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Books & Toolkits
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The Anxiety Toolkit
$21.00When children struggle with anxiety, it can manifest itself in a variety of ways — anger, withdrawal, depression, avoidance, and everything in between. Parents and caregivers need a collection of strategies — tools to have at their disposal — to help their favorite kids in the moment when they’re struggling.The Anxiety Toolkit is the result of years of talking with parents about the ways in which they help their kiddos manage their anxiety, research-based strategies, and her Colleen’s own experience in parenting children with anxiety. Overwhelmingly, parents have expressed the need to have the tools and strategies at their fingertips — in a format they can pull out and use in the moment they need it.And so, The Anxiety Toolkit: 96 Ways to Help Your Child Calm Their Worries was created. It’s made of the exact same materials as a deck of poker cards so it’s durable, meant to be used, shuffled, and manipulated again and again. To make it super easy to pull out and find the strategy you need, the categories are color-coded and collected on a ring for portability and durability.If your kiddo struggles with anxiety, you’ll want to grab a deck (or two) to have everywhere you go — in your home, your purse, and at the grandparent’s house. Talk through the strategies with your kiddos, and find the ones that work best for you. -
Raising Creative Kids: A Collection of Simple Creativity Prompts for Children
$12.00Are you striving to raise creative kids?
Raising creative kids means that you’re giving your children the tools that they need to be innovative problem-solvers. They’ll be able to tackle anything that comes their way – in their personal lives, their careers, their communities, and the world around them.
Creative kids will be the change this world needs.
In Raising Creative Kids: A Collection of Simple Creativity Prompts for Children, you’ll find a toolkit of activities to help you develop your child’s creativity – and you likely won’t need any special supplies. Well, nothing you can’t find around the house, unless those little imaginations run wild…then you’re on your own to help them create the worlds they dream up…
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Real-Life Science Mysteries Book
Real-Life Science Mysteries puts an exciting new spin on scientific thinking by profiling real-life scientists, showing students in grades 5–8 ways they can use science in their everyday lives. From a biologist studying the habits of garter snakes in Manitoba, Canada, to a landscape designer and greenhouse owner in Ohio, the scientists in this book share information and solutions to the thorniest problems they face in their scientific careers.
With the more than 20 mysteries posed in Real-Life Science Mysteries, students will be required to try their hand at solving common science problems and performing experiments while learning about real people from diverse backgrounds, all of whom share a love for discovering how things work, why things work, and how they can work better. This book is perfect for any science classroom or young scientists looking to increase their knowledge!
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Hands-On Ecology Book
Children naturally are fascinated by the world around them, exploring the make-up of their world, including the animals, plants, and organisms that inhabit it, at an early age. Hands-On Ecology develops children’s fascination with their world by giving them a front-row seat in the exploration of various ecological habitats. The book gives teachers the tools they need to create an extensive, in-depth study of ecology, including background information on ecosystems, how to set up a hands-on study of their local ecosystem, a look at how human populations affect the environment, and viable ways classrooms can contribute to conservationism.
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Free Resources for Elementary Teachers Book
Teachers spend hundreds of their own dollars on classroom materials every year. From basic supplies to resources for improving their lessons and engaging their students, their hard-earned money is poured back into their jobs. “Free Resources for Elementary Teachers” can help ease the strain on an educator’s pocketbook. Chock-full of free and almost free lesson plans, samples, curriculum, background information teachers can use in preparing lessons, ebooks, virtual field trips, webquests, and more, “Free Resources for Elementary Teachers” will provide educators with an easy-to-use guide for scoring these materials for their own classroom.
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Science for Smart Kids: Electricity and Magnetism eBook
$8.00Electricity and magnetism are a huge part of our lives, and we often take these forces for granted. Before eBooks, computers, and remote control toys, though, scientists put a lot of effort into discovering how they worked, and how they could capture that energy to make our lives easier. Through their explorations, the connection and relationship between electricity and magnetism was discovered. Scientists and inventors found ways to bring electricity to the people who wanted and needed it. And, while we benefit from the discoveries that have already been made, there is always more to learn!
Whether you try the activities in this book as a fun unit study, as part of your homeschool science lessons, as an extra project for school or a science fair, or just to discover new things, you’ll get an up-close look at electrical and magnetic forces. Enjoy the SHOCKING discoveries you make as you enjoy the PULL of science!
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100 Backyard Activities That Are the Dirtiest, Coolest, Creepy-Crawliest Ever
Can a worm smell different foods? How much weight can a super-strong bess beetle carry? Are crickets happier alone or with a friend? Would you touch a spider or keep one for a pet?
100 Backyard Activities That Are the Dirtiest, Coolest, Creepy-Crawliest Ever! will teach you how to find the answers to these questions and more, and have tons of fun while you do it! Forget big-city museums, boring books and science games on your computer or tablet―with this book your backyard is your new museum, and grown-ups are only your assistants. You’ll become an expert on bugs, reptiles, birds and plants by getting to know them up close and personal. How cool is that?
Colleen Kessler is a teacher and mom whose mission is to share unique and effective ways to ignite a passion in kids for hands-on learning, experimentation, science and creativity. This book does all of that and more―you’ll have fun catching bugs, and your parents will love that you’re gaining important critical-thinking skills and knowledge about science that will help you do well in school.
There’s a whole world out there waiting to be discovered . . . take this book with you, go exploring and have a blast spending hours outside.
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