Math. If you know what you’re looking for, it can be seen all around. Some people think it’s a curse, others think it’s grand. But we all need and use it! No matter how you feel about it, you’ll find something about math to learn or laugh about or just enjoy as you read the books suggested here.
Find out how an elementary school in Sheridan, Wyoming transformed their literacy instruction from a balanced literacy approach to a structured literacy framework. Integrating systematic and explicit instruction resulted in improved reading and writing achievement for their students, and professional growth for all of the teachers.
Real-life scientists use charts and graphs as a way to organize and understand the information they have gathered. Young scientists can do the same! These activities will help you and your child create simple bar charts together, learn the vocabulary of graphing, and have fun building graphs using real objects.
We’re all abuzz about Bug Buddies, our newest online toolkit for educators, summer program staff, and parents that explores all things insect, combining hands-on activities with great fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for 5 days’ worth of reading and learning fun.