The students of Class 301 are counting how many vegetables they have grown in the garden. They use counting in groups to speed up the process, and a number line to help. They count small numbers in ones, then larger groups in twos, fives, tens, and hundreds. The kids save so much time that they have a picnic! Simple sentences and easy-to-understand exercises help make learning about groups understandable and fun.
Class 301 has won a real truckload of number cubes. Fractions Frank, the caretaker, has found some boxes that hold different amounts of cubes--ones, tens, hundreds, and thousands. The children see how the smaller boxes can all fit into the larger ones. They put these groups in columns to create a numeral. And just when they think they are done, another truck pulls up and they have to start again! Simple sentences and easy-to-understand exercises help make learning about place value understandable and fun.
Professor Tangent is very forgetful and has accidentally put the lunch orders for the class in the paper shredder. The class collects all the little strips, and they add up all the different sections to make sure the total equals the number of kids in the class. They create a number line to get the total. But Chef Addie just made them all pizza instead! Simple sentences and easy-to-understand exercises help make learning about addition understandable and fun.
Stefan feels that music is the most important thing in life, even though his dads don't agree on his KIND of music. He imagines the kind of life he would have if he was a rock star--the fans, the concerts, the fancy car, and amazing stage outfits!
A new baby will be joining the family soon so Carter tries to help his parents doing jobs around the house. He imagines being an octopus with many arms so he could help everyone do all kinds of amazing jobs, from washing windows to a puppet show.
Evelyn is a young girl in a wheelchair, who loves reading adventure stories. She imagines what it would be like to be a pirate captain. With her own ship, crew, and rules, she could sail anywhere in the world and have all kinds of adventures.
Living by the sea and playing with seagulls makes Kari dream of flying. Sometimes she imagines what it would be like to be a dragon with scales as blue as the sea. She'd fly, she'd breathe fire and water (at the same time!), and she'd protect her town from monsters.
Take a walk through the winter season in this wonderfully illustrated book. What do you love about winter? Does it snow where you live? Do you like putting on warm winter clothing?
Take a walk through the spring season in this beautifully illustrated book. What do you love about spring? Do you look out for new buds on the trees? Do you listen for the sounds of spring, such as the birds getting up earlier?
Take a walk through the summer season in this warmly illustrated book. What do you love about summer? Do you enjoy the longer days of sunshine and playing outside? Perhaps you like the foods we eat in summer, such as ice cream.
This important guide to caring for the planet helps children understand why we shouldn't waste water, what to do with your litter, how walking is better than driving, why trees are amazing, and much more!
Take a walk through the fall season in this colorful illustrated book. What do you love about fall? Do you like to hear the crunch of leaves under your feet? Do you like to watch the squirrels burying nuts to have food for the winter months?
This informative guide to helping your brain learn helps children understand why your brain is always changing, how to make the most of what you are already good at, why it's okay to make mistakes, how being positive is good for you, and much more!
This engaging, illustrated book helps children understand how to make friends, how to care for friendships, what bullying is and what to do about it, what happens when friendships change, and much more!
This important guide to caring for your family helps children understand what to do when we feel cross with our family, what a family tree is, how a family cares for one other, why families change sometimes, and much more!
This beautiful guide to caring about animals helps children understand why animals are important, how littering is harmful to animals, what a habitat is, why some animals are endangered, and much more!
This helpful guide to caring for your body helps children understand when and how to wash your hands, how to care for your teeth, why a good night's sleep is important, what to do when you feel sick, and much more!
Simple activities show children how to make a difference to the environment by reusing plastic to make planters, pictures, and flowers.
Simple activities show children how to make a difference to the environment by reusing clothing to make bags, pots for plants, and new shoes.
Simple activities show children how to make a difference to the environment by reusing metal to make bird feeders, pots for plants, and tin-can phones.
Simple activities show children how to make a difference to the environment by reusing cardboard to make costumes, chameleons, and dollhouses.
This book shows how people have stepped up to volunteer to do necessary work, often without pay, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Volunteers do shopping for seniors and care for the pets of people in the hospital. Businesses have switched over to making things in short supply, such as protective masks and hand sanitizer. Even children have made inspirational signs on sidewalks and in windows.
Doctors, nurses, and hospital cleaners, as well as workers providing home care and long-term care have continued to give us often lifesaving care during COVID-19. This book shows how health care workers have met the enormous challenges of the pandemic, at great risk to their own health.
Many of us have been able to stay home to keep safe in the COVID-19 pandemic. This book shows how this would not be possible without food workers continuing to work to farm and produce our food, deliver it by truck, sell it to us in stores, and make sure everything is clean.
We see city workers every day. They deliver the mail, collect garbage, clean public places, and teach at school. This book shows how the COVID-19 pandemic made everyone realize just how much we rely on these workers to keep our daily lives running smoothly--and safely!
