Lists all the resources needed to create a balanced curriculum for homeschooling--from preschool to high school level.

The Creative Curriculum comes alive! This videotape-winner of the 1989 Silver Apple Award at the National Educational Film and Video Festival-demonstrates how teachers set the stage for learning by creating a dynamic well-organized environment. It shows children involved in seven of the interest areas in the The Creative Curriculum and explains how they learn in each area. Everyone conducts in-service training workshops for staff and parents or who teaches early childhood education courses will find the video an indispensable tool for explainin appropriate practice.

Where do carrots eat Easter dinner? At the vege-table! This hilarious 32-page pad pairs wholesome Easter jokes from Highlights with wiggling googly eyes that peek through every page. A perfect Easter basket stuffer, little peeps ages 6-9 will love reading and sharing the 30+ age-appropriate and silly jokes inside this book. This laugh-out-loud joke pad combines wacky googly eyes, silly cartoons and dozens of zany jokes, including knock-knock jokes and riddles about the Easter bunny, colored eggs and more springtime silliness. Guaranteed to amuse any kid on Easter morning, on a road trip, or during other "I'm bored" moments, this book contains jokes the whole family can enjoy. Plus, sharing jokes is a great way for kids to build confidence and social-emotional skills.

PURA BELPRÉ HONOR BOOK ALA NOTABLE BOOK “An important, must-have addition to the growing body of literature with immigrant themes.” —School Library Journal (starred review) Twelve-year-old Jaime makes the treacherous and life-changing journey from his home in Guatemala to live with his older brother in the United States in this “powerful and timely” (Booklist, starred review) middle grade novel. Jaime is sitting on his bed drawing when he hears a scream. Instantly, he knows: Miguel, his cousin and best friend, is dead. Everyone in Jaime’s small town in Guatemala knows someone who has been killed by the Alphas, a powerful gang that’s known for violence and drug trafficking. Anyone who refuses to work for them is hurt or killed—like Miguel. With Miguel gone, Jaime fears that he is next. There’s only one choice: accompanied by his cousin Ángela, Jaime must flee his home to live with his older brother in New Mexico. Inspired by true events, The Only Road is an individual story of a boy who feels that leaving his home and risking everything is his only chance for a better life. The story is “told with heartbreaking honesty,” Booklist raved, and “will bring readers face to face with the harsh realities immigrants go through in the hope of finding a better, safer life, and it will likely cause them to reflect on what it means to be human.”

Directed to speakers of English as a second language, a multi-media guide to pronouncing American English uses a "pure-sound" approach to speaking to help imitate the fluid ways of American speech.

This book is a useful resource for K-6 teachers to implement guided reading in small groups while improving classroom management with meaningful, independent literacy center activities. It provides clear, step-by-step procedures for implementing balanced literacy, establishment of classroom routines and management techniques, numerous literacy center ideas in all content areas, a system for leveling texts to be used in guided reading, classroom organization and helpful planning tips, and practical student assessment.