The authors document how educators and parents can lead a new path to a place they call 'Readialand' - a literacy-rich world that marries reading and digital media to bring knowledge, skills, and critical thinking to all of our children. This approach is driven by the urgent need for low-income children and parents to have access to the same 21st-century literacy opportunities already at the fingertips of today's affluent families. With stories from...

Introduces Indonesia, describing its history, geography, culture, everyday life, educational system, cuisine, language, and religion, as well as discussing traditional regional costumes, music, and dance.

"An introduction to coding for parents and kids. Includes 18 hands-on activities using ScratchJr, a programming language designed for young children (ages 5-7). Teaches computational thinking, literacy, and math skills through animated collages, interactive stories, and playable games"--

The standards-based lessons in this slim volume serve as an introduction to environmental science for young learners. Hop Into Action helps teach children about the joy of amphibians through investigations that involve scientific inquiry and knowledge building. Twenty hands-on learning lessons can be used individually or as a yearlong curriculum. Each lesson is accompanied by detailed objectives, materials lists, background information, step-by-step...

"Committed to nurturing a love of reading, this highly readable book explores a wide range of recommended titles that cover a spectrum of developmental stages. The 100 events outlined in this resource include a wealth of practical suggestions--reproducible activities, assessment profiles, and inventories for classroom use. Special attention is given to the world of leisure reading, where readers make choices based on their preferences and tastes as...