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Finally, a fun, colorful, easy-to-use phonics program that is comprehension centered!

This 320-page book is based on the scientific findings of the National Reading Commission. It emphasizes sound/spelling patterns, vocabulary, and comprehension, not memorization.

The colorful game-like activities engage students through listening, thinking, speaking, and reading.

Fun-Time Phonics! teaches students that spoken words are composed of individual sounds (phonemes), and those sounds are written with letters.

Armed with this understanding of how print works as a code, reading becomes much easier than other more complicated approaches.

This program ensures complete phonemic awareness mastery by focusing on vowel isolation, which is often the most challenging–but most important–part of learning to read.

Once students grasp how vowels influence the sound of the consonants and control the meaning of the words, they are only a step away from fluency.

Fun-time phonics! teaches students that spoken words are composed of individual sounds (phonemes), and those sounds are written with letters.

Armed with this understanding of how print works as a code, reading becomes much easier than other more complicated approaches.

This program ensures complete phonemic awareness mastery by focusing on vowel isolation, which is often the most challenging–but most important–part of learning to read.

recommended ages 4 and up.

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This fun, highly-effective 96-page book teaches students in Grades 2-3 grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, and critical reading in a standards-based thinking approach instead of the usual drill and practice found in competing products.

Students begin with an easy-to-understand lesson followed by an activity that requires students to carefully analyze and edit stories, letters, or articles that contain mechanical errors.

This effective method allows students to gain mastery over concepts that will translate into their own writing. Recommended for grades 2 and up.

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Eighth graders will be able to gain a firm grasp on grammar and word usage when they work on the Evan-Moor Daily Language Review Grade 8  workbook each day.

With these fast-paced language exercises, grade eight students can sharpen their writing skills and their understanding of various words in context.

Some of the topics we cover include grammar, word usage, word meaning, word relationships, capitalization, punctuation, spelling and using acquired vocabulary in everyday writing.

Recommended for grades 8 and up.

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Seventh graders will be able to gain a firm grasp on grammar and word usage when they work on the Evan-Moor Daily Language Review Grade 7 workbook each day.

With these fast-paced language exercises, grade seven students can sharpen their writing skills and their understanding of various words in context.

Some of the topics we cover  include grammar, word usage, word meaning, word relationships, capitalization, punctuation, spelling and using acquired vocabulary in everyday writing.

Recommended for grades 7 and up.

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Discover Shakespeare’s best-loved plays

These tales are the perfect introduction to Shakespeare’s greatest plays.

Charles and Mary Lamb vividly bring to life the power of Hamlet and Othello, the fun of As You Like It and the drama of Pericles.

They never lose the feel of his beautiful language and humanity and convey all of his wit and wisdom.

These tales are classic literature in their own right.

Middle Grade (10 and up)

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Even during the carefree months of summer, children can be preparing for the next grade with Daily Summer Activities. It’s packed with engaging activities that will build learners’ confidence for the next grade level by practicing essential skills. Activities offer practice of essential skills across subject areas, including reading, math, writing, spelling, and geography.

With just one or two activities per day over a 10-week period, Daily Summer Activities helps to keep skills sharp without getting in the way of vacation time.

Recipient of the 2020 Parents’ Picks Award for Best Educational Products for Preschool and Elementary Kids, the Daily Summer Activities series provides fun skill practice to help children discover a love of learning and reach their educational goals.

Daily Summer Activities reflects grade-level expectations and includes open-ended questions to develop your child’s critical thinking skills. Fun reward stickers are also included.

10 weeks of instruction cover the following skills:

Language arts practice: • two stories with comprehension questions each week • sentences to correct for capitalization, punctuation, and grammar • 12 spelling words to learn each week • alphabetical order • contractions • parts of speech • synonyms, antonyms, and homophones • analogies • prefixes and suffixes

Mathematics practice: • multiplication and division facts • word problems • up to four-digit addition and subtraction with borrowing and carrying • dividing by one digit • multiplication by one and two digits • fractions • graphing • geometry • measurement

Geography: • map symbols • map reading

Also included: • cursive handwriting practice • creative writing activities • practice cards for multiplication and division facts through the nines

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Even during the carefree months of summer, children can be preparing for the next grade with Daily Summer Activities. It’s packed with engaging activities that will build learners’ confidence for the next grade level by practicing essential skills.

Activities offer practice of essential skills across subject areas, including reading, math, writing, spelling, and geography. With just one or two activities per day over a 10-week period, Daily Summer Activities helps to keep skills sharp without getting in the way of vacation time.

Recipient of the 2020 Parents’ Picks Award for Best Educational Products for Preschool and Elementary Kids, the Daily Summer Activities series provides fun skill practice to help children discover a love of learning and reach their educational goals.

Daily Summer Activities workbooks also include open-ended questions to develop your child’s critical thinking skills.

Fun reward stickers are also included.

10 weeks of instruction cover the following skills:

Language arts practice: • a fiction and a nonfiction story with comprehension questions each week • sentences to correct for capitalization, punctuation, and grammar • 8 to 10 spelling words to learn each week • manuscript handwriting practice • creative writing activities

Mathematics practice: • addition and subtraction facts • word problems • two- and three-digit addition and subtraction with and without borrowing and carrying • multiplication facts to 25 • practice cards for addition and subtraction facts from 10 to 18 Language skills such as: • alphabetical order • contractions • nouns and verbs • synonyms and antonyms • vowel sounds • parts of sentences

Beginning geography: • map symbols • reading simple maps

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Even during the carefree months of summer, children can be preparing for the next grade with Daily Summer Activities. It’s packed with engaging activities that will build learners’ confidence for the next grade level by practicing essential skills.

Activities offer practice of essential skills across subject areas, including reading, math, writing, spelling, and geography. With just one or two activities per day over a 10-week period, Daily Summer Activities helps to keep skills sharp without getting in the way of vacation time.

Recipient of the 2020 Parents’ Picks Award for Best Educational Products for Preschool and Elementary Kids, the Daily Summer Activities series provides fun skill practice to help children discover a love of learning and reach their educational goals.

Daily Summer Activities workbooks also include delightful artwork and reward stickers.

10 weeks of instruction cover the following skills: Language arts practice: • a fiction and a nonfiction story with comprehension questions each week • sentences to correct for capitalization punctuation, and grammar • 8 to 10 spelling words to learn each week • manuscript handwriting practice • creative writing activities Mathematics practice: • addition and subtraction facts • word problems • two- and three-digit addition and subtraction with and without borrowing and carrying • multiplication facts to 25 • practice cards for addition and subtraction facts from 10 to 18 Language skills such as: • alphabetical order • contractions • nouns and verbs • synonyms and antonyms • vowel sounds • parts of sentences Beginning geography: • map symbols • reading simple maps

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Even during the carefree months of summer, children can be preparing for the next grade with Daily Summer Activities. It’s packed with engaging activities that will build learners’ confidence for the next grade level by practicing essential skills.

Activities offer practice of essential skills across subject areas, including reading, math, and writing.

With just one or two activities per day over a 10-week period, Daily Summer Activities helps to keep skills sharp without getting in the way of vacation time.

Recipient of the 2020 Parents’ Picks Award for Best Educational Products for Preschool and Elementary Kids, the Daily Summer Activities series provides fun skill practice to help children discover a love of learning and reach their educational goals.

Daily Summer Activities workbooks also include delightful artwork and reward stickers.

10 weeks of instruction cover the following skills: Language/Vocabulary Development • Phonics • Rhyming Words • Word Families • Alphabetical Order • Spelling Visual Discrimination • Draw/Finish a Picture • Same or Different? Reading Comprehension • Sequencing • Who or What? • Read and Respond Writing • Handwriting Practice • Number Formation • Complete a Sentence Math • Number Words • Tell Time • Money • Counting to 100 • Addition and Subtraction of Sets

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The transition from PreK to Kindergarten is a big step for most children and the exercises in Daily Summer Activities, Moving from PreK to Kindergarten can help give little learners a big head start.

Full-color pages and a variety of brief, but challenging activities provide skills practice in all the main subject areas, including reading comprehension, writing, vocabulary, grammar, math, spelling, and geography.

With just one or two activities per day over a 10-week period, Daily Summer Activities keeps your student's brain in shape without getting in the way of vacation time.

The book also includes an easy-to-read chart showing you exactly which skills your student will be practicing in each subject area every week.

Recommended ages 4 and up.

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Usborne Key Skills introduces important educational concepts and reinforces learning, with lots of opportunities to practice the essential skills needed to progress at each stage. Each title includes playful quizzes, simple, approachable notes, as well as a handy gate-fold practice page and hidden notes for grown-ups.

Using the wipe-clean pen provided, children will be able to practice again and again until they are able to master the skills covered in this advanced pack.

Math skills included: Fractions, Tenths, Adding and subtracting fractions, Fraction walls, Ordering fractions, Equivalent fractions, Telling the time.

English skills included: Indefinite articles, Word families, clauses & conjunctions, Adverbs & prepositions, Quotation marks, Present perfect tense, Writing paragraphs, Spelling prefixes & suffixes, Consonant blends and word endings, More homophones

 Intermediate # 12959 and Introduction # 12862.

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Usborne Key Skills introduces important educational concepts and reinforces learning, with lots of opportunities to practice the essential skills needed to progress at each stage.

Each title includes playful quizzes, simple, approachable notes, as well as a handy gate-fold practice page and hidden notes for grown-ups.

Using the wipe-clean pen provided, children will be able to practice again and again until they are able to master the skills covered in this intermediate pack.

Math skills included: Number patterns; Making groups and identifying equal groups; Multiples of 2, 3 & 5; Dividing by 2, 5 & 1.

English skills included: Using capital letters & punctuating different types of sentences; Using commas, apostrophes and contractions; Joining sentences; Noun phrases; Verbs and tenses; Silent spellings; missing letters and exception words; Choosing spelling endings; Adding -y and -ly; Homophones

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Even during the carefree months of summer, children can be preparing for the next grade with Daily Summer Activities. It’s packed with engaging activities that will build learners’ confidence for the next grade level by practicing essential skills. Activities offer practice of essential skills across subject areas, including reading, math, writing, spelling, and geography.

With just one or two activities per day over a 10-week period, Daily Summer Activities helps to keep skills sharp without getting in the way of vacation time.

Recipient of the 2020 Parents’ Picks Award for Best Educational Products for Preschool and Elementary Kids, the Daily Summer Activities series provides fun skill practice to help children discover a love of learning and reach their educational goals.

Daily Summer Activities reflects grade-level expectations and includes open-ended questions to develop your child’s critical thinking skills.

Each week includes: • 2 fiction or nonfiction reading passages with 4 comprehension questions • 12 spelling words • 2 activities practicing a variety of grammar and usage skills • 1 sentence-editing activity to correct capitalization, punctuation, and other errors • 1 vocabulary activity practicing skills such as compound words, word parts, synonyms, and homographs • 3 math activities practicing skills such as word problems, fractions, decimals, and measurement • 1 geography activity testing basic map-reading skills and concepts • 2 creative writing exercises • 1 critical thinking activity • record form to jot down memorable moments and keep a reading log

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Even during the carefree months of summer, children can be preparing for the next grade with Daily Summer Activities. It’s packed with engaging activities that will build learners’ confidence for the next grade level by practicing essential skills.

Activities offer practice of essential skills across subject areas, including reading, math, writing, spelling, and geography. With just one or two activities per day over a 10-week period, Daily Summer Activities helps to keep skills sharp without getting in the way of vacation time.

Recipient of the 2020 Parents’ Picks Award for Best Educational Products for Preschool and Elementary Kids, the Daily Summer Activities series provides fun skill practice to help children discover a love of learning and reach their educational goals.

Daily Summer Activities reflects grade-level expectations and includes open-ended questions to develop your child’s critical thinking skills.

Each week includes: • 2 fiction or nonfiction reading passages with 4 comprehension questions • 12 spelling words • 2 activities practicing a variety of grammar and usage skills • 1 sentence-editing activity to correct capitalization, punctuation, and other errors • 1 vocabulary activity practicing skills such as compound words, word parts, synonyms, and homographs • 3 math activities practicing skills such as word problems, fractions, decimals, and measurement • 1 geography activity testing basic map-reading skills and concepts • 2 creative writing exercises • 1 critical thinking activity • record form to jot down memorable moments and keep a reading log

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Even during the carefree months of summer, children can be preparing for the next grade with Daily Summer Activities. It’s packed with engaging activities that will build learners’ confidence for the next grade level by practicing essential skills. Activities offer practice of essential skills across subject areas, including reading, math, writing, spelling, and geography.

With just one or two activities per day over a 10-week period, Daily Summer Activities helps to keep skills sharp without getting in the way of vacation time. Recipient of the 2020 Parents’ Picks Award for Best Educational Products for Preschool and Elementary Kids, the Daily Summer Activities series provides fun skill practice to help children discover a love of learning and reach their educational goals.

Daily Summer Activities reflects grade-level expectations and includes open-ended questions to develop your child’s critical thinking skills.

Each week includes: • 2 fiction or nonfiction reading passages with 4 comprehension questions • 12 spelling words • 2 activities practicing a variety of grammar and usage skills • 1 sentence-editing activity to correct capitalization, punctuation, and other errors • 1 vocabulary activity practicing skills such as compound words, word parts, synonyms, and homographs • 3 math activities practicing skills such as word problems, fractions, decimals, and measurement • 1 geography activity testing basic map-reading skills and concepts • 2 creative writing exercises • 1 critical thinking activity • record form to jot down memorable moments and keep a reading log

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The Never-Bored Kid Book 2 for ages 8 and 9 is filled with activities that are fun to do and are valuable learning experiences at the same time.

Kids will practice age-appropriate skills such as: addition and subtraction facts multiplication and division facts word problems logic puzzles reading comprehension word meaning phonics spelling writing

GREAT for summer! Vacations! Supplement!

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The Never-Bored Kid Book 2 for ages 7 and 8 is filled with activities that are fun to do and are valuable learning experiences at the same time.

Kids will practice age-appropriate skills such as: addition and subtraction facts two-digit addition and subtraction word problems reading graphs reading comprehension phonics spelling writing

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The Never-Bored Kid Book 2 for ages 6 and 7 is filled with activities that are fun to do and are valuable learning experiences at the same time.

Kids will practice age-appropriate skills such as: addition & subtraction counting shapes patterning letter recognition letter-sound association word families word meaning writing spelling

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Meta.4 introduces Robotics to younger children with larger, easier-to-handle parts. Build and rebuild 4 different models, one at a time. Your Meta.4 is powered by clean, green, sunlight so no batteries are ever needed. Builds can be easily dissembled and reassembled to make any one of the 4 models:
• Build the T-Rex that walks on 2 legs with jaws that try to eat everything in their path.
• Build the Rhino Beetle with 6 legs and a gaping jaw.
• Build the Drill Vehicle with a rotating drill bit.
• Build the Robot with visible gears that shuffle it forward.

Perfect for young engineers age 8+.

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This classic Usborne book has now been revised to include many brand new illustrations and it continues to stimulate and delight today's generation of children as it did when it was first published over 20 years ago. It provides a treasury of learning opportunities as an exciting talk-about book for the very young, a stimulating picture word book for pre-readers and a lively source of ideas and spellings for first writers.

Stephen Cartwright's brilliant illustrations, with their wealth of detail and gentle humor, will give many hours of valuable entertainment and enjoyment. (Gold Award Winner, Best Pre-School Information Book, Parents Play and Learn Awards, 1996)

Series: First Thousand Words

Offers a wide range of learning opportunities from early reading and spelling to dictionary use. Foreign language editions include dictionaries and phonetic pronunciation guides; some have online pronunciation guides and internet links.

Age 3 years and up                Publisher: Usborne

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00 decorated tear-out sheets to fold into a fleet of paper spaceships, from orbital cruisers to alien motherships. The book includes detailed folding instructions for four different types of spaceship, from mighty star cruisers to speedy scout ships, plus flying tips and challenges so children can test the spaceships’ power and speed. Series: Fold & Fly Packed with brilliantly designed paper planes to make and fly, ranging from fighter planes to birds to dragons to creepy flying bugs and more! Learn More

Legends of Andor: Star Shield  Expansion set for Legends of Andor Base Game (Item # 1430)

Following their victory over the dragon, the heroes are on a search for the Star Shield. Its great power could turn out to be a blessing or a curse, should it get into the wrong hands. And as if that weren’t enough, a pack of hungry wolves has been sighted in Andor. If the heroes can only manage to tame their leader, though, the wolves can become loyal allies in the fight against a reawakened evil.

Number of Players 2-4

Length of Play 60-90 minutes

Ages 10+

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A Column of Fire   The Board Game

The setting is Europe in the time of Elizabeth I. In England, France, Spain and the Netherlands, Catholics and Protestants compete for power and influence. In this politically unstable environment, resourceful operatives and courageous secret agents plot to secure power for their rulers. The balance of power shifts back and forth amidst foiled assassinations, successful rebellions, and futile invasions. And not infrequently, those who sympathize with the weak are expelled from the country. The real enemies, then as now, are not the rival religions. The true battle pits those who believe in tolerance and compromise against the tyrants who would impose their ideas on everyone else — no matter what the cost. Who will best exploit the changing power conditions in Europe to win the game?

Ages 12+ From Thames & Kosmos

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Robotics Smart Machines: Rovers & Vehicles

Robotics is a vast, thrilling, and sometimes overwhelming interdisciplinary field involving physics, engineering, and computer science. This kit gives kids a simple, fun, and customizable introduction to robotics that lets them build eight motorized machines controlled by programs and an ultrasound sensor.

Kids code the programs using an easy, visual programming app on a tablet or smartphone, which connects to the robot models via a wireless Bluetooth connection. The ultrasonic sensor works on the same principle as sonar. It sends out sound waves, which bounce off objects. The sensor interprets the echoes returning to it, and from this detects objects in the path of the sensor. Using the app interface, you can program the robots you build to behave based on the feedback coming from the ultrasound sensor.

Build a shy turtle robot that drives around and quickly avoids obstacles in its path. The friendly rover bot model first looks around for your hand and, once detected, moves toward it and follows it around. Construct an awesome desert explorer robot with wheels on legs; first it drives around, but when it detects an object in its range, it starts “walking” slowly toward it. Experiment with altering the program of your cute dancing robot so that the robot dances to the beat of a song you play for it. Set up an obstacle course and watch the scout rover use its ultrasonic sensor to navigate around the obstacles. A cool helicopter model spins its rotors and then raises its landing gear when you lift it off the tabletop. You can also assemble other fun robots including a dozer bot with a bulldozer blade and a scorpion robot with a stinger tail.

After you have learned how the technology works, you can build and program your own robots using the kit’s 233 building pieces. A full-color, 64-page step-by-step illustrated manual helps kids assemble all of the models and teaches them about robotics in the real world. The visual programming language allows you to command the robots’ motors to move at different times, different power levels, in different directions, and in response to the data from the sensor.

Requires a tablet or smartphone running iOS or Android. Check the app stores for compatibility and device requirements. Ages 8 & up. From Thames & Kosmos

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