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Each title in the "Writing Guides" series provides teachers with subject knowledge and photocopiable activities for shared, guided and independent writing on one particular genre. Each book has 4 sections: Using Good Examples - two extracts to explore in shared writing activities to enable children (and teachers) to develop knowledge and understanding of the text type; Developing Writing - activities for exploring, practising and planning elements of the text type; Writing - projects to help children to put their writing ideas and planning together into written work; and, Review - ideas and photocopiables to get children to redraft, assess and improve their own writing. The activities in "Poetry (7-9)" enable children to: write different verse forms, including list poems, calligrams and shape poems; explore poetic language - alliteration, similes, metaphors, description; experiment with word order; write about a range of subjects; and, create poems with different rhythms. ... Read more

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This is a series of books of ready-made photocopiable activities plus teacher guidance that help teachers to do shared and guided writing within a particular text type. Each book covers one specific writing type and aims to improve teacher confidence and knowledge and provide them with the teaching resources they need. Each book has 4 sections: Using Good Examples - two extracts to explore in shared writing activities to enable children (and teachers) to develop knowledge and understanding of the text type; Developing Writing - activities for exploring, practising and planning elements of the text type; Writing - projects to help children to put their writing ideas and planning together into written work; and, Review - ideas and photocopiables to get children to redraft, assess and improve their own writing. The activities in "Adventure Stories (5-7 yrs)" enable children to: create heroes and villains; describe dangerous settings; add detail to create drama; and, put elements together to devise an exciting plot. ... Read more

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A series of books of ready-made photocopiable activities plus teacher guidance that help teachers to do shared and guided writing with whole class and groups. Each book covers one specific writing type and aims to improve teacher confidence and knowledge about shared and guided writing, plus give them the teaching resource they need to improve practice. This title offers clarity of teacher support and self-contained package with lesson plans plus photocopiable resources. The activities in "Scary Stories" (7-9 yrs) enable children to: explore what makes a plot scary; write scary settings; develop understanding of scary writing; understand how suspense and surprise can be used to structure stories; and, build scary atmospheres, choosing and using appropriate adjectives. ... Read more

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ME MOTHER GOOSE READING WRITING & ... Read more

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All educators want their students to be able to achieve more and do well on standardized tests. Some believe that the way to make that happen is mindless test drill. The positive effect of writing is counterintuitive to what many educators believe to be true. Writing is a cognitive process that allows teachers to not only assess students, but to plan appropriate instructional strategies that will most benefit that student. ... Read more

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25 Easy, No-Sew Quilting Activities for Reading, Writing, Math, Social Studies, and More
Piece together a wonderful year with 25 creative, cross-curricular quilt projects! Easy patterns let kids create their own squares in various art forms ­ and then arrange them for display as a beautiful collaborative quilt! You¹ll find instructions for a "Getting to Know You" quilt for September, an "I Have a Dream" quilt for January, a "100th Day of School" quilt for February, and "Autograph" quilt for June, and lots more. Includes book links, ready-to-go reproducible patterns, and management tips. A wonderful combination of individual and cooperative learning! ... Read more

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Each title in the "Writing Guides" series provides teachers with subject knowledge and photocopiable activities for shared, guided and independent writing on one particular genre. Each book has 4 sections: Using Good Examples - two extracts to explore in shared writing activities to enable children (and teachers) to develop knowledge and understanding of the text type; Developing Writing - activities for exploring, practising and planning elements of the text type; Writing - projects to help children to put their writing ideas and planning together into written work; and, Review - ideas and photocopiables to get children to redraft, assess and improve their own writing. The activities in "Poetry (9-11)" enable children to: write different verse forms; consider the impact of rhythm and structure; use a range of figurative devices; and, experiment with alliteration, rhyme and half-rhyme. ... Read more

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Bonus $10 discount coupon off your child’s Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center with the purchase of every Sylvan Workbook!

Is your child ready to master the letters of the alphabet? Sylvan’s Kindergarten Alphabet Activities workbook will help teach your child the alphabet letters and sounds. It is full of curriculum-based activities that strengthen what kids are already learning in the classroom. Each activity focuses on a skill needed to help your child succeed in school.

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Sylvan Learning Workbooks won a 2009 Honors Award from the National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) as a top book series for children in the elementary-aged category. The NAPPA is the nation’s most comprehensive awards program for children’s products and parenting resources, and has been critically reviewing products since 1990. The Award recognizes Sylvan Learning Workbooks as some of the most innovative and useful products geared to parents.

Sylvan's proven system inspires kids to learn and has helped children nationwide catch up, keep up, and get ahead in school. Sylvan has been a trusted partner for parents for thirty years, and has based their supplemental education success on programs developed through a focus on the highest educational standards and detailed research.  Sylvan’s line of educational products equips families with fun, effective, and grade-appropriate learning tools.  Our workbooks and learning kits feature activities, stories, and games to reinforce the skills children need to develop and achieve their academic potential.  Students will reap the rewards of improved confidence and a newfound love of learning. ... Read more

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Best Buy Bargain Books. With more than 125 pages, these reproducible activity books are truly a best buy! Reproducible activity pages can be used individually or as part of a unit, and they cover each subject area in detail. Use for reinforcement activities or as homework. Answer pages are included. ... Read more

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Brief creative writing activities for teachers who want students to make the most of every minute spent in the classroom. An easy-to-use format with many suggested extension activities. Challenges that involve a variety of topics and ideas. ... Read more

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Receive a bonus $10 discount coupon off your child’s Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center with the purchase of every Sylvan Workbook!

Sylvan’s Kindergarten Beginning Word Games workbook will help your child learn and practice the basic skills needed to become a great reader. It is full of curriculum-based activities that strengthen an emerging reader’s ability to recognize and understand basic words and text. Getting comfortable with words will then help kindergarteners move on and become confident readers. Kindergarten Beginning Word Games is the perfect way to acquaint your child with words and ease his or her transition into reading!

Why Sylvan Products Work

Sylvan Learning Workbooks won a 2009 Honors Award from the National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) as a top book series for children in the elementary-aged category. The NAPPA is the nation’s most comprehensive awards program for children’ s products and parenting resources, and has been critically reviewing products since 1990. The Award recognizes Sylvan Learning Workbooks as some of the most innovative and useful products geared to parents.

Sylvan's proven system inspires kids to learn and has helped children nationwide catch up, keep up, and get ahead in school. Sylvan has been a trusted partner for parents for thirty years, and has based their supplemental education success on programs developed through a focus on the highest educational standards and detailed research.  Sylvan’s line of educational products equips families with fun, effective, and grade-appropriate learning tools.  Our workbooks and learning kits feature activities, stories, and games to reinforce the skills children need to develop and achieve their academic potential.  Students will reap the rewards of improved confidence and a newfound love of learning. ... Read more

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101 Activities to Help Preschoolers Excel in Reading, Writing, and Speaking gives preschoolers valuable practice in reading, writing, and speaking skills by engaging them in a series of enjoyable activities. All of the activities address values important to children's growth and development: cooperation, friendship, respect for others' opinions, intergenerational closeness, generosity, and gratitude. ... Read more

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B> With an emphasis being placed on teaching K-3 reading skills development, teachers have less time to spend on teaching how literature relates to the content areas. This text encourages emergent literacy as well as reading of literature on the content fields. This book functions as an overview of Literacy, Learning, and Literature, followed by chapter-long, specific introductions to content areas.This book analyzes and describes 125 literature books, each with follow-up activities that teachers can use to teach science, mathematics, and social studies to emergent readers. Early childhood educators, child care workers, parents, or others who may be helping young readers improve their literacy. ... Read more

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This unique resource for teachers of grades K-3 presents interdisciplinary whole-language activities featuring animals from A to Z. Included are over 150 reproducible activity sheets. A bibliography of animal books appears at the end, and references to children's books appear throughout. ... Read more

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A gradual progression in activity formats helps build confidence and independence for early readers. The book is divided into six areas:· Following Directions (art projects use simple instructions and visual cues)· Sequencing Directions (order pictures and text to sequence steps for simple, familiar tasks) · Draw?Then Write (follow simple directions to create a picture, then write about)· Read, Think, Cut & Paste (use critical thinking and reading skills to sequence story events)· All About Me Children (activities that help develop self-concept)· Who? What? Where? When? (children focus on nouns, verbs, and prepositions in an age-appropriate approach) ... Read more

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Featuring favorite Star Wars characters, aliens, droids, ships, and vehicles, the Star Wars Learning Fun Books will make learning basic concepts more fun than a barrel full of Wookiees!

Sturdy UV-coated pages make Write & Wipe books reusable with almost any type of felt-tip marker or crayon. Children can practice writing numbers, wipe off their work, and practice again and again. Encourages interactivity and repetition, which reinforce learning. ... Read more

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I give it a 10!
This book is wonderful! Number one it can be used over and over again. Each number is introdeced by itself with several expaples the child can trace and then plenty of room for them to try it on his/her own. Afterevery few numbers there's a review page that recaps everything worked onuntil that point. There are lots of counting activites and games in it aswell. My 4 year old daughter liked it so much she did the whole book in onesitting and wanted to do it again!

My kids love it!
I bought this for my 5 year old son, but my 4 year old girl loves it too! I especillay like that it has eraseable pages, so they can use the book over and over again (which they have)! It gives them both the upper caseand lowercase leeters in the same book and plenty of space to trace andcopy them. There are also great activites that make them look for thefeatured letter sentences. We look forward to getting other books in theseries. ... Read more

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THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. ... Read more

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Write Dance is an innovative and exciting programme, widely used as a way of introducing handwriting using music, movement and exercise. It is especially helpful for children with special educational needs, from learning difficulties to dyspraxia.

In Write Dance in the Nursery, early years practitioners are provided with a package of songs, stories and role-play ideas designed especially for their settings. Supporting child-initiated play within the foundation curriculum and the ‘Birth to Three Matters’ framework, these provide an introduction to the nine themes in Write Dance approach at an appropriate developmental level.

The Write Dance Movements provide the children with a strong foundation for writing, and help them to feel happy and comfortable with their bodies, and this book and CD resource provides everything the early years practitioner needs to implement this exciting approach.