activity programs in education

An activity guide designed to be used with the picture book, Who belongs here? : an American story. The exercises encourage discussion of the issues of immigration, prejudice and heritage while promoting classroom skills.

Presents 65 learning strategies to help right-brained, visual learners succeed in an education system designed for left-brained auditory learners.

Describes how to use picture books to teach writing for children in kindergarten to grade two focusing on writing ideas, organization, voice, and word choice. Also discusses how to develop world fluency for primary students, how to strengthen conventions, and how to highlight a presentation.

An alternate approach to teaching elementary science using selected works of children's fiction.

Presents an introduction to the Engaging ALL Students, or EAS model for designing lessons to meet the instructional needs of a diverse student population, and includes fifty instructional strategies.

A collection of take-home activities for 40 books for grades three to four.

Offers teachers thirty short nonfiction readers theatre plays designed to expose young readers to a wide range of topics, with factual, curriculum-related information and activities to help them understand nonfiction text and build their reading skills.