Education/Classroom > Kindergarten - Gr. 7
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Erin Frankel Weird!: A story about dealing with bullying in schools
Luisa is repeatedly teased and called “weird” by her classmate Sam, even though she is simply being herself—laughing with her friends, answering questions in class, greeting her father in Spanish, and wearing her favorite polka-dot boots. Luisa initially reacts to the bullying by withdrawing and hiding her colorful nature. But with the support of her teachers, parents, classmates, and one special friend named Jayla, she is able to reclaim her color and resist Sam’s put-downs.
$18.50
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Weird Series
These three books tell the story of an ongoing case of bullying from three third graders perspectives. Kids will easily relate to Luisa, Jayla, and Sam as each girl has her own unique experience, eventually learning how to face her challenges with the help of friends, peers, and caring adults. The books may be read separately or as a set; readers will enjoy tracking small details that carry over from one book to another. Each book concludes with activity club pages for kids, as well as information to help parents, teachers, counselors, and other adults reinforce the books messages and foster dialogue with children.
$47.00
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Doris Stickney, Robyn Henderson Nordstrom Water Bugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children (Coloring Book)
Now the perennial bestseller Water Bugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children by Doris Stickney is presented in a colouring book format! Children can interactively experience the same wonderful story as the storybook by coloring or painting the black-and-white illustrations that fill each page. Coupled with the Water Bugs and Dragonflies storybook, those who do ministry with children in grief will find this to be an invaluable tool.
$9.95
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Waiting Is Not Easy!
This is an accessible, appealing, and full of authentic emotions about what makes friendships tick. This masterful mini-dramas will delight and amuse early-reader and picture-book audiences, alike. (One of An Elephant and Piggie Book Series).
$14.99
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Waiting for the Whales
This book illuminates the unique friendship between grandparent and child and celebrates the restorative power of the natural world. Originally published twenty-five years ago, this award-winning picture book is sure to enchant a whole new generation of readers.
$10.95
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Ross Burach The Very Impatient Caterpillar
A clever send-up of every child's biggest challenge - being patient! When a group of caterpillars scamper up a tree to metamorphosize, one of them is still learning about this whole transformation thing. Who knew that with a little time, and patience, he could become a beautiful butterfly? But the two-week wait inside his chrysalis feels interminable. His fellow caterpillars all tell him to be patient and let nature take its course, but the waiting is just so hard. With warmth, wit, and a flair for hilarious cartooning, the author turns a relatable feeling and an evergreen curriculum topic into an endearing picture book that has all the hallmarks of a modern classic.
$25.95
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Cheri J. Meiners Understand and Care
Empathy is key to positive, healthy relationships. This book builds empathy in children. In clear, child-friendly words and illustrations, it helps them to understand that other people have feelings like theirs—and different from theirs. It guides children to show they care by listening to others and respecting their feelings. Includes questions to discuss and empathy games to play.
$18.50
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Gill Hasson Turn Away from Teasing
Supportive advice to help kids who are dealing with teasing — or who realize they sometimes tease othersTeasing can be embarrassing or upsetting. Kids need supportive advice for dealing with teasing—or for knowing when they should stop teasing someone else. Turn Away from Teasing gently acknowledges how it feels to be teased and provides practical tools to help kids, such as: Say you don’t like being teased and tell the person teasing you to stop Stand up for yourself if the teasing doesn’t stop Practice what you will say so the words come easily to you Children will learn how to talk about being teased with a trusted adult and when to get help. Included is an explanation about when teasing turns to bullying, what children can do when they see someone being teased or bullied, and what to do when they realize they tease others.At the back of the book, kids will find a special section with additional ideas and activities for dealing with teasing. Also included is a note to adults with advice on helping children understand and use the tools and methods from the book.
$29.50
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Cheri J. Meiners Try and Stick with It
It’s hard to try new things—for adults as well as children. It’s even harder to stay the course when something is more difficult than we thought it would be, or when things don’t work out the way we hoped. Yet flexibility and perseverance are essential to success in all areas of life, at all ages and stages. This book introduces children to the benefits of trying something new and the basics of stick-to-it-iveness. Includes suggestions adults can use to reinforce the ideas and skills being taught.
$18.50
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Trigrip Tongs Singles
Strengthen pencil grip skills without the pencil! It's easy to build one of the most important fine motor skills when you use the Tri-Grip Tongs. These brightly colored development tools helps kids strengthen the muscles they need to hold a pencil, write, and hit the milestones for success in school and beyond. Each 3-prong tong features an intuitive design that mimics the finger placement required for correct pencil grip without the need for an actual pencil or pen. As kids use the tongs to pick up toys, counters, and other objects, they'll be boosting their fine motor skills development without even knowing it.
$5.50
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Susan E. Craig Trauma-Sensitive Schools: Learning Communities Transforming Children's Lives, K-5
Growing evidence supports the important relationship between trauma and academic failure. Along with a new understanding of children's disruptive behaviour, educators are changing the way they view children's academic and social problems. This book provides K - 5 educators dozens of practical, creative ideas to create a school climate that fosters safety and resiliency in vulnerable children; establish relationships with children that support their efforts to self-regulate; design instruction that reflects the social nature of the brain; work with the brain's neuroplasticity to increase children's executive function; and Integrates research on children's neurodevelopment and educational best practices.
$49.95
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Peter A. Levine, Maggie Kline Trauma-Proofing Your Kids: A Parents' Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience
This book for parents of worried and troubled children offers tools to keep children safe from danger and to help them "bounce back" after feeling scared and overwhelmed. The authors offer an antidote to trauma and a recipe for creating resilient kids no matter what misfortune has besieged them. This book has "simple-to-follow stress-busting, boundary-setting, sensory/motor-awareness activities that counteract trauma's effect on a child's body, mind and spirit and simplifies an often mystifying and complex subject, empowering parents to raise truly confident and joyful kids despite stressful and turbulent times."
$20.00
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Elena Bodrova, Deborah Leong Tools Of The Mind, 2nd Edition: The Vygotskian Approach to Early Childhood Education
As the only text of its kind, this book provides in-depth information about Vygotsky's theories, neo-Vygotskians' findings, and concrete explanations and strategies that instruct teachers how to influence student learning and development. Key changes to this edition include a new chapter on dynamic assessment, separate and expanded chapters on developmental accomplishments of infants and toddlers, preschool/kindergarten, and primary grades and on supporting those accomplishments, and elaborations of Vygotsky's ideas from neo-Vygotskians from Russia.
$57.95
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Ashley Spires The Thing Lou Couldn't Do
This book depicts that children go through when confronted with something difficult. With humour and endearing artwork, Spires sensitively portrays Lou procrastinating, making excuses, imagining alternatives and denying she cares. Ultimately, Lou faces her fear, and although she fails, the effort empowers her, encouraging a growth mindset. All the while, Lou's friends model compassionate friendship by offering to teach her how to climb and then moving the game. This book makes a perfect choice for a character education discussion about courage or resilience, or a life-skills lesson on facing challenges. The story also promotes the joy of imaginative play in the outdoors.
$21.99
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Thanks for the Feedback (I Think!)
This entertaining story follows RJ as he goes about his day doing the things he enjoys, such as blowing bubbles, playing soccer, and hanging out with friends. But when a couple of friends give him compliments, he just isn’t sure how to respond! As RJ continues through the day, he hears from his teacher and parents that while there are many things he’s doing very well, there are also some things he needs to work on. His first reaction is to argue and make excuses. Throughout this must-read story, RJ learns what it means to receive positive and negative feedback, and how to respond appropriately to that feedback.
$17.50
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Thank You Book
In this book, Piggie wants to thank EVERYONE. But Gerald is worried Piggie will forget someone . . . someone important. (One of the An Elephant and Piggie Book series.
$14.99
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Julia Cook Teamwork Isn't My Thing, and I Don't Like to Share!
RJ's having another bad day... His teacher wants him to work with bossy Bernice, messy Frankie, and Norma (who just sits and picks her nose) on a report about Egyptian mummies. After a frustrating school day with his team, RJ goes home to find only one cookie left in the jar. And his mom makes him share it with his sister! With the help of his coach, RJ learns that working as a team and sharing are skills needed not just on the soccer field, but in school and at home too!
$17.95
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Dr. Jennifer Katz Teaching to Diversity
The Three-Block Model of Universal Design for Learning. Dr. Jennifer Katz synthesizes the research, and 16 years experience of teaching in inclusive classrooms and schools, to provide answers to several questions: How do I make inclusion work for ALL students? What are the foundational best practices of a truly inclusive learning community? How does one create such a community? The author pulls together, in an organized way, a three-block model of universal design for learning (UDL) and suggests a step-by-step approach for implementing it. This framework includes: Block One, Social and Emotional Learning; Block Two, Inclusive Instructional Practice; Block Three, Systems and Structures. The three-block model of UDL can empower educators with the knowledge, skills, and confidence required to teach diverse learners in the same classroom including those who have previously been excluded.
$29.00
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Susan Winebrenner, Dina Brulles Teaching Gifted Kids In Today's Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use
Fully revised and updated for a new generation of educators, this is the definitive guide to meeting the learning needs of gifted students in the mixed-abilities classroom seamlessly and effectively with minimal preparation time. For years, teachers have turned to this book daily to ensure their gifted students are getting the opportunities they need and deserve. Included are proven, practical, classroom-tested strategies and step-by-step instructions for how to use them. The new edition of Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom provides information on using technology for accelerated learning, managing cluster grouping, increasing curriculum rigor, improving assessments, boosting critical and creative thinking skills, and addressing gifted kids with special needs. Already a perennial best seller, this guides third edition is sure to be welcomed with open arms by teachers everywhere.
$67.95
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Teacher's Guide To Student Mental Health
William Dikel, MD, a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist, who serves as a consultant to school districts nationwide, provides a comprehensive, teacher-focused guide to student mental health. From anxiety and depression to ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, behavior disorders, substance use disorders, and psychoses, this practical book provides essential information on how mental health disorders are diagnosed and treated, how they tend to manifest at school, and how they affect students emotions, behaviors, and ability to learn. It explains why traditional behavioral interventions are often unsuccessful, and describes effective classroom interventions that teachers can use to provide optimal educational experiences.
$42.00
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Steve Herman Teach Your Dragon To Share (My Dragon Books - Volume 17)
Having a pet dragon is very fun. You can teach your dragon to sit, stand, roll over, and you can even potty train him... But what if your dragon doesn’t feel like share? What if he doesn't want to share his toys? He doesn't want to share his work with friends? And he doesn't know anything about Sharing and Teamwork? What do you do? You teach him how to share!
$21.95
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Steve Herman Teach Your Dragon To Follow Instructions (My Dragon Books - Volume 20)
Having a pet dragon is very fun. You can teach him sit, roll over, and play… He can candle a birthday cake, lit a campfire, and so many other cool things… But what if your dragon doesn’t want to follow instructions? What if he always to want to do things his way –often the wrong ways? What if he’s so frustrated because everything he did always went wrong? You teach him to listen and follow instructions!
$21.95
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Steve Herman Teach Your Dragon About Stranger Danger (My Dragon Books - Volume 33)
You can train him to sit, roll over, and play… He can candle a birthday cake, lit a campfire, or so many other cool things… But what if your dragon is always eager to talk to strangers? What if he has no problem going with someone he doesn’t know? What if he wanted to get in a car with someone because mom was late picking him up from school? What if he loves to take toys or gifts from strangers and throw a major fit if you tell him not to? What if he’s confused between “friendliness” and personal safety? What should you do? You help him understand stranger danger and safety. You practice with him different situations with strangers and how he should react accordingly!
$21.95
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E. Jane Garland and Sandra Clark Taming Worry Dragons Classroom Manual
Classroom-based 8 session program aimed at anxiety prevention. Children will learn about anxiety and worries using the concept of "Worry Dragons". The focus is on teaching general anxiety management strategies for children. To be used with "The Kid's Guide to Taming Worry Dragons". Not eligible for further discounts.
$25.00
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