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From renowned drawing teacher and author Stan Smith, a comprehensive and inspiring introduction to the techniques of drawing. A must-have resource for budding artists to master drawing's most essential tools and techniques in 3 easy steps-filled with over 600 full-color how-to illustrations.
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Drawing: A Complete Course
Lucy D. Rosenfeld
Manufacturer: J.W. Walch Publisher
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ASIN: 0825111935 |
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Creative, Skill-Building Activities for Exploring the Themes in These Popular Books
The stories of Patricia Polacco inspire young readers to appreciate family heritage, examine personal attitudes, and find reason to hope, dream, and reach for the stars. Introduce children to the work of this popular author-illustrator with activities likeThunder Cake Math and the Babushka Attribute Game! Includes Before and After Reading discussion ideas plus hands-on activities and reproducibles that build skills in reading, writing, math, art, and more.
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easy Polacco lessons.......2007-05-07
This book provides some easy to use lessons that can be independent or group activities. It was just what I needed.
An A+.......2003-09-24
I give this teacher resource book an A+. It is brimming with creative ideas for teachers of first through third grade students. From exploring family traditions and heritage to examining touchy emotional subjects such as fear and sibling rivalry, the activities suggested hit the developmental bulls-eye. Great for homeschoolers, too!
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Revised and Expanded Edition
This long-awaited revision of a popular book provides information and activities to assist educators and parents in exploring the local environment with children. Grouped around five themes (Adaptations, Habitats, Cycles, Designs of Nature, and Earth and Sky), fact-filled essays introduce each subject, followed by field-tested, experiential activities that engage students in learning about the natural world.
With complete instructions and background information for teaching over 40 natural science units, and scientifically accurate drawings illustrating each topic, this easy-to-use, beautifully illustrated, up-to-date environmental education handbook both enables novice leaders to teach nature subjects successfully and offers creative new approaches for experienced educators.
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Interacting With Nature.......2007-01-10
This Revised and Expanded Edition of Hands-On Nature is an engaging how-to activity book--for children and for anyone looking to bring them before nature, whether at home, school, camp, playground, hiking, a workshop, or other pursuit. Here is a practical guide for the environmental enthusiast. Page after page it exhibits a wide range of detailed illustrations in black and white, many that appear as works of art. The text is well-written and easy to follow and understand with keywords that are highlighted in bold type, easily directing the attention of the reader to an order of valuable terms and particulars on nature. The book is divided into chapters, namely: Adaptations, Habitats, Cycles, Designs of Nature, and Earth and Sky, with related subjects like birds, insects, plants, flowers, streams, earth, deer, logs, and clouds. The chapters are organized into two sections, starting with an informational essay to introduce each chapter, followed by an activity and experiment segment that may include a brief script for a puppet show or play, and a suggested reading list. This book was made possible with the help of a large group of teachers, professionals, students, and volunteers. It should be included in every family's collection of books to read and share.
If you like Project Wild you will love this book.......1998-09-05
Any Environmental Educator or Scout Leader who has ever gone to a program like Geosphere, Project Wild, NatureQuest or Project Learning Tree will LOVE this book.
Everything is organized by lessons and activities that are coded to match certain skills like Predation, Plant Succession, etc.
I have used this book for years at Boy Scout Summer Camps and I know the American Camping Association recommends this book for anyone involved in teaching Environmental Skills & Nature at a camp setting.
Perhaps the only draw back is the plain colorless sketches of the book. A teacher would appreciate the book's content but I would not get this book for a kid. Having said that, this book is a great pick for any leader, summer camp, or school where teaching an understanding & appreciation of nature is a priority.
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Exploring With Pattern Blocks
Vincent J. Altamuro
Manufacturer: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
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ASIN: 0201480298 |
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Exploring With Squares and Cubes
Ron Kremer
Manufacturer: Dale Seymour Publications
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ASIN: 0866514708 |
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These 33 explorations of polyominoes and cubes use a "lab" approach to help students discover patterns and relationships. Activities include sorting arrangements of squares, finding linear and branching sequences, designing pentomino puzzles, and using Soma Cubes. Provides teacher notes and blackline masters. Grades 5-9
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Exploring Clay with Children (Ceramics)
Chris Utley , and
Mal Magson
Manufacturer: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
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The Kids 'N' Clay Ceramics Book
ASIN: 0713645067 |
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Exploring Clay with Children discusses basic forming methods and possible projects that any parent or teacher can use to introduce working with clay to children. Its illustrations and drawings will be a useful tool in teaching primary school aged children.
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- Exploring Pastel with Barry Watkin
- One of the best pastel books
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Exploring Pastel with Barry Watkin
Barry Watkin
Manufacturer: Batsford
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ASIN: 0713480033 |
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Exploring Pastel with Barry Watkin.......2006-08-16
Barry White has succeded in telling his reader, in a very understandable way, as much about pastels that one can learn from a book. He includes many examples of his wonderful work (usually to illustrate a point), as well as ample demonstrations (also illustrated, in a "step by step" style). His work itself is an inspiration.... just knowing that it's possible to do fairly detailed landscapes in pastel (that look like oil paintings) was exciting for me.
One of the best pastel books.......2003-08-02
It provides clear and simple instructions in using pastel to create beautiful paintings. Most of the instructions are focused on landscape paintings with a couple of flowers and still life. Basically, it is one of the best pastel books I ever had.
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- Teacher Friendly, Very Rare and Valuable Resource
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Learning Journals in the K-8 Classroom: Exploring Ideas and information in the Content Areas
Marcia S. Popp
Manufacturer: Lawrence Erlbaum
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ASIN: 0805824308 |
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Learning Journals in the K-8 Classroom is the first comprehensive presentation of how to use academic journals effectively for elementary-level instruction. The text outlines the theoretical foundations for using learning journals and provides step-by-step suggestions for implementing them in every content area and at all levels of elementary instruction.
Learning journals provide resources and support for reading aloud, independent reading, mini-lessons, cooperative study, individual research, workshops, and the portfolio system. The type of interactive writing students do in learning journals helps them explore complex ideas in the content areas, using their own strengths of analysis and response; the journals then become resources for future learning, group discussions, individual conferences, learning assessment, reports, and progress.
Four introductory chapters show teachers how to create their own journals, introduce journals to students, integrate them with cooperative study, and use them for assessment. Additional chapters focus on the individual curriculum areas of literature, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies. The text includes sample entries from student journals at all grade levels and in every content area, and appendices of annotated resources to support journaling and interviews with teachers who use journals in their classrooms.
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Teacher Friendly, Very Rare and Valuable Resource.......2000-12-02
This text is a resource that can be used over and over. The insights provided and the teacher friendly applications have proven to be one of my most important learning tools in the classroom. Other books on this topic cannot compare with its intuitive organization as well as the ease of practical use in the classroom. I highly recommend this to any K-8 teacher - I can't imagine where my teaching would be right now without it.
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Exploring the World of Sports: Linking Fiction to Nonfiction
Phyllis J Perry
Manufacturer: Teacher Ideas Press
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ASIN: 1563085704 |
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Motivate students to read by using a topic they love-sports-and extend learning across the curriculum! Discussion starters, multidisciplinary activities, and topics for further research follow each reading suggestions. Perry describes subject-specific fiction and nonfiction materials that help students make the transition from fiction to expository text. There are also additional print and nonprint sources. Grades K-5.
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Exploring Math with books kids love-- a must for teachers!.......1999-12-17
Finally a middle school level book that integrates the curriculum. It is full of ideas that can be put to immediate use in the classroom. Having the NCTM standards listed with every lesson is also benefical. I find myself planning more often with the Language Arts teacher to see how we can work together to integrate our subjects.
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DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME
Culinary Catastrophes from the World’s Greatest Chefs
A hilarious and heartening collection of kitchen disasters.
In this raucous new collection, over forty of the world’s greatest chefs relate outrageous true tales from their kitchens. From hiring a blind line cook to flooding the room with meringue to being terrorized by a French owl, these behind-the-scenes accounts are as wildly entertaining as they are revealing. A delicious reminder that even the chefs we most admire aren’t always perfect, Don't Try This at Home is a must-have for anyone who loves food or is fascinated by those who masterfully prepare it.
Ferrán Adrià on when lobsters go bad
José Andrés on asking for help
Dan Barber on talking to your fish
Mario Batali on the perfect risotto
Michelle Bernstein on the many uses of chocolate
Heston Blumenthal on the angriest maître d’ in England
Daniel Boulud on one thousand bowls of soup
Anthony Bourdain on beating up the customers
Jimmy Bradley on drinking games
Scott Bryan on too many salamanders
David Burke on hiding the laundry
Samuel Clark on cooking for royalty
Tom Colicchio on sneaking through customs
Scott Conant on the persistence of eels
Tamasin Day-Lewis on how not to store a pheasant
Tom Douglas on the strange destiny of snowstorms
Wylie Dufresne on birds of prey
Jonathan Eismann on the healing powers of electricity
Claudia Fleming on runaway meringue
Gabrielle Hamilton on second sight
Fergus Henderson on the far from ordinary
Paul Kahan on caller ID
Hubert Keller on tempting fate
Giorgio Locatelli on the art of the French ambush
Michael Lomonaco on feeding Pavarotti
Pino Luongo on summer school in the Hamptons
Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger on getting away with it
Sara Moulton on how to destroy a food processor
Tamara Murphy on the misuses of foie gras
Cindy Pawlcyn on eating at home
Neil Perry on unexpected showers
Michel Richard on how to rescue a wayward cake
Eric Ripert on getting to the kitchen
Alain Sailhac on salty coffee and solitary confinement
Marcus Samuelsson on the languages of gelatin
Bill Telepan on the Fish Guys versus the Meat Guys
Laurent Tourondel on rib-eye rush hour
Tom Valenti on the grounds for revenge
Norman Van Aken on Key West hi-jinks
Geoffrey Zakarian on a license to eat dangerously
Customer Reviews:
Really, Don't Do It.......2007-06-27
This book was so funny for we culinary types. I really enjoyed reading it, and learning new and funny things about some of my favorite chefs.
What not to do in the kitchen.......2007-02-13
This is one of the funniest books, I have read. I have lent it to many friends and we have had a good laugh at many of the stories. It's nice to see that professional chefs can also have disasters in the kitchen.
Fun read!.......2006-12-14
This book will make you chuckle!
This book is broken down into short chapters, --- each chapter written by a famous Chef and his/her experiences in kitchen mishaps.
Fun read!
This just makes the rest of us feel better..........2006-10-12
This is a must have for home cooks, would-be chefs, and people who just love the kitchen. In this humorous collection of stories, many chefs that have no reached the pinnacle of their careers share tales and snippets of life that include moments they were less than perfect. How many of us have ruined a dish by putting too much salt in the pot, or burned a turkey (or served one raw)? Turns out those sins are mild compared to some of the things these gods of food have done.
So many of the stories are just funny, you'll find yourself laughing out loud.
Sometimes when you watch cooking shows, or eat at a 5 star restaurant, it's easy to be intimidated by Chefs that seem to have perfected this craft. But this book will remind you that they have their off days as well, and that the gods of cuisine are just as human as the rest of us.
Highly recommended for everyone. Even if you don't cook, or aren't a foodie, this book is just funny.
Mixed Plate.......2006-09-21
Some of the pieces in this book are really funny, such as a tale of what happened when a hollandaise delivery met up with LA rush hour traffic. Many remind the reader than even the greatest of chefs is still human. Some of the pieces will amaze you with chefs' creativity in the face of diaster (one chef, for example, stuck with a ruined wedding cake, calls in the dogs). Unfortunately, some of the pieces are just plain boring. In one, for example, the "disaster" is that the narrator gets yelled at for throwing away some onions. I'm sure it was painful to him, but it's just not that much fun to read. In total, I'm not sure the good parts of the book make it worth shelling out money for. I borrowed mine from the library.
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- Contemporary Visual Merchandising and Environmental Design, Third Edition
- Conversations with Picasso
- Critical Issues in Rural Health
- Dangerously In Love
- Design and Analysis: A Researcher's Handbook (4th Edition)
- Devices of Wonder: From the World in a Box to Images on a Screen
- Digital Currents: Art in the Electronic Age
- Drawing Us In: How We Experience Visual Art (A Beacon Anthology)
- Entertaining is Fun!: How to Be A Popular Hostess
- Eyewitness: Reports from an Art World in Crisis
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