Chipmunk at Hollow Tree Lane
Chipmunk at Hollow Tree Lane

Author: Victoria Sherrow

Publisher:

Published: 2011-06

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781607276357

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Winter is near, and Chipmunk is scampering around gathering as many nuts and seeds as possible to take back to her burrow for the long hibernation. Follow Chipmunk as she fends off competitors and prepares for the long, cold winter. Reviewed by the Smithsonian Institution for accuracy, Chipmunk at Hollow Tree Lane is a fun and informative story with beautifully detailed illustrations. Watch your children have a blast reading and learning about the animals that live in an American backyard! This book includes an easy-to-download audiobook with realistic sound effects for added fun.

Groundhog at Evergreen Road
Groundhog at Evergreen Road

Author: Susan Korman

Publisher:

Published: 2003-04

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781607270751

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Groundhog creeps into a garden to nibble some crisp and juicy green beans. Suddenly, a dog bounds toward him!

Red Bat at Sleepy Hollow Lane
Red Bat at Sleepy Hollow Lane

Author: Janet Halfmann

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781592493401

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Mother Red Bat and her new babies fly through the night in search of insects to eat until it is time to find a new home for the winter. Includes brief notes on the Eastern red bat.

Robin at Hickory Street
Robin at Hickory Street

Author: Dana Meachen Rau

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 31

ISBN-13: 9781568991689

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Children discover that they do not have to travel great distances to see great things as they read about amazing animals, insects, and birds that live in backyards across North America.-- A Parents' Choice Approval for 19 title book and tape series.-- Glossary highlights key plant and animal terms.-- Read-along cassettes include page-turning tones and authentic sound effects.-- Toys authenticated by Smithsonian Institution curators for realism.Spring finds a year-old robin winding up his flight north after wintering in a southern wooded swamp forest. Surely there must be a backyard for Robin to call home.

Mallard Duck at Meadow View Pond
Mallard Duck at Meadow View Pond

Author: Wendy Pfeffer

Publisher:

Published: 2002-04

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781931465922

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Growing up on the pond, young Mallard Duck and his brothers and sisters encounter many adventures.

Box Turtle at Silver Pond Lane
Box Turtle at Silver Pond Lane

Author: Susan Korman

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781568998602

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Box Turtle feeds, sleeps in a hollow log until near dark, builds her nest, and lays four eggs, thus completing her job as a mother.

Garter Snake at Willow Creek Lane
Garter Snake at Willow Creek Lane

Author: Janet Halfmann

Publisher: Palm Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781607272083

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FREE BONUS AUDIO TO DOWNLOAD Smithsonian's Backyard books expose young readers to the amazing animals, insects and birds that live in the backyards all across North America! The informative stories and full-color illustrations are reviewed by the Smithsonian Institution for accuracy. Read-along audiobooks include realistic sound effects.

Celebrating Every Learner
Celebrating Every Learner

Author: Thomas R. Hoerr

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-08-20

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 0470644710

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Howard Gardner's groundbreaking theory applied for classroom use This important book offers a practical guide to understanding how Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI) can be used in the classroom. Gardner identified eight different types of intelligence: linguistic, logical, spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, naturalist, interpersonal, and intrapersonal. Celebrating Every Learner describes the characteristics of each type of intelligence and follows up with ready-to-use lesson plans and activities that teachers can use to incorporate MI in their pre-K through 6 classrooms. Offers a treasury of easily implemented activities for engaging all students' multiple intelligences, from the New City School, a leading elementary school at the forefront of MI education Provides ready-to-use lesson plans that teachers can use to incorporate MI in any elementary classroom Includes valuable essays on how and why to integrate MI in the classroom Hoerr is the author of a bi-monthly column for Educational Leadership as well as the editor of the "Intelligence Connections" e-newsletter

Literacy and Young Children
Literacy and Young Children

Author: Diane M. Barone

Publisher: Guilford Press

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9781572308190

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One of two parents' guides based on the revised National Curriculum, this book is intended as an introduction to Key Stages 1 and 2. The need for parents to be involved in their children's education has taken root in recent years. To be able to make choices, however, parents need to be informed. This book is intended to enable them to get to grips with the elements of the National Curriculum and topical issues.