Primary and Middle School Resources and Books

What will the schools of the future look like? What will guide their design, and what is happening now to create them? As we enter the age of disruption and hyperchange, it has become increasingly clear that our education systems are not adequate to the...

Enjoy your kids more and stress less!Brain Stages is the ultimate leg up for parents and caregivers in today's complicated, competitive world. A grade-by-grade guide through the formative elementary school years, this book will show you how to...

The 20th anniversary edition of this groundbreaking and bestselling volume offers powerful examples of the mathematics that can develop the thinking of elementary school children.Studies of teachers in the U.S. often document insufficient subject matter...

Multi-Tiered Systems of Support in Elementary Schools is the leadership handbook and practitioner's field guide to implementation of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) in elementary schools, leading to improved student outcomes and school safety...

Le livre ""Magasin Des Enfans Ou Dialogues V2: Entre Une Sage Gouvernante Et Plusieurs De Ses E�������le�������ves De La Premiere (1792)"" de Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont est un livre de dialogues entre une gouvernante sage et plusieurs de ses...

Drawing on key research from cognitive science, this book explores how metacognition works in practice and argues that it is a complex skill best developed over months and years at school. It provides a blueprint for how 'learning to learn' alongside...

How Learning Happens introduces 32 giants of educational research and their findings on how we learn and what we need to know to learn effectively, efficiently, and enjoyably. Many of these works have inspired researchers and teachers all around the...

 Musical Childhoods is a culmination of more than a decade of research driven by the fact that music has been neglected in early childhood programs in favour of literacy and numeracy.　　 Recent research has identified a connection between academic...

What is working in education in the UK - and what isn't? This book offers a highly readable guide to what the latest research says about improving young people's outcomes in pre-school, primary and secondary education. Never has this issue been more...

Process drama is now firmly established, internationally, as a powerful and dynamic pedagogy. This clear and accessible book provides a practical, step-by-step guide to the planning of process drama. Grounded in theory and illustrated in practice, it...

Metacognition is known to be an important factor in academic achievement; however it is also important in a wider life context. The ability to reflect upon how we are thinking can help us to make wiser decisions in all aspects of our life. This book...

Commonsense Arithmetic For Common Schools, Part 1 is a textbook written by B. Crawford and originally published in 1888. The book is designed to teach basic arithmetic concepts to students in common schools, with a focus on practical applications and...

Childhood Songs is a collection of words and music compiled by Mira Rowland, designed for primary school classes and for use at home. The book was originally published in 1898 and features a range of traditional nursery rhymes and songs, as well as some...

Chambers's First National Reading Book: Step First is a book written by W. and R. Chambers and was first published in 1867. This book is designed to help children learn how to read and understand the English language. It is the first step in the...

Buon'idea is an invaluable, time-saving resource that will help you to cover many of the objectives of the Framework for Modern Foreign Languages for Italian. Designed with the non-specialist teacher in mind, Buon'idea provides key Italian...

'Tom Bennett is the voice of the modern teacher.' - Stephen Drew, Senior Vice-Principal, Passmores Academy, UK, featured on Channel 4's Educating Essex Do the findings from educational science ever really improve the day-to-day practice of classroom...

In Asia, English is no longer a foreign language but a key resource for education, government, business and the general public. Whereas thirty years ago, British and American experts believed that the best way to improve the quality of English teaching...

Drama is increasingly being recognised as a valuable pedagogy for language learning as it can harness children's imaginations and stimulate their desire to communicate. Second Learning Language through Drama draws on current theories of additional and...

While many accept that math is a universal, culturally indifferent subject in school, this book demonstrates that this is anything but true. Building off of a historically conscious understanding of school reform, Diaz makes the case that the language of...

Being, Becoming and Thriving as an Early Years Practitioner captures the authentic and often humorous experiences that occur when working with young children, providing a comprehensive and accessible guide to the reality of early years practice.

Based on case studies of Chinese teachers in Shanghai and their workplace learning within the context of reform, this book examines how Chinese teachers learn together when they engage in school-based learning activities.

Same But Different Math is a powerful routine to help students improve their mathematical reasoning, clarify concepts and make critical connections between ideas. Popular math consultant Sue Looney takes you step by step through implementation so you can...

This narrative case study includes three Hispanic females from two grade levels in the same elementary school in a large rural district. All three students did not participate in a gifted program and were part of the underrepresented cultural group...

""Easy Lessons in Mental Arithmetic, Upon the Inductive Method: Adapted to the Best Mode of Instruction in Primary Schools"" is a book written by James Stewart Eaton in 1860. The book is a comprehensive guide to teaching mental arithmetic to young...

Current Activities and Influences in Education: A Report Upon Educational Movements Throughout The World is a book written by John Palmer Garber and published in 1913. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the educational movements that were taking...

Everyday Number Stories is a book written by George Baker Longan and published in 1915. The book is a collection of short stories that use everyday situations to teach basic arithmetic concepts. The stories are designed to be engaging and relatable to...

This book theorizes and describes the concept of transformative critical whiteness pedagogies that are rooted in theories and practices of improvisation

This book provides a new approach to human resources management, grounded in the perspectives of cutting-edge practice, research, and theory. Designed for aspiring leaders, this volume is aligned to the PSEL and NELP Building and District Level standards...

Cultivating Behavioral Change in K-12 Students provides in-service educators with a long-term, team-based approach to enhancing their interventions and supports for struggling students.

Coaching math workshops? This invaluable resource from beloved guru Dr. Nicki Newton has everything you need to help your teachers and students be successful. With this book's handy checklists and tools, you'll have everything you need to coach math...

An Educator's Guide to Project-Based Learning will inspire practitioners to implement project-based learning effectively and identifies the importance of creative and innovative classrooms for highly successful educational outcomes.

Early years pedagogy is a deeply human, emotional activity as well as an intellectual and physical one. Drawing on key research, this book explores how 'Work Discussion' can offer a safe space for practitioners to reflect on their daily experience...

This book presents ecological perspectives towards early language education that conceptualise the phenomenon of interactions between child language-based agency, teachers', peers' and parents' agencies, furthering insights into the lives of young...

This book examines the role of Teach For China in addressing educational equity and expanding public participation in education. The author uses the case of Teach For China to explore the broader theme of the mobility of education models between contexts...

In Closing the Writing Gap, Alex Quigley makes sense of the history and 'science' of writing, synthesising the debates and presenting a wealth of usable evidence about how children develop most efficiently as successful writers.

Well-planned play opportunities enable young children to learn and develop. This book is divided into two sections. The first contains ideas on how to design resource areas to stimulate purposeful play. The second contains 120 planned science and...

This volume summarizes research on important topics in cognitive research and discusses what must be done to apply this research in early elementary classrooms. Purposefully, it focuses on areas of cognitive research that have only recently begun to be...

Consent in the Childhood Classroom challenges typical premises of social and emotional learning, self-regulation, and putative misbehavior by centering the theme of consent in the experiences of young children and their teachers. Early childhood and...

This text responds to the growing need for speech-language pathologists in school settings by asking how factors including people, work, pay, opportunities for promotion, and supervision impact the overall job satisfaction of school-based speech-language...

Effective evaluation of a pupil's performance and of resources available is a vital part of successful teaching. Originally published in 1983, this non-statistical guide aims to help teachers organise their work so as to improve their assessment of their...

What students are deemed to have achieved when they are sixteen is the measure of how successful or otherwise their progress through the system of compulsory education has been. And yet despite the importance of the process there has been no clear...

Originally published in 1989, this is a book about managing a real primary school - but, unlike most management books, it places the child at the centre of the exercise. It concentrates on an untidy reality rather than a system - on a human perspective...

Drawing on wide ranging research this book, originally published in 1997, explores how the policy changes of previous years were affecting primary teachers and their work at the time. Within the context of worldwide restructuring, the thoughts, feelings...

Is creative teaching still possible in English schools? Can teachers maintain and promote their own interests and beliefs as well as deliver a prescribed National Curriculum?Originally published in 1995, this book explores creative teachers' attempts to...

Start your morning with a daily dose of inspiration! Bestselling author Danny Steele, known for his motivational @steelethoughts tweets, brings you a powerful quote for every day of the year.You'll find quotes on topics such as school culture, supporting...

Start your morning with a daily dose of inspiration! Bestselling author Danny Steele, known for his motivational @steelethoughts tweets, brings you a powerful quote for every day of the year.You'll find quotes on topics such as reaching your students,...

Entertaining and engaging educational workbook for children ages 1-5. This 50-page workbook will assist children learn the fundamentals of reading, writing, and counting. Perfect for pre-school children through Kindergarden.