Packy the Packrat's mother has had enough! It's time that he sorts through his ever-growing collection of trinkets and puts them away. Told in rhyme, the text leads the reader to participate in the sorting process by categorizing Packy's piles of things according to like characteristics and attributes. The story promotes and reinforces analogous thinking--a critical thinking skill in math, science, and life. In the "For Creative Minds" education section at the back of the book, the reader can explore even more attributes and characteristics of objects, including color, size, texture, shape, and material.
This humorous, rhythmic, read-aloud story is about a young boy who awakens to find that everything around him is odd. He has one shoe, his shirt has three sleeves, and his dog has five legs! Children and adults will delight in finding all the odd things hidden in the art. The "For Creative Minds" section includes odd fun facts, an odd coloring chart a "How Odd?" Oddities section, a Creative Sparks supplement and a counting activity.
Come along on an adding animal adventure at the zoo. Add baby animals to the adults to see how many there are all together. And while you are at it, learn what some of the zoo animals eat or what the baby animals are called. Follow the little lost red balloon as it soars through the zoo. At the end of the day, count up all the animals at the zoo.
The wacky fun continues as a young boy awakens to find a half-head of hair. After chugging down his glass of milk that's two-thirds gooey paste, he and his friend are off to camp for a day of fraction fun and an out-of-this world soccer game. The first two books in the series, One Odd Day and My Even Day, won a Learning Magazine's 2008 Teachers' Choice Award for Children's Books. As with the series' other books, the imaginative illustrations are sure to please young readers as they scour the pages for countless oddities hidden in the art! The "For Creative Minds" learning section includes "Fractions Around Us" and "A Special Pizza" Party activities.
In this delightful, rhythmic sequel to One Odd Day, the young boy awakens to find that it is another strange day--now everything is even, and his mother has two heads! This time, a school field trip to the zoo is dealt with in an odd, but even-handed manner. And, like its predecessor, children will spend hours looking for all the hidden objects in the incredible art. Square it all off with more "number fun" in the "For Creative Minds" section.
Count backwards from 10 to 1 during one of the most colorful times of year: fall. Learn about the bright, colorful leaves and the trees from which they fall: aspen, birch, maple, oak, chestnut, linden, pine, beech, dogwood, and sweet gum. Watch the animals frolicking in the crisp, autumn air as they get ready for the approaching cold winter. The "For Creative Minds" educational section includes: Plant parts, Leaves--the shape of it all, What Good are Plants?, and Match the Leaves Activity.
Bears tumble in! Count teddy bears from one to twelve, name their colors, and even form three primary shapes--square, circle, and triangle. Then count down to zero as the bears trot away. Back matter includes a review of the counting and math skills presented. Perfect for use with bear counters and other classroom manipulatives. This book is good for your brain because: Numeration, Counting, Simple Addition, Subtraction, Shapes, Using Manipulatives
Opposites are taught through examples such as open and closed.
Big and little are used as examples for this basic concept book about opposites.
Hard and soft are examples used to teach about opposites.
Explores the concept of opposites using front and back as examples.
The concept of the cube is defined through interesting text and photos displaying how cubes can be found throughout our world.
Simple sentences define a cone. Many examples of cones are provided for the emergent reader.
This book uses repetition, simple sentences and supporting images to familiarize the beginning reader with cylinders.
Young children learn about around and through with illustrated repetitive text and simple sentences.
Young children learn about in and out through simple sentences and illustrated repetitive text.
Simple sentences and illustrated repetitive text will introduce early learners to teaspoons, tablespoons and cups.
Simple sentences and illustrated repetitive text will introduce early learners to pints, quarts and gallons
Simple sentences and illustrated repetitive text will introduce early learners to seconds, minutes and hours.
Young children learn about pounds, feet and inches through ilustrated text with repetition and simple sentences.
Young children will enjoy learning the differences between a rectangle and a square with this book that leads the child to find rectangles and squares in the world around them.
Simple sentences and illustrated repetitive text will introduce early learners to seconds, minutes and hours.
Young children learn about over and under through simple sentences and illustrated repetitive text.
Simple sentences and illustrated repetitive text will introduce early learners to pints, quarts and gallons.
Young children learn about pounds, feet and inches through ilustrated text with repetition and simple sentences.
