Download or read book Lets Try It Out With Towers and Bridges written by Seymour Simon and published by StarWalk Kids Media. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fun-filled activities that encourage young children to use familiar and safe objects found in their homes or classrooms to make observations about how things work. Whether building a sturdy tower of blocks, creating a solid foundation with clay, or making a paper bridge span short and long distances without falling down, children will have fun while they begin to learn important and basic science concepts. In this innovative series for young children, acclaimed science writer Seymour Simon and Nicole Fauteux encourage children to explore the world around them as they play. Each book contains tips for parents and caregivers on how to create positive learning experiences for even the littlest of scientists. To learn important and basic science concepts. In this innovative series for young children, acclaimed science writer Seymour Simon and Nicole Fauteux encourage children to explore the world around them as they play. Each book contains tips for parents and caregivers on how to create positive learning experiences for even the littlest of scientists.
Download or read book Lets Try It Out In the Water written by Seymour Simon and published by StarWalk Kids Media. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do some things float and others sink? Does a small, wide container hold more water than a tall, thin one? How can you make a toy boat that floats sink to the bottom of a bathtub? Fun-filled activities encourage young children to use familiar and safe objects found in their homes or classrooms to make observations about the world around them. In this innovative series for young children, acclaimed science writer Seymour Simon and Nicole Fauteux encourage children to explore the world around them as they play. Each book contains tips for parents and caregivers on how to create positive learning experiences for even the littlest of scientists. Innovative series for young children, acclaimed science writer Seymour Simon and Nicole Fauteux encourage children to explore the world around them as they play. Each book contains tips for parents and caregivers on how to create positive learning experiences for even the littlest of scientists.
Download or read book Solving the Reading Riddle written by Rita Soltan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores what the past 75 years of reading instruction has meant to children, teachers, and parents, and how children's librarians and school media specialists are a crucial part of the developing philosophy and strategy. As a children's librarian, you are increasingly being called upon to support schools and parents in teaching children to readfrom early literacy initiatives and read-alouds to parent workshops and collection development endeavors. Yet, if you're like most public librarians, you probably have no clue as to what reading strategies other educators use. Understanding reading instruction theory and practice can help you function better in these roles and communicate more effectively with other educators and parents. Solving the Reading Riddle: The Librarian's Guide to Reading Instruction explains the theories and shows you how to effectively integrate reading instruction theory into your roles as reading advocate, family reading coach, partner with educators, and keeper of the books. Designed for public librarians, this book is also beneficial reading for LIS students in children's librarianship courses, and for teacher librarians needing more information on this topic.
Download or read book Matching Books and Readers written by Nancy L. Hadaway and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2010-08-09 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing practical guidance and resources, this book helps teachers harness the power of children's literature for developing ELLs' literacy skills and language proficiency. The authors show how carefully selected fiction, nonfiction, and poetry can support students' learning across the curriculum. Criteria and guiding questions are presented for matching books and readers based on text features, literacy and language proficiency, and student background knowledge and interests. Interspersed throughout are essays and poems by well-known children's authors that connect in a personal way with the themes explored in the chapters. The annotated bibliography features over 600 engaging, culturally relevant trade titles.
Download or read book Let s Try It Out in the Air written by Seymour Simon and published by Perfection Learning. This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you know air is around you when you can't see it?Can you make a balloon fly through the air?How can you tell there's pizza in the oven when you haven't been in the kitchen?
Download or read book Where Does My Shadow Sleep written by Sally Anderson and published by Gryphon House, Inc.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take the time to watch, wonder, ask questions, talk about, and explore the world of science with your child! The activities in Where Does My Shadow Sleep? link great children's books--which you are probably already reading with your child--with easy, fun-filled activities you can use to investigate things like clouds, bugs, bridges, and even mud.
Download or read book A Head Start on Science written by William C. Ritz and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the littlest scientists, the whole wide world can be a laboratory for learning. Nurture their natural curiosity with A Head Start on Science, a treasury of 89 hands-on science activities specifically for children ages 3 to 6. The activities are grouped into seven stimulating topic areas: the five senses, weather, physical science, critters, water and water mixture, seeds, and nature walks.
Download or read book Gotcha Covered written by Kathleen A. Baxter and published by Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents over three hundred booktalks designed to help teachers increase their students' interest in reading nonfiction books, arranged thematically in seven categories, including world war; dreamers, flyers, and innovators; and playing with words.
Download or read book Everyday Earth and Space Science Mysteries written by Richard Konicek-Moran and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What are the odds that a meteor will hit your house? do you actually get more sunlight from Daylight Savings Time? Where do puddles go? By presenting everyday mysteries like these, this book will motivate your students to carry out hands-on science investigations and actually care about the results. These 19 open-ended mysteries focus exclusively on Earth and space science, including astronomy, energy, climate, and geology. The stories come with lists of science concepts to explore, grade-appropriate strategies for using them, and explanations of how the lessons align with national standards. They also relieve you of the tiring work of designing inquiry lesson from scratch." cover verso
Download or read book More Everyday Science Mysteries Stories for Inquiry Based Science Teaching written by Richard Konicek-Moran and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through 15 mystery stories, this book memorably illustrates science concepts for students and reinforces the value of learning science through inquiry. Each mystery presents opportunities for students to create questions, form hypotheses, test their ideas, and come up with explanations. Focused on concepts such as periodic motion, thermodynamics, temperature and energy, and sound, these mysteries draw students into the stories by grounding them in experiences students are familiar with, providing them with a foundation for classroom discussion and inquiry.
Download or read book Contemporary Authors New Revision Series written by Tracey Watson and published by Contemporary Authors New Revis. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biographical and bibliographical guide to current writers in all fields including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, journalism, drama, television and movies. Information is provided by the authors themselves or drawn from published interviews, feature stories, book reviews and other materials provided by the authors/publishers.
Download or read book Nine Ten A September 11 Story written by Nora Raleigh Baskin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes a reading group guide with discussion questions.
Download or read book Let s Go 2008 Western Europe written by Let's Go Inc. and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-11-27 with total page 1144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with travel information, including listings, deals, and insider tips: CANDID LISTINGS of hundreds of places to eat, sleep, drink, and feel like a local. RELIABLE MAPS to get you around cities, towns, and the countryside. CHEAP, DELICIOUS EATS from Spanish paella to Norwegian pickled herring. VOLUNTEER and work opportunities throughout Europe. INSIDER TIPS on the best straight and gay nightlife, traveling cheap, and finding vegetarian food. Advice on HIKING, BIKING, AND CLIMBING from the Pyrenees to the Dolomites. A useful PHRASEBOOK to help you say "I'm lost" in fifteen different languages.
Download or read book Let s Go 2009 Europe written by Let's Go Inc. and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-11-25 with total page 1166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: &&LPPacked with travel information, including more listings, deals, and insider tips:&&L/P CANDID LISTINGS of hundreds of places to eat, sleep, drink, and feel like a local RELIABLE MAPS and directions to navigateEurope's busy cities and idyllic towns STRAIGHT TALK on everything from German beer toIceland's "Black Death" INSIDER TIPS on the best hostels, gay and straight nightlife, and travel deals VOLUNTEER AND WORK OPPORTUNITIES fromSvalbardto Istanbul HIKING, BIKING, and CAMPING from Norwegian fjords toPalenicaNational ParkinCroatia A USEFUL PHRASEBOOK with essential vocab in 18 different languages
Download or read book Ripley Under Water written by Patricia Highsmith and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-08-26 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ripley must protect himself when an American couple come to the village where he lives with this wife.
Download or read book Fallout written by Philip L. Fradkin and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the story behind the story of the nuclear testing in southern Nevada during the 1950s when radioactive fallout drifted into surrounding communities. First sheep began dying, according to the author, and then people. The book places blame for the incident on all levels of government, from presidents to radiation monitors. The author is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Let s Go USA 24th Edition written by Let's Go Inc. and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-11-27 with total page 1068 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with travel information, including listings, deals, and insider tips: CANDID LISTINGS of hundreds of places to eat, sleep, drink, and dance. RELIABLE MAPS of cities, regions, parks, and transportation. All-new THEMED ITINERARIES take you from coast to coast. The INSIDE SCOOP on the best bars, clubs, festivals, and live entertainment. Brand-new AMERICANA COVERAGE highlighting the unique American experience. Thrilling OPPORTUNITIES to study, work, or volunteer. Tips on getting the most out of THE GREAT OUTDOORS.
