Crafts for Kids Who Are Wild About Insects


Book Description

This book is buzzing with great craft ideas that explore the features of insects! It contains twenty projects, ranging from a Lucky Ladybug Necklace, to a Flashing Firefly Puppet. You can even craft a Sucrrying Cockroach using a small toy car, felt and other supplies! Young insect-lovers will have hours of creative fun using the ideas in this book.




Crafts for Kids Who Are Wild about the Wild


Book Description

Provides instructions for more than seventy-five simple craft projects involving dinosaurs, ocean animals, polar animals, insects, reptiles, and animals of the rain forest and desert.




Crafts for Kids Who Are Wild About Oceans


Book Description

The twenty simple-and-creative craft projects in this book are based on some of the better-known inhabitants of the deep. You can make a Pinching Lobster, a Jellyfish Windsock, a Water-spouting Whale, and even a Scary Shark Puppet. Young ocean-lovers will have hours of creative fun using the ideas in this book.




Crafts for Kids Who Are Wild About Polar Life


Book Description

Take an adventure to the polar regions with the creative crafts in this book! Kids can make a Walrus Mask, Caribou Marionette, Penguin Pin, and even a Herd of Musk Oxen, among the twenty projectes covered. Kids will enjoy the fascinating fact boxes that accompany each craft, as they learn about the various creatures that live in the coldest places on earth!




Crafts for Kids Who Are Wild About Reptiles


Book Description

Reptiles are some of the strangest looking animals in the world! Kids will have fun learning about different types of reptiles while making some of the twenty simple crafts in this book. They can create a Gila Monster Finger Puppet, a Licking Gecko, a Shedding Snake, and even a Clothespin Alligator. A materials list and easy-to-follow instructions make the projects a snap to do!




Crafts for Kids Who Are Wild About Rainforests


Book Description

Rainforests are filled with fascinating creatures and plants. These interesting craft projects will have kids modeling many of them! Kids can make a Hercules Beetle Hat, Window Toucan, Emerald Tree Boa, and even a Howling Howler Monkey Mask! Simple instructions make the crafts easy to perform.




Fun for Kids III


Book Description

An index to children's craft books published since 1991. Provides a guide to craft instructions alphabetically by project, or by type of material used.




Crafts for Kids Who Are Wild about Dinosaurs


Book Description

If your kids are fascinated by dinosaurs, this is the book for them! It contains twenty projects related to dinosaurs and other animals from prehistoric times. Make a Pasta Fossil Plaque, or try the Triceratops Ring-Toss Game. And doesn't everyone want a Pterosaur Hat? Young dinosaur-lovers will have hours of creative fun using the ideas in this book.




Creep Crawlies


Book Description

Kids will love learning about bug life cycles, habitats, adaptations, and more with activities such as A Ladybug Year, Bugs on the Go, Mouthpart Match-Up, Habitat Maps, and Butterfly Sense. Includes engaging cross-curricular activities, learning centers, reproducible mini-books, poems, games, graphic organizers, literature connections, and much more. Plus, a big, colorful interactive poster! Book jacket.




Reading, Writing, and Gender


Book Description

Like an increasing number of educators, you recognize that girls and boys approach reading and writing differently, and that boys are lagging behind girls in many assessments of literacy learning. This book does more than describe and explain these differences. It builds on the authors' state of the art research to offer instructional strategies and classroom activities to help both girls and boys develop as readers and writers. This book is for classroom teachers in grades 3 - 8 as well as for reading specialists, instructional leaders and other educators. It provides detailed descriptions of instructional activities, accompanied by reproducible tools and materials; illustrative examples of student work; concise summaries of state-of-the-art research; and ideas for action research projects. The strategies and activities in this book have all been classroom tested with diverse student populations.