Background

Jill Frankel Hauser was born on May 25, 1950, in Los Angeles, California, United States. She is the daughter of Melvin, a civil engineer, and Maxine Frankel, a teacher.

Education

In 1971 Jill Frankel Hauser received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1974 she obtained a Master of Arts degree from California State University.

Career

From 1971 to 1973 Jill Frankel Hauser was appointed a teacher at Divine Savior School in Los Angeles, California. In 1973 she became a secondary special education teacher at Los Angeles County Schools in Los Angeles, California. From 1973 to 1978 Hauser was a teacher and reading department chairperson at Los Angeles Unified School District in Los Angeles.

From 1975 to 1977 Hauser was an instructor at the University of California Los Angeles Extension. From 1978 to 1980 she was a cooperative curriculum consultant at the Shasta County Office of Education. From 1983 to 1992 she worked as a publisher at Learning Excellence in Redding, California.

She has published Learning and Loving to Read: The Breakthrough That Ushers Your Child into the Fantastic World of Reading through Play (1985), Growing up Reading: Learning to Read through Creative Play (1993), Kids’ Crazy Art Concoctions: Fifty Mysterious Mixtures for Art & Craft Fun (1995), etc.

Achievements

• Jill Frankel Hauser is best known as the author of Learning and Loving to Read: The Breakthrough That Ushers Your Child into the Fantastic World of Reading through Play. Her works received numerous awards and high praise from critics.

Works

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  • Kid's Guide to Becoming the Best You Can Be!

    (Every young person has the potential for success in their...)

    2006
  • Kindergarten Success: Helping Children Excel Right from the Start

    (Projects, activities, and games are incorporated in this ...)

    2000
  • Science Play!: Beginning Discoveries for 2-To 6-Year-Olds

    (This book contains sixty-five activities that introduce r...)

    1998
  • Easy Art Fun!: Do-It-Yourself Crafts for Beginning Readers

    (An award-winning author and kindergarten teacher offers a...)

    2000
  • Little Hands Celebrate America!: Learning About the U.S.A. Through Crafts & Activities

    (Easy crafts and activities such as making crowns, Navajo ...)

    2003
  • Kids' Crazy Concoctions: 50 Mysterious Mixtures for Art & Craft Fun

    (Mix it, stretch it, knead it - however it's done, kids ar...)

    1995
  • Super Science Concoctions: 50 Mysterious Mixtures for Fabulous Fun

    (Over 75 safe, inexpensive science experiments with mixtur...)

    1996
  • Growing Up Reading: Learning to Read Through Creative Play

    (This book presents activities for very young children tha...)

    1993
  • Wow! I'm Reading!: Fun Activities to Make Reading Happen

    (This book offers ideas for activities that parents and te...)

    2000
  • Gizmos & Gadgets: Creating Science Contraptions That Work (& Knowing Why)

    (Gear up to discover science by constructing weird, wacky ...)

    1999
  • Learning and Loving to Read: The Breakthrough That Ushers Your Child into the Fantastic World of Reading Through Play 1985

Connections

Jill Frankel is to married Randall Hauser, a planner. They have three children: Emunah, Savlan, Zev.

Father:

Melvin Frankel

Mother:

Maxine Frankel

Spouse:

Randall Hauser

child:

Savlan Hauser

Daughter:

Emunah Hauser

Son:

Zev Hauser

References

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