An educational story, written by a primary school teacher (and mathematics lover) to develop counting, estimating, grouping and place value knowledge. Emma LOVES counting! When she goes over to Leo's house they decide to count his big collection of cars. But should they count each car one-by-one, or is there an easier way? Join Emma and Leo as they learn how to group big numbers to make it accurate and easy to count. Includes discussion questions and optional learning activities to help deepen understanding and further develop number sense with your little one. 'Emma's BIG Counting' is part of a series that includes 'Emma's Counting', which explores number sense and counting.

An imaginative girl enjoys an adventure one rainy day in Hawaii.

From California Governor Gavin Newsom comes an empowering picture book about a young boy with dyslexia who discovers a new way to look at reading. Ben loves baseball. He loves the lines of diamond-shaped field and the dome of the pitcher's mound. What Ben doesn't like is reading. Ben has dyslexia, which means letters and sounds get jumbled up in his brain, and then the words don't make sense. But when Ben starts looking at reading like he looks at baseball, he realizes that if he keeps trying, he can overcome any obstacle that comes his way. In this empowering story by California Governor Gavin Newsom, inspired by his own childhood diagnosis of dyslexia, readers will learn that kids with the determination to try (and try again) can do big things. *This book is set in a font specifically designed to be easier for people with dyslexia to read.

An educational story written by a primary school teacher exploring halves, quarters and eighths. Perfect for the classroom!Emma is learning how to break quantities into equal parts. She practises when she plays with her brother, at school and even at her birthday party!Join Emma as she learns about using repeated halving to break the whole into halves, quarters and eighths.Includes discussion questions and optional learning activities to help deepen understanding with your child or students.Emma's Fractions is part of a series that includes Emma's Counting and Emma's BIG Counting.

Create a suave high-flying rhino, a lovesick elephant who knows her way around a kitchen, and a seriously chivalrous tiger . . . With just two weeks to go before her baby Edward’s due date, yarn enthusiast Kerry Lord picked up a crochet hook for the first time, and a new obsession began. Over the next twelve months, the collection of crochet animals expanded week by week until Edward’s Menagerie was complete—with forty unique patterns. These cute animals with larger-than-life personalities are made using simple crochet techniques, and the step-by-step instructions enable a complete beginner to get hooking straight away. Each animal also has a universal pattern, allowing crocheters to change their hooks and yarns to create four different sizes, making for 160 different possibilities. Be warned—these unlikely characters, made using a super-soft yarn in a sumptuous natural color palette, will become your new best friends as you hook your way through the whole menagerie!

A fun and educational story, written by a primary school teacher, to develop number sense and counting skills. Emma is a little girl who loves to count - in fact she sees numbers almost everywhere! She sees them in her food, in her drawings and even playing outside. She loves to challenge her mind by breaking numbers into lots of different parts. Join Emma as she plays with numbers and develops her mathematical understanding. Includes discussion questions and optional learning activities to help deepen understanding and further develop number sense with your little one. The perfect book for teachers and parents to help develop mathematical understanding in children.

Written by well-respected experts, this how-to guide provides patterns for the design of human computer human interaction (HCHI). An increasing number of applications are currently designed for use by more than one user, eg: multi-player games, interactive web sites, mobile phones, collaborative learning systems, interactive workspaces and smart environments. In these areas there is a shift from (HCI) human computer interaction to (HCHI) human computer human interaction. The role of patterns in this movement is twofold: 1st – patterns focus on the human user of the system; 2nd – patterns assist developers in the development process of groupware applications.