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Time after time, experience shows that learning by manipulating physical objects with one’s own hands — learning by doing things firsthand, rather than being told about them or reading about them in a book — is extremely effective. Thames & Kosmos has a long history of incorporating this principle into science education. Now, we are bringing this experience to the Kids First Math line, a series of nine hands-on kits with activity cards or lesson guides designed to demonstrate and teach concepts in mathematics, as well as other skills such as logical thinking, problem solving, and creative thinking.

Engage children in practicing basic reading and writing skills with the help of fascinating animals! From chameleons to kangaroos, the beautiful animal photographs and stories in Listen and Learn: Animals will take young children on an animal adventure around the world.

Each unit is organized around a specific animal and includes facts about where animals live, what they look like, what they eat, how their body parts work, and how they take care of their young. Activities include animal games, art, writing, and drawing, and help children practice alphabet awareness, beginning sounds, counting, writing numbers, matching, and more.

Every page includes an audio option so that children can listen to read-alouds and learn about their favorite animals. Listen and Learn: Animals also engages children in learning with hands-on art activities and real-life animal photography.

World history is more than the “story” of our past. Its consequences can be felt today, and may impact our future. New World History Interactive is a modern, inquiry-based social studies curriculum that promotes critical thinking, immersive experiences, and informed action. It leverages the C3 Framework to make world history experiential and culturally relevant for all students.

Help students better understand the differences and similarities of governments around the world.

The World Governments workbook explores how governments are formed, what institutions and processes are needed to sustain a government, and how governments around the world are similar and different. World Governments compares 13 nations and governments from around the world. Each nation is profiled with information about the country, a brief summary of the type of government, and a discussion of current issues that are important to the nation. The reading selection is followed by review exercises that include matching, fill-in-the-blank, and critical thinking exercises. This workbook is correlated to current national, state, and provincial standards.

Kindergarten Favorites Comprehension Guide is an excellent resource for students developing valuable reading comprehension skill. This guide offers reproducible activities and exercises for each of the five books (Big Brown Bear, The Horse in Harry's Room, Sammy the Seal, Biscuit,and Morris the Moose). Questions, activities, and projects will develop a student’s love of reading while developing important comprehension skills. Phonics worksheets are included, too. It works nicely with the Phonics Museum. Building comprehension skills develops students' abilities to make predictions, improve their understanding of content, sequence or character, and connect whatever they are reading with their own experience and knowledge. Mastering reading comprehension for any student is the foundation to all future academic success and is one of the most valuable and lasting skills a student will develop. The guide includes permission to reproduce for both school and homeschool use.

56 pages

This comprehension guide covers both The Call of the Wild and White Fang. It brings together comprehension questions, answers, and projects, including a wolf mask, diamante poems, animal tracking and more, all in one grand adventure. A great way to further enhance the reading of these two books.

64 pages

Eight ready-to-go activity packets sharpen students" word-study skills and boost their vocabularies. In each packet, students learn five common Greek and Latin roots and 15 new words formed from these roots.

Crossword puzzles, word searches, and other fun activities provide repeated practice to make new vocabulary stick. Also includes mini-picture cards! Perfect for independent work or for homework.

64 pages

Grades 4-8

This ready-to-use resource contains 30 exciting story starters that model good writing and help any student get past writer's block! The prompts provide scaffolding through rich characters, imaginative settings, and an edge-of-your-seat cliffhanger. “And then . . .” students put their natural storytelling skills to work, dreaming up their own unique endings. Teachers are sure to enjoy reading about what's under the door in the floor, what the voices in the root beer are saying, what arrived via special delivery, and other stories with endless possibilities!

64 pages

Grades 3-6

Build map-reading skills and geography awareness with this exciting activity book made just for fourth graders!

Map Skills for Today includes:

48 pages of engaging, developmentally appropriate geography lessons

Clear explanations of geography concepts that introduce students to the world

Fun activities that offer essential map-analysis practice and build key skills

Colorful maps including rainfall, population, and time zones

Critical-thinking questions that ask students to draw conclusions from each map

Start your first graders on the road to geography success with the exciting map skills book made just for them!

Map Skills for Today includes: 48 pages of engaging, developmentally appropriate geography lessons

Simple explanations of geography concepts to introduce students to the world

Fun activities that give students essential map reading practice to build key skills

Colorful maps that are perfect for first graders

Critical-thinking questions that ask students to draw conclusions from each map

Build word power with 24 ready-to-reproduce, 3-page lessons!

Each lesson teaches ten words, and includes research-based activities that tap students' prior knowledge for greater understanding and give them multiple encounters with new words so they really remember them.

Topics include synonyms, antonyms, compound words, homophones, root words, prefixes and suffixes, and much more. Watch reading skills soar!

80 pages

Build word power with 24 ready-to-reproduce, 3-page lessons!

Each lesson teaches ten words, and includes research-based activities that tap students' prior knowledge for greater understanding and give them multiple encounters with new words so they really remember them.

Topics include synonyms, antonyms, compound words, homophones, root words, prefixes and suffixes, and much more. Watch reading skills soar!

80 pages

Build word power with 24 ready-to-reproduce, 3-page lessons!

Each lesson teaches ten words, and includes research-based activities that tap students' prior knowledge for greater understanding and give them multiple encounters with new words so they really remember them.

Topics include synonyms, antonyms, compound words, homophones, root words, prefixes and suffixes, and much more. Watch reading skills soar!

80 pages

Help students learn about our nation’s leaders and innovators with an informative social studies book.

The American Leaders & Innovators: Colonial Times to Reconstruction workbook provides biographical sketches that help students identify American leaders and innovators of the past as real people. The biographies deal briefly and concisely with people who helped make the republic great. Each of the 19 units contain a reading selection, a key details page, and an activity page, featuring graphic organizers, map analysis, writing activities, research opportunities, and more. Profiles include Benjamin Franklin, Tecumseh, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Blanche Kelso Bruce.

This workbook is correlated to current national and state standards.

64 pages

Grade 6-Grade 12 / Ages 11-18

Spectrum's Complete Learning + Videos Grade 6 Workbook will help your child navigate through fourth grade and give you the tools you need to make sure your child learns everything they need to know for future math, reading, and language arts success.This innovative sixth grade workbook features lessons and activities that focus on math, reading, and language arts, as well as instructional videos to help strengthen skills needed for future academic success. Each chapter features chapter introductions that focus on the what, why, and how of each lesson, with standards-based drills and skill practice.

A QR code is available to scan after each lesson, linking to a free video that reinforces each topic—a great tool for visual learners. Parents love using this workbook for added practice from home, and teachers love to incorporate the reading, ELA, and math book into hands-on lesson plans and activities—tracking student progress with the answer key in the back of the 6th grade workbook.

352 pages

Grade 6 / Ages 11-12

Features: Answer Key

Spectrum's Complete Learning + Videos Grade 5 Workbook will help your child navigate through fourth grade and give you the tools you need to make sure your child learns everything they need to know for future math, reading, and language arts success.

This innovative fifth grade workbook features lessons and activities that focus on math, reading, and language arts, as well as instructional videos to help strengthen skills needed for future academic success. Each chapter features chapter introductions that focus on the what, why, and how of each lesson, with standards-based drills and skill practice.

A QR code is available to scan after each lesson, linking to a free video that reinforces each topic—a great tool for visual learners. Parents love using this workbook for added practice from home, and teachers love to incorporate the reading, ELA, and math book into hands-on lesson plans and activities—tracking student progress with the answer key in the back of the 5th grade workbook. For more than 20 years, Spectrum® has provided solutions for parents and teachers who want to help their children get ahead and exceed learning goals. Spectrum supports your child’s educational journey every step of the way.

352 pages

Grade 5 / Ages 10-11

Features: Answer Key

Spectrum's Complete Learning + Videos Grade 4 Workbook will help your child navigate through fourth grade and give you the tools you need to make sure your child learns everything they need to know for future math, reading, and language arts success.

This innovative fourth grade workbook features lessons and activities that focus on math, reading, and language arts, as well as instructional videos to help strengthen skills needed for future academic success. Each chapter features chapter introductions that focus on the what, why, and how of each lesson, with standards-based drills and skill practice.

A QR code is available to scan after each lesson, linking to a free video that reinforces each topic—a great tool for visual learners. Parents love using this workbook for added practice from home, and teachers love to incorporate the reading, ELA, and math book into hands-on lesson plans and activities—tracking student progress with the answer key in the back of the 4th grade workbook.

352 pages

Grade 4 / Ages 9-10

Features: Answer Key

Spectrum's Complete Learning + Videos Grade 3 Workbook will help your child navigate through third grade and give you the tools you need to make sure your child learns everything they need to know for future math, reading, and language arts success.

This innovative third grade workbook features lessons and activities that focus on math, reading, and language arts, as well as instructional videos to help strengthen skills needed for future academic success. Each chapter features chapter introductions that focus on the what, why, and how of each lesson, with standards-based drills and skill practice.

Features: Answer Key

352 pages

Grade 3 / Ages 8-9

Build word power with 24 ready-to-reproduce, 3-page lessons!

Each lesson teaches ten words, and includes research-based activities that tap students' prior knowledge for greater understanding and give them multiple encounters with new words so they really remember them. Topics include synonyms, antonyms, compound words, homophones, root words, prefixes and suffixes, and much more. Watch reading skills soar!

In the new Miller & Levine Biology homeschool bundle students explore biology content by interacting with digital activities, actually DO science, not just memorize concepts! These inquiry-based experiences connect biology to the real-world while sending students on a journey of exploration.

Homeschool students interact with natural phenomena through problem-based learning, scientific reasoning, case studies, STEM activities and laboratory experiments. It’s a whole new way to look at life.

Bundle includes Student Edition and 1 year digital access to Savvas Realize.

Grades 9-12

A yearlong course for grades 3-4 and up

The Spanish for Children Primer A Program teaches upper-elementary students this dynamic language using the pedagogy and structure of our popular Latin for Children series combined with immersion-style dialogues and vocabulary. The Spanish for Children series emphasizes grammar and the parts of speech as vital tools for the correct speaking and understanding of Spanish. The texts also use lively chants to aid memorization of both grammar and vocabulary.

Spanish for Children Primer A (Student Edition) contains 37 weekly chapters, including 8 review chapters. Each chapter contains a memory page, a grammar page, a fun worksheet, and a quiz. Students will learn over 290 commonly used vocabulary words. The engaging and conversational text explains grammar concepts such as verb conjugation, tenses, and noun genders and helps teach students to construct Spanish sentences well. All teaching and explanation provided in the student edition is written at the student’s reading level.

A special note from Spanish for Children author Julia Kraut: Our goal with the Spanish for Children series is to teach students "why." We focus on the rules that govern the language and spend a large amount of time comparing Spanish and English grammar. In many ways, this series doesn't teach just Spanish—it teaches how to go about learning a language in general. This is different from the "scenario-focused" approach of many other textbooks, where students learn vocabulary that relates to specific subjects and then learn to discuss those subjects. While students using SFC do memorize vocabulary each week, using groups of related words to talk about various subjects and scenarios is "the icing on the cake"—the "cake" being an understanding of the patterns of the Spanish language, and knowing which word belongs where and why. This is a consumable item.

A yearlong course for grades 4 and up

There is a distinction between just learning common words and phrases—the approach of many Spanish programs—and knowing the language well enough to communicate correctly, fluently, and accurately. The Spanish for Children Primer B Program is the second in the series and emphasizes grammar and the parts of speech as vital tools for correctly speaking and understanding Spanish. This program also includes expanded dialogues, stories, songs, and chants.

Spanish for Children Primer B (Student Edition) contains 32 weekly chapters, including 6 review chapters and an end-of-book review. Students will learn 290 commonly used Spanish vocabulary words in addition to weekly review of vocabulary from Spanish for Children Primer A (7845). All teaching and explanations in this student edition are written at the student's reading level and emphasize a continued mastery of grammatical concepts. Dialogues, stories, and a puzzle about searching for a Mayan treasure keep the workbook format of this book lively and entertaining.

Presented primarily in English, Tin Bot intermixes common Spanish words into each sentence. Students will help solve the mysterious case of the dognapped canine in this fun story about a bilingual robot private eye. This reader provides vocabulary exposure for the beginner student and practice for the Spanish learner. The "spliced" format allows Spanish vocabulary to be tucked within the English-language story, using the correct conjugation or form of the word to fit into the English. This 64-page reader is tied with the vocabulary from Spanish for Children Primer A.(7845)

Spanish doesn’t have to be dry and boring, and it will certainly come alive in Tin Bot!

Hard-Boiled, Hard-Drive Detective Episode One: Dognapped!

Tin Bot is the best private ojo (eye) in the city, though a bit hard up for some dinero (money). Helping out a lady in distress, he discovers an underworld of kidnapping, ransom notes, and criminal sardine cans. If only that were the least of his problems! What really gets on his nerves? Los perros (Dogs)! Especially an ugly dog named Cooper . . . who was just dognapped!

The Spanish for Children Primer A Program teaches upper-elementary students this dynamic language using the pedagogy and structure of our popular Latin for Children series combined with immersion-style dialogues and vocabulary. The Spanish for Children series emphasizes grammar and the parts of speech as vital tools for the correct speaking and understanding of Spanish. The texts also use lively chants to aid memorization of both grammar and vocabulary.