In our package, you will find patterns to make an interactive big book. Interactive books include your listening audience in the reading of the story. You can make a big book and story pieces that are added to the story as you read along. Place the big book at a reading centre for hours and hours of reading enjoyment. You'll also find patterns to make hands-on activities for a learning centre and flannelboard patterns for "Old Macdonald" that add a visual dimension to a traditional song. Contents include: Story Overview, How To Assemble, Story Patterns, Hands-On Instructions, Hands-On Patterns, Old Macdonald Flannelboard Instructions, and Old Macdonald Patterns. This Primary Studies lesson provides a teacher and student section with big books, hands-on activities, and flannelboard activity and song to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

Originally published: Natick, MA: Picture Book Studio, c1987.

Like many of nature's wonders, birds are often taken for granted. But these birds won't go unnoticed! Spring, summer, autumn and winter birds, woodland, meadow, sea and marsh birds - all are brought to life in lively, lyrical prose and rich plasticine-relief illustration. Colour and movement abound in every word and every detail, making each bird memorable.

Enlarged Texts, or Big Books, allow groups of children to see and respond to the printed page and pictures of a story as they would during a one-on-one lap reading with an adult. The Big Books in this bibliography were selected based on appeal to the listed age group, usefulness for group sharing, quality of construction, and success of translation from small to large format. This reference explores: -- The shared reading experience -- Failure and successes of enlarging text and illustrations -- Practicalities of purchasing and using Big Books -- Ideas for activities using Big Books -- Patterns for suggested activities -- Sources for Big Books and a bibliography of selected Big Books

Presents articles from state journals that give music teachers ideas on how to include special needs students, offer suggestions for dealing with specific types of special needs students, and address teachers' responsibilities and support under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

Complete Year for Grade 3 provides a whole yearÕs worth of practice for essential school skills such as subject-verb agreement, adjectives and adverbs, multiplication and division word problems, fractions, perimeter and area, and more. Thinking Kid(R) Complete Year is a comprehensive at-home learning resource with 36 lessonsÑone for each week of the school year! Practice activities for multiple subject areas, including reading, writing, language arts, and math, are included in each weekly lesson to ensure mastery of all subject areas for one grade level. Complete Year lessons support the Common Core State Standards now adopted in most US states. Handy organizers help parents monitor and track their childÕs progress and provide fun bonus learning activities. Complete Year is a complete solution for academic success in the coming school year.