learning

Explores the impact the high-stakes testing movement and the race to wireless classrooms have had on preschoolers, discussing how educational reforms are stunting children's intellects, block in brain development, and fueling mental illness.

"After Tate falls into a magic well in her backyard, she can read a book in minutes. But she's strangely attracted to water of all sorts and can't always control her magic"--Provided by publisher.

Celebrates a toddler's increasing knowledge of the world, such as that rocks are heavy and flowers are light.

"Demonstrates exactly how to integrate and implement Guided Inquiry Design (GID) theory into practice. Answers the needs of teachers and librarians who are seeking actual lesson plans using the GID concepts specifically at the 6th-8th grade levels"--Provided by publisher.

Provides twenty educational techniques to maximize retention and minimize forgetting in students of all ages. Techniques are drawn from both neuroscientific research and learning style theory and are described step-by-step for immediate classroom use. Includes information on how to incorporate interactive fun to existing lessons, including field trips, games, humor, music, and more.

A guide to learning and memory and how one can apply it to their own lives.

When boring Mr. Loring retires, A.J.'s class gets a new music teacher who raps, break-dances, and thinks he has what it takes to become a famous musician.

AJ and his classmates are convinced that new school librarian, Mrs. Roopy, has multiple personality disorder because she keeps pretending to be famous people.

A collection of four stories in which, from A.J.'s perspective, something weird is always going on at his school.