Where was the Crystal Palace? Who was the Sick Man of Europe? And how did cow fat start a revolution?Now more than ever, other countries and customs affect our everyday lives—and our children need to learn about the people who live all around the world. Susan Wise Bauer has provided…

First published in 1949, Jesse Stuart’s now classic personal account of his twenty years of teaching in the mountain region of Kentucky has enchanted and inspired generations of students and teachers.With eloquence and wit, Stuart traces his twenty-year career in education, which began, when he was only seventeen years old…

Do you know how to paint a watercolour wash, spatter paint, print patterns with plastic foodwrap or create resist effects with oil pastels?With over 120 ideas for painting, drawing, printing and doing collage, this book will help to develop your art skills. It will also give you lots of exciting…

Everyone understands feeling weary sometimes–and the busyness of Christmas especially makes this true. This rhyming, poem-style program depicts the weariness of the world and the people in it as they waited for Jesus’ coming. The burdens of the world can only be carried by Jesus, and the piece ends with…

The Whig historian studies the past with reference to the present. He looks for agency in history. And, in his search for origins and causes, he can easily select those facts that give support to his thesis and thus eliminate other facts equally important to the total picture. The Whig…

This is a big beautiful book — full of excellent color photographs of South American wildlife. It reminds one of a National Geographic Society production, but it is written in a narrative style from a Christian perspective. Consequently, this production gives God the glory and gives the reader a wonderful…

The Young Peacemaker Set includes a 200 page Teacher Manual designed in a workbook format, and the appendices can be photocopied for child or student use. Divided into three sections: Understanding, Responding and Preventing Conflict, each lesson has a goal, objectives, principle, and needs clearly outlined at the beginning, and…

Put on your magic time-travel helmet and you’ll be whisked back through the ages. Your fist destination is a castle in the days of the Crusades. Then you’re off to Norway to meet a ferocious band of Viking raiders. Next, you’ll explore Rome when the Roman empire was at its…

We all know gratitude is important—it’s a message seen everywhere from coffee mugs to wall hangings to disposable napkins. But how often do we stop and truly think about how very blessed we are here in North America? By sharing world statistics about poverty, hunger, water shortages, education opportunities, war…

In Tools for Teaching, Dr. Jones describes the skills by which exceptional teachers make the classroom a place of success and enjoyment for both themselves and their students. Tools for Teaching integrates the management of discipline, instruction and motivation into a system that allows you to reduce the stress of…

Autism is not an illness. It’s a different way of being human. Autistic children and adults progress through developmental stages as we all do. To help them, we don’t need to “fix” them. We need to understand them and then change ourselves – our beliefs, attitudes and actions. This is…

While providing the same format as the 1970 version the updated features enable the learner to smoothly transition from page to page with greater ease. —-The order of the phonetic concepts is updated to match the way a learner developmentally learns to read and spell. —-Enhanced instructions for parents. —-Enjoyable…

Gives instruction on how to use the Victory Drill Book program.The rest of the Victory Drill set can be found here.

Teacher-administrator Philip Dow explores the implications of setting intellectual character (rather than intellectual content) at the heart of our educational programs. With ample stories and practical suggestions, Dow shows how intellectual virtues like tenacity, carefulness and curiosity are teachable traits that can produce good lives.

It’s Christmas Eve, and in a woodcarver’s shop, the wood carvings are talking. Most of the wood carvings have been sold as Christmas presents, but a few are left behind because they are damaged in some way. These unwanted carvings feel left out and wish that they had a place…

Favorite stories from the Bible are told and sung in this package now tailored for the most modern Wee Sing fans, with a 64-page, full-color book and a one-hour audio CD. Pkg.

When worries and fears come along, Harley the Hedgehog can handle them—and so can your child! A fun activity book for coping with anxiety, for kids ages 5 to 9.Expert psychologist and best-selling author Dr. Regine Galanti offers an activity book that teaches kids how to be brave and feel…

In Why Don’t Students Like School?, distinguished researcher and accomplished author Daniel Willingham delivers tangible, accessible ways that educators can improve learning outcomes for students. The book offers practical strategies backed by scientific evidence that can be put to immediate use by classroom teachers.

The 2002 Gold Medallion for Elementary Age Children. If you appreciated Operation World as an adult, your kids will love this invaluable and age-appropriate prayer resource that develops cultural, political and geographical awareness through a Christian lens. Stunning photographic visuals complement this A to Z collection of countries and people…

A set of four Usborne Wipe-Clean activity books: Fractions, Telling the Time, Grammar and Punctuation, and Spelling.

An Usborne activity book for preschoolers learning the alphabet.

There are thirty wipe-clean cards and a wipe-clean pen in a pretty gift box with a clear plastic lid. The number cards show numbers 0 to 20, and 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, and 100 with pictures, numerals, and words. There are opportunities to write the numbers and…

An Usborne activity book for preschoolers with a zoo theme.

Take a closer look at the engineering behind the buildings and structures that surround us. Discover how engineers balance forces so that buildings don’t collapse, the different types of bridges, and the engineering secrets of famous landmarks.