Curious Sam

About the Book

Curious Sam is an eye-catching book that contains a story or more. This book is geared for preschool children aged three and up. With a simple story and powerful comprehension questions, Curious Sam engages the child by focusing concentration, improving comprehension, stimulating thought, and galvanizing imagination. This book is intended for use in the preschool classroom. The students can answer questions, generate their own questions, act out the story, or continue the story. It can be read to two and three-year-old students, while the older students can relate to the higher-level activities. Although the book is designed for classroom use, it can also be used in the home, and the setup in the book gives young children a chance to relate to their parents while discussing the story.

About the Author

Felipe Cofreros Ph.D. spent more than twenty-five years of aggregate experience in teaching Literacy, Adult Education, Pre-school, Elementary, High School, College and the administration of instructional English as a Second Language [ESL] services among Indo-Chinese refugees [Vietnamese, Lao, Khmer and Hmong] in the International Catholic Migration Commission [ICMC], Philippine Refugee Processing Center [PRPC] in Sabang, Morong, Bata-an, Philippines for a decade. Felipe also taught English as a Second Language [ESL] in different countries in Asia and North America. Presently, Felipe is one of the owners and the Executive Program Director of the International Adult Day Care in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Felipe has authored more than a dozen of Children's Picture Books with comprehension questions for three years old and up geared for use in the preschool classroom; A Handbook of Basic Art, Part 1 [Painting Processes in Playing with Colors, Different Crayon Techniques]; A Handbook of Basic Art, Part 2 [Basic Drawing, Painting and Making Crafts]; Let's Weave [An ancient Hand Art of Interlacing Two groups of Threads]; A Pre-school Math Workbook "Let's Build Our Math Skills Workbook for children ages three years old and up; Effective Ways To Assess English Language Learners [For Intermediate and Advanced Levels]; One Accord - an inspirational book of Bible promises; A Handbook of Writing Activities for Intermediate and Advanced English Language Learners and English Workbook 1, 2 and 3 for the Elementary level. Felipe graduated as a scholar from the University of San Agustin in Iloilo City, Philippines with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education with specialization in Social Studies and Art Education. He also studied Basic Latin, Spanish and Theology courses in the Seminary of St. Augustine in Intramuros, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines. He got his Master's Degree in TESOL and Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology from an on-line University in the USA. Felipe obtained quite a number of certificates in different disciplines such as TESOL Teaching Certificate Course, Lingua Edge, LCC. TESOL Teaching Training Systems West Olympic Blvd., Beverly Hills, California, USA; Managing People for Maximum Performance in John F. Kennedy School of Management, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; The Roots of Learning: Society for Effective Affective Learning in Brighton, England, United Kingdom.