Reinforce young children's learning with 10-minute Ofamily homeworkO activities that are age-appropriate and fun for both adults and children alike. Reproducible activity pages give families clear directions about how to engage their child, play a game or complete an activity, and extend their child's learning. Skill-building activities include going on a shapes search, echo clapping, reading the calendar, creating ABC collection boxes, taking picture walks, and more. For use with Grades PreKÐK....

The way teachers talk to students affects how young children learn and how they feel about themselves as learners and members of the classroom community. This book offers strategies for supporting students through the use of positive language and includes hundreds of model phrases and statements for welcoming children, helping children manage their behavior, giving feedback on work, and more. For use with Grades K-2....

If your young students ask, Why are we doing that? if they wonder what school learning has to do with life outside of school, if YOU wonder how you will motivate, engage, or otherwise inspire your students to take schoolwork seriously, then read this book....