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1) Everyday early learning: easy and fun activities and toys from stuff you can find around the house
Author
Publisher
Redleaf Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Contains material lists, step-by-step instructions, and variations for early learning activities which use common items and help develop mental, physical, and emotional skills.
Author
Publisher
Nomad Press / Bookmasters
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Investigate the fascinating civilization of ancient Greece through 25 hands-on projects and activities for young readers ages 6-9. Kids learn about ancient Greek homes, food, playtime, clothing, conquests, arts and entertainment, gods, and more. Activities range from fashioning a model oil lamp from clay to building a courtyard column and constructing a flipbook sailing ship. By combining a hands-on element with riddles, jokes, fun facts, and comic...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Families play a critical role in helping young children develop a solid academic foundation and love of learning. Numerous examples have proven time and again that children's learning behavior is strongest when reinforced with activities, social interactions, and play. In Learning at Home, PreK-3, Ann Barbour stresses the importance of getting parents involved with their children's education through engaging homework activities. Bursting with activities...
Author
Series
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Connecting Gandhi's ideas and his life's work to contemporary issues this useful resource for parents and teachers makes Gandhi relevant for kids today. Packed with historic images, the book includes informative sidebars; a time line, glossary, and resource section, along with 21 activities that illuminate Gandhi's life, environment, and ideas.
Author
Publisher
Bayou Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
An at-a-glance, ready-reference guide for teachers, counselors, and librarians who have been charged with character education in the classroom, this book provides detailed analysis of seven fundamental character traits modeled in 111 award-winning children's books. Winners of state Child Choice Book Awards since 2005 in each of the 50 states are examined for core interpersonal character qualities, including courage, creativity, undeterred, self-motivated....
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A multidisciplinary activity book from four core academic areas-math, science, language arts, and social studies. Unlike the many activity books devoted solely to one type of activity-science experiments, art activities, math games, brain teasers, and the like-Curious Minds takes a multidisciplinary approach, incorporating science, social studies, math, language arts, world languages, and more in 40 hands-on activities that promote kids' critical...
Author
Series
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An engaging introduction to the ecology of trees and forests, Treecology contains over 100 beautiful color images of trees, leaves, blooms, forest wildlife, and more. Kids learn about the interwoven lives of plants and animals making up the forest community: the food, nesting sites, and safe roosting and resting places that trees and forests provide to wildlife. This useful book also includes "street trees" commonly seen along city streets and parks,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The training program highlights libraries that provide outstanding services to teens and shows how to replicate their successes. Serving teens in libraries showcases the outstanding services offered by the Public Library of Charlotte (NC) and Mecklenburg County, Queens (NY) Library, and the Baltimore County (MD) Public Library. LVN crews spent several days in each location to learn as much as possible about how they're successfully reaching the toughest...
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Language
English
Description
Introducing sophisticated mathematical ideas like fractals and infinity, these hands-on activity books present concepts to children using interactive and comprehensible methods. With intriguing projects that cover a wide range of math content and skills, these are ideal resources for elementary school mathematics enrichment programs, regular classroom instruction, and home-school programs. Reproducible activity sheets lead students through a process...
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Crafting projects that provide literacy and curriculum ideas to enrich the classroom Make It! Write It! Read It! develops art and literacy skills through the craft of bookmaking, inspiring elementary-aged children to read, write, and tell stories with their creations. Creative, fun, field-tested projects include 17 different blank book designs such as accordion fold, coffee filter, hanging tassel, and paper bag books. These designs are then applied...
Author
Series
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Language
English
Description
Get ready to explore the world of science through art with these open-ended experiments! Science Arts introduces the scientific magic of crystals, light, constellations, plants, and more through creative art projects. Each of the more than 100 hands-on projects is designed to help children discover essential science topics through a creative process unique to each individual. Concepts include light and sight, motion and energy, and nature and ecology....
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Jane Austen is one of the most influential and best-loved novelists in English literature. Austen's genius was her cast of characters -- so timeless and real that readers today recognize them in their own families and neighborhoods. Her book's universal themes -- love and hate, hope and disappointment, pride and prejudice, sense and sensibility -- still tug at heartstrings today in cultures spanning the globe. Austen wrote about daily life in England...
Author
Series
Publisher
Nomad Press / Bookmasters
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Poems can be silly, serious, or fun, just like kids! Whether it's the sing-song rhythm of a limerick, the serendipitous magic of a found poem, the deceptive simplicity of a haiku, or the easy familiarity of an acrostic poem, children are charmed by poetry. And what's more fun than reading poetry? Writing it! In Explore Poetry! With 25 Great Projects children have fun learning about different forms of poetry while delving into different literary techniques...
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