Kids Learning

Learning doesn’t need to be boring, so we took the boring out and threw the fun in it! Learn subtraction the fun way with Math Funland with Subtraction: Level 2, where you will learn subtraction facts with differences 5-15! And if you want to practice more subtraction facts, check out Math Funland with Subtraction: Level 1 and Math Funland with Subtraction: Level 3!

Do you need help learning addition? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! Learning doesn’t need to be boring, so we took the boring out and threw the fun in it! Learn addition the fun way with Level 2 of Math Funland with Addition where you will learn addition facts with sums 5-15! And if you want to practice more addition facts, check out Levels 1 and 3 of Math Funland with Addition!

So, your child is a high school junior. You've heard other parents with kids older than yours whisper the word "college" like it was a terminal disease. You've seen their taut, maniacal grins as they try to hold it together. The process of weathering and conquering the college admissions process with a teenager is a daunting affair for many. Thankfully, Jill Margaret Shulman, a college admissions coach, application evaluator, college writing instructor, essayist, author, and empathetic parent, is here to be your fiercest ally.

Join twins Mia and Maddie and their sidekick little sister, Lulu, as they travel the country finding adventure, mystery, and sometimes mischief along the way. Together with their famous mother, singer Gloria Glimmer, and their slightly wacky nanny, Miss Julia, the sisters learn lessons about being good friends, telling the truth, and a whole lot more.

In London Art Chase, the first title in the new Faithgirlz Glimmer Girls series, listeners meet 10-year-old twins Mia and Maddie and their adorable little sister, LuLu. All the girls are smart, sassy, and unique in their own ways, each with a special little something that adds to great family adventures. There is pure excitement in the family as the group heads to London for the first time to watch Mom, famous singer Gloria Glimmer, perform.

In 2014, after a brief orientation course and a few fingerprinting sessions, Nicholson Baker became an on-call substitute teacher in a Maine public school district. He awoke to the dispatcher's five-forty a.m. phone call and headed to one of several nearby schools; when he got there, he did his best to follow lesson plans and help his students get something done. What emerges from Baker's experience is a complex, often touching deconstruction of public schooling in America.

Spelling Two is the second in the Spelling for Kids interactive spelling workbook series, which features spelling words that will quickly improve vocabulary, reading comprehension, and spelling skills. It makes a great addition to any school or home-school curriculum!

Spelling One is the first in the Spelling for Kids interactive spelling workbooks series, which features spelling words that will quickly improve vocabulary, reading comprehension, and spelling skills. It makes a great addition to any home-school curriculum! Our fun and enabling spelling system can be used by your whole family at home, and it can also be used by schoolteachers for all children. They can start their practice one year earlier and at their own pace.

Through the voices of students themselves, Fires in the Mind brings a game-changing question to teachers of adolescents: What does it take to get really good at something? Starting with what they already know and do well, teenagers from widely diverse backgrounds join a cutting-edge dialogue with adults about the development of mastery in and out of school. Their insights frame motivation, practice, and academic challenge in a new light that galvanizes more powerful learning for all.

The "modern" education system. It hasn't changed much since it started back in 1837. The problem here is, many kids find it hard to learn using this old model. According to The National Academy of Sciences, traditional lecturing increases the failure rates by as much as 55 percent. On top of that, it can result in thousands of dollars in private tutoring and extra resources. In Fun Math for Kids, you'll be given techniques that benefit all four primary types of learners: visual, auditory, reading/writing, and kinesthetic.

Get ready to have some fun and learn Spanish beside Julia and Raph. In Frío y Caliente, kids will identify objects and activities that fall into these two categories and that they use every day.

On November 24, 1971, an unidentified man hijacked an airplane that was flying from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle, Washington. He demanded $200,000 and told a flight attendant that he had weapons. After stopping in Seattle, the hijacker was given the money and he released the attendants. But he demanded that the pilots stay on-board, refuel, and fly him to Mexico City. Just thirty minutes after the plane took off, the man jumped out of the aircraft and parachuted away...never to be seen or heard from again. Did he escape with the money? Did he even survive the jump?

Kids as Mentors: A Reverse Mentoring Handbook for Teachers offers an innovative approach to bridging generation gaps in the classroom. Transform traditional classroom roles with reverse mentoring, enabling teachers to learn from their students as experts in youth culture, technology, and emerging generational trends.

Rooted in humorous stories distilled with bits of sagely honest advice, The Journey goes beyond the well-chronicled college admissions madness and cuts to the core of parental angst with concrete suggestions for preparing children for a competitive and rapidly changing world.

In I Wish for Change, teacher and author Kyle Schwartz equips both teachers and parents to help children stand up for what they believe is right and make value-driven decisions. She shows how children's adaptability, vulnerability, and empathy make them excellent agents for change, as well as how to teach children about the mechanics and structures of power so they can effectively change them.

Synthesizing cutting-edge research and first-hand reporting, Peg Tyre offers parents far smarter and more sophisticated ways to assess a classroom and decide if the school and the teacher have the right stuff. Passionate and persuasive, The Good School empowers parents to make sense of headlines; constructively engage teachers, administrators, and school boards; and figure out the best options for their children.

Welcome, young cosmic adventurers, to an out-of-this-world journey that will ignite your imagination, spark your curiosity, and launch your love for learning into the cosmos. Brace yourself for an immersive audiobook experience that will take you on an intergalactic joyride through the captivating Discoveropolis series.

Spelling Four is the fourth book in the Spelling for Kids interactive spelling workbooks series, which features spelling words that will quickly improve vocabulary, reading comprehension, and spelling skills. It makes a great addition to any school or home-school curriculum!

Both a rallying cry and an invaluable resource, One in Five details the national education crisis as it impacts the one in five children who have dyslexia. Micki Boas, mother to two dyslexic sons, wrote this book because too many parents feel isolated and defeated in their efforts to secure an equal chance for their children. After fighting the school system for six years to get the correct diagnoses and proper learning assistance for her sons, Boas realized that parents need to hack the system, cutting through the invisible red tape....

Kids love to ask questions, and this collection has the answers! Full of fun facts about astounding animal varieties, habitats, and abilities of favorite members of the animal kingdom, each second has more for kids to learn! The easy-to-understand answers will keep kids wanting to learn more. This 5-book collection includes Birds of Prey, Sharks, Wild Cats, Wolves, and Predators.