Exciting, simple, and full of fun! This is an engaging book for kids to learn how to draw 28 cartoon animals, from crocodiles and cats to sea horses and sharks! With step-by-step, trace-and-draw instructions and plenty of room to practice, they’ll be able to draw animals all by themselves in no time. Author and former teacher Vicki Whiting is the founder of Kid Scoop, an award-winning weekly activity page that promotes standards-based learning. Parents and teachers around the world use Vicki’s fun activities to stimulate academic success and a joy of learning. With this expansive collection of exercises, kids aged 5-10 will spend hours creatively drawing all their favorite animals!
This brain-busting activity book teaches kids all about their favorite animals, from kangaroos and polar bears to tarantulas and snakes, all while having loads of fun! With crazy cool codes, puzzles, word searches, and so much more, these entertaining activities align with STEM curricula to keep kids engaged as they learn. Author and former teacher, Vicki Whiting, is the founder of Kid Scoop, an award-winning weekly activity page that promotes standards-based learning. Parents and teachers around the world use Vicki’s fun activities to stimulate academic success and a joy of learning. With this expansive collection of exercises, kids aged 5-10 will spend hours learning loads of fun facts all about animals as they complete hundreds of exciting activities!
Wonderful things can be accomplished when people come together! In this moving story, a king banishes anyone who looks different than him and builds a wall to keep them away. Soon, he sees that without people with various types of talents and expertise, his kingdom can no longer flourish. Realizing his mistake, he orders the wall to be knocked down so he can meet and thank all the talented people that make the community beautiful. With simple yet profound illustrations, pop-up and disappearing wall elements, and an important lesson about diversity that’s relevant to the world today, children will see how a society can be harmed when barriers are built and thrive when people work together. From the same authors of the popular children’s books We Are All Dots and Mario and the Aliens, Giancarlo Macri and Carolina Zanotti provide more tender wisdom in The Wall, along with the colorful visual aid of illustrators Mauro Sacco and Elisa Vallarino.
Includes fun facts about the animalsIllustrations double as coloring pagesSearch for over 400 hidden items and animals within each illustration Contains over 40 visual puzzlesBlack and white hidden puzzle picture book
The benefits of music are monumental! Ukuleles are the perfect first instrument for kids to learn to play, and this book will show them why and how. Filled with basic instructions for holding positions, tuning, basic chords, and more, children will then learn and practice 24 songs, games, and activities. From songs about counting to songs about yoga, each exciting musical activity provides a rich and playful learning experience kids will love! Kid’s Guide to Learning the Ukulele is a must-have musical journey for children and parents or teachers alike – no prior experience or knowledge needed! Author Emily Arrow has over 10 years of experience working with children and teachers in music education. An award-winning children’s songwriter, an official Kala Brand Music Co. artist, and popular YouTube personality, her work has also been featured on SiriusXM’s Kid’s Place Live, as well as Sesame Street Studios.
Did you know a honeybee visits about 50 to 100 flowers during each nectar-collection trip? You’ll discover loads of interesting facts about 35 common pollinating insects – from ladybugs, moths, and beetles to bees, wasps, flies, and butterflies – including appearance, history and breeding, and details of how to attract them to your garden. From ladybugs whose larvae love to munch on herbs like coriander, fennel, and dill, to nocturnal moths who prefer a flower’s scent to its color, this fun and fascinating pocket guide will turn both young and old into pollinator enthusiasts.
The surprising reasons parents are opting out of the public school system and homeschooling their kids Homeschooling has skyrocketed in popularity in the United States: in 2019, a record-breaking 2.5 million children were being homeschooled. In The Homeschool Choice , Kate Henley Averett provides insight into this fascinating phenomenon, exploring the perspectives of parents who have chosen to homeschool their children. Drawing on in-depth interviews, Averett examines the reasons why these parents choose to homeschool, from those who disagree with sex education and LGBT content in schools, to others who want to protect their children’s sexual and gender identities. With eye-opening detail, she shows us how homeschooling is a trend being chosen by an increasingly diverse subset of American families, at times in order to empower—or constrain—children’s gender and sexuality. Ultimately, Averett explores how homeschooling, as a growing practice, has changed the roles that families, schools, and the state play in children’s lives. As teachers, parents, and policymakers debate the future of public education, The Homeschool Choice sheds light on the ongoing struggle over school choice.
Was zeichnet aus der Perspektive von Kindern im Grundschulalter einen guten Ganztag aus? Welche Erfahrungen und Erlebnisse sind für sie von Bedeutung? Worüber beschweren sie sich, was loben sie und welche Verbesserungsvorschläge machen sie? Diesen Fragen hat sich das Forschungsteam Bastian Walther, Iris Nentwig-Gesemann und Florian Fried gewidmet und Kindern dazu das Wort gegeben. Dabei wurden 14 Qualitätsdimensionen eines «guten» Ganztags aus Kindersicht rekonstruiert. Die Studie folgt den Kernprinzipien einer dokumentarischen Kindheitsforschung und erkennt Mädchen und Jungen als Subjekte von Forschung und Qualitätsentwicklung an. Die Autor:innen diskutieren im Kontext zunehmender Institutionalisierung von Kindheit, welche Potenziale mit dem Ganztag verbunden sein können und vor welchen Herausforderungen sein Ausbau steht, wenn das Wohlergehen, das Glück und die Rechte der Kinder ins Zentrum gestellt werden. Beauftragt von der Bertelsmann Stiftung, wurde diese Kinderperspektivenstudie realisiert mit Unterstützung des Arbeiterwohlfahrt Bundesverbands, der Robert Bosch Stiftung und der Stiftung Mercator.