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- Art
Art Lessons Grades 5-6
$19.95 Add to cartThe Popular Teaching Resources Collection has been developed specifically for elementary school teachers to facilitate their teaching. Curriculum-based reproducible forms, checklists, information sheets, and other materials for classroom use are so handy and readily available that teachers no longer need to design and make them on their own, so that they can put their time to better use.
- Arithmetic
Arithmetic for Parents
$32.95 Add to cartThis book is the result of a unique experience: a research mathematician teaching in an elementary school. It tells about a fascinating discovery made by the author – that elementary mathematics has a lot of depth and beauty, and that the secret to its teaching is in understanding its deep points. . The second part tells about the teaching principles the author distilled from his experience. The third part is an excursion through the arithmetic studied in elementary school, accompanied by personal stories, historical anecdotes and teaching suggestions. The appendix relates the fascinating story of modern day politics of mathematical education.
- Animals/Bugs
Animal Life Cycles
$9.95 Add to cartChildren will be fascinated by the many different ways in which animals grow and change from the time they are embryos to the time they are adults. Detailed diagrams and colorful photographs help explain in a simple way the life cycles of mammals, birds, snakes, lizards, fish, frogs, insects, spiders, and worms.
- Environment
Ancient Forests
$9.95 Add to cartAncient Forests® untangles the complexity of old-growth forests. Termites, slime molds, owls and flying squirrels seem more like neighbors, thanks to the activities in this engaging, scientifically accurate book, which helps children see the interconnections between nature and people.Â
- Canadian Social Studies
An Aboriginal Carol
$25.30 Add to cartBefore the angels stars grew dim
And wondering hunters heard their hymn
One mystic flute – one hundred drums
One message clear, “A King has come!”
Not one had ever seen the like
By light of day or moon of night
Before the angels stars grew dim
And wondering hunters heard this hymn. . .An Aboriginal Carol is the ultimate Aboriginal collaboration:
Poetry by Metis poet David Bouchard,
Paintings by First Nations artist Moses Beaver, and
Music by Inuit performer Susan Aglukark.Best-selling Canadian author David Bouchard reworks Canada’s oldest and most well-known carol, The Huron Carol . The art of Moses Beaver, from the fly-in reserve of Summer Beaver, Ontario (Nikinamik), resonates and awakens an awareness that is at once exciting and empowering, a way for all people to understand the birth of Christ from an Aboriginal worldview. The pride of the north, Susan Aglukark, interprets, for the first time, the revered carol.
Written in English and in Inuktituk, the language of Canada’s Inuit people, the book is accompanied by a CD, which includes a reading in both languages ​​and a performance by Susan. Also available in French and Inuktituk. An Aboriginal Carol is certain to become a classic.
- Kids Books
Agatha’s Feather Bed
$7.95 Add to cartAgatha loves her new feather bed, but when six shivering, naked geese pay her a visit to discuss the origin of the feathers, is her goose cooked?
Agatha owns a weaving shop in Manhattan and likes to answer the questions of children who want to know the source of her beautiful fabrics. She always recites a little verse to them:
Everything comes from something,
Nothing comes from nothing.
Just like paper comes from trees,
And glass comes from sand,
An answer comes from a question.
All you have to do is ask.Perhaps Agatha forgets her own advice, for one night her pleasant sleep is disrupted by six cranky, cold, naked geese. They want to discuss the source of the feathers keeping her so warm in her brand new feather bed. In a delightful O. Henry-inspired ending, Agatha arrives at a solution that benefits them all, teaching readers to understand the delicate balance between our resources and responsibilities.
- Science
101 Great Science Experiments
$10.95 Add to cartMake science fun with 101 exciting step-by-step experiments that are safe and easy to do at home. Make science fun with 101 exciting step-by-step experiments that are safe and easy to do at home. Science writer Neil Ardley shows how you can use everyday objects to discover the basic principles of science and understand how these apply to the world around you. So if you want to make a volcano erupt, see around corners, find out how your eyes work, or build an electromagnet, this fascinating book will show you how.
