"In kindergartens these days, children spend more time with math worksheets and phonics flashcards than building blocks and finger paint. Kindergarten is becoming more like the rest of school. In Lifelong Kindergarten, learning expert Mitchel Resnick argues for exactly the opposite: the rest of school (even the rest of life) should be more like kindergarten. To thrive in today's fast-changing world, people of all ages must learn to think and act...

Wild and Free Nature is a beautiful, four-color resource book for parents, educators, and caregivers to enjoy doing hands-on activities outside with kids. One of the core philosophies behind Wild + Free is the belief that nature is the best classroom we could ever hope for. It unlocks the imagination and inspires creativity in ways that a schoolroom never could. Being out in nature has a number of benefits. Studies show that children are more likely...

Follow the junior scientist around as he pays attention to inventions, whether he's fixing a broken wheel on his toy truck or creating a simple machine.

Offers a bilingual edition of the Bible with parallel texts in adjacent columns on every page, as well as supplementary articles intended to help teens better understand the text and apply it to their daily lives.

A Spanish DVD introducing another 180 words and phrases in different themes. The animated teacher interacts with real children in beautifully filmed high-definition video. Once kids learn to count to ten they want to do it again and again. Join Little Pim and friends as they count all sorts of fun objects from ladybugs to lollipops to dancing feet.

Presents a brief history of the countries of Central and South America and Cuba, along with instructions for creating craft items related to Hispanic culture.

In clear, accessible prose, Dan Willingham lays out the techniques necessary for students at any stage to succeed and thrive when learning, studying, and taking exams. When studying, the tendency is to focus on the mental tasks that we control most easily, and which create a sense of familiarity, like rereading and highlighting, But, as explained in Outsmart Your Brain, familiarity is not the same thing as retention or comprehension. Real learning...