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It’s So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families (The Family Library)

It’s So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families (The Family Library)

It's So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families (The Family Library)

  • Candlewick Press MA

“An outstanding book. . . . Meets the needs of those in-between or curious kids who are not ready, developmentally or emotionally, for It’s Perfectly Normal.” —Booklist (starred review)

How does a baby begin? What makes a baby male or female? How is a baby born? Children have plenty of questions about reproduction and babies—and about sex and sexuality, too. It’s So Amazing! provides the answers—with fun, accurate, comic-book-style artwork and a clear, lively text that reflects the interests of children age seven and up in how things work, while giving them a healthy understanding of their bodies. Created by the author and illustrator of It’s Perfectly Normal, this forthright and funny book has been newly updated for its fifteenth anniversary.

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It’s So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families (The Family Library)

It’s So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families (The Family Library)

It's So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families (The Family Library)

“An outstanding book. . . . Meets the needs of those in-between or curious kids who are not ready, developmentally or emotionally, for It’s Perfectly Normal.” —Booklist (starred review)How does a baby begin? What makes a baby male or female? How is a baby born? Children have plenty of questions about reproduction and babies—and about sex and sexuality, too. It’s So Amazing! provides the answers—with fun, accurate, comic-book-style artwork and a clear, lively text that reflects the interests of children age seven and up in how things work, while giving them a healthy understanding of their bodies. Created by the author and illustrator of It’s Perfectly Normal, this forthright and funny book has been newly updated for its fifteenth anniversary.

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Teach from Love: School Year Devotional for Families

Teach from Love: School Year Devotional for Families

Teach from Love: School Year Devotional for Families

Learning and transformation happens when education goes beyond books into the heart.

Teach from Love is an inspirational and educational devotional for families to explore and embrace the godly qualities we want for our kids (and for ourselves). It contains thirty-six pairs of weekly character themes designed to be read five days a week for the thirty-six weeks of a school year. Each day includes a Scripture, a short reading, a prayer, and two questions for family discussion.

Your family will:Explore Scripture and engage in meaningful discussion.Grow in godly qualities, discovering how to implement them into their daily lives.Understand how to deal with less-desired traits.Learn how they can best imitate and follow Christ.
Teach from Love is an encouraging, valuable resource to draw families together and closer to God. Gather for as few as ten minutes or enjoy extended times of family discussion and learning. Pursue true Christian living together, and in the

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Home-School Connections in a Multicultural Society: Learning From and With Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families (Language, Culture, and Teaching Series)

Home-School Connections in a Multicultural Society: Learning From and With Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families (Language, Culture, and Teaching Series)

Home-School Connections in a Multicultural Society: Learning From and With Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families (Language, Culture, and Teaching Series)

Educators everywhere confront critical issues related to families, schooling, and teaching in diverse settings. Directly addressing this reality, Home-School Connections in a Multicultural Society shows pre-service and practicing teachers how to recognize and build on the rich resources for enhancing school learning that exist within culturally and linguistically diverse families. Combining engaging cases and relevant key concepts with thought-provoking pedagogical features, this valuable resource for educators at all levels: Provides detailed portraits of diverse families that highlight their unique cultural practices related to schooling and the challenges that their children face in school settings Introduces key sociocultural and ethnographic concepts, in ways that are both accessible and challenging, and applies these concepts as lenses through which to examine the portraits Shows how teachers and researchers have worked with diverse families to build positive relationshi

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The Nature Connection: An Outdoor Workbook for Kids, Families, and Classrooms

The Nature Connection: An Outdoor Workbook for Kids, Families, and Classrooms

The Nature Connection: An Outdoor Workbook for Kids, Families, and Classrooms

  • Storey Publishing

This interactive workbook is packed with creative, year-round activities for curious naturalists ages 8 to 13. Clare Walker Leslie shows kids how to experience nature with all five senses, whether they live in the countryside, a major city, or somewhere in between. Guiding children through inspiring activities like sketching wildlife, observing constellations, collecting leaves, keeping a weather journal, and watching bird migrations, The Nature Connection encourages kids to engage with the world outside and promotes a lifelong love of nature.

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Creating Welcoming Schools: A Practical Guide to Home-School Partnerships with Diverse Families

Creating Welcoming Schools: A Practical Guide to Home-School Partnerships with Diverse Families

Creating Welcoming Schools: A Practical Guide to Home-School Partnerships with Diverse Families

  • Used Book in Good Condition

This engaging and rich resource details how schools and diverse families throughout the country have formed partnerships that support and enhance student learning. It is designed for teachers who care deeply about students and welcome diverse families as partners, for parents who want to be active partners in educating their children, and for administrators in diverse schools or districts who know there is no quick fix for building lasting partnerships among families, schools, and the community.

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No Dream Deferred: Why Black and Latino Families Are Choosing Homeschool

No Dream Deferred: Why Black and Latino Families Are Choosing Homeschool

No Dream Deferred: Why Black and Latino Families Are Choosing Homeschool

Education is essential to success, but the school systems in America are constantly and inexcusably failing black and Latino children. In their desperate search for a solution, many families are realizing that homeschooling may be their best option.

No Dream Deferred delves into the history of black and Latino education in America—from slavery through the civil rights movement to the return of de facto segregation that students are experiencing today. The book’s specific, justified criticism of the American education system is unflagging. In public schools, private schools, and even relatively new charter schools, black and Latino students are not receiving the education they need—the education that is their only chance for success when the deck is already stacked against them. Can homeschooling turn this tide?

In the past, homeschooling was championed for ideological reasons, often used by conservative white families in response to the lack of religion allo

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Last All Year Quality Dated Lesson Plan Book and 2016-2017 Calendar: Fully customizable planner for Teachers, Busy Families, and Homeschool. Designed and printed in Minnesota, USA!

Last All Year Quality Dated Lesson Plan Book and 2016-2017 Calendar: Fully customizable planner for Teachers, Busy Families, and Homeschool. Designed and printed in Minnesota, USA!

Last All Year Quality Dated Lesson Plan Book and 2016-2017 Calendar: Fully customizable planner for Teachers, Busy Families, and Homeschool. Designed and printed in Minnesota, USA!

  • All in one simple, clean, modern, organized lesson plan book, planner and calendar. Get organized now!
  • Top quality: 8×11 high quality paper inside (heavy weight weight paper) with a durable and simple heavy duty craft paper cover. Strong binding meant to stay together all year long!
  • Teachers: Have your calendar and lesson plans in the same spiral bound notebook!
  • Busy Moms: Use each row of the planner for a different child or group of tasks (meals, work, chores, blog schedules, etc.) you manage to keep it all straight and organized.
  • Homeschool moms: Use this to plan your life and your homeschool curriculum in the same spiral bound book. Use rows to separate lessons from other to do items. Or use the rows traditionally for each subject area for each student. The possibilities are endless for everything from classical to unschooling records for your homeschool.

This calendar and lesson plan book was designed by two homeschool mothers who were seeking a quality record keeping method with quality paper and binding. This is a simple, no nonsense planner with everything you need to plan your homeschool or classroom. The design is clean and modern. This lesson plan book is dated for August 2016 through August 2017 with additional monthly calendars to take notes all the way through December 2017. Please note some images show half of a two page spread opening.

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Homeschooling: Socialization in a Homeschool Environment: An educational book for new homeschooling families or those considering homeschooling (Homeschooling: Providing Quality Education At Home 1)

Homeschooling: Socialization in a Homeschool Environment: An educational book for new homeschooling families or those considering homeschooling (Homeschooling: Providing Quality Education At Home 1)

Homeschooling: Socialization in a Homeschool Environment: An educational book for new homeschooling families or those considering homeschooling (Homeschooling: Providing Quality Education At Home 1)

This book contains introductory information on homeschooling, addresses homeschooling socialization concerns, and provides suggestions to address those concerns. The book includes public and at-home socialization information and activity options, provides information on successful home schoolers, and provides online resources to support homeschooling families. This book may be helpful to new home schooling families, those considering home school, and others who are simply curious.

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Lesson Plans To Go: Hands-on Learning for Active and Home Schooling Families

Lesson Plans To Go: Hands-on Learning for Active and Home Schooling Families

Lesson Plans To Go: Hands-on Learning for Active and Home Schooling Families

YOUR TICKET TO A LEARNING JOURNEY – ANYWHERE! This book is for any parent interested in taking an active part in their children’s education, as well as for home schooling families. Rich educational opportunities arise when exploring and inquiring in informal settings: from the backyard to the beach, in museums and parks, or during a vacation or camper trip. But valuable, transferable learning won’t just happen by itself. The units in this book will make learning explicit, focused, and enjoyable. Lesson Plans To Go is your ticket to a learning journey through enjoyable, hands-on experiences. Ten detailed units include: Science (model the lunar cycle, dissect a fish, and try chemistry), Math (graph resource use and study geometry), Writing (develop journal, non-fiction, and creative writing skills), History (bring the voyages of Columbus and Lewis & Clark to life), Navigation (compass use, hands-on mapping, and more), and Physical Education (study heart rate and exercise). Each unit includes detailed information on activities and assignments that your child will enjoy; age-appropriate adaptations for ages 4-12 in detail; tips for cross-curricular links and enrichment; suggested resources to support learning, and materials required (selected for practicality). There are also sections that detail how to make the most of field trips, design interdisciplinary units, and link selected units to published educational standards. Connect experience to education as a family, and reap the rewards!

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