toys & games: studies     toys & games:       LeapFrog Explorer Smart Globe130 reviews LeapFrog LeapFrog, 2006 Great Educational Value I love this Leapfrog explorer Globe. The price has really come down over the years, so I finally caved in and bought one. My friends and I (all around 25 years old) have actually had competitions that really help us to learn a great deal about the earths geography. It's a little embarrassing how little we know about the locations of countries, but this globe makes the learning fun and VERY ...             Doodles: A Really Giant Coloring and Doodling Book25 reviews Taro Gomi Chronicle Books, 2006 Fabulous book for a plane trip or anywhere! Now we're giving them as birthday presents. I bought this book to take on a long international plane ride with my daughter, age six. This kept her busy for hours on the plane and during downtime on the trip. But here's the thing: it kept me busy too! So much fun. And it is HUGE--we still have many more pages to color. My daughter decided that she wants to give this book to friends on birthdays too.             40 Fabulous Math Mysteries Kids Can't Resist (Grades 4-8)6 reviews Marcia Miller, Martin Lee Teaching Resources, 2001 Math Improvement the FUN way. This product helped my grand daughter who was having math difficulty better understand math concepts. She was having fun at the same time.             My Book of Writing Words: Learning about Consonants and Vowels (Kumon Workbooks)1 review Kumon Publishing North America, 2005 Great for my 5 year old. Writing Words was so inviting to my 5 year old daughter. She opened it up and knew right away what she was to do, despite the fact that she cannot read and is not that sure of the orientation of her letters. The pages make her curious and she loves to trace and to write the letters in the blocks. These Kumon books are very subtle that way - they are easy and natural without being tricky or ...             Talking Odyssey III Interactive Tabletop Globe16 reviews Discovery Channel Store Discovery Channel Store Educational But Fun for whole Family I Bought two of these in Dec 2006 for My Nephew and Niece. They Loved this Learning Toy and Continue to use It a year later learning so Much about the world & geography having fun at the same time with its Built in Games. I Loved It so Much I Bought One for Myself this year when amazon had them for a Daily special. When friends come Over we all have a good time Playing with its games testing Our ...             Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary48 reviews Merriam-Webster, 2002 5 Star Espanol Dictionary is helpful. It lets you know if words are masculine/feminine in the Spanish language and easy to read.             Squiggles: A Really Giant Drawing and Painting Book13 reviews Taro Gomi Chronicle Books, 2007 MUST HAVE This book is a must have. It is great for developmental learning and gives children directions that are easy to follow. I have worked with kids for several years and wish these books were out a long time ago so I could have spread the word sooner. Truly great books.             100 Write-And-Learn Sight Word Practice Pages: Engaging Reproducible Activity Pages That Help Kids Recognize, ...7 reviews Instructor Books, 2002 My daughter loves it I was amazed to see the bad reviews. Is this workbook more fun than Nintendo? UMMM, no, it is a workbook. I use it to reinforce what we have been learning in other more visually stimulating books. Do look at the pages and notice that the student gets to cut out the letters of the word and paste them for one of the activities. She LOVES that and it gives her practice with her motor skills. ...             Brain Quest Workbook: Pre-K (Brain Quest)26 reviews Liane Onish Workman Publishing Company, 2008 Fun Learning for PreK Kids At Their Own Pace Whether a child is in preschool or staying at home in preparation for kindergarten, Brain Quest's PreK workbook will prove a valuable and fun tool. The book starts helping kids learn both colors and letters together (by instructing them to color letters a certain color), it moves onto covering simple numbers, some basic phonics and very simple reading basics, shapes, and some basic science. I ...             Brain Quest Workbook: Kindergarten (Brain Quest)36 reviews Lisa Trumbauer Workman Publishing Company, 2008 Impressive. I cannot say whether my child loves the book or not. She's a little too young for it. I can say that she was very interested in the layout, graphics and variety of themes presented in the book. She thought it was a "story book" because of all the "pretty pictures". I am planning to homeschool and have looked at a variety of materials that will help my child continue to love learning as she does ...             How to Teach Art to Children, Grades 1-622 reviews Joy Evans, Tanya Skelton Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, 2001 I love this book! I am a homeschooling mom, sadly lacking in the creativity department. I love this book and have found it to be a wonderful resource for art class. It's easy to use and dd loves the activities. This is the one subject I was really concerned about being able to adequately teach, but this book has made it so simple. In addition to just offering a creative outlet, it gives instruction in actual ...             1st Grade Writing Practice (Practice (Scholastic))1 review Teaching Resources, 2006 excellent series of books We live abroad and so our kids' English isn't up to the level of their peers in the States. We'll be moving back to the States this coming year though and I wanted to be able to see where exactly my kids stood vis-a-vis their English skills, so I could then work on the areas they needed help in. I bought the reading and writing books in this series from grades 1-4. The books are not only an ...             Children's World Map2 reviews eeBoo eeBoo Children's World Map This is a very sturdy map and comes with a legend. Children can find something of interest on the legend, then go to the map and find out what countries or country it corresponds to. It also has the planets (but it includes demoted Pluto, which is now considered a dwarf planet). It shows examples of cloud formations in the upper left. It staples quite well to the wall. The gromlets were ...             LeapFrog® Crammer5 reviews LeapFrog LeapFrog, 2008 Digital Flash Cards and Music. What's not to like? My son needed a study aid for school and was familiar with using flash cards and also wanted an MP3 player. This was the best of both worlds!! He loves the content and loves to rock out. It is also nice and small while still accepting traditional AAA batteries. Learning done right again by the Teachers at Leapfrog!! My neice in College could also use one of these. Great idea!             40 Reproducible Forms for the Writing Traits Classroom4 reviews Ruth Culham, Amanda Wheeler Teaching Resources, 2003 40 Reproducilbe Forms For Writing Exactly what I was looking for as a 4th grade teacher using 6 Trait writing in my classroom. The rubrics are easy to use and modify. The "forms" inside make understanding 6 Traits for young writers easier.             101 Music Games for Children: Fun and Learning with Rhythm and Song (SmartFun Activity Books)8 reviews Storms & Hurd Hunter House, 1995 Great Resource! This book is SO GREAT for teaching music and music themes at home. It works for any number of children, but it is best for a small group of about 3-6. I used it with only one, and it worked ok with some modification. Great variety of games that kids really enjoy playing!             3rd Grade Reading Practice (Practice (Scholastic))1 review Teaching Resources, 2006 Excellent series of books We live abroad and so our kids' English isn't up to the level of their peers in the States. We'll be moving back to the States this coming year though and I wanted to be able to see where exactly my kids stood vis-a-vis their English skills, so I could then work on the areas they needed help in. I bought the reading and writing books in this series from grades 1-4. The books are not only an ...             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!             Brain Quest Workbook: Grade 1 (Brain Quest)25 reviews Lisa Trumbauer Workman Publishing Company, 2008 Fabulous fun for both kid and adult We were amazed how well laid out the quizzes were and it was a lot of fun for both kids and adults. It is a sure cry from the old format of learning. we loved the fact that there were so many skill sets covered from phonics, sequencing and sorting, shapes and measurements, social studies, science and the traditional areas like spelling, maths and reading. I highly recomend the brain quest ...             The Reading Teacher's Book Of Lists, 5th Edition (J-B Ed: Book of Lists)29 reviews Edward B. Fry, Jacqueline E. Kress Jossey-Bass, 2006 Very Helpful and Useful The Reading TEacher's Book of Lists is good for any Elementary Teacher to have and use on a daily basis. There are lists of just about anything you need to teach reading. I found myself using this constantly in the classroom, right in front of the kids. Our spelling list was based on the use of silent letters. The kids wanted to know what other words there were, so we looked it up and came up ...              search for toys and games activities, activity, children, classroom, consonants, dictionary, engaging, explorer, frequency, hands-on, high-frequency, interactive, kindergarten, leapfrog, merriam-webster, multilevel, mysteries, painting, practice, recognize, reproducible, scholastic, smartfun, spanish-english, spelling, squiggles, tabletop, workbook, workbooks, write-and-learn 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 health & personal care: Flowerbomb By Viktor & Rolf for Women 0.24 Oz Eau De Parfum Splash-mini. we recommend Impressive. leave a comment home  impressum - about us