education, primary

A collection of poetry, aimed at the primary grades, suitable for choral speaking, and with instructions for a teacher using the material.

Contains 140 phonics and spelling lessons in which students in grades one through three use preselected letters to make fifteen to twenty progressively longer words, and then sort them into patterns. Includes warm-ups and guidelines for creating additional lessons.

Provides an explanation of phonics, a method of reading instruction that focuses on the relationship between sounds and their spellings, and features over one hundred activities for the classroom, as well as sample lessons, word lists, and teaching strategies.

Contains forty patterns for making seasonal and holiday decorations appropriate for prekindergarten through third grade classrooms; grouped by season, with a selection of birthday items.

Easy-to-do science activities and experiments for the classroom. Includes literature links, community connections, reproducible Science Journal pages, monthly planners, Science-at-Home newsletters, assessment recommendations and more.

Thematic activities drawn from the cultures of twenty countries.

Buddy the elephant, Pip the mouse, and friends learn about time.

Contains three four-week, cross-curricular thematic units about the fall season for students in kindergarten through third grade, based on picture books by Eric Carle, Lois Ehlert, Tomie dePaola, Eve Bunting, and many others.

A collection of eight writing workshops for the kindergarten through second-grade classroom containing reproducible lessons and activities that help to develop basic spelling and writing skills.

Contains craft ideas, learning centers, literature connections, and activities on nursery rhymes appropriate for prekindergarten and kindergarten classrooms, drawn from the pages of "The Mailbox" and "Teacher's Helper" magazines.