Students build critical thinking and put problem-solving strategies to work with these fun, ready-to-go, learning-packed activities! Motivating puzzles, riddles, games, stories, and interactive reproducibles reinforce important grade-specific math skills and concepts and build computational fluency. Includes ideas for group and class discussions, suggestions for connecting writing and math, eas…
The information age is upon us, baffling us with thousands of complicated state-of-the-art technologies. To help make sense of the computer age, David Macaulay brings us The New Way Things Work. This completely updated and expanded edition describes twelve new machines and includes more than seventy new pages detailing the latest innovations. With an entirely new section that guides us through …
String beans, spaghetti, ZOOOOP, roast beef, fresh fish, chicken and ice cream are the delicious fare during the week in this popular children's song. Until Sunday. Then, all the world's children are invited to come together and share in the meal. Celebrated artist Eric Carle brings new energy to these much-loved verses as lively animals parade across the page, munching on favorite dishes, and …
Over 8 million people have fallen in love with Wonder and have joined the movement to Choose Kind. Now younger readers can meet Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face, and his beloved dog, Daisy. Countless fans have asked R. J. Palacio to write a book for younger readers. With We’re All Wonders, she makes her picture-book debut as both author and artist, with a spare, …
Why does a rubber ball bounce? When a rubber ball hits a hard surface it flattens the rubber and squeezes the air inside the ball. The air inside then tries to push the rubber back to its original shape. The force of the air makes the ball bounce.
The Perfect Children's First Reference Set. The Two-Can First Encyclopedia Set is comprised of four volumes, each 93 pages long and packed with Colorful Illustrations, Photos and Information to set those young minds to work. The Volumes: "How Things Work" explores the things we make, build & use. "All About People" explains how we grow, how our bodies work and how we feel. "A First Atlas" helps…
You Probably don't think about it often, but your world is filled with tools and machines that make your life easier. Imagine an average school day and think of all the gadgets and inventions you use.
There is nothing more pleasant than picnicking in the countryside on a warm summer's day. You can lie back in the grass, sniff the clear, fragrant air, listen to the hum of the busy insects and watch the fluffy cotton clouds drift overhead.
Living in a house these days is so different from what it used to be. Not so very long ago houses were very cold, dark and drafty places to live in. People often had to carry water to their homes in buckets from an outdoor pump; and there were no machines to help them cook, wash and mend. What a difference there is today.
Long ago an idea began turning in human minds - the idea was a wheel and once it started it couldn't be stopped. Throughout our history, wheels keep turning! This book takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the world, exploring the history of the wheel, from a rolling log to air-filled tyres, from a potter's wheel to a spinning CD, taking in pulleys, clockwork and even wheelbarrows on the way! In t…