an educator and supervisor who served at the Dep-Ed, as well as a poet and a writer of books for all levels of education.

Games Filipinos Play is available at all bookstores nationwide and is published by Anvil Publishing, Inc.