Includes creating a contour map and model of your town, making a "patchwork quilt" of local history, researching the history of a place name, and preparing family trees and time lines.

"Spinning Tales, Weaving Hope is a timeless collection of 29 wondrous stories for children (and adult children) about living with ourselves, each other, and the Earth. The stories come from around the world and throughout time. Some are mythic, some mundane; some silly, some serious; some fantastic, some factual."--Page 4 of cover.

"A riveting, must-read, year-in-the-life account of three teachers, combined with reporting that reveals what's really going on behind school doors, by New York Times bestselling author and education expert Alexandra Robbins Alexandra Robbins goes behind the scenes to tell the true, sometimes shocking, always inspirational stories of three teachers as they navigate a year in the classroom. She follows Penny, a southern middle school math teacher who...

"This book identifies and discusses five board games that each develop critical educational skills in reasoning, problem-solving, language arts, mathematics, social sciences and communication. They are the "super foods" of the board game world"--

Various famous and not so famous individuals state the effect that Shakespeare's works have had in their lives. A main video presentation accompanied by seventeen vignettes.

Features songs for children that teaches words of the English language.

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In kindergartens these days, children spend more time with math worksheets and phonics flashcards than building blocks and finger paint. Kindergarten is becoming more like the rest of school. In Lifelong Kindergarten, learning expert Mitchel Resnick argues for exactly the opposite: the rest of school (even the rest of life) should be more like kindergarten. To thrive in today's fast-changing world, people of all ages must learn to think and act creatively...