Kids Learning

Brooke Hauser takes us deep inside a unique New York City high school over the course of a year as she follows diverse newcomers whose lives are at once ordinary and extraordinary, international headlines brought to life. No native English-speaking students attend the International High School, and more than twenty-eight languages fill the halls.

Children learn English differently from adults. They have an innate ability to pick up language while taking part in an activity that connects language with images. That's why connecting animals and English fundamentals is a secret way to program the language into your children's brain. Young kids are like sponges. And once your kid grows older, it becomes much harder to learn a foreign language. Don't let your fears and lack of knowledge take away your child's opportunities.

Have you always wanted to become conversational in Spanish? Do you want to commit to this goal, but simply can’t find the tools to help you achieve it? Do you wish you could find a more entertaining way to learn Spanish so that you’d spend more time studying? Today, you’ve stumbled upon the solution just for you to help you jump over your hurdles and into conversational fluency!

Kei hea o putu whutuporo? Where are your rugby boots? Homai te ranu tomato Pass me the tomato sauce Kei te pehea te huarere i tenei ra? How is the weather today? Kei hea to mahi kainga? Where is your homework? Kati te whakaporearea i to tuahine! Stop annoying your sister! Maori at Home is the...

When fifteen-year-old Chen finds himself in the middle of the deadliest earthquake in US history, he doesn’t know if he’ll ever see his family or his beloved Chinatown again… Morphology focus: Common prefixes and verb suffixes Against The Odds is a captivating series of six fictional but...

These short stories bring to life some of the world’s deadliest animal attacks, and how three young people beat the odds to survive them. HMS Birkenhead Shark Attacks, 1852 The Lions of Tsavo, 1898 Sankebetsu Brown Bear Incident, 1915 Morphology focus: Multiple suffixes Against The Odds is a...

Do you ever find yourself feeling curious about who created the science behind some of our most impressive structures? Or wonder who it was that invented the equipment you find in your classroom? Perhaps you’ve always wanted to know who it was that created coding, or how on earth the Egyptian...

The mother of a bullied first grader, popular blogger Carrie Goldman's inspiring true story triggered an outpouring of support from online communities around the world. In Bullied, she gives us a guide to the crucial lessons and actionable guidance she's learned about how to stop bullying before it starts. It is a book born from Goldman's post about the ridicule her daughter suffered from bringing a Star Wars thermos to school.

What Am I? is a fun filled educational activity that is meant to spur conversation and enlightenment. Teachers can use this book for lesson planning and in their classes for those last minute schedule changes that happen too! Very easy and enjoyable book for any student, even those who have problems. It is both educational and stimulating! This book consists of simple questions and answers all dealing with Halloween. It is intended for fun, learning and enjoyment. Also, it can be used as a teaching guide to help children.

This "provocative and personally searching"memoir follows one mother's story of enrolling her daughter in a local public school (San Francisco Chronicle), and the surprising, necessary lessons she learned with her neighbors. From the time Courtney E. Martin strapped her daughter, Maya, to her...

Is school for your kids a resounding success? For most of us, education was an uncomfortable process of sitting in stifling classrooms, listening to tedious lectures, struggling over stressful exams, and feeling like we were wasting our time and energy. There were class clowns, ruthless bullies, teacher’s pets, popular kids, and students no one wanted to be around.

In the lessons attached, we have over 920 five and six-letter words and sentences that will help sharpen your child’s thinking skills and help you and your child have some fun together. There are many different chapters on several subjects including Words to do with Work and Words that start with C.

Are you determined to become the best speller in the class? Are you preparing for the next upcoming spelling bee? Are you looking for a way to challenge your spelling abilities? Perhaps you and your friends are looking to have a spell off! Preparing for the real world can be challenging, however. Knowing how to spell and understanding the vocabulary of each word is imperative for communication, comprehension, and literacy. In this manual, you will discover over 400 comprehensive words for grades four to six with sentences to challenge their spelling.

Maybe, you’re concerned that you’re setting a bad example with your own food choices and want to learn how to better accommodate a healthy lifestyle for the whole family? Whatever the case may be, the truth is that your child's diet is the most important component of their development into adulthood. From getting enough water and sleep, all the way to what they are eating and how they are snacking, your child will only become as much as they are capable of becoming with the fuel they have been given.

“A thinking mind is an active mind” they say. This book is meant for general consumption, specifically for children and teenagers between the ages of seven to 16. This book was inspired by you, yes you! And it aims at clarifying and making their minds ready for the outside world as they grow. It is an avenue for youths of these ages to put on their thinking caps and questioning spirits so they can know more about the world they live in. This book has many benefits, resources, and qualities to add to their lives, as well as impact to make in their daily lives.

Mein Kind wird mal dein Chef! Hilfe, Helikopter-Eltern! Sie sind ehrgeizig, ängstlich - und immer zur Stelle. Manche Erziehungsberechtigte können ihren Kindern und dem Rest der Welt das Leben zur Hölle machen. Dabei lassen übermotivierte Eltern keine Lebensphase aus: Vom Fötus bis zum studierenden Sohnemann wird alles überwacht. In unterhaltsamen Anekdoten berichten Hebammen, Erzieher, Lehrer, Trainer, Professoren und Studienberater von ihren skurrilsten Erlebnissen. Spleenig, grotesk - und leider wahr.

You are invited to take a thirty-six-story journey into the classroom of award winning teacher and speaker, Chris Bowen. Teach like a mentor. Teach as your better self. Teaching is all about building relationships, and consider this book to be relationship advice worth taking. As Mr. Bowen states in his book, "Anybody can be tough with a nine year old. But it takes the strength of patience, empathy, and honesty to build the more effective, lasting relationship."

Murphy’s Law says: If anything can go wrong, it will go wrong. If you’ve stepped on bubble gum you learned about Murphy’s Law. There are many examples of Murphy’s Law. What can you do about them?

Spelling Seven is the seventh book in the Spelling for Kids interactive spelling workbooks series, which features spelling words that will quickly improve vocabulary, reading comprehension, and spelling skills. It makes a great addition to any school or home-school curriculum! Our fun and enabling spelling system can be used by your whole family at home, and it can also be used by schoolteachers for all children and teenagers at school or who are being home-schooled. They can start their practice one year earlier and at their own pace.

In 2014, after a brief orientation course and a few fingerprinting sessions, Nicholson Baker became an on-call substitute teacher in a Maine public school district. He awoke to the dispatcher's five-forty a.m. phone call and headed to one of several nearby schools; when he got there, he did his best to follow lesson plans and help his students get something done. What emerges from Baker's experience is a complex, often touching deconstruction of public schooling in America.