Demonstrates that "hands are not for hitting" by suggesting many positive uses for them, such as saying hello, playing, creating, and helping.

Explains what listening means and provides examples of how listeningcan help with understanding, problem solving and safety. Includes informationand extension activities for parents and teachers.

Teaches about the Civil War from the secession debates to Appomattox, by means of activities like making butternut dye, decoding wigwag, and baking hardtack. Includes a resource section with a glossary and pertinent web sites.

"Math Lab for Kids provides 52 fun labs to teach children basic math concepts through activities and games."--

"Fascinating facts and thirteen easy-to-do activities involve young readers in exploring this ancient civilization and its people"--Provided by publisher.

A Kid's Guide to Latino History features more than 50 hands-on activities, games, and crafts that explore the diversity of Latino culture and teach children about the people, experiences, and events that have shaped Hispanic American history.

 

Kids can:

*     Fill Mexican cascarones for Easter

*     Learn to dance the merengue

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Presents facts about trees and forest ecology, describing their biology; environment; and the wildlife that live near, on, and off them.

10 Performance-Based STEM Projects for Grades 2-3 provides 10 ready-made projects designed to help students achieve higher levels of thinking and develop 21st-century skills while learning about science, technology, engineering, and math. All projects are aligned to National STEM Standards, allowing students to explore and be creative as well as gain an enduring understanding. Each project represents one of the National STEM Standards and one of a...

The Learning Tree offers a new understanding of learning problems. Rather than looking just at symptoms, this new approach describes how to find the missing developmental steps that cause these symptoms. The best solution to the problem comes from knowing what essential skills to strengthen.Using the metaphor of a tree, Dr. Stanley Greenspan explains that the roots represent how children take in the world through what they hear, see, smell, and touch....