Join the tiny seed on an adventure as it becomes a giant flower!

These engaging activities help students enjoy the colorful works of Eric Carle. For this story, students focus on the life cycle of plants. Before-, during-, and after-reading activities are provided for a comprehensive study of the story.

In a village on the slopes of Mount Kenya, a little girl worked in the fields with her mother. She worried as she saw the big forests disappearing, but she knew the power of a tiny seed.

Easy-to-follow recipes (one for each letter of the alphabet) and numerous activities that include songs, poems and chants, that enhance literacy and math skills while students learn and enjoy hands-on-cooking experiences.

Creative displays and activities for practical and fun literacy. This great title from the best-selling World of Display series builds on the success of Literacy on Display by the same authors. This book offers more creative display ideas using popular primary texts as a starting point for work in literacy. Contains 33 exciting themes, linked to popular texts for KS1. The texts have been chosen to work across a number of lessons and reflect a specific literary focus, including: phonics, vowels and consonants, rhyme and rhythm, and sentences and grammar. Each theme includes a focus of learning, a whole-class starter, art and display ideas, practical activities linked to literacy, and cross-curricular links.

The little seed is on a mission. As he floats through the air and lands in the meadow, he ponders to ask, “What will I grow up to be?”

This little book can stand on the shelves alongside the best of children’s stories. It is written in the style of prose poetry, ending with one haiku.

Science & Literature Connections provides an engaging way to explore scientific ideas within literacy instruction time using 32 popular children's books. Most of the selected books are readily available and many of the books have been translated into Spanish. Science & Literature Connections is organized around Bloom's Taxonomy to support a range of thinking levels and to scaffold learning. By using these materials, a teacher can create a higher-level thinking environment around literature connected with science which motivates reluctant readers. The science concepts are based on the National Science Education Standards and align with most states' science standards. Science & Literature Connections was designed for Grades K-3, however many of the "connections" may be adapted for Grades 4-5.

You’ll read jaw-dropping, brow-raising and mind-bending stories with a moral twist that you would want to read again and again. Stories such as the thing angels feared; a pound of dust that valued more than a ton of gold; the curious apple seed; the dancing trees; Sandy Little, the adventurous grain of sand; the little horse named Lazy Boy and the little jockey who loved it, and together, they both became famous after they both win their first race; the little girl who had an Eve-like experience; the queen who didn’t need advisors to help her rule her domain; the magnificent dollar and the mysterious banker; a schemer that schemed its way into a situation that it couldn’t scheme its way out of; why Mr. Rainy Day morphed into Mr. Every Day; a parakeet parrot’s message to you and me; the subtle nature of trouble; the names of the couple that literally rule the civilized world; the triple nature of caterpillars and the two worlds they represent and the two different messages they convey to you and me; and the dark night on which the author first saw the light, after hearing the voice that potentially saved him from destruction and ultimately changed his life’s trajectory.

DIV Daily inspirational poems will inspire readers to continue to draw closer to the Lord and seek His comfort. /div