Teachers Resource Books

From Publishers Weekly

Curriculum Companions Two Jr. Groovy Tube books combine a tale with teaching elementary math skills. In Who Will Fix the Royal Windows? by Joanne Mattern, illus. by Paula Pertile, children use pattern blocks (in the shape of squares, diamonds, triangles, trapezoids and more) to reconstruct stained glass. Packaged with beads and laces, What's for Dinner?, also by Mattern, illus. by Nancy Davis, teaches counting and patterning. (Apr.)
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Building early math skills has never been so much fun! With every turn of the page, stories are woven with laces, colorful beads, and jewel-tone pattern-play blocks that can be used right on or in the recessed pages of the book. Each Jr. Groovy Tube Book comes with a clear spine to store the hands-on manipulatives. At the end of each story, kids will extend their learning with games and are encouraged to create their own designs.

Crash! Oh, no. The king and queen's beautiful stained-glass windows are all in pieces! Children are invited to help the artists and rebuild them. They can arrange the pattern-play block pieces into the recessed pages as the artists try to remember how the windows originally looked. This is a fun and easy introduction to recognizing shapes, building patterns, and understanding spatial relationships and symmetries.

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Sudokids.com - Sudoku for Kids teaches children how to do Sudoku puzzles in a fun, logical and entertaining sequence. With over 170 puzzles and step-by-step lessons, Sudokids makes Sudoku exciting and educational for children. Combining pictures, numbers and words with simple illustrated instructions, your kids will be Sudoku masters in no time. Sudokids has been designed around the Grades 1 - 3 school curriculum and associated teaching methods and will equip learners with essential skills, knowledge and understanding in all learning areas. Sudokids puzzles develop and stimulate the brain, teaching flexibility, creativity, concentration and raw logic to children in the school and home environment. The Kids Sudoku books allow learners to use both focused attention and peripheral perception, thus encouraging the left-brain and the right brain to work together in an analytical and holistic manner.