Child Learning

To make a book, you first start with an idea. What comes next? Listen to find out how books are made.

Street signs, menus, game directions - words are everywhere! Where else do you put your reading skills to use? Listen to this book to find out.

Learning Spanish words and phrases with catchy songs makes learning easy and fun! Kids will have a blast learning numbers from 1 through 20, color words, the days of the week, animal names, familiar greetings, and weather words. Each word or phrase is clearly enunciated in English and then repeated in Spanish. Fun music will incorporate the learned words in a captivating song. Learning a foreign language is easy, fun, and entertaining for all ages.

This audiobook on Italian language instruction includes detailed sections in English on effective strategies for learning Italian and ideas to carry on learning and applying what you know once the course is complete. In addition, there are complete review sections for learning, comprehension, and speaking repetition. This is a complete language course to get your child proficient in Italian in just four weeks.

Have you ever wondered about all the shapes it takes to design and build structures like buildings or bridges? Different shapes like squares, triangle and rectangles are used in construction, but which shape forms the strongest? Follow the activity using straws and string to find out which shape is the strongest, sturdiest construction?

Firefighter Greg has an important job to do–he helps people who are in danger of being hurt by fire. He has a lot of equipment to help him do his job. A computer inside the fire truck shows Firefighter Greg exactly which house to go to. Ladders, rigs, and tools help get the job done! Can you name other equipment that will be needed for Firefighter Greg to help others, and be safe? How can you be safe at your house to prevent fires?

Firefighter Greg has a physical job to do so he stays strong and fit. He gets up early in the morning and sleeps where he works. Did you know that Firefighter Greg practices putting on his safety gear–in less than one minute? Or that his gear–helmet, facemask, air pack, boots and jacket–weighs 75 pounds? Find out how firefighters practice putting out fires in a training tower!

The numbers on the clock are tired of counting time. They want to have an adventure! They meet new friends as they explore the house. Together, they spend the night together having fun and doing math! Will they ever return to their clock and start counting time again?

Caleb doesn’t like going to school in his mother’s car. He wishes he could ride the school bus like his sister. He hates that he is all alone in the car and his mother can’t read to him. One day, he asks if they can try riding the bus to school instead. What will Caleb learn about this new type of transportation?

Go on an adventure with Polly as she learns how to use special names to categorize shapes! Any closed, flat shape with at least three straight sides is called a polygon. Did you know a quadrilateral—or a shape with four straight sides—can have several names? You can call one a parallelogram, a rhombus, a trapezoid, or even a square! What shapes can you recognize?

Join us as we go on a journey into the world of symmetry! Learn about the wonders of line symmetry—or reflection—as you create mirror images and watch how rotational symmetry works in this brief peek into this area of geometry.

Do you like math? Math is so much more that just numbers and counting! It can be fun! You don’t have to be a magician or a mathematician to perform tricks with numbers. Just listen carefully and follow the directions. Remember, a good numbers trick never gets old.

America's path to revolution was paved by the great discussions of the Continental Congress, which gathered to address grievances against Great Britain. Adamant that the Colonies remain under British rule, King George III fueled the flames of American independence.

The office of the U.S. President is designed to share power between the three branches of government—executive, legislative, and judicial. These three branches balance each other's power to keep the peace and respect the rules.

Probability and odds are calculated by counting all the times something might happen and then how many times one particular outcome does happen.

If your class has 23 or more students, there's more than a 50% chance that two or more students share a birthday. How is this possible? Learn about probability with this simple exercise.

Two coins are face-up side by side. What will happen if you roll one coin around the top of the other? Will the head be right-side up? Or upside-down?

Are you carrying a forest on your back? Of course not! But if you dig through your backpack, you will probably find many things that come from the forest.

Magazine articles don't just magically appear on the page. Good writers grab your attention. Then they keep you reading.

Why are so many old things buried in the ground—and who finds them?