From the creators of Scratch comes ScratchJr, a programming language designed for young children (ages 5-7).The ScratchJr Book is the perfect addition to the free app and makes coding and computer science easy and fun for all ages!In The ScratchJr Book, kids learn by playing with programming blocks and building their own animated collages, interactive stories, and playable games.Thirty step-by-step activities help kids develop computational thinking, problem-solving, and design skills. Each chapter has several smaller activities that build on one other, culminating with a fun, final project. By the end of the book kids and parents will be ready for all sorts of new programming adventures.Each activity includes:step-by-step, easy-to-follow directionsliteracy and math connectiontips for grown ups and teachers creative challenges to explore and grow!
This super-useful book is packed with helpful hints, tips, and techniques showing children how to recognize and express their emotions.Feelings can be tricky, so My Mixed Emotions is here to coach chi
Have you ever wanted to find fairies in the garden, meet a unicorn, ride a dragon or share a picnic with a mermaid? Just because you’ve never seen these magical creatures doesn’t mean they don’t exist!The Wild Things of stories and the imagination are everywhere, but they’re shy, secretive, sometimes camouflaged and only reveal themselves to true believers.This fantastical guidebook will help you track dragons, create fashions fit for a fairy, brew magic potions, build snow unicorns, discover trolls and go on night hunts to capture Moon magic. Search forests, meadows, fields, ponds, rivers and the seaside, as well as everyday places like school playgrounds, local parks or among the pots on the patio.You can discover the mysteries of nature all year round and at any time of day or night. So switch your imagination on, use your senses, brush up on your magic skills and take a giant leap into the world of the Wild Things.Activities include:Tracking dragonsCreating fairy fashionsBrewing ma
Does your child have OCD? In this much-needed Instant Help workbook, kids will learn to identify obsessions and compulsions, understand them, and use simple tools based in exposure and ritual preventi
Your search for a kid-pleasing way to build handwriting and reading skills is over! These reproducible, multi-skill activity pages offer children a super-fun way to learn key sight words—first by trac
Your search for a kid-pleasing way to build handwriting and reading skills is over! These reproducible, multi-skill activity pages offer children a super-fun way to learn key word families—first by tr
A perfect reference for students and trivia buffs!Need homework help? Love trivia? Just want to impress your friends or teachers? The SCHOLASTIC ALMANAC 2013 has information about practically anything
Plan a complete family vacation on the Internet.Learn how to keep your kids safe online.Get news and reviews on family-oriented movies, television, and music.Find out where to go for help with homewor
1000+ words to help kids find inspiration, boost vocabulary, and write richly described, compelling stories.For budding storytellers everywhere – the only dictionary that kids will want to read from cover to cover.Storyteller’s Illustrated Dictionary is designed to help you write brilliant stories. It’s the English dictionary, hilariously reimagined!Find writing inspiration! Storyteller’s Illustrated Dictionary is packed with over 1,000 words of inspiration.Structure your story! Richly descriptive vocabulary is arranged into six key building blocks of storytelling – Character, Setting, Taste and Smell, Action, Emotion, and Weather.Learn words! Hilarious illustrations by award-winning Hollywood artists reinforce meanings, ensuring words are unforgettable. Commonly occurring word pairs give you even more ideas for exciting storytelling.Storyteller's Illustrated Dictionary was previously published by Mrs Wordsmith in 2018.
