Origami is just about the perfect kids’ craft–it’s fun to do, develops hand/eye coordination, fortifies math skills, and requires only paper. Plus, when the animals are as cute as the paper menagerie on display here, how could any child resist? These enchanting projects use a mix of traditional Japanese folk art techniques as well as simple folding, and they’re divided into different levels so that every child can enjoy a good challenge…without any frustration. For beginners, the selection includes a dog, fox, cat, bunny, and starfish, while intermediates have a stingray, swan, standing peacock, grasshopper, bear, and pig. The advanced projects feature puppets, a frog that actually jumps, and a diplodocus sure to delight dino fans.
No need to spend hours and hours pulling together the materials and activities to make themed units. All About the Ocean is the ultimate resource for teaching children about the ocean and for practicing important language and math skills that help children make cross-curricular connections. This wonderfully illustrated thematic unit has an easy-to-use format that makes it a must-have!
Be successful in math with THE MATHEMATICAL PALETTE! Written with you in mind, the authors make mathematics enjoyable, relevant, understandable, and informative. Visually engaging, the text features full color pictures of fine art to bring mathematical concepts to life. Everyday applications are included to illustrate the evolution and practicality of math and parallel the creativity of liberal arts majors. Prepare for exams with numerous resources located online and throughout the text such as live online tutoring, tutorials, a book companion website, chapter-ending summaries, reviews, tests, and accurate answer sections.
Welcome to Singapore Math –the leading math program in the world! This book is designed to help seventh grade students master word problems, which are often tricky and frustrating, the Singapore Math way. The activities in this book teach students important math skills, such as diagrams, number bonds, the counting on method, and mental calculation, that help in solving word problems. The book features one problem per page so as not to overwhelm students and step-by-step worked out solutions in the answer key. Perfect for students familiar with Singapore Math and for those who just need extra practice with word problems. Included in this book: an introduction explaining the Singapore Math method. common word problems found on assessments. step-by-step worked out solutions in the answer key.
Tang, a lifelong lover of math, shares the techniques that have helped him solve problems in the most creative ways. Briggs’s vibrant and inviting illustrations create a perfect environment for these innovative games.
P style=MARGIN: 0pxBMarge Lial/Bwas always interested in math; it was her favorite subject in the first grade! Marge’s intense desire to educate both her students and herself has inspired the writing of numerous best-selling textbooks. Marge, who received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from California State University at Sacramento, is now affiliated with American River College./PP style=MARGIN: 0px /PP style=MARGIN: 0pxMarge is an avid reader and traveler. Her travel experiences often find their way into her books as applications, exercise sets, and feature sets. She is particularly interested in archeology. Trips to various digs and ruin sites have produced some fascinating problems for her textbooks involving such topics as the building of Mayan pyramids and the acoustics of ancient ball courts in the Yucatan./PP style=MARGIN: 0px—/PP style=MARGIN: 0pxBRaymond N. Greenwell/Bearned a B.A. in Mathematics and Physics from the University of San Diego, and an M.S. in Statistics, an M.S. in Applied Mathematics, and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Michigan State University, where he earned the graduate student teaching award in 1979. After teaching at Albion College in Michigan for four years, he moved to Hofstra University in1983, where he currently is Professor of Mathematics./PP style=MARGIN: 0px /PP style=MARGIN: 0pxRaymond has published articles on fluid mechanics, mathematical biology, genetic algorithms, combinatorics, statistics, and undergraduate mathematics education. He is a member of MAA, AMS, SIAM, NCTM, and AMATYC. He is currently (2002-2005) governor of the Metropolitan New York Section of the MAA, as well as webmaster and liaison coordinator, and he received a distinguished service award from the Section in 2003. He is an outdoor enthusiast and leads trips in the Sierra Clubs Inner City Outings program./PP style=MARGIN: 0px—/PP style=MARGIN: 0pxBNathan P. @BúáG®{ ¾Ûâ¬
Molly O’Hara’s young sister Nell is beautiful, spirited, and sweet, and the fact that she hasn’t spoken for the last seventeen years–since she was eight–certainly doesn’t reflect on her intelligence. After all, it’s Nell who does the books for Enchanted Cottage Antiques, which she and her sister operate jointly. Truth is, Nell was home alone with their mother when the woman was murdered, and from that day forward Nell hasn’t spoken. She understands, she can make herself understood; it’s just that she doesn’t utter a word. Rummaging in boxes at a tag sale, Nell comes across an old New York theater Playbill that will change the girls’ lives. It will break the monotony of their rather lonely existence in the small North Carolina town from which they have never ventured–and will also shatter the peace they’ve managed to achieve there. It will send them rocketing to New York, to England, and to New England, in search of a family they didn’t know they had. And it will introduce them–and the reader–to as zany a group of relatives as ever bickered over a dog show or a fortune. The cover of the program bears a photo of a lovely young actress in her first big part on the New York stage. And amazingly, the woman is their crusty old grandmother. But when they rush to question the old woman, they arrive to find that she has baffled the medical staff, who saw no reason to expect it, by dying in her bed. The sisters, and especially Molly, who is more stubborn and goal-oriented by nature, realize that somewhere they have a family. But in their town, the only sources of information are their stepfather, whom they almost never see–and he can’t, or won’t tell them much–and theirnatural father, who is married to a wealthy society woman and is embarrassed by his somewhat unconventional offspring and eager to shoo them away. So they determine to go off on a search of their own. Their travels bring adventure and exhilaration as they have the new and wonderful experience of seeing New York and London and meeting such exotic fauna as professional actors. But it also brings tragedy as accidents occur around them, starting with a fatal explosion in their house when they are away. These are dauntless young women, though, and charming ones, and the reader will very much enjoy going along with them on their eye-opening journeys, and will root for them all along the way.
pDevelop language and pre-literacy skills with preschool children using these beautiful four-color photo cards and accompanying activities. Each of the sixty-four cards has a photograph that sparks children’s natural curiosity. The back of each photo card features a vocabulary list, suggested activities to expand children’s learning, questions or comments to engage children in conversations, the American Sign Language sign, Spanish translation related to the image, and recommended children’s books./ppThis invaluable teaching tool is compatible with any curriculum and comes in its own carrying case. Photo cards are 12 inches x 8 inches. Themes include:/pulliThings Kids Do/liliColors/liliShapes/liliAnimals/liliBirds/liliBugs & Other Things that Crawl/liliFruits & Vegetables/ulpbPam Schiller, PhD/b, is an early childhood curriculum specialist, author, and consultant. She is past president of the Southern Early Childhood Association and the Texas Association for the Education of Young Children. Schiller is a highly sought-after speaker, a frequent presenter for professional organizations, and a regular contributor to early childhood journals. Her areas of expertise include curriculum development, classroom management, brain development research and applications, literacy, math, science, and social-emotional development. She is the author or co-author of twenty-seven books for Gryphon House, winning a total of fifteen awards for her books. She lives in Cypress, Texas./p
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Total Math is the most comprehensive teaching guide for math available! Designed specifically for children in grade 6, this 352 page workbook is a step-by-step guide that helps children develop essential math skills and concepts. Perfect for drill and review this book introduces math applications such as multiplication and division, fractions, decimals, and percents, algebra, and geometry. Featuring a complete answer key this workbook includes straightforward, easy-to-understand directions. Stickers, math puzzles, and a poster are also included as an added bonus.
