CRITICAL THINKING AND SELF-AWARENESS
Early Childhood, Kindergarten

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENES
Teaching kids the way they learn.
Grade k

Bring the theory of multiple intelligences into your classroom with creative, practical leassons. The concepts and skills of the kindergarten curriculum are presented in an imaginative way that engages all of your students' abilities. All six subject areas are addressed with each of the eight intelligences.

READING FOR EVERY CHILD: ANIMALS
Ages 5 and UP

Build phonics skills, increase vocabulary, and develop text comprehension everytime your children use this book. The stories in this book, both fiction and nonfiction, all have an animal theme that will keep interest levels high. Each passage is followed by questions that focus on letter sounds, word meanings, and overall comprehension.

ELEMENTARY ECONOMICS: MATH
Grade 2

This book contains two complete center-driven units that include reproducible worksheets, economic games, and literature suggestions. Class activities include exercises that introduce and practice basic economic principles, such as producer, consumer, goods and services.

LITTLE MERMAID UNDER THE SEA Card Game
Grades PreK-2

BILINGUAL MEMORY MATE by Leap Frog
Grades PreK-1

HOOKED ON SPANISH: Beginning Spanish
Grades PreK-1

MAYA & MIGUEL WORD SCRAMBLE
Grades 1-4

LEARNING EASEL - Alphabet & Shapes
Grades PreK-1

IF YOU MADE A MILLION
Grades PreK-4

THE NEW TOE: Poems To
Tickle Your Funnybone
Grades K-6

WISHES FOR YOU
Grades PreK-1

FRIENDS OF A FEATHER
Grades PreK-3

PASS THE CELERY ELLERY!
Grades PreK-3

DIRTY LAUNDRY PILE
Grades K-4

ROLLING HARVEY DOWN THE HILL
Grades PreK - 2

WEAVING THE LITERACY WEB: CREATING
CURRICULUM BASED ON BOOKS CHILDREN LOVE
Grades PreK - K

MY BIG WORLD OF WONDER:
LEARNING ABOUT NATURE AND USING NATURAL RESOURCES WISELY
Grades 1-6

READ IT! WRITE IT!
Grades 3-5

FROM RAGS TO RICHES BOOK GUIDES
Grades 3-5

BOOK PROJECTS TO SEND HOME
LANGUAGE ARTS
Grade 3

GRAMMAR MADE SIMPLE
Grade 3

THE TUTOR'S HANDBOOK - READING
Grade 3

READING (Gifted & Talented)
Grade 3

STORIES AND FINGER PLAYS
Grades PreK - K

READING, WRITING & MATH (Gifted & Talented)
Grade K

READING, WRITING & MATH (Gifted & Talented)
Grade 2

THE TUTOR'S HANDBOOK - READING
Grade 1

STORY FRAMES
Grades 2-3

SENTENCES AND PUNCTUATION
Grades 1-3

MAIN IDEA
Grade 1

FALL - SUPER CIRCLE TIME
Grades PreK-1

SPRING - SUPER CIRCLE TIME
Grades PreK-1

WINTER - SUPER CIRCLE TIME
Grades PreK-1

SCRAMBLED WORD BUILDING
Grade 2

WORD FAMILY POEMS & PUPPETS
Grades K-2

Teach phonics skills with these fun and entertaining reproducible poems that feature 20 key word families. Then, invite kids to create an adorable paperbag puppet to go with each poem.

MEASUREMENT A Hands-On, Minds-On Approach
Grades 2 and 3

Engage students' minds in meaningful scientific inquiry! Improve your science teaching skills as you take students through the science learning cycle. Each lesson connects student learning to real-life applications. Your students will explore, discover, and explain great science!

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
Teaching kids the way they learn.
Grade 2

Bring the theory of multiple intelligences into your classroom with creative, practical leassons. The concepts and skills of the second grade curriculum are presented in an imaginative way that engages all of your students' abilities. All six subject areas are addressed with each of the eight intelligences.

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
Teaching kids the way they learn.
Grade 1

Bring the theory of multiple intelligences into your classroom with creative, practical leassons. The concepts and skills of the first grade curriculum are presented in an imaginative way that engages all of your students' abilities. All six subject areas are addressed with each of the eight intelligences.

GRID AND READ IT
Graphing, Art, and Writing Activities Based on Children's Literature
Grades 1 to 3

Graphing actvities connected to children's literature that are easy to plan and prepare. 20 reproducible graphing actvities in this book will delight students as they create clever pictures that relate to familiar books. Plus, 19 open-ended art and writing activities extend language arts learning.

POWER THINK
Cooperative Critical Thinking Activities
Grade 1

"POWERTHINK" is full of cooperative activities that encourage students to evaluate information, differentiate between fact and opinion, and look at both sides of an issue. Working in small groups, students will have an oportunity to practice a variety of important skills.

1 2 3 ORDERING & SEQUENCING
PreK to K

"1 2 3 Ordering and Sequencing" contains hundreds of activities and manipulatives to help teach the beginning concepts of ordering (by height, weight, texture, letters, numbers), and the first steps in sequencing (stories, events, life stages, simple procedures). Patterns are included and will provide hours of fun for young hands to use in who-class activities or at a center.

THEME-A-SAURUS ANIMALS
Ages 3 to 6

The book is filled with easy, hands-on activities that invite children to learn about animals in creative and playful ways. Packed with hundreds of cross-curricular ideas, your students will learn through art projects, rhymes, games, math and science activities, language development exercises, music and movement explorations, snack recipes, and more.

STORY TIME
Grades K TO 1

Helps build the bridge between school and home with fun games, writing activities, and crafts that children share with their families! Reinforces reading skills through literature-based activities.

SOCIAL STUDIES
Grades K TO 1

Helps build the bridge between school and home with fun games, writing activities, and crafts that children share with their families! Reinforces social studies skills through literature-based activities. Teaches children about the family, the United States, Native Americans, and MORE!

SCIENCE
Grades K TO 1

Helps build the bridge between school and home with fun games, writing activities, and crafts that children share with their families! Reinforces science skills through literature-based activities. Teaches children about the insects, ocean animals, space, and MORE!

IMPROVING STUDENT WRITING
Sentences * Recommended Grade Level 3 and Up

Developed by teachers as a way to make writing fun and easy, this book includes 36 self-checking reproducible actvities and 36 related creative-writing exercises. Unique overhead viewing tool ensures that all eyes stay focussed on you and the task at hand.

OVERHEAD ALPHABET TILES (26 lowercase)

Set of 26, hard plastic, clear overhead lowercase letters (a-z).

FLUENCY STRATEGIES FOR STRUGGLING READERS
Grades 1 - 3

Disfluent readers may exhibit different symptoms - from difficulty decoding to grouping words in awkward phrases. However, disfluency impacts all struggling readers in the same way: It interferes with their reading comprehension. In "Fluency Strategies for Struggling Readers", reading specialist Marcia Delany clearly defines and helps you identify disfluency symptoms that prevent your primary-grade readers from achieving in reading. Then she shares her best tips and strategies for helping these readers gain the fluency skills they need to become confident readers who understand - and enjoy - what they read.

SOFT FOAM STORY STARTER CUBES

Spark imaginations and reinforce the elements of a story with these color-coded cubes. Set of 6 cubes includes two blue character cubes, two yellow setting cubes and 2 red situation cubes. Children roll all six cubes then mix and match characters, settings and situations to get a story started. Cubes measure 4cm X 4cm and are made of durable foam. Comes with actvity guide.

BIOLOGY FOR EVERY KID

101 easy experiments that really work! Exciting ideas, projects and activities for school, science fairs and just plain fun. Every actvity has been pretested and can be performed safely and inexpensively in the classroom or home.

RESOURCES FOR DRAMATIC PLAY

Provides 26 play themes, including a list of play props, costume suggestions, and ideas for dramatic scenery at your immediate disposal. Special hints for the teacher, play possibilities, and preparation tips are also included.

FUNDAMENTAL PHONICS
Grade 3

This comprehensive series adds delight to phonics with whimsical poems, riddles, stories and writing activities. Includes handouts, school-to-home suggestions, and extension activities.

WEATHER & SEASONS
Make Your Own Emergent Readers Grades K-2

Build literacy in beginning readers by inviting them to make their own books! Charming stories will delight young readers with simple, repetitive, and predictable text, rhyme, and rhythm. Children are actively engaged as they create their own illustrations and complete sentence frames, making the books truly their own. While reinforcing basic concepts, these little books provide children with text they can read successfully on their own. Imagine how proud children wil be sharing their very own books with family and friends! A great way to encourage a lifelong love of reading.

AROUND THE COMMUNITY
Make Your Own Emergent Readers Grades K-2

Build literacy in beginning readers by inviting them to make their own books! Charming stories will delight young readers with simple, repetitive, and predictable text, rhyme, and rhythm. Children are actively engaged as they create their own illustrations and complete sentence frames, making the books truly their own. While reinforcing basic concepts, these little books provide children with text they can read successfully on their own. Imagine how proud children wil be sharing their very own books with family and friends! A great way to encourage a lifelong love of reading.

LITTLE SCIENCE STORIES
Make Your Own Emergent Readers Grades K-2

Build literacy in beginning readers by inviting them to make their own books! Charming stories will delight young readers with simple, repetitive, and predictable text, rhyme, and rhythm. Children are actively engaged as they create their own illustrations and complete sentence frames, making the books truly their own. While reinforcing basic concepts, these little books provide children with text they can read successfully on their own. Imagine how proud children wil be sharing their very own books with family and friends! A great way to encourage a lifelong love of reading.

THINK, DO AND READ MINI-BOOKS
Grades 1-2

Engage beginning readers with these fun, skill-based mini-books! For each project, young learners must think about how to finish each booklet page and then complete it. Children will proudly "eread" their mini-books to family and friends.

READING: DOODLELOOPS
Grades K-2

Students follow a set of phonics-based instructions to create their own illustrations. Reinforces phonics skills, reading comprehension , and follwing directions.

COOPERATIVE LEARNING
Across The Curriculum Grades K-6

Brings you everything you need to transform your classroom into a place where students cooperate as a team. This book includes complete step-by-step instructions for introducing cooperative learning to your students; easy-to-organize, fun-to-do activities across the curriculum for primary and intermediate grades; reproducible activity pages for partners and teams to work on together; plus special reproducible forms to make record-keeping a breeze.

WRITING
Gifted & Talented Grade K

Encourages creativity while having fun! Offering enrichment activities that stimulate children's minds rather than repeating skills that replicate what they already know.

GUIDED WRITING
Language Arts, Grade 2

The creative thinking and writing exercises in Guided Writing provide ample opportunitites for studens to generate original ideas about common objects and occurrences. Each activitiey begins with tree questions or statements to stimulate the imagination and writing process and ends with a final question that brings the information together.

PRIMARY COMPREHENSION
Grades 1-2

High-interest stories and simple reding comprehension pages reinforce reading and vocabulary skills. Reproducibles included.

FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS
(Sing Along And Learn)

Invite children to sing along and learn how to follow directions , a key to success in school! This full-color, illustrated book with audio CD includes lively orignial songs that encourae active listening. The toe=tapping tunes and fun lyrics also help young children build oral language and early literacy skills! Includes song sheets and easy, learning-filled activities.

LITERACY LUNCH BOX
FOR K-4

Contains Spelling is the Game...Here are the Rules game booklet, word cards, 1 alpha die, 60 alphabet tiles (lower case), 1X3-minute sand timer. All contained in a Mini Lunch Box

LITERACY LUNCH BOX
CLASS SET OF 24 BOXES (with bonus!)

Class set comes with 24 LITERACY LUNCH BOXES and the bonus.

FOLLOW DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY
Grades 2-3

Follow Directions Carefully gives students valuable practice in the important skill of reading and following directions. Students color, write, draw, and trace to follow directions. 20 reproducible pages.

FOLLOW DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY
Grades 1-2

Students learn to refine their "following-directions" skills as they color, write, trace and draw.

MATH AND LANGUAGE ARTS:
EXTRA HELP Grade 3

Extra Help for math and language arts is right here in this book! Teachers and parents alike will find its contents helpful when working with students who need extra practice in the fundamentals of language arts and math. Each actvity page covers a specific skill or concept and reinforces classroom instruction.

THE COMPLETE LETTER BOOK
Pre-K to Grade 3

Includes a reproducible activity sheet of multisensory experiences for each letter of the alphabet. Supplementay ideas for each letter are also included.

PHONICS FUN Grades 2-3

This book provides a quick source of self-contained lessons and practice material, designed to be used as full-scaled lessons or to make productive use of those precious extra minutes that sometimes turn up in the day's schedule. Activities include: crossword fun, cut and paste, match the word (word/picture matching), fun with vowels, letter scramble, word find, and more.

WORD FAMILIES Shoe Box Learning Centers
Grades K-2

30 instant centers with reporducible templates and activities that help kids practice important literacy skills - independently! Each box can be assembled with readily available materials and include reproducible labels, gameboards, worksheets and easy to read student directions.

READING ACTIVITIES Grades 1-2

A "best buy" bargain book from Frank Schaffer Publications. Over 125 reproducible pages that are great for learning centers or whole class activities. Skills practiced include alphabetizing, reading comprehension, sight word drill and more. Answer Key included.

A HUGE HOG IS A BIG PIG
(Rhyming Book/Games)

Ever play a wackey word game sometimes called "Stinky Pinky" or "Silly Willy"? First you get a 2 word clue. Then you think of two words that mean the same thing - and rhyme. For instance a "Chubby Kitty" is a "Fat Cat"! Open the book, figure out the answers and then make up your own clues and answers. It's Fun!

THEME UNITS KIDS ADORE:
FROM ANTS TO ZOOS
(Grades K - 3)

This book is filled with easy-to-do activities relating to topics that are among children's favorites. Each theme in this book contains a collection of activities from a variety of curriculum areas including language arts, math, science, social studies, art and music. Suggestions and patterns for learning centers are provided as additional opportunities for fun and hands-on learning. 96 reproducible pages.

USING CONTEXT CLUES
(Grades 1 - 3)

Students use context clues to improve their reading comprehension. A word bank ensures readability. Reproducible pages, included.

CONSONANT DIGRAPHS (K-3)
(Modified Basic Skills)

Fun and focused reproducible phonics activities reach beginning readers through auditory, kinesthetic and visual modes. An amusing rhyme or short story is offered for each specific consonant, vowel or letter combination sound. As the verse is read aloud, students listen and follow it on the mini-booklet pages.

CONSONANTS (K-3)
(Modified Basic Skills)

The sounds of consonants will stay neatly fixed in your students' minds after they read these short, funny stories in verse. The author presents rhymes to read aloud that reinforce corect pronunciation and improve recognition of the 21 consonants.

VOWEL DIGRAPHS & DIPHTHONGS (K-3)
(Modified Basic Skills)

Use rhyme and humor to teach students about vowel digraphs and diphthongs. Arranged around 10 different vowel sounds and letter combinations, the activities in this book offer varied formats to challenge and motivate students. Rhyming stories reinforce phonic skills while teaching lessons about safety and good judgement. Students think about what they've read then express their thoughts through drawing and writing.

CONSONANT BLENDS (K-3)
(Modified Basic Skills)

The sounds of important consonant blends will stay happily fixed in your children's minds after they read these short, funny stories in verse. The author is a teacher with over 25 years of experience in the primary classroom. She presents rhymes to read aloud that reinforce correct pronunciation and improve recognition of 15 commonly used consonant blends. Children can make booklets to keep for review, practice and games.

SHORT & R-CONTROLLED VOWEL SOUNDS (K-3)
(Modified Basic Skills)

Fun and focused reproducible phonics activities reach beginning readers through auditory, kinesthetic and visual modes. An amusing rhyme or short story is offered for each specific consonant, vowel or letter combination sound. As the verse is read aloud, students listen and follow along on their pages. Students also complete varied recognition and writing exercises - all in the context of mastering phonic skills.

LONG VOWEL SOUNDS (K-3)
(Modified Basic Skills)

Teaching phonics skills is a delight with theses short stories in verse. Throughout each engaging story, a specific long vowel sound is emphasized many times to boost auditory and visual discrimination skills. As the verse is read outloud, children must listen carefully and follow along on their pages. Students can also make bookelets to keep for review and practice.

MODIFIED BASIC SKILLS (K-3)
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FAST IDEAS FOR BUSY TEACHERS Grades 2-3

Provides you with hundreds of ideas that fit right into your hectic schedule. Besides activities for every subject in the classroom, including art, math, science, social studies and language arts, there are numerous hints for managing your classroom. With little preparation add a little something "extra" to your everyday teaching.

GETTING THE MAIN IDEA
(Grades 2-4)

This book of black-line reproducibles is an excellent tool for students to practice their reading comprehension skills. The short and humorous stories along with funny cartoons engage young readers to think, analyze and problem solve.

HANDWRITING WITH HARVEY HIPPO
(Grades 2-3)

A comprehensive approach to reinforcing handwriting skills. One practice sentence is included for each letter of the alphabet. In addition, students practice names, ending punctuation and more. Bonus - for added fun, the cover becomes a colorful gameboard.

THEME BASED VOCABULARY BUILDERS
(Grade 3)

This excellent activity book draws on new research about reading and introduces young readers to words in context. Each section of this book contains pages that relate to each area of the curriculum: the arts, including sports; math; science; and social science. The material corelates to the standards, and a list of pages and correlations is included.

PHONICS MADE SIMPLE
(Grade 2)

This activity book will spark the imagination and interest of children as they develop reading skills. Activities include games, art projects, riddles and poems that teach children to identify letters and sounds. Designed for individual, partner, group and whole class learning.

PHONICS ACTIVITIES
Grades 2-3

Crossword puzzles, word searches and riddles are some of the actvities used to teach phonics. Reproducible pages.

FIRST GRADE ACTIVITES

Early learners will enjoy practicing their skills with the varied and creative activities that are a part of this Best Buy Bargain Book. Actvities include visual discrimination, completing sentences, following directions and sight word comprehension. Answer key included.

READING, WRITING & MATH
(Gifted and Talented Grade 1)

Students will enjoy fun and challenging activities that will help develop reading comprehension, writing and math skills.

PHONICS BLENDS & DIAGRAPHS
(Grades 1-2)

The sequenced activities in this book cover a large selection of phonics skills with illustrations that enhance motivation.

WORD SKILLS - PHONICS AND SPELLING
(K-3)

Primary Teachers! Supplement your curriculum with over 48 reproducible pages of activities and easy to implement ideas.

WORD PUZZLES
(Grade 2)

Each word puzle in this fantastic book focuses on critical thinking and language arts. Skills practiced include synonyms, antonyms, vowel sounds, vocabulary lessons and more.

PROOFREADING: CAPITALIZATION, PUNCTUATION & SPELLING

"Proofreading" will give your students opportunities to review and apply rules and guidelines for capitalization, punctuation and spelling. These success-oriented pages will compliment your curriculum as they boost your student's proofreading skills.

OBJECT RHYMES
(For Emergent Readers)

Reproducible rhyme books to make and take home. Foster self-confidence and a love for reading with these delightful rhymes. Children color and assemble their book and then read the rhymes together. Children will be thrilled when they discover that they can actually read their books thanks to the rhyme and repetition and the illustrative clues.

NUMBER RHYMES: Reproducibles
Language Emergent Reader

Reproducible rhyme books to make and take home. Foster self-confidence and a love for reading with these delightful rhymes. Simply photocopy the pages and let your kids color, assemble the books and read them outloud! Children will be thrilled to discover that they are easy to read, thanks to the rhyme, repetition and illustrative clues.

SPECIAL VOWELS AND CONSONANTS SELF CHECK
Grades 1-3

Fourteen templates with over 200 exercises per book provide excellent phonics practice. By correcting their own work, kids learn from their mistakes and build on their successes.

MORE INITIAL CONSONANTS SELF CHECK BOOK
GRADES K-2

Fourteen templates with over 200 exercises per book provide a perfect opportunity for stuents to practice phonics. By correcting their own work, kids learn from their mistakes and take pride in their successes.

INITIAL CONSONANTS SELF CHECK BOOK
GRADES K-2

Fourteen templates provide a perfect opportunity for students to practice phonics. To use self-checks, students place the template on a sheet of paper and write their answers in the holes. To check, simply turn template over and place it on the answers. Excellent independent activity!

MORE PIGGYBACK SONGS
Music Book for Primary

New songs sung to the tune of childhood favourites. No music to read. Easy for children to learn. Chorded for guitar and autoharp. 185 songs. Excellent for family or school "sing-alongs" and language arts activities.

SCRABBLE FUN - Hands-On Learning Activity Book
Grades 1 - 3

Kids have fun while learning anagrams, vocabulary development, reading and writing. More than 70 scrabble easy, tear-out tiles included.

ABC ALPHABET FUN SET

Set includes: activity flip book, 9" x 11.5" metal board, 52 magnetic letters, 1 uppercase alphabet die and 1 lowercase alphabet die.

FOAM ADHESIVE NUMBERS & LETTERS

12 Sheets of Upper Case Foam, adhesive letters 0-9 Numbers. 360 small, 402 large. Assorted colours. Great for school projects, art, posters, literacy and more. 5/8" to 1 1/4".

GINGHAM ABC LETTERS

1" Foam ABC Letters, assorted gingham check colors, all uppercase. 500 pieces.

MAGNETIC LITERACY
High Quality Magnetic Letter Tiles
For Use In Elementary Literacy Programs.

Word Family Fun - Long Vowels (Boxed Game)

Includes 35 playing cards with long vowel combinations and game instructions. For two to four players.

BLENDING BUDDIES
(Boxed Game) K-3

Memory match activity contains 20 blend cards and 20 sentence cards. For two to four players. Comes with game instructions.

CONSONANT DOMINOES
(Boxed Game)

40 colorful playing cards to reinforce hard and soft "c" and "g". Grades 1-3 for two to four players.

ICE CREAM PARTY
Phonics Boxed Game - Ages 5 and up.

Match the scoops to make a word! Play this fun phonics game alone or up to 4 players. Includes 5 game boards, 40 playing cards and simple directions.

PUZZLE ISLAND

Exciting illustrations accompanied by intriguing text engage the readers to break codes and employ various spelling strategies. Perfect to integrate into many themes or subject areas.

PICTURE THIS - Graphic Organizers

The brain's capacity to remember pictures is UNLIMITED! Research indicates the human brain remembers things longer when a picture is involved. Graphic organizers provide an opportunity for students to organize, create and apply new information in the form of a picture. Skills covered include - sequencing, comparing and contrasting, character analysis, cause and effect, main idea and more. Enriched with Literacy Links and fun websites to explore.

BEYOND MORNING MESSAGE
Grades K-2

This excellent resource from Scholastic includes dozens of ideas for interactive letters to your class that enhance shared reading, writing, math and much more. Skills covered also include journal writing, poetry, descriptive writing and interactive stories that will engage students in grades K-2.

RHYME DOMINOES - Boxed Set
(Grades 2-4)

This interactive game will teach and reinforce the ability to discriminate between visual and auditory patterns and a variety of spelling patterns.

DR. SEUSS STATIONARY SET

Includes 12 writing sheets, 9 postcards, 12 envelopes. Great for writing centers, letters to parents and more.

ALPHA-DECK CARD GAMES BOOK
For Pre-K to 3

75 fun-filled interactive games that introduce and reinforce spelling, reading and problem solving skills. Favorites include Alpha-hockey, Crazy Q's and more!

ALPHA-DECK CARD & GAME BOOK SET
For Pre-K to 3

Buy the set (cards and book). Perfect for any elementary classroom. Awesome for homework extensions. Parents love it!

MUSICAL LETTERS KIT

LITTLE BROWN HEN'S SHOWER

Hard cover children's literature book. This clever book teaches an important lesson about homonyms as it explores "showers". A great addition to your class library.