All kind of basic shapes--circles, squares, triangles, shapes with curvy sides, and shapes with straight sides--are explored in lots of different contexts: in your living space, on the beach, in the playground, in the kitchen, making music, and creating special presents. Sparklers: Work it Out is a selection of four new titles from this award-winning series which provides a colorful framework for teaching the early concepts of numbers, shapes, measuring, and sums, bringing basic numeracy skills to life and helping children tackle problem solving with confidence.
Counting from 1 to 10 and other key numerical skills, such as counting in pairs, counting backwards and forwards in order, odds and evens, zeros, and large numbers are investigated in the natural world, at home, during mealtimes, at sporting events and other games, and on day trips. Sparklers: Work it Out is a selection of four new titles from this award-winning series which provides a colorful framework for teaching the early concepts of numbers, shapes, measuring, and sums, bringing basic numeracy skills to life and helping children tackle problem solving with confidence.
The Sparklers series was created to help children build skills for inquiry. This book is also an excellent teaching tool. In the Out And About titles, children will encounter familiar environments and begin investigations with assured fun while learning basic facts.
Easter helps children to find out more about this important Christian festival – from the resurrection of Jesus to different traditions. Readers are introduced to life cycles and aspects of renewal, And The festival itself, with family gatherings, parades Easter eggs and special Easter food. Sparklers - Celebrations encourages children to learn about annual festivals and different cultures around the world. The books are designed to support and extend the Early Years curriculum.
This book helps children to find out more about this important annual festival. Readers are introduced to the Chinese calendar and aspects of preparation, such as cleaning and decorating. They also learn about the festival itself with parades, dragon dances, family gatherings, gifts, and special food.
What are materials and how do we use them? What are solids, liquids and gases and how do they behave? What will materials be like in the future? This book helps the reader to answer all these questions and many more about materials and their uses.
The Sparklers series was created to help children build skills for inquiry. This book is also an excellent teaching tool. In the Out And About titles, children will encounter familiar environments and begin investigations with assured fun while learning basic facts.
This title tells you all about the relationship between children and their dads. Find out about the different types of dad and discover how you and your dad can learn to get along better.
The hugely successful detective investigates series has features that encourage the reader to think about science and to carry out their own focused experiments.
Sparklers' is a set of information books for pre-school children that will eventually cover all key topic areas of the early years curriculum. The books are designed to support and extend the learning of children aged 3 to 5.
A look at one of the biggest challenges facing our world today - inequality - and how we are tackling it How can we build a better, fairer, more equal, cleaner world? This series seeks to answer this by exploring some of the greatest challenges facing our planet today - from disease to conflict, and from the energy crisis to the plight of refugees. It explains what is already being done to meet and tackle these challenges, and explores what more could and should be done, both individually and collectively, to ensure a better future for our planet, its people and its wildlife. Taking a positive, but realistic perspective, this series aims to empower young readers by helping them understand these complex and troubling issues, calm their anxieties, and promote empathy and understanding for the many millions of people suffering from for example, poverty or inequality. Perfect for readers aged 9 and up Titles in the series: Climate Change Disease Inequality Migration Poverty & Food Insecurity War & Conflict
Solve basic numeracy challenges in the areas of number recognition and addition, subtraction, pairs and multiplication, division and sharing equally, estimation and measuring, shapes and space, and problem solving and creativity in play--and do it while having fun and playing games, from musical chairs to making a paper chain to playing dominoes! Sparklers: Work it Out is a selection of four new titles from this award-winning series which provides a colorful framework for teaching the early concepts of numbers, shapes, measuring, and sums, bringing basic numeracy skills to life and helping children tackle problem solving with confidence.
Sparklers' is a set of information books for pre-school children that will eventually cover all key topic areas of the early years curriculum. The books are designed to support and extend the learning of children aged 3 to 5.
Pigs are familiar farmyard animals. This book uses clear text and stunning photographs to show how they live, what they eat, and how they raise their young. It also describes how farmers care for pigs, and explains why they are important to us." -- Page [4] cover.
A look at arguably the biggest challenge facing our world today - climate change - and how we are tackling it Climate change has become an inescapable reality in today's world, as global temperatures rise and extreme weather becomes more and more frequent. But what is causing this shift in Earth's weather patterns? More importantly, what can we all do to help slow or even reverse climate change? How can we build a better, fairer, more equal, cleaner world? This series seeks to answer this by exploring some of the greatest challenges facing our planet today - from disease to conflict, and from the energy crisis to the plight of refugees. It explains what is already being done to meet and tackle these challenges, and explores what more could and should be done, both individually and collectively, to ensure a better future for our planet, its people and its wildlife. Taking a positive, but realistic perspective, this series aims to empower young readers by helping them understand these complex and troubling issues, calm their anxieties, and promote empathy and understanding for the many millions of people suffering from for example, poverty or inequality. Perfect for readers aged 9 and up. What is climate change?/Taking action/Changing weather/The Amazon Rainforest/Melting ice/ Ocean impact/Energy for buildings/The food we eat/The way we travel/Shopping habits/The power of tech/Reduce, repair, reuse, recycle/Speaking out/Glossary/Further information/Index Titles in the series: Climate Change Disease Inequality Migration Poverty & Food Insecurity War & Conflict
Pigs are familiar farmyard animals. This book uses clear text and stunning photographs to show how they live, what they eat, and how they raise their young. It also describes how farmers care for pigs, and explains why they are important to us.
Fire up young readers' imagination and creativity with this classic story featuring added STEAM activities. Frances Hodgson Burnett's enchanting tale is retold with vivid and engaging new illustrations - and at the end of every chapter, there are exciting new science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics activities, themed around the events in the book. The activities range from simple puzzles to fun, dynamic experiments, so there's something for every enquiring mind. It's the ideal combination of wonderful story and stimulating science fun.
The world's most secretive state, North Korea is a tiny nation with a big voice on the world stage. Since its foundation in 1948, it has gained both friends and foes, and over the years has become increasingly isolated from the rest of the world. Travel is restricted in and out of the country, the government tightly controls the media and an ideology of self-reliance encourages citizens to pledge allegiance to the nation. This book looks at the challenges that lie ahead for North Korea, nationally and internationally, and asks: in an ever-changing world, can North Korea sustain its reclusive identity?
Be a History Detective' will show you how to find out more about the past by finding clues in your local area and will help you start a history project of your own.
To protect our planet, we should try to live in a more eco-friendly way. Our everyday decisions, such as the food we eat and the clothes we ear, all make a difference. We also have some big challenges: How do we feed a growing population? How do we make cleaner sources of energy? Can countries develop in an eco-friendly way?
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