Teaching Social Studies Today 2nd Edition

180 Days™: Phonics for Prekindergarten

The 180 Days of Phonics offers a purposeful practice designed to help prekindergarten students master the basics of phonics through a variety of fun and interactive activities. This workbook is packed with exercises that focus on letter recognition, sound identification, and basic word formation, all presented in a playful, visually appealing, and age-appropriate format.

Short Texts, Big Impact: 35 Strategies for Strengthening Reading and Writing Skills

Unlock the potential of short texts in your classroom with this comprehensive guide for K-12 teachers. This book delves into the power of short texts to significantly enhance student reading and writing outcomes. You'll explore core reading strategies such as annotation, quick writing, and analyzing the writer's craft, and core writing strategies, including micro writing, mentor texts, and sticky note revision. Additionally, discover creative approaches such as the three-word summary, song rewriting, and storyboarding for prewriting. The book offers classroom tested step-by-step guidance for all of the strategies and is packed with models of the strategies in use, sample texts, examples of anchor charts, and more. Whether you want to improve students' engagement, refine their writing process, or assess their progress, this resource has practical strategies to elevate your teaching and boost student success in reading and writing.

Curious Me!™ Numbers

Curious Me! Numbers is a my first" style board book, introducing babies and toddlers to numbers 1 through 10-and zero! Each book in the Curious Me! Board Books series is brightly illustrated by a different artist, making the series uniquely collectible. These books support literacy development by introducing important concepts with rich vocabulary, engaging text, and artistic visuals. Additionally, the series meets Head Start's guidelines for culturally responsive children's books-including diversity in representation of toddlers and their experiences."

Curious Me!™ Colors

Curious Me! Colors is a my first" style board book, introducing babies and toddlers to the colors we see every day. Each of the books in the Curious Me! Board Books series is brightly illustrated by a different artist, making the series uniquely collectible. These books support literacy development by introducing important concepts with rich vocabulary, engaging text, and artistic visuals. Additionally, the series meets Head Start's guidelines for culturally responsive children's books-including diversity in representation of toddlers and their experiences."

Strategies for Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching and Learning, Second Edition

Raising Awe-Seekers: How the Science of Wonder Helps Our Kids Thrive

What if helping children boost their mental and emotional well-being, strengthen their social ties, and support their curiosity and internal motivation were as simple as rediscovering awe? Through research, interviews, and personal stories, Deborah Farmer Kris explores how awe and wonder can and should be a part of every childhood, and how becoming awe-seekers can change readers lives and their parenting in profound and concrete ways. In this book structured around seven of the most common sources of awe identified by Dacher Keltner and other awe researchers, Farmer Kris breaks down the science of awe, connecting the research to what we know about how kids learn and grow and anchoring it with four of her personal parenting tenets that dovetail with awe-seeking.

The Empathetic Classroom: How a Mental Health Mindset Supports Your Students-and You

The Empathetic Classroom goes beyond typical books on teacher well-being, focusing on holistic mindsets and strategies that support mental health in K-12 teachers and their students alike. Written by a teacher-turned-therapist, this approachable book uniquely offers a mental health perspective on classroom teaching. Maria Munro-Schuster shares tools for focusing on mental health in everyday practiceTeachers will benefit from sound advice on maintaining boundaries, confronting intrusive thoughts, responding to trauma, incorporating play into classrooms, and many other methods of remaining connected to themselves and their students. The conversational tone and relatable stories make this an easy, entertaining read.

This Book Is a Black Hole

Strap in for an intergalactic adventure through the cosmos-but beware! We're picking up an unexplainable gravitational pull . . . coming directly from this book! With more than 100 activities bursting with official NASA photography, these pages will suck you in for hours of interplanetary play.Ignite a love for space and science with:• 100+ intergalactic activities - from star maps to gravitational pull.• Official NASA photography and scientific renderings.• A macro-to-micro perspective of space, from our home here on Earth to the farthest stretches of the universe.

This Book Has Legs

Grab your magnifying glass and get ready to unleash your inner field scientist! From buzzing bees and wriggling worms to spooky stingers and beetles that glow in the dark, learn all about the countless critters that make big impacts on our planet! Celebrate all things icky-ucky, ooky-spooky, and creepy-crawly with nature-inspired activities and fun facts about insects, arachnids, and more!With more than 100 activities crawling with legs, don't take your eyes off this book for long, or it might skitter away!

This Book Is Your Passport

Travel the globe without leaving home with this adventurous, activity-filled book. From popular travel destinations to can't miss historical sites, this book is your guide to hours of fun.With more than 100 activities, this book is perfect for journeys of every kind or general entertainment. There are no travel delays with this book - begin today!

The Many Colors of Cam E. Chameleon Board Book & Plush Set

Follow Cam E. Chameleon on a colorful feelings-filled journey in this book plus plush hands-on learning set. The story leaps from the page and directly into the readers' hands with a Cam E. Chameleon plush toy ready to snuggle up for story time and help children manage their feelings.

This Book Series 3-Book Set

Go on an activity-filled adventure with this three-book set. Titles included in this set are This Book is a Black Hole, This Book Has Legs, and This Book is Your Passport. Each book includes 100 engaging activities. It's a long imagination-fueled trip you won't want to end-good thing there are more than 300 fun activities throughout the series!