Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics (National Research Council)(Paperback)

Transitioning to Sustainability Through Research and Development on Ecosystem Services and Biofuels: Workshop Summary (National Research Council)(Paperback)

The National Research Council's Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability hosted 'Transitioning to Sustainability through Research and Development on Ecosystem Services and Biofuels: The National Academies' First Federal Sustainability Research and Development Forum' on October 17-

Improving Health Care Cost Projections for the Medicare Population - Summary of a Workshop (National Research Council)(Paperback / softback)

Helping Children with ADHD: A CBT Guide for Practitioners, Parents and Teachers (Young Susan)(Paperback)

Combining the latest research evidence with the authors' practical expertise, Helping Children with ADHD offers a complete intervention programme for flexibly delivering behavioural and cognitive interventions to children aged 6-12 with ADHD and associated conditions. Redefines and develops best

Conserving Biodiversity: A Research Agenda for Development Agencies (National Research Council)(Paperback)

The loss of the earth's biological diversity is widely recognized as a critical environmental problem. That loss is most severe in developing countries, where the conditions of human existence are most difficult. Conserving Biodiversity presents an agenda for research that can provide information

Handwriting Practice (Holt Lisa)(Paperback / softback)

This activity book focuses on helping children to make the transition from print to joined-up

Word Mastery Primer - For First and Second Graders(Paperback / softback)

A wonderful teacher resource for helping children learn to read, bringing the sounds of words and phonemes to

Mathematics Through Play in the Early Years (Tucker Kate)(Paperback)

′The book is grounded in the latest research about how children become effective learners, particularly in relation to mathematics. Bringing together research and practice in an accessible way, Kate Tucker provides an essential resource for all those who work with young children. I strongly

Oops!: Helping Children Learn Accidentally (Roberts Hywel)(Paperback)

The book also shines a spotlight on the role of the teacher and how he or she can do the right things to get the absolute best from students. Some of the best learning takes place when, rather than imposing on young people a pre-determined curriculum, you find the stimulus that is relevant and

TeeJay SQA National 4 Applications of Mathematics (Strang Thomas)(Paperback / softback)

Help students to apply their mathematical skills in real-life contexts, as they learn and develop through TeeJay's fun and accessible approach to SQA National 4 Applications of

On the Dirty Plate Trail: Remembering the Dust Bowl Refugee Camps (Babb Sanora)(Paperback)

Runner-up, National Council on Public History Book Award, 2008The 1930s exodus of 'Okies' dispossessed by repeated droughts and failed crop prices was a relatively brief interlude in the history of migrant agricultural labor. Yet it attracted wide attention through the publication of John

Focus on Speed, Ratio and Proportion (Kumon Publishing)(Paperback)

Kumon's research has discovered that children learn more easily when they tackle one skill at a time. That's why Kumon Focus on Workbooks shine a spotlight on one challenging maths topic per book and help children improve these essential skills and gain confidence in their abilities. Each workbook

Focus On Multiplication: Numbers 1-10 (Kumon)(Paperback / softback)

Kumon's research has discovered that children learn more easily when they tackle one skill at a time. That's why Kumon Focus on Workbooks shine a spotlight on one challenging maths topic per book and help children improve these essential skills and gain confidence in their abilities. Each workbook

Focus on Reducing and Calculating Fractions (Kumon Publishing)(Paperback)

Kumon's research has discovered that children learn more easily when they tackle one skill at a time. That's why Kumon Focus on Workbooks shine a spotlight on one challenging maths topic per book and help children improve these essential skills and gain confidence in their abilities. Each workbook

Focus on Multiplication and Division with Decimals (Kumon Publishing)(Paperback)

Kumon's research has discovered that children learn more easily when they tackle one skill at a time. This workbook utilises the Kumon method - a step-by-step, incremental approach that helps children learn at their own pace and without anxiety. By rigorously practising each skill, the child will

Nlp for Children (Bartkowiak Judy)(Paperback)

We all want our children to grow up in a safe and happy world where they will learn and play, make friends and be free of stress, don t we? If only that could be the case for all our children. Sadly though they experience changes they find difficult to cope with, pressures too onerous to bear and

Childhood Speech, Language, and Listening Problems (Hamaguchi Patricia McAleer)(Paperback)

The essential, up-to-date guide for helping children with language and listening problems Does your child have trouble getting the right words out, following directions, or being understood? In this revised new edition of Childhood Speech, Language, and Listening Problems, speech-language

Creative Approach to Teaching Writing (Bowkett Steve)(Paperback / softback)

Why should children learn to write fluently? What difference will it make to them and the opportunities available to them later on in life? The ability to communicate clearly, accurately and persuasively is a vital life skill. Deficiencies in motivation and thinking skills pervade the challenge of

The Arena (Vehlmann Fabien)(Paperback)

Five children wake up in a city empty of all its inhabitants. They must learn to face danger and survive - alone. The 8th volume of a fascinating tale between fantasy and horror. Guaranteed to captivate old and young readers

It All Adds Up - The Story of People and Mathematics (Launay Mickael)(Paperback / softback)

'Fascinating ... so enlightening that suddenly maths doesn't seem so fearsome as it once did' SIMON WINCHESTER From Aristotle to Ada Lovelace: a brief history of the mathematical ideas that have forever changed the world and the everyday people and pioneers behind them. The

Handwriting Practice - Learn to Join Letter Shapes (Holt Lisa)(Paperback / softback)

This write-in activity book is for children progressing from Handwritng Practice 1. It includes pre-writing activities, letter formation practice and combining letters to form whole words and sentences. This book also introduces the first stages of how to join up letters in pre-cursive letter

Collins Primary Dictionary: Learn with Words (Collins Dictionaries)(Paperback)

For children aged 7 and over, this dictionary contains up-to-date coverage of a wide range of everyday and curriculum vocabulary. It offers additional language tips and carefully selected and annotated illustrations to help students with more complex language. The Word Wizard section provides

The Nailers in the Night (Vehlmann Fabien)(Paperback)

Five children wake up in a city empty of all its inhabitants. They must learn to face danger and survive -

Educating Ruby: What Our Children Really Need to Learn (Claxton Guy)(Paperback)

It is for everyone who cares about education in an uncertain world and explains how teachers, parents and grandparents can cultivate confidence, curiosity, collaboration, communication, creativity, commitment and craftsmanship in children, at the same time as helping them to do well in public

Japanese for Dummies (Chiba Hiroko M.)(Paperback)

Learn to speak JapaneseJapanese language enrollment is up by 27.5 percent since 2006, making it the sixth most popular language studied on college campuses. Whether studying for school, business, or travel, Japanese For Dummies provides complete coverage of all Japanese language essentials