Category Description for Kumon Math Workbooks (1-6):

A math program based on the Kumon method. Basically, the earmarks of this system are:

• Concepts introduced in small, incremental steps, allowing children to master them without confusion
• Single topic books rather than mixed strands. Children concentrate just on addition, for example, before moving to subtraction
• Concepts are taught by discovery method than being spelled out

The series is meant to be self-directed. Students take charge of their own learning on every level. They complete pages, check their work, record their scores, and determine whether to move on or review. The pace almost guarantees success. Children should work a "few" pages a day; assignments should take about 20 minutes to complete. Pages are marked with the skill level required at top and the points each question is valued at (a very young child will need some help totaling points). Very short instruction (or an example) is given on a few pages. For example, there is a short explanation when children begin to subtract a 2-digit number from a 3-digit number where borrowing is needed. However, the child is given every opportunity to intuit this beforehand. By the time he reaches this page, he has already been subtracting double-digit numbers for many pages. Some of these would require borrowing, but, since they are able to subtract, say, 7 from 12, the Kumon method wants the child to see a pattern when increasing to 7 from 22, 7 from 32, etc. This does remind me of the approach used in Miquon as well. Besides these very infrequent helps there are just some small prompts for children to look for patterns in their answers, and words of encouragement. Pages are pleasing to the eye; they are colored, clean, and problems are well-spaced. The Kumon method has been used successfully with children around the world for over 50 years. It does seem like it would help a child to take charge of his own learning and help himself to understanding rather than being spoon-fed each bite. For Kumon math earlier than Grade 1, see the Kumon section in Early Learning.

A fun day is turned upside down when Peppa’s little brother, George, misplaces a beloved toy. Can they find Mr. Dinosaur?

George loves to play with his favorite stuffed toy. Out in the yard, George tosses Mr. Dinosaur up and down, up and down, until Mummy Pig calls out that it’s time to go shopping. There’s so much to do and see at the market! But when they get home, George can’t find his toy. Peppa and the family search everywhere, and even ask Officer Squirrel and Officer Panda for help. They have lots of lost toy dinosaurs, but they don’t have Mr. Dinosaur. Where could he be?

Here’s a book as exuberant as Peppa Pig herself—and it includes a removable, rainbow-colored pop-it toy shaped like the world's most POP-ular pig!

This sturdy board book features two fun Peppa Pig stories: In "Fun and Games," Peppa and her playgroup imagine that a rainbow-colored parachute is everything from a wave-filled ocean to a flying saucer in outer space. Then, during a road trip to the mountains in "The Rainbow," Peppa and her family pass the time by pointing out a variety of colorful objects, none more spectacular than a rainbow that appears in the sky! Pop It with Peppa! also includes a removable, one-of-a-kind, rainbow-colored, Peppa Pig-shaped pop-it toy attached to the front cover. Prompts on the pages encourage young kids to pop it with Peppa while they read!

A looking searching puzzle book with many layers and a fantastic read-aloud, as 18 colourful animals do something new on every page - look carefully! Who's hiding? Who's crying? Who's backwards? The answers to these questions are not as simple as they appear. In this sturdy board book edition of bestseller Who's Hiding? 18 colourful animals stand in a row. Something small changes on every double page: animals disappear, turn around, cry or sleep. Young children love spotting the changes and, at the same time, get to know animal names, colours, expressions, emotions and how to count.

Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3 by librarian and children's literature troubadour Judy Freeman is here at last. The largest and most comprehensive book of its kind ever written, it's an indispensable treasure trove of 1,700 child-tested favorite read-aloud titles, published since 1995. Everything here--the text chapters (About Children's Books and Ways to Use Them), the Annotated Read-Aloud Lists for preschool through grade 6, the professional books bibliography, and the indexes--is 100% new! This is the definitive source for the best recent picture books, fiction, poetry, folklore, biography, and nonfiction books to share with children. The extensively annotated bibliography incorporates thousands of innovative and inspirational ideas for booktalking, book discussion, creative drama, storytelling, poetry, writing, library skills, and other literature-based teaching. Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3: A Read-Aloud Guide is the latest all-new volume in the Books Kids Will Sit Still For series, which includes Books Kids Will Sit Still For: A Read-Aloud Guide, Second Edition and More Books Kids Will Sit Still For: A Read-Aloud Guide. The three books together constitute a tour of the best of children's literature and how to use it, with a total of more than 5,000 invaluable annotations of exemplary children's books. You'll find: Judy Freeman's 1,705 hand-selected favorite, most memorable read-aloud titles from the past decade-books that teachers, librarians, parents, and kids will take to heart A cornucopia of creative, surefire strategies and techniques to incorporate children's books across the curriculum, foster higher level thinking skills, and extend children's response to literaturePractical tips--Judy calls them "Germs"--to develop meaty, meaningful follow-ups for books you choose to read aloud, with plenty of hear-it-today, do-it-tomorrow activities for libraries and classrooms Related title connections for each book, along with a list of subject headings so librarians and teachers can see at a glance into which categories each title fits Hundreds of fiction and picture books, sure, but also a definitive compilation of exemplary folk and fairy tales, poetry, nonfiction, and biographies--areas other professional books often skim over Comprehensive author, title, illustrator, and subject indexes for easy access.

44 captioned illustrations accurately depict scenes of major milestones in space exploration-from launching of first liquid-fuel rocket in 1926 to Challenger tragedy in 1986. Other exciting drawings: launch of Sputnik (1957), first U.S. space walk (1965), first men on the moon (1969), more.

This title features beautiful artwork by bestselling author and illustrator Trace Moroney. It includes high quality hardbacks with flocking, embossing and foil on each cover. It is the newest release in the ongoing series.

This title features beautiful artwork by bestselling author and illustrator Trace Moroney. It includes high quality hardbacks with flocking, embossing and foil on each cover. It is the newest release in the ongoing series.