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The Essential 55
An Award-Winning Educator's Rules for Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
**From the Disney Teacher of the Year and New York Times bestselling author comes the classic guide to bringing out the best in your students, revised and updated for today's teachers and parents.
Over 1 million copies sold!**
When Ron Clark walked into his fifth-grade class in rural...
The Ultimate Book of Homeschooling Ideas
500+ Fun and Creative Learning Activities for Kids Ages 3-12
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2009
Fun and Effective Home Learning Activities for Every Subject
As a homeschooling parent, you're always looking for new and creative ways to teach your child the basics. Look no longer! Inside this innovative helper, you'll find kid-tested and parent-approved techniques for learning math, science, writing,...
The Spelling Teacher's Lesson-a-Day
180 Reproducible Activities to Teach Spelling, Phonics, and Vocabulary
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2010
The effective and fun-filled way to teach spelling to elementary students
The Spelling Teacher's Lesson-a-Day gives teachers 180 engaging and ready-to-use lessons-one for each day of the school year-that boost spelling skills in students grades 3-6. These lessons may be used as "sponge"...
Language at the Speed of Sight
How We Read, Why So Many Can't, and What Can Be Done About It
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
"An important and alarming new book." --New York Times
The way we teach reading is not working, and it cannot continue. We have largely abandoned phones-based reading instruction, despite research that supports its importance for word recognition. Rather than treating Black English as a valid...
Chemistry Made Simple
A Complete Introduction to the Basic Building Blocks of Matter
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2010
See the world, one molecule at a time.
Chemistry helps us understand not only the world around us, but also our own bodies. CHEMISTRY MADE SIMPLE makes it fun. Each chapter has practice problems with complete solutions that reinforce learning. A glossary of chemical terms, the modern periodic...
by Edward F. Albin, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2010
We see it every day, yet we understand so little about Earth. From minerals to meteorites, this book covers every aspect of the science of our world. It breaks this complex discipline into four major sections: geology, oceanography, meteorology, and planetary science, and it gives an overview of the...
Science Matters
Achieving Scientific Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2009
Knowledge of the basic ideas and principles of science is fundamental to cultural literacy. But most books on science are often too obscure or too specialized to do the general reader much good.
Science Matters is a rare exception-a science book for the general reader that is informative enough...
The Language of Houses
How Buildings Speak to Us
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
How do the spaces we inhabit affect us—and reflect us? A Pulitzer Prize–winning author explores architecture, in this insightful, “breezy” read (The Washington Post).
In 1981, Alison Lurie published The Language of Clothes, a meditation on costume and fashion as an expression of history,...
Designing the British Post-War Home
Kenneth Wood, 1948-1968
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
In Designing the British Post-War Home Fiona Fisher explores the development of modern domestic architecture in Britain through a detailed study of the work of the successful Surrey-based architectural practice of Kenneth Wood. Wood’s firm is representative of a geographically distinct category...
A Parent's Guide to the Best Kids' Comics
Choosing Titles Your Children Will Love
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
"Children are made readers on the laps of their parents."
--Author Emilie Buchwald
Filled with beautifully illustrated reviews and a wealth of recommendations, A Parent's Guide to the Best Kids' Comics lovingly and thoughtfully reveals a world of graphic novels sure to capture the...
1,001 Pearls of Teachers' Wisdom
Quotations on Life and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
1,001 Pearls of Teachers’ Wisdom is a fun and inspirational book packed with words of wisdom on the art of teaching. With more than three thousand entries, it includes thoughts on the art of teaching from hundreds of teachers, professors, authors, and politicians.
Quotes are drawn from a...
by Sherry Seethaler
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from Curious Folks Ask 2: 188 Real Answers on Our Fellow Creatures, Our Planet, and Beyond (9780137057399) by Sherry Seethaler. Available in print and digital formats. Now revealed: scientific secrets of genetics, species, extinction,...
by J, Galand
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2014
Here are some tips for going green in your daily routine. Some may be easy, while others may be more challenging. But if a change is made, you’re going green actions can leave a lasting impact on what our environment may be like in the future. Eat smart: Buy local and seasonal, or...
Salvador Dalí and the Surrealists
Their Lives and Ideas, 21 Activities
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
The bizarre and often humorous creations of René Magritte, Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí, and other surrealists are showcased in this activity guide for young artists. Foremost among the surrealists, Salvador Dalí was a painter, filmmaker, designer, performance artist, and eccentric self-promoter....