activity programs

A guide for book talks, story programs, and reading guidance, providing librarians and teachers with picture books that interest children.

Suggests ideas for using literature in K-5 classrooms.

Contains 20 folktales designed for audience involvement and provides notes on storytelling techniques and devices. Includes bibliography and suggested readings.

Contains thirty science experiences designed to help people determine how smart their dogs are.

Introduces basic facts about plants with instructions for related experiments and projects.

Explores the world of insects from tiny bugs to battling beetles, finding out how antennae work, what an ant's house is like, and why dragonflies can fly backward.

Award-winning, middle school teacher Heather Wolpert-Gawron uses a simple, common sense approach mixed with delight, optimism, and humor to address the new Internet literacy skills that today's students must learn. She provides activities to teach: Three dimensional reading and comprehension, through layers of links; Netiquette, safety, privacy, ethics, and online law; Reliable research methods; Strategies for networking, collaborating, and contributing online.