toys & games: schaffer     toys & games:       Easy Sight Words (Phonics Flash Cards)1 review School Specialty Publishing Frank Schaffer, 2001 Sight Words These flash cards are VERY useful for my Kindergartener. The cards encourage kids to read on their own as well as with parents.             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.             The 100+ Series Mixed Skills in Math, Grades 7-8: Keeping Students Sharp With Daily Practice and Review3 reviews Marge Kindskog Instructional Fair, 1999 An Excellent Source of Math Problems The nice thing about this review book is that the skills really are mixed. I have used all of the books in this series when tutoring students in math. The constant repetition of basic skills helps to reinforce them in the minds of the students, even as they progress to more advanced ideas. One caution. This book does not explain how to do the problems. There are no examples. It is simply a ...             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 ...             Spectrum Test Prep, Grade 7 (Spectrum)2 reviews School Specialty Publishing Spectrum, 2006 Good review for anyone who has not mastered the basic skills This book is more detailed and discusses the types of standardized tests used by schools and what will be tested.             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 ...             Sand Timer One-Minute 3-1/2 Tall2 reviews FRANK SCHAFFER PUBLICATIONS FRANK SCHAFFER PUBLICATIONS timers for the classroom I bought 10 of these timers to use with my 2nd grade students for fluency reading practice. In pairs, the students come get a timer and have a folder with reading passages inside. They each time one another for one minute of reading. They do this independently after they complete work in the beginning of the day. I have seen their fluency go up and I know they are getting to practice more reading ...             Spectrum State Specific: California Test Practice, Grade 32 reviews School Specialty Publishing, Vincent Douglas Spectrum, 2003 Really good practice, keyed to standards This book has really good practice worksheets on each Califronia math and Language Arts standard, plus sample tests. You get more than just sample tests, which is good, so your kids can practice the specific skills being tested first. It's easy to use the practice worksheets over a few weeks, then use the tests just before the real test. Or, use the whole book over the Summer to prepare for a ...             Spectrum Test Prep, Grade 4 (Spectrum)1 review School Specialty Publishing Spectrum, 2006 Average Test Prep Book Spectrum Test Prep, Grade 4 did an adequate job of preparing my 4th grader for standardized testing. This book was purchased in order to help my daughter calm her nerves before the test. It did exactly that.             Making Words: Multilevel, Hands-On Phonics and Spelling Activities15 reviews Patricia M Cunningham, Dorothy P. Hall Frank Schaffer, 2001 Best spelling book! This is the best spelling book I have seen. I am a homeschooling mom of 2 boys (9 & 8) and this is the easiest method and they enjoy it too!             FRANK SCHAFFER PUBLICATIONS BASE TEN NUMBER CONCEPTS PLASTIC100 CUBES 20 RODS 10 FLATS 1 BLOCK1 review FRANK SCHAFFER PUBLICATIONS FRANK SCHAFFER PUBLICATIONS Perfect teaching tool This is the ideal set to teach your young math student regrouping, or "borrowing" as we used to call it! The set is sturdy and well made, and aside from losing the "ones" fairly frequently (our problem, not the set's) has worked out great. Good for K through 3rd grade math concepts, especially if your child is a visual/tactile learner.             The Big Book of Music Games5 reviews Debra Olson Pressnall, Lorilee Malecha Instructional Fair, 1999 Great For Homeschool Moms This book is great for homeschool moms because the games can be played with as few as two children and most can be adapted to be played with the whole family. The book is fully reproducible and my kids love to color the game pieces. The book teaches the Music Alphabet, Music Syllables (Do, Re, Me, etc.), Notes, Rests, and Reading Rhythms, Symbols, Reading the notes on the staff, Musical ...             Spectrum Science Test Practice, Grade 5 (Spectrum Science Test Practice) School Specialty Publishing Spectrum, 2006 Boost children?s confidence and test scores with Spectrum Science Test Practice grade 5 . Featuring comprehensive science content including earth and space science, physical science, and life science, this 96 page workbook for ages 10 to 11, adheres to National Science Education standards. This workbook includes: ?Diagnostic Pretests ...             The Little Red Hen / La Gallinita Roja (Keepsake Stories)1 review Carol Ottolenghi Brighter Child, 2007 Love the book, ok translation I loved this story when I was young, bought it for my 3 year old. He loves it, however, we read it in Spanish and as a native speaker I can say some the translation is off. So if you are looking to use it in English its great. In Spanish its only 95% of the way there so I can't give it 5 stars.             Big Skills for Little Hands I Can Paste! (Big Skills for Little Hands)2 reviews Amy Mayr Brighter Child, 2008 Fun for my 2 year old My two year old loves these simple glueing projects. The book is very colorful and quick to pull out for "project time". I plan on buying the other I Can... books since she loves this one so much!             Word Problems Homework Booklet, Grades 7 - 8 (Homework Booklets) Bill Linderman Instructional Fair, 1999 Word Problems, Grades 7-8 Homework Booklet will help teach math skills like negative numbers, percentages, and decimals using word problems! Students will strengthen their reading skills as they learn basic math operations and critical thinking skills. This great homework booklet begins with easy exercises and progresses to more difficult activities to keep students challenged. ...             Big Skills for Little Hands I Can Cut! (Big Skills for Little Hands) Amy Mayr Brighter Child, 2008 Helping children prepare for Kindergarten by building important motor skills! Big Skills for Little Hands: I Can Cut! will help children build hand strength and dexterity by teaching them to use scissors to cut lines, curves, and shapes. Children will create puppets, play games, and make puzzles while learning an essential skill for school success! ...             Jumbo Easy Grip Pegs & Pegboard Set1 review Frank Schaffer Publications This Toy Has Multiple Uses It seems like everyday my nearly 3-year-old son finds a new way to play with this set. He used to just like putting the pegs in the holes and then poking them out from the other side. Then he started building towers by stacking the pegs. Then he said they were not towers but musical instruments, such as trumpets and flutes. Then he started filling all the holes to make a birthday cake with ...             Best Buy Bargain Books: Social Studies, Grades 2-31 review School Specialty Publishing Frank Schaffer, 2001 Great, grade-level appropriate lessons! I wasn't expecting much when I ordered this "bargain" book, but it really is a bargain! The lessons cover pretty much everything that is expected at this grade level, and they are rather fun. The style of the activities varies as you go through the book, which keeps boredom to a minimum. This is a really good addition your homeschool curriculum, or to keep your kids from losing what they learned ...             Motivational Cheap Chart Six Pack School Specialty Publishing Frank Schaffer, 2007 These brilliant cheap charts correspond to key subject areas for which teachers commonly create stations in their rooms and are great discussion starters. Each poster includes a motivational element and provides a word study realated to the topic. Activities on the back enhance learning. Individual charts available in sets of 10.              search for toys and games activities, alphabet, bargain, booklet, booklets, california, concepts, gallinita, hands-on, homework, keepsake, motivational, multilevel, one-minute, pegboard, phonics, plastic100, practice, problems, publications, recognition, schaffer, specific, spectrum, spelling, students, studies, theme-a-saurus, totline, vocabulary 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 book: A Book of Hope we're Forgiven : The Healing Power of Forgiveness (The Hope ... we recommend Best spelling book! leave a comment home  impressum - about us