Don and Pat are trying to play ball, but their dog, Pen, keeps stealing the ball! Uses decodable text and a repetition of sight words to increase readability. Focuses on the phonics skill of decoding consonant digraphs.
Can You Guess What It Is? helps readers hone their observation skills through riddles. The book uses written and visual clues to help readers solve each riddle.
Can you roar like a lion? Flutter like a butterfly? Stand strong and tall like a mountain? Then you can do yoga! This exuberant rhyming board book celebrates the simple joy of yoga and the natural shapes that even the littlest yogis and yoginis can make with their bodies. Poses such as happy baby, child's pose and downward dog are ones you will see children spontaneously explore from a very young age. Babies and toddlers intuitively know the movements that restore their bodies and minds. Yoga Baby celebrates this mindful playfulness with a diverse selection of babies doing what babies love to do: feeling good and having fun!
Two children playing dress-up pretend to be firemen, police officers, and other helpers.
A child plays with her toy bears using chairs and later serves them pears.
A child learns that he can swing and sway, stretch and swim, gallop, sing, jump, skip, and wiggle, just like the animals do at the zoo. Includes a lesson on counting one to ten.
Introduces readers to Abe's day of building a birdhouse. Discusses the benefits of making a birdhouse and explains how to build a birdhouse from household materials. Additional features to aid comprehension include vivid photographs, Common Core questions and activities, a phonetic glossary, and sources for further research.
DYI Make-Believe Projects for Early Learners features fun, easy-to-do activities with step-by-step instructions and a detailed materials list. These hands-on projects will help develop important skills, such as speaking, listening, and hand-eye coordination, while nurturing a child’s natural creativity and imagination.
DYI Arts & Crafts for Early Learners features fun, easy-to-do crafts with step-by-step directions and a detailed materials list. Little ones will enjoy learning about mixing colors to create their own original masterpieces. Tips and fun facts teach kids about the art process as inspiring young artists explore making stencils, prints, collages and more.
Some sports are more fun with a team. What team games do you enjoy? Playing video games can be lots of fun. What kind of video games can you play? Young readers will enjoy colorful, photo-packed nonfiction as they follow a prescribed format supported by the science of reading that encourages reading development.
Whether you're building a sandcastle on the beach or making s'mores over a campfire, summer is a season full of things to do. Explore all kinds of summer fun through simple, inviting text paired with vibrant images for seasons of fun!
Dan and Sam are playing tag, who will win the game? Dan or Sam? Let's find out! This A-level story uses decodable text along with repetition of sight words and vowel sounds to grow confidence in early readers. Original illustrations help guide readers through the story.
From simple wooden dolls to talking toy robots, toys and games have come a long way between then and now. Carefully leveled text and engaging historic images help readers explore the role of toys and games through the ages in this fun and informative series. Encourage readers to compare and contrast the past and present!
A young bear and his sister create a kite to fly on a windy day. Additional features to aid comprehension include a letter to educators and caregivers, an introduction to the authors and illustrator, a word list, and an activity.
A young bear plays 'grocery store' with his siblings. Readers can search for the hidden cylinders throughout the book's artwork. Additional features to aid comprehension include a letter to educators and caregivers, an introduction to the authors and illustrator, a word list, and an activity.
In Brady Bakes a Cake, beginning readers learn about the many real-world uses of measuring in a fun baking story. Follow along as Brady measures and mixes ingredients using measuring cups and teaspoons and surprises his mom with a birthday cake. Vibrant illustrations and carefully leveled text will engage young readers in a supportive educational fiction reading experience about a key math concept. Supplementary back matter helps readers review the story, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Brady Bakes a Cake also features reading tips for teachers and parents and a table of contents.
Sue looks for clues to a surprise. This B-level story uses decodable text to raise confidence in early readers. The book features long "u" sounds and uses a combination of sight words and long-vowel words in repetition to build recognition. Original illustrations help guide readers through the text. Includes author biography, phonetics, and teaching guides.
Samuel packs for a vacation. This B-level story uses decodable text to raise confidence in early readers. The book features long "u" sounds and uses a combination of sight words and long-vowel words in repetition to build recognition. Original illustrations help guide readers through the text. Includes author biography, phonetics, and teaching guides.
Skylar makes a pie with Gram. This B-level story uses decodable text to raise confidence in early readers. The book features long "i" sounds and uses a combination of sight words and long-vowel words in repetition to build recognition. Original illustrations help guide readers through the text. Includes author biography, phonetics, and teaching guides.
Reese and her sister play in a stream. This B-level story uses decodable text to raise confidence in early readers. The book features long "e" sounds and uses a combination of sight words and long-vowel words in repetition to build recognition. Original illustrations help guide readers through the text. Includes author biography, phonetics, and teaching guides.
Jayden finds a lost ball. This B-level story uses decodable text to raise confidence in early readers. The book features long "a" sounds and uses a combination of sight words and long-vowel words in repetition to build recognition. Original illustrations help guide readers through the text. Author Cecilia Minden, Ph.D., a literacy consultant and former director of the Language and Literacy program at Harvard Graduate School of Education developed the series format. Includes author biography, phonetics, and teaching guides.
Dean helps rake his yard. This B-level story uses decodable text to raise confidence in early readers. The book features long "e" sounds and uses a combination of sight words and long-vowel words in repetition to build recognition. Original illustrations help guide readers through the text. Includes author biography, phonetics, and teaching guides.
Relatable situations introduce readers to many forms of writing, and each form's purpose.
Find three-dimensional shapes in a fort! This fun title challenges children to find cylinders, cones, and pyramids in a fort while introducing them to terms like base, vertex, face, and more! Young readers will improve their STEM skills and learn how to recognize these three-dimensional shapes all around them! Vibrant images, clear examples, and helpful mathematical diagrams work together to make geometry seem easy and fun!
Bilingual English/Spanish Edition When a little girl finds a little ball, she goes on a little quest to find the right owner. Will she find the person who owns the ball? Find out! This sweet story features a multicultural playground setting and emphasizes empathy, honesty, and tenacity in a very simple yet effective story. Equitable representation is a natural part of each of the fun illustrations. My Ball is part of the Reading Stars series. Reading Star books are for kids at the very beginning of a lifetime love of reading. Each book features fewer than 50 words and uses repetition to build confidence. My Ball is 24 pages long and features 10 different sight words to master. The words are: a, ball, is, my, no, not, that, this, yes, your
