A new blueprint for fast language learning. Lewis argues that you don't need a great memory or "the language gene" to learn a language quickly, and debunks a number of long-held beliefs, such as adults not being as good of language learners as children. --

"Sadly, it has become evident over the past seventy years, Americans have become increasingly ignorant of our nation's founding principles. Civic education and American history have either not been taught or have been deliberately mistaught throughout our nation's public--and in numerous cases, even our private--education system. This lack of education or misinformation has placed our nation in real peril, and we are seeing the consequences unfold...

Integrating Teaching and Learning: "Timeless Essentials" for Creating Integrated Units of Study is a unique series that PK-12 educators are successfully using to create new units of study, or enrich existing ones, with indispensable elements that fully integrate their instruction with students' learning. Volume Three in this series presents the third and final set of "timeless essentials" that are fully described and illustrated with numerous educator-created...

"After more than thirty years in the classroom, award-winning teacher Phil Done decided that it was time to retire. His days of teaching schoolchildren may have come to an end, but a teacher's job is never truly done, and he set out to write the greatest lesson of his career: a book for educators and parents that would pass along everything he learned about working with kids. The result is this delightful and insightful teaching bible, The Art of...

Using a full-color illustrated approach, a guide to parental math tutoring looks at every aspect of the challenging subject, from simple sums to simultaneous equations, in a book with simple explanations and clear illustrations that parents can share with their children.

Presents a variety of art projects and related activities grouped around such themes as the family, animals, nature, transportation, color, and more.

This edition of Anne of Avonlea includes a Foreword and Afterword by T.A. Barron Avonlea is the prettiest little town on Prince Edward Island, which is the prettiest little island in all of Canada. Anne had come here as an orphan, a skinny redhead showing up on the steps of Green Gables with a shabby suitcase and a heart full of dreams. Anne's dream of finding a home had come true. But now, she is a young woman, with new dreams, She has a teaching...

"A veteran math educator reveals the hidden fascinations of geometry and why this staple of math education is important"--

Activities that teachers can use to introduce science to young students.