Highlights enters the coloring/activity book space with a dynamic and unique pairing of kid-pleasing activities and stories, plus a free interactive app. Kids will discover the joys of the autumn season by solving a corn maze, matching colorful leaves, reading about pumpkins and scarecrows, acting out a raking rhyme, and more. Woven throughout each book are thought-provoking questions designed to encourage kids to talk and think more deeply about the theme. The free app extends the fun for endless play.
Highlights enters the coloring/activity book space with a dynamic and unique pairing of kid-pleasing activities and stories, plus a free interactive app. Kids will discover that transportation isn’t just about vehicles—it’s also about the sights and sounds of traveling that make it special. They’ll read about trucks and trains, puzzle their way to new places with hot-air balloons and planes, and tell their own story of adventure. Woven throughout each book are thought-provoking questions designed to encourage kids to talk and think more deeply about the theme. The free app extends the fun for endless play.
Highlights follows up on the success of All About Fall and All About Summer by completing the seasons. This latest entry offers a dynamic and unique pairing of kid-pleasing activities and stories, plus a free interactive app. Kids will have fun discovering what makes wintertime special by matching mittens, solving a snowboard maze, reading about an ice-skating adventure, acting out a snowman rhyme, and more.
Highlights follows up on the success of All About Fall and All About Summer by completing the seasons. This latest entry offers a dynamic and unique pairing of kid-pleasing activities and stories, plus a free interactive app. Kids will have fun discovering what blooms and sprouts as the weather grows warmer by matching butterflies, solving a garden-path maze, reading about surprise spring showers, acting out a kite rhyme, and more. Woven throughout each book are thought-provoking questions designed to encourage kids to talk and think more deeply about the theme. The free app extends the fun for endless play.
Ollie has a big imagination and big plans for summer. But no one in his family wants to go outside and play. Dad is sending emails, Mom is watching TV, Ollie’s siblings are playing video games and texting—even Gram and Gramps are too busy downloading photos. Too much screen time! How can Ollie get his family to shut off their gadgets and play together? In our technology-focused world, more kids than ever turn to screens for information and entertainment—just like their parents. By the time children are eight, they spend seven or more hours a day with screens and electronics. Ollie Outside invites kids and parents to read together, get outdoors, and focus on family fun. Tips at the end of the book reinforce this message.
Twenty-five rhyming poems invite children to believe in themselves, learn from mistakes, cooperate, share, help others, solve problems, be kind, tell the truth, make positive choices, and more. The short poems are quick to read, easy to learn, and fun to recite—making them perfect for teaching social skills to young children. Children can memorize their favorite poems, talk about them, act them out, and get ideas for creating their own. Accompanying photographs show children from diverse backgrounds in realistic settings, and back matter provides adults with ideas for thought-provoking discussion, activities, and learning. This charming update to a popular volume of poetry for children is a book that adults and children will love sharing again and again.
101 cards, each with three engaging questions, help kids break the ice in new situations and develop social skills as they learn more about their peers. Perfect for use in classrooms, advisory groups, after-school programs, teams, and youth groups. Free Spirit's In a Jar® Products: With unique, engaging topics for varying ages, these go-anywhere, easy-to-use jars make learning fun, portable, and spontaneous. Kids, parents, and educators will enjoy the games and cards at home, at school, at childcare, in the office, while traveling, at parties, in youth groups, and at camp.
There are so many fun things to play with at Jamie’s new preschool— baby dolls to care for, toy cars to drive—and Jamie wants to play with them all! But the other children are confused . . . is Jamie a boy or a girl? Some toys are just for girls and others are just for boys, aren’t they? Not according to Jamie! This bookchallenges gender stereotypes, shows readers that playing is fundamental to learning, and reinforces the idea that all children need the freedom to play unencumbered. A special section for teachers, parents, and caregivers provides tips on how to make children’s playtime learning time.
Learn how to tie your laces with this wonderful, new addition to the Tiny Tots range. With a practice lace and an easy, step-by-step guide, this delightful book is fantastic for little lace-learners.
