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Author(s):  Robert Femiano

Hands-On Thinking Activities Teaching Fraction Fundamentals

This 64-page math book for Grades 2-4 uses fun, step-by-step lessons to provide a thorough foundation in understanding fractions. The book begins with the meaning of fractions and their many uses - and ends with the simple math of comparing, adding, and subtracting fractions both visually and numerically. These easy-to-understand, hands-on, thinking activities build confidence by providing an understanding of fractions that is relatable to daily life. This book includes cut-out fraction circles that enable teachers to demonstrate key concepts and provide students with a tactile experience to reinforce the lesson and aid in learning new concepts. Helpful teacher notes are provided along with clear explanations for answers.

SKILLS

• Meaning of fractions
• Writing and using fractions
• Finding common denominators
• Simple adding and subtracting of fractions

This 15-piece crayon set includes 9 bright, fun colors and 6 blendable skin tones. From 6 basic colors you can create a multitude of skin tones, stimulating creativity through easy-to-do blending techniques.

The crayons are made with highly pigmented beeswax, ensuring a smooth and silky texture that glides effortlessly on paper. Each crayon delivers bold and brilliant colors, allowing your child's artwork to come to life with every stroke.

The jumbo, break-resistant crayons are triangular in shape, perfect for learning the proper grip and they will not roll away from the work surface.

Suitable for various art projects, from coloring books and crafts to school assignments and freehand drawings.

This big, colorful microscope was designed specifically to enable young kids to have successful microscopic viewing experiences, and to be a fun tool for early biological investigations. The 8x magnification power is appropriate for this age group, who often have trouble adjusting their eyes to see images at higher powers. The extra wide eyepiece and battery powered, light-up slide stage also make viewing images through the microscope easy.

The microscope comes with a unique slide holder, 24 printed slides, and one blank slide. Each printed slide features one object at three magnification levels, so kids can relate a recognizable object, like a feather or bee, with two different magnified images of the object. The 72 slide images give kids a lot of things to investigate.

The 32-page, full-color manual is set up as an illustrated storybook, making it fun for adults and children to read together, while also instructing them how to use the microscope. As you read the story, you can find the slides of the objects that appear in the story and view them through the microscope. The blank slide can be used to view other objects at 8x magnification.

This introductory series of lessons is designed to give kids an effective and fun introduction to microscopy and microscopic biology. The manual explains the parts of the microscope, how to use it, and gives scientific explanations of the images on the printed slides. Observe biological specimens from animals like a feather, skin, hair, dragonfly wing, and fly eye; biological specimens from plants like a mushroom spore, kiwi seed, lichen, pollen in honey, and flower stamen; and other specimens from everyday life like table salt, sugar, and a zipper.

By Abigail Wheatley, Illustrated by Andy Tudor

Bring 16 different bugs to life, from dragonflies to scarab beetles to millipedes, with the help of a brush provided with the book and a little water. Use the laminated back cover flap to prevent water seeping onto pages below. Great for keeping children entertained indoors, and for practicing pen control.

Hands-on, screen-free, no-mess activities get children ready to read

Bring Bob Books characters to life and extend the learning from the beloved Bob Books series! Children have on-the-go fun while developing critical prereading and fine motor skills. Use the soft-tip water pen to fill the pages with color, watch them dry, and do it all over again!

Hands-on, screen-free, no-mess activities teach sight words

Bring Bob Books characters to life and extend the learning from the beloved Bob Books Kindergarten Sight Words series! Children have on-the-go fun while developing critical prereading and fine motor skills. Use the soft-tip water pen to fill the pages with color, watch them dry, and do it all over again!

Hands-on, screen-free, no-mess activities help develop critical early reading skills

Bring Bob Books characters to life and extend the learning from the beloved Bob Books Alphabet series! Children have on-the-go fun while developing critical prereading and fine motor skills. Use the soft-tip water pen to fill the pages with color, watch them dry, and do it all over again!

Bring your very own mystical unicorn to life with Sparkle Sand Art Unicorn! This kit takes traditional sand art for kids to a whole new level with a unique unicorn bottle, pastel and sparkle sand, sparkly accents and stickers and a magical star figurine. Everything you need is included. Just layer your sand, decorate your one-of-a-kind, custom designed unicorn and make some magic!

Less-mess means more fun! Sand art kits include large sand art bottles with an easy-to-use funnel. You can repurpose the craft box, using the packaging as a crafting station – for easy cleanup and less-mess success.

After crafting is done, it's creative playtime! Sand art crafts for kids help to encourage imaginative, independent and creative play. Add sparkle to your room decor and find the perfect spot to showcase your new creation. Make magical wishes with your star friend and let your imagination take you on a new adventure everyday!

Transform 2 fuzzy socks into your favorite characters from “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” story book! Easy to use peel and stick felt shapes make personalizing your own butterfly and caterpillar puppets easy and fun for toddlers

Sock puppet making kit comes with 2 fuzzy socks, 10 finger puppets, self-adhesive felt shapes and instructions

Eric Carle toy fosters language development, encourages imagination, boosts fine motor skills and teaches color, shape and size recognition.

Maximize the fun and minimize the mess for little crafters! This sock puppet making kit features peel and stick felt shapes that are easy for toddlers and preschoolers to apply with no mess

After crafting, create your own version of the classic children’s book and put on a colorfully creative puppet show! For even more engaging fun, read “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and use your own personalized puppets and finger puppets to act out the story

“Feed” The Very Hungry Caterpillar using the 10 included foam finger puppets

World of Eric Carle nurtures a child’s love of literature and learning! Story Puppets craft allows the classic children’s book to come to life in a colorfully creative craft kit designed to inspire hungry minds

Learn about animals by dissecting owl pellets. Find out what owls eat by examining the real skeletons you find!

• This science kit for kids brings biology concepts to life through an engaging, guided learning experience.
• The 10 hands-on experiments are designed to spark interest, prompt investigation and critical thinking, and inspire a love of nature.
• The full colour Career & Lab Guide is packed with scientific principles, pictures, and information that will keep kids busy, engaged and learning.
• Experiments are easy to do, and the kit comes with all young biologists need to learn in their own home laboratories.
• The Career & Lab Guide introduces kids to future STEM careers including zoologist, biologist, or veterinarian.
• Warning: Contains owl pellets.

Inspire your budding young scientist! Explore our wide range of fun, engaging Science Kits and real working Science Toys that introduce children to the exciting world of STEM.

A Newbery Honor Award Winner

By Lois Lenski, Illustrated by Lois Lenski

In this classic frontier adventure, Lois Lenski reconstructs the real-life story of Mary Jemison, who was captured in a raid as young girl and raised among the Seneca Indians.

Meticulously researched and illustrated with many detailed drawings, this Newbery Honor novel is an unforgettable tale.

Twelve-year-old Mary Jemison took for granted her peaceful days on her family's farm in eastern Pennsylvania. But on a spring day in 1758, something happened that changed her life forever.

When a band of warriors invades the Jemisons' house and takes the family captive, Mary is separated from her parents and siblings. She travels with the Indians to southern Ohio and later to a Seneca village on the Genesee River in what is now western New York.

Mary's new life is not easy. She misses her family terribly and is unaccustomed to Seneca ways. But even after her several unsuccessful attempts to run away, the Indians are kind to Mary and teach her many things about the earth, its plants, and its creatures. She develops deep bonds with the animals and even her captors. When Mary is finally given the chance to return to the world she had inhabited, she struggles with her newfound feelings.

By Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

“A touching family portrait that also happens to be very, very funny. . . its appeal is timeless.” —Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post

One of the best-loved American memoirs of an oversized family and the parents who held them together - now a Disney+ movie starring Gabrielle Union and Zach Braff.

What do you get when you put twelve lively kids together with a father—a famous efficiency expert—who believes families can run like factories, and a mother who is his partner in everything except discipline? You get a hilarious tale of growing up that has made generations of kids and adults alike laugh along with the Gilbreths in Cheaper by the Dozen.

Translated into more than fifty-three languages and made into numerous films over the years — including a classic film starring Myrna Loy and a cult favorite with Steve Martin, Hilary Duff, and Alyson Stoner — this memoir is a delightfully enduring story of family life at the turn of the twentieth century.

Escape the ho-hum grind of daily life and imagine yourself living it up in this elegant “Fairytale Castle” with the CreArt Painting by Numbers set!

Create a fantastical world filled with lords and ladies of old as you paint this stunning scene featuring a famous “Fairytale Castle” with this CreArt paint-by-number kit! Relax your mind and go to your peaceful place with no screens and no demands as you fill in each clearly numbered section, bit by bit. High-quality, odorless acrylic paints ensure excellent results. Makes a lovely keepsake to hang up or give away! De-stress and find success as you discover the joy of art in your heart today!

Enjoy the relaxing and rewarding experience of creating art without the pressure of facing a blank canvas! Just as great cooks follow recipes to make delicious dishes, the prepared patterns in this Painting by Numbers set lets you create a personal masterpiece you’ll be proud to display. A meditative activity, painting can help relieve the stress of the day while providing a satisfying sense of accomplishment!

With the same dependable quality you’ve come to know in our puzzles and games, this premium paint-by-number kit comes with everything you need: a durable, smooth white painting board with clearly numbered sections; 30 easy-open/close water-based, odorless acrylic paints in matching numbered pots; finishing gloss; dual-tipped, wood-handle paintbrush with fine points (#1, #2) for precise details; artist pallet to keep paint pots steady; and easy-to-follow guide sheet.

Retreat from life’s hustle and bustle and spend some quality time creating your own idyllic “River Cottage” with the CreArt Painting by Numbers set!

Recharge your battery as you create a cozy scene complete with babbling brook and thatched roof with a “River Cottage” CreArt painting-by-number kit! Relax your mind and go to your peaceful place with no screens and no demands as you fill in each clearly numbered section, bit by bit. High-quality, odorless acrylic paints ensure excellent results. When finished, hang it as a gentle reminder to stay in your happy place! De-stress and find success as you discover the joy of art in your heart today!

Enjoy the relaxing and rewarding experience of creating art without the pressure of facing a blank canvas! Just as great cooks follow recipes to make delicious dishes, the prepared patterns in this Painting by Numbers set lets you create a personal masterpiece you’ll be proud to display. A meditative activity, painting can help relieve the stress of the day while providing a satisfying sense of accomplishment!

With the same dependable quality you’ve come to know in our puzzles and games, this premium paint-by-number kit comes with everything you need: a durable, smooth white painting board with clearly numbered sections; 37 easy-open/close water-based, odorless acrylic paints in matching numbered pots; finishing gloss; dual-tipped, wood-handle paintbrush with fine points (#1, #2) for precise details; artist pallet to keep paint pots steady; and easy-to-follow guide sheet.

A dedicated and brave pilot, known for staying calm under pressure, he became the first person to set foot on the moon.

Series: Extraordinary Lives
From real-life narratives to timelines and facts, each fully illustrated book focuses on the life of an inspirational historical or modern figure. Explore the childhood, the achievements, and the qualities of each figure – the very things that helped them have such an incredible impact on the world.

Create the pictures for the unicorn's surprise birthday party, with balloons, a cake, and even a disco ball!

Series: Illustrate This Book
Warm-up activities, a book planner, stickers, and visual prompts from real-life illustrators enable children to create their very own hardcover book in this innovative series.

Imagine you have your very own pet dinosaur! What would that be like? You illustrate it!

Series: Illustrate This Book
Warm-up activities, a book planner, stickers, and visual prompts from real-life illustrators enable children to create their very own hardcover book in this innovative series.

Outdoor Science Lab – Bugs, Dirt, & Plants is packed with more than 21 hands-on activities and real science tools that invite kids to identify, classify, measure, test, and analyze the world around them. The kit features a clip-on macro lens compatible with your smartphones and tablets (not included). The lens allows for extreme close-ups of tiny creatures and objects.
The 32-page illustrated science book features experiments related to soil, bugs, rocks, plants, and water. Kids will discover how to test the pH of soil and rainwater, observe insect behavior under UV light, classify plants, and identify backyard animal tracks. They’ll also learn how plants breathe, why leaves change color, the importance of trees to life on Earth, and much more!

Interactive Notebook: Life Science enhances learning through personalized note-taking.

Encourage students to create their own learning portfolios with Interactive Notebook: Life Science for grades five through eight. This Mark Twain interactive notebook includes 29 lessons in these three units of study:

• structure of life
• classification of living organisms
• ecological communities

This personalized resource helps students review and study for tests.

Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing engaging supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, this product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character.

Bring history to life for students in grades 5 and up using Medieval Times! This 96-page book features reading selections and assessments that utilize a variety of questioning strategies, such as matching, true or false, critical thinking, and constructed response. Hands-on activities, research opportunities, and mapping exercises engage students in learning about medieval times. For struggling readers, the book includes a downloadable version of the reading selections at a fourth- to fifth-grade reading level. This book aligns with state, national, and Canadian provincial standards.

Master storyteller Jim Weiss brings a classic adventure to vivid life in this unabridged audio performance.

When a tornado whisks young Dorothy away from Kansas with her faithful dog Toto, she finds herself in the mysterious Land of Oz, where unknown dangers and strange creatures await her. Can she find a way back home? Can her new friends the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Man find courage, brains, and a heart? Searching for answers from the mysterious Wizard of Oz, and pursued by the forces of the Wicked Witch of the West, Dorothy and her companions must work together to complete their dangerous quest.

Jim Weiss’s fresh performance of this American classic introduces a new generation of listeners to the magic, wonder, and adventure of the Land of Oz. If your only experience with The Wizard of Oz is the movie, you will be astounded and delighted to find that L. Frank Baum's book is full of adventures, characters, and charm far beyond the wonder that the big-screen version conveyed. 

The National Parenting Center says: "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a magical audio recording that captures the essence of the beloved classic story in a unique and captivating way…[Jim Weiss's] reading adds a wonderful touch to the listening experience, enhancing the magical quality of the story and immersing the listener in the enchanting world of Oz…appeals to a wide range of ages, from younger children who may be hearing the story for the first time to older children who may have read the book or seen the movie and are looking for a new way to experience the story."

The Essential Algebra for Advanced High School and SAT is a 241-page math book in the Mathematical Reasoning series and is an ‘essential’ resource for building the foundation of ongoing excellence in mathematics. This book offers an in-depth approach to teaching math skills focusing on important algebraic concepts that are vital to a student’s success in advanced high school mathematics. This book is broken down into ten algebraic concepts:

• Understanding Terms and Order of Operations
• Understanding the Family of Real Numbers
• Rationals and Irrationals
• Working with Terms and Polynomials
• Polynomial Division, Factoring, and Rational Expressions
• Solving Equations and Inequalities
• Ratio, Proportion, and Percent
• How Algebra is Used in Geometry
• Understanding Functions
• Working With Quadratic Equations and Functions

Algebra is essentially the language of all advanced mathematics courses. It is generalized arithmetic, so the rules that apply when we are working with number and fraction operations—including the knowledge of factors and multiples—also apply when we are working with algebra.

Without this knowledge and these skills, students often struggle or even fail in advanced mathematics courses. Imagine a good high school student who sees a problem like 3•x•y•4 and hesitates to write 12xy because he or she is unsure of the rules that govern multiplication. Or they don't understand how to add 2x to 1/4y to combine it into one entire fraction. Or why –62 is different than (–6)2. It is easy to see that not having a strong understanding of the foundational rules of algebra can stop even the smartest students from succeeding in advanced high school math courses.

The lessons within this book teach fundamental arithmetic principles that govern algebra so that students can apply them, as needed, in advanced mathematical courses and in life. The book begins with the definition of a "term" and the facts of when you can cancel and when you cannot. It discusses the importance of factors and multiples and integer rules. It teaches addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of fractions – not by doing the problems up and down like they are mostly done in elementary school, but by doing them sideways just like they are done later in algebra and in higher-level math. This helps make everything so much easier down the road!

The explanations are clear and followed with basic step-by-step procedures to show students how to master and apply those fraction concepts, negative number operations, exponent rules, work with square roots, and doing real life percent problems with charts and tables, just like those on the SATs. Concepts are purposefully repeated in different settings, so students will keep re-applying what they learn throughout the book. The language is friendly to put students at ease and increase their confidence while learning concepts that are often confusing.

This book reviews the necessary reading strategies needed to translate word problems, but it is not the primary focus of the book. The book Understanding Algegra I  (also part of the Mathematical Reasoning series) devotes large sections to many types of word problems and many useful strategies if deeper study of this topic is desired.

In the last two chapters of the book, students are asked to apply the algebra they have just learned to an overview of problems in geometry. Also included is review of some important techniques that students frequently struggle with involving both linear and quadratic equations.

This book also includes an appendix of topics used as a review, but also includes new information that can be considered enrichment for students who may want to learn more. Teaching support and answers are also included.

Supercharge reading comprehension and analysis skills with this 64-page language arts resource designed for ages 7-11. Critical Thinking for Reading Comprehension teaches the identification and evaluation of text and image-based evidence using short, high-interest activities.

In simple, understandable terms, 'Critical Thinking' is the identification and evaluation of evidence to guide decision-making. The activities in this book diverge from traditional reading comprehension exercises, emphasizing the development of critical thinking through "low read" excerpts that require careful reading and analysis to identify supporting evidence and solutions. After just a few activities, most students will come to understand the importance of reading for understanding and evidence-based decision-making. Students will develop vital life skills while enjoying the fun of uncovering the right answers.

To maximize the learning experience, teachers should work through the first few activities with students and encourage students to describe their evidence and rationale for each answer. This approach builds confidence and reinforces the significance of critical thinking in making decisions, setting students up for success. Embark on an enriching journey that will empower young minds to excel!

What is life like on a space station? Shine a light behind the page and see . . . What do the astronauts do in space? What do they eat? Where do they sleep? What do they wear? Each page-turn will take you another step forward on this exciting tour of a space station.