Franco, Betsy

Presents over two hundred reproducible, illustrated poems for prekindergarten to second grade students on six themes: "me, " bugs, the farm, community, transportation, and weather.

Presents twenty-five poems for grades K-2 that incorporate math concepts, accompanied by several suggestions for further activities in the classroom and at home.

Presents fifty poems teachers may use to build a feeling of community in the classroom, covering friendships, encouragement, cooperation, respect, honesty, integrity, generosity, patience, courage, self-respect, manners, and conflict resolution.

Simple text and photographs introduce the concept of zero, including what results when zero is added to or subtracted from a number.

Text and photographs introduce everyday uses for estimation.

Simple text and photographs show the different ways of counting to 100.

A fable explaining how a staring contest left frogs with large eyes.

Presents a practical guide for teaching forms, elements, and writing of poetry to students in kindergarten through high school, and contains samples and bibliographies for sixteen poetic forms.

Little chimps Jill and Jake learn about the mathematical concept of doubling while playing on the playground.