toys & games: publications     toys & games:       Words on the Vine: 36 Vocabulary Units on Root Words9 reviews Claudia Vurnakes Instructional Fair, 1999 Great intro to Word Roots I love this book! I have used it with 3 of my children so far and plan next year to use it wth my youngest. Each of the 36 lessons has 3 activity sheets plus suggestions for further activities. There are a couple of levels of activities, so you could easily return to the book later and do the harder ones as review. In addition, each lesson has other words listed that also share the root, so ...             Publication International Story Reader Disney's Cars 3-pk.4 reviews Publication International Publication International Disney Books My grandsons have enjoyed these books as well as the movie. It inspires them to tell stories. They have a lot of reading time not movie time so they enjoy the movie books.             ESL Active Learning Lessons: 15 Complete Content-Based Units to Reinforce Language Skills and Concepts3 reviews Imogene Forte, Mary Ann Pangle Incentive Publications, 2001 Great Reproducibles I just used the first lesson from this book. The reproducibles were fun and easy for my 3 refugee ESL teenagers to work with. I like it when the worksheets make my job easy.             Ultimate Guide to G.I. Joe 1982-199432 reviews Mark Bellomo Krause Publications, 2005 Great Book for the GI JOE Collector My husband has collected GI Joe guys since he was a kid. He bought this book after a GI Joe collector website recommended it and when he's not poring over it, he's raving about it. It's a great book for collectors old and new and features A LOT of detailed images and good information. A must-have for any GI Joe collector.             Story Reader Backpack3 reviews Toys - not a real vendor (test account) Toys - not a real vendor (test account) If you have a story reader fan this is great! My five year old loves this backpack and it conveniently holds everything for his story reader. He enjoys collecting the books and cartridges and organizing them.             Publication International Story Reader Video Unit6 reviews Publication International Publication International Great educational toy for younger children... My grand daughters love the Video Reader. They are 3 and 5 and feel that they are big kids when they read along. Without them even realizing it, the reader is teaching them to read.             Spectrum Test Prep, Grade 3 (Spectrum)5 reviews School Specialty Publishing Spectrum, 2006 nice practice book for the real tests A high quality workbook in the spectrum series. It organizes 3rd grade math and reading in progressive topics and gives drills on each of them in standard test format. Very comprehensive. The content is similar to the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. Well designed problems and questions. Easy to follow test skills are introduced for the first timers as well. If your child has never experienced a ...             December Idea Book: A Creative Idea Book for the Elementary Teachers2 reviews Scholastic, Karen Sevaly Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching, 2003 Lots of reproducible ideas and creative activities for December. The book begins with a day-by-day list of all the celebrations throughout the month (not only the famous ones but others as well...do you know when chewing gum was first patented?), and then a reproducible calendar for the classroom with clip art of symbols to place on the calendar. December idea book contains reproducibles for the following topics: December Activities (including a word ...             Transformers: Identification and Price Guide18 reviews Mark Bellomo Krause Publications, 2007 Sky Firer The Transformers Identification and Price Guide by Mark Bellomo is the greatest for the Transformers, More then Meets the Eye show every action figure created from Gen 1 and more. I have not seen a more detailed Transformers toy book with strenght, weakness, and more in one complete book. I recommend this book if you are Transformers More then Meets the Eye fan.             Introduction To Lapidary (Jewelry Crafts)4 reviews Pansy D. Kraus Krause Publications, 2007 Lapidary Explained - A Great Starters Guide Introduction to Lapidary by Pansy D. Kraus is a 'breath of fresh air'. Kraus provides a general introduction to Lapidary as a hobby and the many different techniques that can be applied to gems (Agates), precious (Diamonds) and semi-precious stones (Sapphires). Kraus includes many pictures and photos together with an easy to read common sense approach to Lapidary and the equipment. Each ...             January Idea Book: A Creative Idea Book for the Elementary Teacher1 review Scholastic, Karen Sevaly Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching, 2003 Lots of reproducible ideas and creative activities for January. The book begins with a day-by-day list of all the celebrations throughout the month (not only the famous ones but others as well...do you know when oil was discovered in Texas?), and then a reproducible calendar for the classroom with clip art of symbols to place on the calendar. January idea book contains reproducibles for the following topics: Winter Activities (including a wordsearch, ...             A Collection of Math Lessons: Grades 1 - 3 (Math Solutions Series) (Math Solutions Series)1 review Marilyn Burns, Bonnie Tank Math Solutions Publications, 1987 Goldmine I had been looking in every used bookstore that I could. But when I went to Amazon, there it was! Being a primary teacher I had heard of The Collection of Math Lessons, but never thought that I would find one.             My First Story Reader with Baby Einstein Interactive Books6 reviews Publication International Publication International My First Story Reader This is so much fun. My grandson will love it if Grandma will stop playing with it long enough to send it to him!!!! Very educational toy.             Publication International Story Reader Elmo Video Publication International Publication International Elmo loves pretending to be a preschool teacher! Dance, giggle, and learn with Elmo as he teaches his favorite doll Baby David about patterns, shapes, counting, and opposites. Kids will love learning and playing with Elmo Includes interactive book and cartridge For ages 2 yrs. and up For use with the Publication International Story Reader Video+(sold separately) 2006 Dr. Toy 100 Best Educational 2006 Great American Toy Test Winners             Totline Alphabet Theme-A-Saurus ~ The Great Big Book of Letter Recognition2 reviews Warren Publishing House, Inc., 1991 Good resource book This book contains ideas for several areas of learning when working with the alphabet. It includes art, fingerplays, activities and games, etc. It also includes flash cards to be copied. I use some of the ideas weekly.             Publication International Story Reader Thomas Video1 review Publication International Publication International, 2006 Thomas Story Reader plus video book review My two year old loves this interactive book. I can follow along while it reads to him. And of course he is a Thomas the Train fan.             Little Hands Paper Plate Crafts: Creative Art Fun for 3 to 7 Year Olds (Williamson Little Hands Series)7 reviews Laura Check Williamson Publishing Company, 2000 fun fun fun ill never look at a paper plate the same.....we havent put it down yet ..creative well imformed, one of the best hands on craft books yet ....             My Little Pony Story Reader Video Plus Publication International Publication International My Little Pony - Pinkie Pie's Rainbow Surprise. Come along with Rainbow Dash, Royal Bouquet, and Star Catcher as they cheer up Pinkie Pie in this positively pink Pony adventure. 3 ways to learn. This Story Reader Video+ game teach reading comprehension, counting, comparing size and quantity, completing patterns and matching. Ages 3 to 7 recommended.             Story Reader Finding Nemo Book9 reviews Publication International Publication International Who doesn't love being read to?! I'd like to respectfully disagree with some reviews posted. I searched high and low for a reading toy like this one, where you DON'T have to interact. I just wanted my son (2) to be able to sit and enjoy being read to when I myself can't read to him. This item fit the bill. He just sits and listens and turns the page when it tells him to. I love that he doesn't have to touch an arrow for it ...             Poingo Reading System-2-book Set - Disney Pixar's Cars and Finding Nemo2 reviews Publication International Publication International Great reading system My 4 year old son received this as a gift for his birthday. Both he and his 3 year old brother love to play with it. I had never heard of it before so I didn't know what to expect. The child can use the pen to read the story to them, and they do not have to continually hold the pen onto the paper to do so. Just a quick stroke across the first line will read the entire page. The "pen" can do ...              search for toys and games 1982-1994, alphabet, backpack, collection, complete, concepts, content-based, creative, december, einstein, elementary, identification, interactive, international, introduction, language, lapidary, learning, publication, recognition, reinforce, solutions, spectrum, system-2-book, teachers, theme-a-saurus, transformers, ultimate, vocabulary, williamson toys & games:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen DVD: Daddy we recommend Sky Firer leave a comment home  impressum - about us