Download or read book The Schools We Need written by E.D. Hirsch, Jr. and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2010-02-17 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paperback edition, with a new introduction, offers a powerful, compelling, and unassailable argument for reforming America's schooling methods and ideas--by one of America's most important educators, and author of the bestselling Cultural Literacy. For over fifty years, American schools have operated under the assumption that challenging children academically is unnatural for them, that teachers do not need to know the subjects they teach, that the learning "process" should be emphasized over the facts taught. All of this is tragically wrong. Renowned educator and author E. D. Hirsch, Jr., argues that, by disdaining content-based curricula while favoring abstract--and discredited--theories of how a child learns, the ideas uniformly taught by our schools have done terrible harm to America's students. Instead of preparing our children for the highly competitive, information-based economy in which we now live, our schools' practices have severely curtailed their ability, and desire, to learn. With an introduction that surveys developments in education since the hardcover edition was published, The Schools We Need is a passionate and thoughtful book that will appeal to the millions of people who can't understand why America's schools aren't educating our children.

Download or read book Bible Stories Coloring Book written by Dover Publications Inc and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1973 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original woodcuts from the Cologne Bible (1479) taught Bible stories soon after printing began, and, at the same time, became favorites for coloring. The Creation of Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah's Ark, The Tower of Babel, Abraham and Isaac, and Moses and the Burning Bush are only a few of the 46 stories depicted in this collection.

Download or read book The Very Quiet Cricket written by Eric Carle and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One day, a little cricket is born and meets a big cricket who chirps his welcome. But the little cricket cannot make a sound. The cricket meets many insects, but it isn't until he meets a beautiful female cricket that he can finally chirp "hello!" Excerpt: Hello! whispered a praying mantis, scraping its huge front legs together. The little cricket wanted to answer, so he rubbed his wings together. But nothing happened. Not a sound.

Download or read book Activities for Any Spelling Unit written by Bette Fox and published by Teacher Created Resources. This book was released on 1999-02 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bully B E A N S written by Julia Cook and published by National Center for Youth Issues. This book was released on 2019-09-26 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bully B.E.A.N.S. teaches children how to speak up when it comes to bullying. Bullying continues to be an ongoing problem for children everywhere. Children from every race, culture, and socioeconomic group are susceptible to bullies. Most children are unprepared for how to handle it when bullying happens to them or someone they know. Bully B.E.A.N.S. helps children identify bullying, and offers clear and impactful action strategies for both targets and bystanders. Maxine liked to pick on kids... especially Winston. Winston is the smartest kid in our whole school. Maxine made him do all of her homework and give her all of his lunch money. Maxine liked to make Winston cry... then she'd call him a crybaby. "If you don't do exactly what I tell you to, I'll knock you into next week!" Nobody liked the way Maxine treated Winston, but we were too afraid to do anything about it. Written by bestselling author Julia Cook, Bully B.E.A.N.S. reminds children of the power of their voice and how to use it effectively when standing up against bullying. Bullies Everywhere Are Now Stopped!

Download or read book Know Your State Activity Book Utah written by Megan Hansen Moench and published by . This book was released on 2015-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kids can now practice their skills in vocabulary, reading, writing, social studies, math, and science while getting to know the state they love! Each Know Your State activity book features more than 250 pages of interactive learning activities that guide kids through the history and geography of their great state, while simultaneously reinforcing what they are learning in school. Learn the difference between basins and plateaus by labeling an illustrated map; find out what a namesake is and how you say "water with plenty of fish" in the Paiute language; use beautiful metaphors to write about the view from your own backyard; create a map to scale of your bedroom using a map grid; and build a working compass from a needle and a cork. The Know Your State series will help them find themselves immersed in creative, standards-based learning all year long! Megan Hansen Moench has taught elementary education in public schools; created district-level programs to help students learn writing, mathematics, and language arts; and has worked on several state textbook programs for Gibbs Smith Education. Megan holds degrees in elementary and special education as well as an endorsement for English Language Learner Instruction, and is currently working on her Reading Instruction endorsement. She runs a website that offers free educational resources for parents and teachers, tolearnandgrow.com, and lives in Kaysville, Utah.

Download or read book Five Minute Activities written by Penny Ur and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-02-06 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five-Minute Activities is an invaluable source of ideas for language teachers.

Download or read book The Science of Breakable Things written by Tae Keller and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natalie's uplifting story of using the scientific process to "save" her mother from depression is what Booklist calls "a winning story full of heart and action." Eggs are breakable. Hope is not. When Natalie's science teacher suggests that she enter an egg drop competition, Natalie thinks that this might be the perfect solution to all of her problems. There's prize money, and if she and her friends wins, then she can fly her botanist mother to see the miraculous Cobalt Blue Orchids--flowers that survive against impossible odds. Natalie's mother has been suffering from depression, and Natalie is sure that the flowers' magic will inspire her mom to love life again. Which means it's time for Natalie's friends to step up and show her that talking about a problem is like taking a plant out of a dark cupboard and giving it light. With their help, Natalie begins an uplifting journey to discover the science of hope, love, and miracles. A vibrant, loving debut about the coming-of-age moment when kids realize that parents are people, too. Think THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH meets THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR * KIRKUS REVIEWS * THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY * "Natalie's Korean heritage is sensitively explored, as is the central issue of depression." --Publishers Weekly "A compassionate glimpse of mental illness accessible to a broad audience." --Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW "Holy moly!!! This book made me feel." --Colby Sharp, editor of The Creativity Project, teacher, and cofounder of Nerdy Book Club

Download or read book The Complete ESL EFL Cooperative Communicative Activity Book written by Stephen Sloan and published by McGraw-Hill ESL/ELT. This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE COMPLETE ESL/EFL ACTIVITY BOOK. . Build communicative competence in your intermediate reading level ESL student with this easy-to-use blackline master book of enjoyable, learner-directed activities.

Download or read book The Knowledge Deficit written by E. D. Hirsch and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Knowledge Deficit illuminates the real issue in education today -- without an effective curriculum, American students are losing the global education race. In this persuasive book, the esteemed education critic, activist, and best-selling author E.D. Hirsch, Jr., shows that although schools are teaching the mechanics of reading, they fail to convey the knowledge needed for the more complex and essential skill of reading comprehension. Hirsch corrects popular misconceptions about hot issues in education, such as standardized testing, and takes to task educators' claims that they are powerless to overcome class differences. Ultimately, this essential book gives parents and teachers specific tools for enhancing children's abilities to fully understand what they read.

Download or read book Engineering Activity Book written by Jenny Jacoby and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Adult Activity Book Coloring and Puzzles written by Adult Books and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-23 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You will enjoy hours of fun with this adult activity book that combines stress relieving coloring pages AND puzzles that challenge your mind and critical thinking skills! This updated book now includes Sudoku pages you can also color, more trivia games including U.S. Capital Cities and World Capital Cities Trivia, and a "games for two players" section with hangman, dots and boxes, tic tac toe and a scavenger hunt! The book includes ALL of the following activities: 25 adult coloring pages with beautiful, calming patterns and mandalas Crossword puzzles Dot to dot Sudoku coloring pages Mazes Word scrambles Word searches Decode secret message Hangman Dots and boxes Tic tac toe Scavenger hunt and more trivia games including U.S. Capital Cities and World Capital Cities TriviaAll coloring pages are blank on the back of each picture to prevent bleed through of color. There are fun and engaging activities for all skill levels in this book from beginners to advanced. Perfect for travel, birthday gifts, holiday gifts and when you want to get away from your technical gadgets and just relax! Have fun and enjoy your new adult activity book!

Download or read book STEM Starters for Kids Robotics Activity Book written by Jenny Jacoby and published by Racehorse for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make learning about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fun in this colorful, robot-filled activity book! Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) are subjects crucial to children’s education. In these illustrated pages, your child will be immersed in the world of STEM through technology and robotics! Filled with activities such as mazes, spot the difference, drawing, puzzles, pattern identifying, quizzes, and more, this book will introduce your child to the fascinating science of robotics. While boys and girls think they’re just playing games and looking at fun infographics, actually they’ll be learning about different robot jobs, machinery, circuitry, coding, and more. With this new book in the STEM Starters for Kids series of educational workbooks, your child will not only be entertained for hours, but also be familiarized with robots and the STEM subjects that are important to his or her education and maybe even a future career. The books in this series aim to pique the interest of children in these areas of study, stress the importance of these subjects, and help encourage children who are interested to continue within these fields as they grow and learn. Introduce your child to STEM subjects today through STEM Starters for Kids: Robotics Activity Book!

Download or read book Cambridge Global English Starters Fun with Letters and Sounds B written by Gabrielle Pritchard and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-27 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun course to get young children ready to learn in English. This write-in activity book focuses on recognising, saying and writing letters: essential skills for learning to read and write confidently. Each unit includes three letters and is packed with activities that encourage children to say, trace, write and find the letter. Easily support children at all levels, with challenge activities to stretch more confident children. Each book covers one term and includes three units. Each book covers one term and includes three units.

Download or read book Bing written by HarperCollins Children's Books and published by HarperCollins Children's Books. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect book for children who are learning to toilet train! Jump on board the Toilet Train with Bing and his friends in this fantastic sticker book that rewards and encourages children to move out of nappies and in to grown-up pants! With simple puzzles and activities themed around the key stages of potty and toilet training, they'll be riding the Toilet Train in no time. It comes with reusable stickers and a reward chart at the back to keep track of your child's progress.

Download or read book Human Body Activity Book for Kids written by Katie Stokes and published by Rockridge Press. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover super fun activities to help kids ages 4 to 8 learn all about their bodies. From teeth to eyes and ears to skin and bones, there’s a lot to discover about the human body for kids! Featuring crosswords, mazes, and more, this human body workbook is bursting with all kinds of activities to help kids understand how their bodies work to keep them healthy and spark their interest in how to care for their bodies. This amazing guide to the human body for kids includes: A FULL BODY BREAKDOWN: Simplify human anatomy for kids with informative, illustrated chapters broken down by anatomical system. ENGAGING ACTIVITIES: Keep lessons engaging with everything from connect-the-dots and crosswords to hands-on experiments. SCIENCE FOR KIDS: Did you know hair grows slower at night and that you’re taller in the morning than the evening? Make kids want to learn more with the unique and fun trivia in this human body book. Teach children the joy of learning by doing with this collection of activities all about the human body for kids.

Download or read book The Story of the World written by Susan Wise Bauer and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the history of the world from 1600 to 1850; discussing important events and prominent figures. Includes maps and illustrations.