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Roni Bagedonas faces challenges as a special education teacher with an autistic student and an emotionally disturbed pupil in her classroom of six special needs children. Roni's private issues with body image are pressed by the former beauty queen who is now her aide. Joe Malinkavich is back from Afghanistan where he served as a medic. Dealing with PTSD, Joe is an emergency responder for the fire department. Both Roni and Joe want a relationship,...

This book is for anyone who wants to provide their learners with rich and rewarding reading experiences. Drawing on current reading theory, the book promotes the teaching of reading in a theoretically sound way, moving beyond a comprehension-testing approach to reading. The practical part of the book provides a collection of accessible, generic activities so that teachers can support and develop learners' reading skills and strategies. Its scope is...

Complete Book of Preschool Workbook helps preschoolers learn and enhance essential skills needed for Kindergarten success. Activity books engage students while learning through fun and engaging activities. The PreK workbook includes full-color practice pages covering colors, shapes, letters, numbers and counting, and writing skills through fun letter tracing and math activities. A motivational poster and stickers are also included. Students write,...

Test your science knowledge playing a DVD game with clips from original Bill Nye the Science guy shows.

"Introduce your child to coloring activities to develop motor skills and prepare for kindergarten"--Cover.

Mister G follows up his Latin Grammy Award-winning album, Los Animales, with a collection of bilingual songs that focus on environmental issues.

The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs. But in this book the author argues that the qualities that matter most have more to do with character: skills like perseverance, curiosity, conscientiousness, optimism, and self-control. He uncovers the surprising ways in which parents do, and do not, prepare their children for adulthood....

Tells the story of the attempt to assimilate American Indians into white culture by educating them at special schools such as the Carlisle School for Indians. Founded by Richard Henry Pratt, this school and others like it attempted to wipe out all remnants of Indian culture, and, as a result, created a generation of Indians confused about their identities.