Shape Spotters


Book Description

Ms. Carey's class is looking for shapes in their school. Rectangles, triangles, circles, and squares are just a few of the shapes that they find. Hidden in the art of this Level 2 reader, children will find and identify all sorts of shapes!







Ready Reproducibles, Grades K - 1


Book Description

The possibilities for using the patterns and templates in Ready Reproducibles are endless! This 352-page book includes awards, certificates, decorative stationery, calendar and newsletter templates, literature selections, and various themes. This comprehensive book is an ideal source for cross-curricular activities, bulletin board displays, classroom decorations, parent letters, and crafts for grades K–1.




Early Childhood Vocabulary Development Activities


Book Description

Engage early learners with these lively and easy-to-use vocabulary development activities designed to introduce and build developmentally-appropriate skills. Step-by-step directions make implementation easy and students will have fun while learning! Each activity is research and standards-based including whole-class and small-group activities to enhance learning. Books include all patterns and game pieces as well as a Teacher Resource CD containing all of the activities in full color.




Vocabulary Development Activities and Games for Early Learners


Book Description

Games and activities for both whole class and small groups introduce vocabulary concepts in a fun and interactive way.




Tiny Games for Work


Book Description

“It's like carrying around a collection of Victorian parlour games – except the Tiny Games take advantage of modern social settings and contexts. They're amusing, raucous and inventive” - The Guardian Designed to give the maximum amount of fun for the minimum amount of rule-reading, Tiny Games for Work will let you find the perfect game for whatever situation you're in. All you need is this book, and the stuff that's around you. (Friends optional) Games for sticky notes and coffee grinds, games for dealing with customers and even games for working from home. Whether you're feeling creative or competitive, silly or energetic, we've got you covered.







Pick a Circle, Gather Squares


Book Description

Fall is here, with all its wonderful visual delights—not just colors, but shapes! This clever concept book follows a family on a trip to a pumpkin patch and invites children to pick out shapes from the seasonal scenery—apple bushel circles, square hay bales, diamond kites in the autumn sky! Felicia Sanzari Chernesky’s sweet verses are perfectly complemented by Susan Swan’s gorgeous collage-inspired art.




Hands-On Mathematics, Grade 1


Book Description

This teacher resource offers a detailed introduction to the Hands-On Mathematics program (guiding principles, implementation guidelines, an overview of the processes that grade 1 students use and develop during mathematics inquiry), and a classroom assessment plan complete with record-keeping templates and connections to the Achievement Levels outlined in the Ontario Mathematics Curriculum. The resource also provides strategies and visual resources for developing students' mental math skills. The resource includes: Mental Math Strategies Unit 1: Patterning and Algebra Unit 2: Data Management and Probability Unit 3: Measurement Unit 4: Geometry and Spatial Sense Unit 5: Number Sense and Numeration Each unit is divided into lessons that focus on specific curricular expectations. Each lesson has materials lists, activity descriptions, questioning techniques, problem-solving examples, activity centre and extension ideas, assessment suggestions, activity sheets, and visuals required.




A Little Book of Silly Games


Book Description

Silly games for silly people, from babies to boomers and beyond! Done all the chores? Binged all your favourite TV shows? Decorated the whole house? Written your book? Started a new business? Or would you rather just play games? A Little Book of Silly Games is stuffed full of silly stuff to do when you're bored. Have fun and race a slice of cucumber down your face or balance a teaspoon on your elbow – we all need some ridiculousness now and then.