Read the real-life adventures of Wildlife Wong. Meet a crazy pig parents Michael and Mary and their three little pigs, learn all about their species, then make a 3D map of where they live.
Read the real-life adventures of Wildlife Wong as he encounters weird and wonderful rainforest creatures including the heroic mighty fig wasp, then make your own mini rainforest.
Read the real-life adventures of Wildlife Wong. Find out what happens when an elephant sits on his car, or when elephants take selfies with his camera traps. Then can you build your very own camera?
Read the real-life adventures of Wildlife Wong as he is on the front line of a race against extinction for one of the most ancient animals on earth, then build your own Sumatran rhino model and habitat.
Read the real-life adventures of Wildlife Wong as he raises and releases a tiny sun bear cub. Learn what makes sun bears special, then become a scientists and see if you can make electricity from vegetables!
Read the real-life adventures of Wildlife Wong as he cares for a rescued orangutan called Polly, find out what happens when another orangutan locks him into his office, and see if you can build an oranutan nest!
Tens of thousands of K-3 teachers have relied on this book--now revised and expanded with more than 50% new material--to plan and deliver effective literacy instruction tailored to each student's needs. The authors provide a detailed framework for implementing differentiated small-group instruction over multiweek cycles. Each component of the ......
An Educator's Guide to Using Dyadic Developmental Practice
Experienced clinicians show how educators can easily use a proven psychological model to help pupils who have experienced relational trauma. Contains everything required to embed it into teaching practice, including building connections with students and teachers, exploration of the theory, and practical applications.
Well established as a definitive text--and now revised and updated with eight new chapters--this book translates cutting-edge research into effective guidelines for teaching writing in grades K-12. Illustrated with vivid classroom examples, the book identifies the components of a complete, high-quality writing program. Leading experts provide ......
The beginnings of all things are small, but the possibilities for our primary pupils are infinite. Many books explore the wonders of science and education research but few are rooted in the reality of the primary classroom, what it is really like to run a primary classroom, and to spend each day in the fascinating company of our youngest ......
The Interconnected Primary Curriculum & Effective Subject Leadership
Emma Turner outlines the unique considerations needed for designing and implementing a rich, high-quality primary curriculum which serves our youngest learners - a blend of academic thinking, educational research, the wisdom of decades of primary experience and a true love of the unique nature of primary.
Moving Beyond Skills and Strategies to Reader-Focused Instruction
Reading instruction is too often grounded in a narrowly defined "science of reading" that focuses exclusively on cognitive skills and strategies. Yet cognition is just one aspect of reading development. This book guides K-8 educators to understand and address other scientifically supported factors that influence each student's literacy learning, ......
Why creative form drawing with Children? The purpose, benefits and learning outcomes for children. Form drawing and countering screen effects. Origins and development. Rudolf Steiner's original exercises.
With 50% new material reflecting current research and pedagogical perspectives, this indispensable course text and teacher resource is now in a thoroughly revised third edition. Leading educators provide a comprehensive picture of reading, writing, and oral language instruction in grades 5-12. Chapters present effective practices for motivating ......
More quick, creative Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics activities for 5-11-year-olds
Emily Hunt returns with another stimulating selection of 40 tried-and-tested, easy-to-resource STEM activities designed to engage and inspire young learners aged 5–11. From caring for our environment to the digital revolution, the demand for STEM skills is huge and is only set to grow. STEM is therefore an important priority area in modern ......
This invaluable supplementary curriculum meets Reading First criteria and contains numerous classroom-ready activities designed to increase the phonemic awareness and preliteracy skills of preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade students.
Games for Teaching Primary French is a practical toolkit containing a wide variety of fun and engaging activities for all abilities, from complete beginners to more competent learners. It includes a range of activities, from 5-minute starters or plenaries to longer, more challenging games where learners can make substantial progress. It has ......
The curriculum is the driving force for excellent teaching and learning in any school. Yet, in primary schools, the curriculum is often led by class teachers who have little or no time to give to this vital part of their role. Schools seeking to develop distributive leadership can find that many barriers arise for middle leaders. Subject leaders ......
Mind Mechanics provides activities, worksheets and lesson plans to empower children with the skills they need to manage their mental health throughout life. It can be used flexibly as a full programme or as a toolbox of activities to use as and when needed and is suitable for group or 1:1 work.
In this companion book to Primary Huh, Mary and John give a platform to practitioners who lead on the broader issues of primary curriculum design, including, amongst other things: shaping the curriculum for mixed-age classes; designing and implementing a cross-MAT curriculum; building the "cradle to career" curriculum.
A definitive guide to routines-based intervention where the author gives professionals a detailed framework for early intervention that addresses families' individual needs and helps children participate in daily routines. With the step-by-step guidance o
This widely adopted text and K-8 practitioner resource demonstrates how successful literacy teachers combine explicit skills instruction with an emphasis on reading for meaning. Distinguished researcher Richard L. Allington builds on the late Michael Pressley's work to explain the theories and findings that guide balanced teaching and illustrate ......
A music resource book for Steiner-Waldorf teachers for Classes 1 to 8, with over 200 songs. Includes three audio CDs to assist teachers who don't read music.
Fresh Perspecitves on Waldorf Education: Principles, Methods, Curriculum
In this book, Stephen Sagarin clears away a few cobwebs to reveal the art, the living heart, and profound hope contained in the educational impulse known as Waldorf education. With brisk and insightful essays—written by a man clearly working in the midst of his subject matter—he moves through seven core themes of youth education—growth, method, ......
Curriculum conversations with subject leaders in primary schools
Following the success of the secondary-focused 'Huh: Curriculum conversations between subject and senior leaders', Mary Myatt and John Tomsett have teamed up with primary specialists to have conversations with primary teachers and key stage co-ordinators who are doing great curriculum development work.
Developmental Movement, Drawing, and Painting in Waldorf Education
A compelling book for teachers that argues that a focus on posture, special orientation and coordination is as important to healthy child development as academic content.
Simplicitus Altius is the companion book to Simplicitus: The Interconnected Primary Curriculum and Effective Subject Leadership. Building on the initial ideas from Simplicitus, this book now explores further challenges in effective curriculum design within primary including reading and its place in curriculum design
Grasping the meaning of a text enables K-8 students to appreciate its language and structure through close reading, which in turn leads to deeper comprehension. This book explains the relationship between comprehension and close reading and offers step-by-step guidelines for teaching both of these key elements of literacy. Reproducible lessons are ......
Mental Health and Wellbeing in Primary Education offers a wealth of advice, tips and lesson plans for teaching and promoting mental wellbeing to primary age children along with a detailed introduction to how a range of key issues are diagnosed and treated.
Too many adolescent learners still struggle with reading. This much-needed guide shows how to support teachers in providing effective literacy instruction in the content areas, which can be intensified as needed within a multi-tiered framework. Adaptive Intervention Model (AIM) Coaching was created for grades 6-8, but is equally applicable in high ......
This book gives all teachers in grades 5-12 practical strategies for building the unique literacy skills that students need for success in their respective subject areas. Drawing from interviews with leading educators and professionals in science, mathematics, history, the arts, and other disciplines, the authors explain what disciplinary literacy ......
Written and edited by experts in the field, this book provides a blueprint for weaving effective word study into the fabric of classrooms and schools. Provided are principles, ideas, materials, and activities for use with teachers in a range of professional learning contexts.
At a time of renewed focus on the schools curriculum, Roy Blatchford has brought together some of the sharpest thinkers in education in a brilliant mixture of both practical and conceptual essays about what makes for a positive primary curriculum, 4 - 11.
Practical strategies for working smarter, not harder
Paints a vivid picture of life in a primary school classroom and shares top tips on how to enrich young pupils' learning at no extra cost to teachers' time or the school budget.
The definitive reference in the field, this volume synthesizes current knowledge on writing development and instruction at all grade levels. Prominent scholars examine numerous facets of writing from sociocultural, cognitive, linguistic, neuroscience, and new literacy/technological perspectives. The volume reviews the evidence base for widely used ......
