The Complete Welcome Back-to-School Book helps you create a colorful, inviting classroom, involves children in stimulating activities right from the start, and makes paperwork and administration easier. This book is brimming with creative room decorations and little extras based on six favorite themes: Animals, Healthy Habits, Teddy Bears, Fall, Things That Go and Fairy Tales.

Join the call for a better world with this New York Times bestselling picture book about a school where diversity and inclusion are celebrated. The perfect back-to-school read for every kid, family and classroom! In our classroom safe and sound. Fears are lost and hope is found. Discover a school where all young children have a place, have a space, and are loved and appreciated. Readers will follow a group of children through a day in their school, where everyone is welcomed with open arms. A school where students from all backgrounds learn from and celebrate each other's traditions. A school that shows the world as we will make it to be. “An important book that celebrates diversity and inclusion in a beautiful, age-appropriate way.” – Trudy Ludwig, author of The Invisible Boy

From the author and illustrator of Our Class is a Family, this touching picture book expresses a teacher's sentiments and well wishes on the last day of school. Serving as a follow up to the letter in A Letter From Your Teacher: On the First Day of School, it's a read aloud for teachers to bid a special farewell to their students at the end of the school year. Through a letter written from the teacher's point of view, the class is invited to reflect back on memories made, connections formed, and challenges met. The letter expresses how proud their teacher is of them, and how much they will be missed. Students will also leave on that last day knowing that their teacher is cheering them on for all of the exciting things to come in the future. There is a blank space on the last page for teachers to sign their own name, so that students know that the letter in the book is coming straight from them. With its sincere message and inclusive illustrations, A Letter From Your Teacher: On the Last Day of School is a valuable addition to any elementary school teacher's classroom library.

It's the first day of school for Penelope Rex, and she can't wait to meet her classmates. But it's hard to make human friends when they're so darn delicious! That is, until Penelope gets a taste of her own medicine and finds she may not be at the top of the food chain after all. . . . Readers will gobble up this hilarious new story from award-winning author-illustrator Ryan T. Higgins.

Follows a child through all the big first grade moments.

A back-to-school celebration featuring the beloved characters from the New York Times-bestselling All Are Welcome! This Step 2 early reader is perfect for emerging readers who are excited to learn more at school. The sun is up. The day has begun. It’s back to school For everyone! The kids from All Are Welcome are heading back to school and eager to see old friends, make new friends, and learn to be readers, writers, listeners, and leaders. Three things they keep in mind: Always try. Have fun. Be kind. Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. They are ideal for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help. Perfect for children who are ready to read on their own!

Celebrate special days and themes August to December with the creative ideas in this 320-page book--bulletin boards, teacher helps, reproducible student activities, resource lists, parents' letters and much, much more! Plus a CD-ROM (print books) or .zip file (eBooks) chock-full of clip art. A valuable resource to keep close at all times!

Coloring is important. It's meaningful. It's creativity and artistic expression. It's fun. It's a finished work to take home and feel good about. Of course, it also lays the groundwork for myriad other skills and abilities such as writing, reading, concentration, attention to detail, completion of work and self-esteem. Until now, it has been difficult to find large, simple images with spaces to color that are the right size and/or useful and relevant illustrations with bold, thick lines.The subjects were selected especially for the early childhood curriculum and suggestions for use offer many creative tips and ideas.

Every class includes students who lag behind the rest of the class or race ahead of everyone when working on activities. This book provides creative solutions to that problem. The teacher provides each student with drawing paper, a pencil, crayons and a copy of the activity sheet. Then the student reads and follows the directions, step-by-step, or listens to the teacher read them aloud. The activities encourage students to follow directions, enhance their creativity and increase their motivation in fun-filled, productive ways.

Expand students reading and vocabulary skills as well as their listening skills as they follow directions, step-by-step, to solve word problems and make creative, seasonal art projects. The results may be surprising, even to the students! The activities are organized by seasons and include major holidays and special days as well as fun topics such as sports and vacation.