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They're bored, they're tired, and they'd rather be anywhere else. That's no way to teach an ESL class, and no way to spend your time teaching abroad. So why not get things moving and shaking with something they actually like for a change? You can do just that with English Rocks! 101 ESL Games, Activities, and Lesson Plans. Make your ESL class the most popular in school today with 101 lesson ideas presented with 112 pictures to help explain them....

For children and adults alike, Living Like Indians is the essential guide to Native American recreation and activities. Written with recreation directors in mind, this wonderful field companion provides thoughtful learning activities along with a history of the Native Americans. Tracking, camping, and exploring nature are only a few of the topics found in this book. The author provides suggestions for over 1,000 projects for indoor and outdoor activities,...

The enthusiasm and excitement surrounding the Olympics makes it an ideal topic for teaching French. Not only will pupils learn the French words for sports, we also give you ideas to reinforce vocabulary and sentence structures for a range of topics, from colours and weather to numbers and travel. In addition, using the information on France at the Olympics included in the resource will help to cover the Intercultural Strand of the Framework for Modern...

Whether you are stuck indoors or playing in the sun (or even in the car travelling to the seaside!), fill your family time with The Bumper Book of Family Games. This action-packed collection is the perfect accompaniment wherever you go as a family, with over 110 beloved and new activities to keep you all entertained. Remember the rules to classic family games like Hide and Seek, Charades and Old Maid, and create new traditions with modern games

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Blast into space to explore our solar system and beyond. This out-of-this-world atlas takes readers through maps of the solar system, the Milky Way, and deep space, giving them a close look at and locations of planets, supernovas, and other universes. Sky maps will help kids spot these objects in the night sky and maps of planets and our solar system give the kind of incredible detail that National Geographic is known for. It's the perfect book for...

It's time to find some fresh, new ideas for using technology in ESL or EFL classes. Whether you're a first-time ESL/EFL/TEFL teacher, an experienced but overwhelmed instructor, or an instructor without a textbook, you need more tech-based activities for your English classes. If you're tired of wasting time wading through the junk on the Internet, then Jackie is here to help. During her 15+ years of experience as a CELTA/DELTA certified teacher, author...

The basic blocks of reading are addressed in this resource that provides teachers and parents with the tools to teach pre-reading skills with over 1,000 activities, games, fingerplays, songs, poems, and more. Illustrations.

This book will bring the past to vivid life and take you on an exhilarating journey into a fascinating time in American history.

Laura Ingalls and Nellie Oleson are classmates, but they don't get along. Join the original pioneer girl in this Little House chapter book, adapted from Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved classics. Illustrated with beautiful new black-and-white artwork, this repackaged edition includes bonus material such as games, activities, and more! Laura loves living on a farm, playing in Plum Creek, and wearing her homemade dresses. She's a country girl, through...

For fans of Ivy and Bean and Junie B. Jones comes a brand-new chapter book series: Mouse Scouts! Violet, Tigerlily, and their friends are ready to earn their Make a Difference badge. If only they could agree on what kind of difference they want to make. But when the troop decides to clean up a local park, they find themselves facing an unusual rescue mission. Will the girls be able to make a real difference, or will this badge prove more than the...