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If you’re searching for a storybook Bible your family can listen to together, this book the Living Lights series featuring the Berenstain Bears is an ideal choice, with twenty-three Old and New Testament stories featuring everyone’s favorite bear family. The Berenstain Bears Storybook...

Girls are beautifully and wonderfully made in God’s image. This comprehensive collection of stories focused on 50 women of the Bible shows how God worked in their lives and continues to have a plan and a purpose for his beloved daughters today. In a world that too often tells girls that they...

It's no secret that reading aloud to children every single day is one of the most important things any teacher, parent, or grown-up can do to help children become better readers, thinkers, and frankly, better human beings. The Artful Read-Aloud is a user-friendly guide that builds a bridge between the artistic world and the classroom, providing a deeper dive into the artistry of reading aloud. Rebecca Bellingham draws on her experience as a performer, teaching artist, classroom teacher, and literacy coach to make explicit connections between the arts and reading aloud.

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Have you ever met a real live ninja? Jack and Annie do when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to ancient Japan, where they find themselves in the cave of a ninja...

The available parent of a tween/teenager is open to discussion, offers advice and problem-solving (but doesn't insist on it). She allows her child to make some mistakes, sets limits (primarily where health and safety are concerned), never lectures, is available but not controlling. The available parent is self-aware, keeps her own emotions in check when dealing with her teen, is unconditionally loving and accepting, open to new and different ways of thinking, neither cruel nor dismissive - ever.

My Bedtime Story Bible focuses not only on biblical characters and stories, but also on the quiet times of those characters before sleep. Children will enjoy listening to My Bedtime Story just before bed, hearing stories about Bible characters and the truths they can learn from them—all in a...

Classroom teacher, author, and speaker Pernille Ripp reveals the five keys to creating a passionate reading environment. Throughout the book, Pernille opens up about her own trials and errors as a teacher and what she's learned along the way. She also shares a wide variety of practical tools that you can use in your own classroom.

Harnessing the insights and experience of renowned educators Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and John Hattie, The Distance Learning Playbook applies the wisdom and evidence of VISIBLE LEARNING® research to understand what works best with distance learning. Spanning topics from teacher-student relationships, teacher credibility and clarity, instructional design, assessments, and grading, this comprehensive playbook details the research- and evidence-based strategies teachers can mobilize to deliver high- impact learning in an online, virtual, and distributed environment.

One of the key benefits of phonological awareness instruction is its ability to support typical listeners. By providing explicit and systematic instruction in phonological awareness, educators can help students develop strong phonemic awareness skills, which are crucial for decoding words, understanding spelling patterns, and developing fluency. This, in turn, leads to improved reading comprehension and overall literacy skills.

We have a tendency today to over-parent, micromanage, and underappreciate our adolescents. Dr. John Duffy's The Available Parent is a revolutionary approach to taking care of teens and tweens. The available parent of a teenager is open to discussion, offering advice and solutions but not insisting on them. He allows his child to make some mistakes, setting limits, primarily where health and safety are concerned. He never lectures - he is available but not controlling. He is neither cruel nor dismissive, ever....

50 Things to Know About Getting Started with Homeschool: Simple Tips for Any Family, by Amanda Walton, offers an approach to homeschool that is easy and practical.

New York Times bestselling author Jamie Lee Curtis perfectly captures a little girl's simple, joyous celebration of herself, as she looks back on her childhood from the lofty height of four and a half years. This spirited view of growing up is perfect to share at home or in a classroom, as kids...

Young readers will learn that honesty is always the best choice in this addition to the Living Lights series of Berenstain Bears books. Too Tall and his gang decide that winning is more important than telling the truth during the annual cub campout’s canoe race. Preacher Brown uses the...

"A Home Education Handbook is a Christian guide rooted in decades of homeschooling experience and research. Through nine daily reflection questions, Carrie gives parents practical tools to guide their children, build confidence, and cut through overwhelm—helping make learning joyful, simple, and intentional. I wish this book had existed when I started homeschooling." ~ Kelly Edwards, Creator of 90-Minute School DayKeep your homeschool days simple and your expectations realistic! Shift your mindset from doing "school at home" to embracing true home education. Are my kids doing enough?

Anything is possible – even building a better relationship with math! This is much more than a book about math. This is a book about hope. Imagine failing 11th grade math – twice! – and going on to be known affectionately as The Lady Gaga of Math. That is the story of author Vanessa "The Math Guru" Vakharia. Thanks to an inspiring teacher who helped Vanessa heal her own relationship with math, Vanessa was then able to see math in a way that literally changed the trajectory of her life.

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter...

I Can Count on Spring by Liz. A Davis is a children's book that teaches children how to count, and it achieves this goal beautifully with the items you can find in nature. The items can be easily counted and recognized by children. Apart from this, the book also explores the topic of Spring as it mentions flowers blooming, rain pouring, the sun shining, and ducklings swimming. All of these subjects will keep the attention of children and can easily develop a better understanding of nature.

When Ben Hewitt and his wife bought a sprawling acreage of field and forest in northern Vermont, they were eager to start a self-sustaining family farm. But over the years, the land became so much more than a building site; it became the birthplace of their two sons, the main source of family income and food, and even a classroom for their children. Through self-directed play, exploration, and experimentation on their farm, Hewitt's children learned how to play and read, test boundaries and challenge themselves, fail and recover. 

Schluss mit Ängsten und Blockaden: Lernen kann und muss Spaß machen! Schlechte Noten, Frust bei den Hausaufgaben, hoher Leistungsdruck: Für viele Familien sind Schule und Lernen ein rotes Tuch. Wie bekommen Kinder wieder Freude am Lernen, Neugierde auf Neues? Wie überwindet man Stagnation und Resignation? Caroline von St. Ange hat die Lösung und kombiniert dafür verschiedene Ansätze und Lernmethoden. Sie gibt zahlreiche fantasievolle und praxisnahe Tipps und entfernt dabei eine Menge Staub von festgefahrenen Lernstrategien und altmodischen Annahmen.

Following the tremendous success of The Distance Learning Playbook, K-12, education authorities Doug Fisher, Nancy Frey, and John Hattie have teamed up with New York Times bestselling author and parenting expert Rosalind Wiseman to bring you the consummate guide to support your child's academic, social, and emotional development in any learning environment—while not overwhelming you in the process.