The Ultimate Book of Homeschooling Ideas

Author: Linda Dobson
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307560856
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 360

Book Description
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, history, manners, and more that you can easily adapt to your family's homeschooling needs. And even if you don't homeschool, you'll find this book a great teaching tool outside the classroom. You'll discover fun and educational activities for kids ages 3 to 12, including how to: ·Create maps based on favorite stories, such as Treasure Island or The Wizard of Oz ·Make letters out of French fries as an alphabet learning aid ·Explore architecture by building igloos, castles, and bridges with sugar cubes and icing ·Review spelling words by writing them on the sidewalk with chalk ·And many more! This comprehensive collection of tried-and-true—and generally inexpensive—ideas provides the best-of-the-best homeschooling activities that can be done anywhere, anytime, and by anyone.

Hasbro Gaming Ultimate Activity Book

Author: Sheri Tan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1647225167
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description
This super-fun activity book is chock full of challenging puzzles from Hasbro’s classic games like Twister, Monopoly, Operation, and more! Inside the Hasbro Gaming Ultimate Activity Book, kids will discover 80 full-color pages of engaging puzzles, mazes, quizzes, prompts, brain teasers, and challenging activities! Hours and hours of fun are in store as kids play their way through activities inspired by Hasbro’s classic games like Twister, Monopoly, Operation, and more! Perfect for anytime, anywhere fun for kids grades 2-5 or ages 8 to 12. 75+ BOREDOM BUSTERS: Get kids off their screens and using their brains with over 75 challenging interactive games, puzzles, and mazes, and more! HOURS OF ON-THE-GO FUN: The perfect anytime, anywhere activity book for travel on planes, trains, and automobiles! LEARN THROUGH PLAY: Kids will have so much fun playing their way through this activity book, they won’t even realize they’re learning! PLAYFUL LEARNING + POP CULTURE BONDING: Parents, grandparents, and other grown-ups can introduce kids to beloved board games like Twister, Battleship, Connect4, Monopoly, Clue, Trouble, The Game of LIFE, Chutes and Ladders, Candy Land, Operation, and more!

Kids' Books and Maker Activities

Author: Marge Cox
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440875685
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 376

Book Description
This book connects to the new AASL standards, ISTE Standards for Students, and provides simple directions for using a variety of books to create maker activities that deepen the reading experience. Books and maker activities help children to associate reading with hands-on learning. For educators looking for additional ways to engage youngsters in reading and maker activities, this book provides the perfect hands-on connection. Providing connections to the new AASL standards and the ISTE Standards for Students with simple directions for using a variety of books to create maker activities, this book can help elementary teachers and librarians to enhance and deepen the reading experience. Featured books represent a variety of genres for kindergarten through sixth-grade students and highlights very current titles as well as classics. The book is based on actual experiences with students and staff who have enjoyed and benefited from these activities in their elementary school library. The author's forty years of educational experience ensure the reliability and practicality of this resource that readers can trust and use every day.

Teaching Kids to Care & Cooperate

Author: Kathy Pike
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780439098496
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 102

Book Description
J.L. Gili’s selection of Lorca’s poems in Spanish, with his own unassuming prose versions as guides to the originals, first appeared in 1960. With its excellent introduction and selection it remains a perfect introductory guide to the great poet. The book is ideal for newcomers to Lorca who know, or are prepared to grapple with, a little Spanish. It influenced a generation of readers and poets, including Ted Hughes who first encountered Lorca through this book. Spain’s most celebrated modern poet, Federico García Lorca was born in 1898 near Granada. Poet, dramatist, musician and artist, he was the author of The Gypsy Ballad Book’ (1928) and Poet in New York’ (1940). After his return from New York and Cuba to Republican Spain in 1930, he devoted himself to the theatre, writing three tragedies including Blood Wedding’ (1933). An outspoken supporter of the Republic, he was assassinated at the height of his fame by Nationalist partisans in Granada in 1936, on the eve of the Spanish Civil War.

The Ultimate Guide to Kids' Activities

Author: Teresa Sells
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
ISBN: 9781577488231
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 452

Book Description
This book offers hundreds of ideas on kids' activities - many based on Bible stories or teachings - designed to put fun into any day. It is an ideal resource for parents, babysitters, Sunday school teachers, daycare employees, and anyone else who works with children.

All Sail Set

Author: Armstrong Sperry
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 1567925731
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
Who can love the spread of canvas and the bend of the oak and not thrill to the names of the great clippers built by Donald McKay? Great Republic, Sovereign of the Seas, Lightening, Star of the Empire, and Westward Ho — these names ring from an era when the windships were the queens of the ocean and sail was king. But the most famous, the one that most securely captured the hearts and imaginations of the entire nation, was McKay’s masterpiece, the Flying Cloud. Here is the story of Enoch Thacher, a boy whose father lost his fortune at sea, who McKay takes on during the lofting, building, and rigging of the Cloud, and who finally ships out on her for her maiden, record-breaking trip around the Horn. Accompanied by Sperry’s wonderfully vigorous drawings, this realistic and riveting narrative will keep even landlubbers pegged to their seats.

The Best VBS Workbook Ever!

Author: Lisa Brown
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 0819233021
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 161

Book Description
Designing a Vacation Bible School program, as opposed to choosing one of the many off-the-shelf packages, is a labor of love. It considers the unique perspective of children and invests accordingly. It's a home-cooked meal compared to fast food. It sends a message to parents that a church values children enough to identify and meet their specific needs in their community at a particular moment in time. Well-designed VBS programs speak to children with respect, love, and patience, offering opportunity for authentic spiritual growth, not to mention an intentional theology that is reflective of the church. Finally, custom-designed VBS programs are a way to fully include children in the mission and ministry of the church rather than confine their unique gifts. This book provides Christian educators with the tools they need to assess the needs and resources in their congregation, and to craft a creative program in response to that assessment. The Best VBS Workbook Ever offers direction and suggestions on theme, structure, logistics, program, activities, staffing and promotion.

The Book of Games

Author: Bendik Stang
Publisher: Book of Games
ISBN: 829973780X
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 449

Book Description
A feast for the eyes with literally thousands of vivid, high-resolution screen shots, this book provides a comprehensive visual tour through the world of PC and video gaming. Sorted by genre, 150 of the most exciting current software titles are reviewed with information of interest to players, parents, and industry professionals. Each game is featured in a two-page spread that includes detailed game summary, analysis, and strategy, nine representative in-game screen shots, games with similar skill and strategy requirements, appropriate age range, ESRB content ratings, complete technological specifications, and more. Feature stories are included throughout the book, covering game-related topics such as multiplayer online gaming, games in movies, and the future of gaming. The book also includes useful reference tools such as an illustrated glossary, an overview of game publishers, and information on current and upcoming hardware platforms such as Sony's new PS3 and Nintendo's Wii.

The Everything Dating Book

Author: Alison Blackman Dunham
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440523312
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
Celebrated life and career expert Alison Blackman Dunham (aka "Advice Sister Alison") gives you the "must-have" basics of modern, adult dating, along with tons of tips and tactics that make dating exciting, safe, and successful! With Alison's advice you will: Set your sights-Define your goals, and chart a personalized course for your most successful dating journey, ever! Make your time count-Discover where all the "good ones" go and find the perfect person for you! Gain confidence-Work what you've got, from making first contact to making a date. Ace the date-Prepare to have fun, make sure you're the one they want to see again and again, and stay out of harm's way-from doorbell to goodnight kiss. Deal with dating downers-Empower yourself to deal with emotional pitfalls and finesse social challenges. With innovative advice on everything from that key first date, to Internet dating, to keeping the fires burning, The Everything Dating Book, 2nd Edition is your one-stop handbook for finding-and keeping-the love you want!

The 8 Keys to End Bullying Activity Book for Kids & Tweens: Worksheets, Quizzes, Games, & Skills for Putting the Keys Into Action (8 Keys to Mental Health)

Author: Signe Whitson
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393711811
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 386

Book Description
A comprehensive, skill-building bullying prevention activity book for school-aged readers The 8 Keys to End Bullying Activity Book for Kids & Tweens is designed to be both useful and fun. There are quizzes, experiments, questions, and answers mixed in with games, puzzles, journaling challenges, and real-life stories that teach kids how to: Tell the difference between rudeness, mean behavior, and bullying Respond well when someone is bullying them Stand up for someone else before, during, and after bullying Have fun online and while texting without hurting others or putting themselves at risk Keep a cool head and make good choices, even when they are upset Pick fun, kind, trustworthy friends Connect with helpful adults when necessary Reach out to kids who bully, knowing that everyone has a story Create awareness about the problem of bullying Every part of this book is designed to teach kids what to do to bring an end to bullying, and to choose kindness whenever possible. Organized around the groundbreaking principles of 8 Keys to End Bullying, 8 Keys to End Bullying Activity Program for Kids & Tweens builds key social-emotional skills in readers ages 8-12, empowering them to cope with conflict and end bullying in their communities and schools. Younger kids can complete the activities with a parent or teacher's guidance, while older kids can complete the activities independently. These simple activities cultivate (1) assertiveness, emotion management, and friendship skills in kids vulnerable to bullying, (2) problem-solving skills for kids who witness bullying, and (3) empathy and kindness skills in kids who are likely to bully their peers. The book is available individually or as a set with The 8 Keys to End Bullying Activity Book Companion Guide for Parents & Educators