educational aspects

Collection of entertaining science activities for families to do at home, with explanations of underlying scientific concepts and information on the time required and ingredients needed for each experiment.

Explains how teachers can use picture books to teach writing to students, featuring over fifty lessons based on titles for teaching ideas, organization, word choice, sentence fluency, voice, conventions, and presentation, each with a summary, writing prompt, and teaching strategies.

Profiles a variety of picture books that are suitable for students in grade three and higher; includes a summary of the book, information about the art, and suggestions on how to apply the book to classroom curriculum.

Contains lesson plans that use picture books as tools to teach the AASL/AECT Information Literacy Standards in kindergarten through third grade, with reproducible patterns and activities, as well as a reading resource bibliography for each month of the school year.

Provides instructions which enable students and teachers to build their own science museums in places where the exhibits can be seen on a regular basis.

Presents ways to use wordless picture books in a variety of programs for grades K-6.

A teacher and a librarian present summaries of one hundred children's books along with extension activities that teach through art, drama, music, math, and science.

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.

Discusses how educators can use picture storybooks to teach their students about the importance of character.