A Bedtime Full of Stories is a richly illustrated compendium that collects magical tales from around the world, from well-known classics to lesser-known treasures.
African Tales is a collection of African Folk Tales, purposely designed to educate global story readers about a different culture and customs, as well as to entertain them. It is a collection of fictional stories that every story reader would find informative and entertaining.
Everything you need to create exciting thematic science units can be found in these handy guides. Developed for educators who want to take an integrated approach, these teaching kits contain resource lists, reading selections, and activities that can be easily pulled together for units on virtually any science topic. Arranged by subject, each book lists key scientific concepts for primary, intermediate, and upper level learners and links them to specific chapters where resources for teaching those concepts appear. Chapters identify and describe comprehensive teaching resources (nonfiction) and related fiction reading selections, then detail hands-on science and extension activities that help students learn the scientific method and build learning across the curriculum. A final section helps you locate helpful experiment books and appropriate journals, Web sites, agencies, and related organizations.
The first time Hare and Tortoise had a race, Hare stopped and slept while Tortoise kept plodding along to win. Hare was cross that he lost the race, so he wanted to race against Tortoise again. Who do you think won this time?
Whether you are a teacher, librarian, childcare provider or parent, you will find in this wonderfully presented handbook a wellspring of ideas and information on the art of storytelling to and with pre-school and school-age children. Provides ideas and materials for: infants, toddlers (ages 2-3), pre-schoolers (ages 3-5), primary level (ages 6-8), and family programs. For each group, information is provided about age-appropriate books and other printed resources, along with a wide variety of materials for other storytime activities. Included are finger plays, activities using puppets complete with instructions for making them, and materials suitable for creative dramatics with suggestions on how to involve the children. Also included are outlines for sample story programs that provide ideas for combining materials and activities to create age-appropriate themed programs. Story Programs will be the source of endless hours of enjoyment and enrichment, both for the children and the adults who use the materials it introduces.
About this Book Tortoise remains a special animal among the creatures. This African fable narrates in an interesting style various tricks by tortoise to get enough food to eat when there was a severe famine in the animal kingdom. Although clever in the deal but was the tortoise had his way at the end. How does the cracked shell found on tortoise back come about? Was the tortoise able to keep the promise made to the birds when they planned to bring him for dinner as a special guest of honor? What is the secret behind the long life-span been enjoyed by tortoise family among the animals on earth. Find out more inside this amazing of one of the most controversial creator named The Tricky Tortoise! Kids will find the story interesting and earn some moral lessons inside. Happy Reading!
A down-to-earth guide for anyone traveling overseas with children, whether on a two-week family vacation or a long-stay posting in the developing world.