Dr. Jean has packed her best ideas for Hands-On Art activities into one book. The activities will help children to express themselves while practicing different skill and concepts. Dr. Jean lists different activities for using crayons, chalk, paint, prints, hands and feet, collages, play dough, recycled materials, paper plates, and paper bags.
The first book, Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew, was recommended by readers as required reading for social workers, teachers, and relatives of children with autism. Ms. Notbohm has written a second book from the unique perspective of a child’s voice to help us understand the thinking patterns that guide a student with autisms actions, design a learning environment, and provide communication techniques for children with autism.
Based on the latest research, Dr. Elaine Fogel Schneider explains how and why the power of massage is beneficial to young ones. She explains the items that you will need to have to massage your child and the best times to do so. Each massage technique, in the book, is followed by an easy-to-follow step-by-step guide that includes songs and rhymes to compliment massage time. Information for working with older children with sore muscles from sports activities and play or children with special needs is included.
Do your students love the Magic Tree House books? Learn how to use the books they love to teach across all curricular areas. Take students on thrilling time travel experiences while reading the Magic Tree House adventures. The meaningful learning experiences include both fiction and non-fiction to help students develop reading skills.
Looking for a bulletin board to make…look no further! Included in this book are 94 bulletin board ideas. Each bulletin board comes complete with a full-color photo, instructions, and any necessary patterns. Topics include: Fall, Spring, Winter, and Anytime.
Bring your bulletin boards to life! Included are 94 ideas that are colorful, interactive, and educational. Each bulletin board comes complete with patterns and can be designed to create an effective learning environment. Topics include: Back to School, Incentive, Special Recognition, Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer, Math, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies.
The act of bullying in today’s society is becoming more common than we would like. According to psychologists, nearly 1 in 4 kids are involved in being the bully or being the target of a bully. Dr. Kraizer’s anti-bullying program has been featured in the New York Times and on Good Morning America. This book comes complete with role-play conflict scenarios, in which teachers will learn effective ways to teach the bully and the target of a bully, or the bystander how to be assertive, gain confidence and become empathetic children.
Classrooms today are diverse in their nature. Each school year, teachers create a community of learners who learn and work together. This training handbook will help teachers and caregivers to recognize and build a framework for responding effectively to bias in the classroom.
Do you have a student in your classroom who is having difficulties dealing with their emotions? This book will give your students things that they can do and say to stick up for themselves without getting into trouble or hurting someone else’s feelings. Students will realize that they are responsible for their own behaviors and feelings and will learn to “store” happy moments for when they need them the most.
Do you have a student in your classroom or a child at home who is sick of being picked on, teased, or threatened? Let Mr. Romain help you help your students or children become Bully-Proof. This book is written in a humorous way that includes jokes and cartoons that gets the message across for dealing with bullies.
Often times, adults feel helpless when helping children deal with situations involving bullying. SuEllen and Paula Fried recommend interventions for dealing with bullying at many different levels. Clear and to the point examples help parents, educators, and therapists to apply what they have learned to help put an end to bullying.
Character Counts
Classroom Management
*Diffily, Deborah, Charlotte Sassman. (2006).
Positive Teacher Talk for Better Classroom Management. New York, NY:
Children look up to teachers for guidance and support and it is important that teachers in return make school a positive learning experience for children. The way teachers talk to students can affect how children learn and feel about themselves. Throughout the book, many strategies are offered for using positive language when working with children. The authors suggest dialog that we can empower students with to help them have a positive learning experience.
English Language Learners (ELL)
*Freeman, David, Yvonne Freeman. (2007).
English Language Learners: The Essential Guide. New York, NY: Scholastic.
The number of English Language Learners enrolling in schools throughout the country is growing rapidly. Testing mandates are requiring ELL students to perform highly on standardized testing. This book addresses how to help ELL students succeed even if you do not speak their first language. Teachers will learn how to identify the three learning stages that ELL students progress through; how to organize the curriculum around standards-based themes to engage learning; draw on the students’ first language and culture; and construct meaning from English texts. Each idea comes complete with scenarios to help teachers work with ELL students at all different grade levels.
History
*Graf, Mike, Kathleen McFarren. (2003).
History Pockets: Explorers of North America. Monterey, CA: Evan Moor Corp.
Bring history to life in your classroom with History Pockets! Children will learn about Explorers of North America through historical backgrounds, maps, time lines, craft projects, reading and writing activities, and evaluations. Explorers include: Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Hernando Cortes, Jacques Cartier, Sir Francis Drake, Henry Hudson, Daniel Boone, James Cook, Lewis and Clark, and John Wesley Powell.
Holidays
*(2006).
Kwanzaa: How to Celebrate the African American Holiday Kwanzaa. Claremont,CA: Glamour Devine
Kwanzaa is an African American cultural holiday based on the “First Fruits” Festival. The holiday takes place December 26th – January 1st. This instructional DVD makes Kwanzaa easy to understand and celebrate!!!
Math
Many different activities are introduced throughout the book to help children gain an understanding of numbers. The skills covered include counting, adding, taking away, and sharing.
*Lotta, Chuck. (2000).
Fast & Fun Mental Math. New York, NY: Scholastic.
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Quick and ready to use questions for grades 4 – 8 are listed by math skill and include reproducible answer sheets for each week. Questions can easily be read out-loud and used as an anticipatory set to begin a math lesson or as a quick fill-in when time allows.
*Liang, Tan Thoo. (2003).
Brain Maths. Singapore: Utopia Press Pte Ltd.
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If you have a student who flies through their math work, than this book is for you. Children 9 years old and above will have the opportunity to solve math problems that will sharpen their critical thinking skills, increase their IQ power, and help develop mental flexibility.
*Feldman, Jean. (2005).
Best of Dr. Jean Science and Math. New York, NY: Scholastic.
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Dr. Jean has packed her best ideas for Science and Math activities into one book. Children will work on problem solving, counting, researching, exploring, observing, predicting, experimenting, and discovering through hands-on activities and experiments.
Monthly Ideas
*Sevaly, Karen.
September! Idea Book. U.S.A.: Teacher’s Friend, a Scholastic Company.
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Looking for activities to do in the month of September? Topics include: Calendars, Back to School, Name Activities, My “Me” Book, All Year Round, Classroom Birthdays, Apple Time, Mexican Independence Day, American Indian Day, Grandparent’s Day, Substitute and Student Teacher, and Bulletin Boards.
*Sevaly, Karen.
October! Idea Book. U.S.A.: Teacher’s Friend, a Scholastic Company.
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Looking for activities to do in the month of October? Topics include: Calendars, Autumn, Owl, Dinosaurs, Spiders, Skeletons, Masks Around the World, Columbus Day, Fire Safety, Halloween, and Bulletin Boards.
*Sevaly, Karen.
November! Idea Book. U.S.A.: Teacher’s Friend, a Scholastic Company.
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Looking for activities to do in the month of November? Topics include: Calendars, Harvest Activities, Woodsy Animals, Children’s Book Week, Election Time, Thanksgiving, Turkey Time, States and Capitals, Working with Parents Information and Activities, and Bulletin Boards.
*Sevaly, Karen.
December! Idea Book. U.S.A.: Teacher’s Friend, a Scholastic Company.
J PTS 529.3SEV
Looking for activities to do in the month of December? Topics include: Calendars, December Activities, For Goodness Sake Awards, Booklets, Bookmarks, Patterns, Holiday Crafts, Merry Christmas Many Ways!, Christmas in Mexico, Christmas in Italy,
Christmas in Holland, Christmas in Sweden, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Bulletin Boards.
*Sevaly, Karen.
January! Idea Book. U.S.A.: Teacher’s Friend, a Scholastic Company.
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Looking for activities to do in the month of January? Topics include: Calendars, Winter Activities, Around the Year, New Year’s Day, Chinese New Year, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Eskimos, Artic and Antarctic Animals, and Bulletin Boards.
*Sevaly, Karen.
February! Idea Book. U.S.A.: Teacher’s Friend, a Scholastic Company.
J PTS 529.3 SEV
Looking for activities to do in the month of February? Topics include: Calendars, February Activities, Groundhog Day, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, St. Valentine’s Day, Teeth, African-American Achievers, Heart Smart, Dogs and Cats, and Bulletin Boards.
*Sevaly, Karen.
March! Idea Book. U.S.A.: Teacher’s Friend, a Scholastic Company.
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Looking for activities to do in the month of March? Topics include: Calendars, Spring Activities, St. Patrick’s Day, Weather, Women in History, Music Appreciation, Japan, Farm Animals, Rainbow of Colors, and Bulletin Boards.
*Sevaly, Karen.
May! Idea Book. U.S.A.: Teacher’s Friend, a Scholastic Company.
J PTS 529.3 SEV
Looking for activities to do in the month of May? Topics include: Calendars, May Activities, Flowers, Field Trip Activities, May Day, International Children: Russia, Mother’s Day, Cinco De Mayo, Birds, Circus, Zoo Animals, and Bulletin Boards.
*Sevaly, Karen.
June! Idea Book. U.S.A.: Teacher’s Friend, a Scholastic Company.
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Looking for activities to do in the month of June? Topics include: Calendars, June Activities, End of the Year, Flag Day, Father’s Day, Frogs, Turtles, Snakes and Gators, Seashore Fun, The South Pacific, and Bulletin Boards.
*Sevaly, Karen.
July and Aug. Idea Book. U.S.A.: Teacher’s Friend, a Scholastic
Company. J PTS 529.3SEV
Looking for activities to do in the months of July and August? Topics include: Calendars, Summer Activities, Watermelon, Pizza and Ice Cream, 4th of July, The Wild West, Our Solar System, Let’s Eat Nutritiously, A New Start, and Bulletin Boards.
Multiple Intelligences
*(1999).
The Best of Multiple Intelligences Activities. Westminster, CA: Teacher Created
Resources, Inc.
Nursery Rhymes
*Feldman, Jean. (2002). Teaching Tunes Audio CD & Mini-Books Set: Nursery Rhymes. New York, NY: Scholastic.
Phonics
*Campbell, Robin. (2004).
Phonics, Naturally: Reading & Writing for Real Purposes. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
*Herbek, Stephanie. (2008).
Consonants & Vowels Ad Libs: Fun with Phonics. Vernon Hills, IL: Learning Resources.
Pick a work to fill in the blank and create your own silly version of a story. Students can fill-in nouns, verbs, and adjectives to work on different skill building activities. The following skills are included in Level 1: initial consonant sounds, final consonant sounds, middle consonant sounds, short and long vowels.
*Herbek, Stephanie. (2008).
Blends & Digraphs Ad Libs: Fun with Phonics. Vernon Hills, IL: Learning Resources.
Pick a word to fill in the blank and create your own silly version of a story. Students can fill-in nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs to work on different skill building activities. The following skills are included in Level 2: consonant blends, vowel digraphs & dipthongs, consonant digraphs, and forming words.
*Lynch, Judy. (1998).
Easy Lessons for Teaching Word Families. New York, NY:Scholastic.
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Fifty-five hands-on lessons that help build phonemic awareness, phonics, spelling, reading, and writing skills. Appendix A includes nursery rhymes that can be used for reading practice and word chunking activities. Appendix B, C, and D provide large and small letters that can be copied for word work as children practice building words in the word boxes.
*Novelli, Joan. (2006).
Shoe Box Learning Centers Phonics. New York, NY: Scholastic. J PTS 372.465 NOV
Create 30 different learning centers to help your students practice beginning and ending sounds, consonants, long and short vowels, blends, digraphs, and more! The book contains reporducible game boards and worksheets that align to district, state and national lanugage art standards.
*Turley, Sandy. (1999).
Phonics Games & Learning Activities. Westminster, CA: Teacher Created Resources.
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Meet your students where they're at with different activities to teach all different learning levels. This book comes complete with lesson
ideas and ready-to-use materials. Simply print them out and use them in the classroom or to send home for extra practice. Topics include: final "e", magic "e", sound bingo, sound search, wheel of words, word race, roll a word, vowel search, compound fun, vowel fish, and rhyme wheels.
This CD / DVD will teach children to recognize all the letters in the alphabet by singing the alphabet in different ways. While singing along to the 24 songs, children will learn consonant and vowel sounds.
Science
*Malnor, Carol. (2008).
A Teacher’s Guide to How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate:
Lessons, Resources, and Guidelines about Global Warming. U.S.A.: DAWN Publications.
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Teach accurate, scientific information about climate change in a way that will empower your students. Students will learn about global warming through different projects and activities that will teach them how they can make a difference in the world. This Teacher’s Guide is based on the book How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate. J 363.73 CHE
*Imus, Deirdre. (2008).
Growing up Green! Baby and Child Care. New York, NY: Simon& Schuster Paperbacks.
Introduce your child to the “living green” way of life. Deirdre Imus addresses every age group with a focus on prevention rather than treating. She begins with preparing for pregnancy and discusses how to raise healthy children.
Strategies
*Silver, Harvey, Richard Strong, Matthew Perini. (2007).
The Strategic Teacher: Selecting the Right Research-Based Strategy for Every Lesson. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
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*(2003). Big & Bright Bulletin Boards: Ideas that Decorate, Educate, and Motivate. Greensboro, NC: Carson-Dellosa
*Gibson, Ray. (1999). Number Activities. London, England: Usborne.
*(2007). Let’s Start Smart!! Alphabet and Letter Sounds. Honolulu, HI: TLC Music.
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