Text and bright pictures identify several types of vehicles for young readers.

Help little ones learn first words and build vocabulary with this things that go baby ebook that's filled with cars, trucks, planes, boats, tractors, and diggers. Favourite vehicles are clearly labelled on every page, and the exciting photos combined with fun illustrations provide lots to talk about, learn about, and smile about. 100 First Things That Go is a colourful picture ebook that is great for sharing, and an attractive baby gift. Part of a beautiful, first word ebook series, which includes the award-winning 100 First Words, the pages are toddler tough, and cover everything from cool cars, terrific trucks, and awesome fire engines, to vehicle colours and kids' own bikes and ride-on toys. There are even some entertaining make-believe things that go, such as a fantastic pirate ship and a magic broomstick. Word labels encourage picture-and-word association, building language and reading readiness, while the inviting pictures stimulate talking. Cleverly designed to inform and entertain, 100 First Things That Go takes your baby on an exciting learning adventure.

In My First Things That Go, kids learn about different types of transportation, including planes, trains, and cars. This informational vehicle book features a variety of transportation vehicles. Each spread has exciting facts, labels, and high-quality pictures. The images are labeled clearly and promote early learning and language skills. The books can be read either alone or with an adult, and they encourage learning on your own. My First Things That Go is the perfect transportation book for kids! This revamp of DK's most successful board books series includes updated photography, contemporary design, and an insightful approach to engaging preschoolers. With charming, bold design, clear labels, and a wide variety of topics, these first learning books encourage children to build the vocabulary and language skills that form the foundation of early education. DK's iconic My First series not only provides a collection of educational information books that children can refer back to again and again, but also offers a first taste of independent learning.

'My First Book of Things That Go' looks at all of the different ways we might travel.

Planes, trains and automobiles! A remarkable picture book, full of all the things that travel through the air and across the land and sea. Your little one's vocabulary will grow fast with this attractive tabbed board book. Learn about everything that has wheels, wings and sails, from toys to construction vehicles. Packed with bright colorful photos of real-life vehicles, your toddlers will learn how to recognize all the things that move around them. Learning different names and terms is an exciting stimulation for early childhood language development. The reference book also introduces different types of travel and transportation so they will know what a boat or plane is before they take their first journey! The book has strong board pages made especially for young children. The chunky tabs, on the top or the side, are easy to grab to help with early motor control. Preschoolers will quickly recognize the picture on the tab, which will take them straight to the page with their favorite transportation. Each page is dedicated to a different type of moving thing, such as tractors and trucks, with easy-to-read labels so they can sound out the words with you. The interactive book encourages kids to count the cars, name the colors and answer questions about each mode of transport. A perfect, rounded early learning reading experience for babies and up. Let’s Get Moving! • Bright, clear photographs of everything from cycles to digger trucks • Chunky tabbed pages to improve dexterity • Easy-to-read text with names and descriptions More from DK: Because toddlers are experiencing lots of things for the first time, we’ve made lots of My First tabbed board books! Look below for other great titles including My First Zoo, My First Busy Job, My First Farm and My First Town.

2009 Notable Education Book, American School Board Journal The Essential School Board Book highlights effective practices that are common to high-functioning boards around the country—boards that are working successfully with their superintendents and communities to improve teaching and learning. Amid today’s heightened attention on student achievement, school boards find their responsibilities intensified and transformed. In this age of accountability, all school boards need to consider how best to maintain a focus on student achievement and promote it through district and school policies. In a highly readable and accessible fashion, the book summarizes research linking school board practices to student achievement. It features stories of sixteen diverse boards around the country—elected and appointed; rural, urban, and suburban—and the policies and procedures they have employed to enhance student achievement. Also included is a resource section for those investigating successful school board policies and practices in more depth.

Read To Me is a thought-provoking, practical guide to assist parents, carers and students in their selection of books for young children, including those with special needs.

Informational kinds of reading are crucial in every lesson. This book looks at how we can encourage children from the very beginning to think of themselves as young researchers using skills and strategies for clear purposes. It argues that the creative practitioner nurtures children's sense of wonder and curiosity about the world and all its phenomena. Packed full of advice on how to use the most stimulating and exciting texts and the liveliest approaches, the book celebrates the good practice of teachers and student teachers in a large number of classroom case studies. The content includes: * a summary of the recent developments and a framework of principles to inform good practice in this challenging aspect of literacy * chapters concentrating on particular age groups - beginning with the nursery and ending with the later primary years - and thus taking up an essentially developmental approach * an assessment of recent research and how findings can be put to practical and creative use in the classroom. A central message is that children benefit from collaborating with teachers and peers at every stage of finding out. The spoken language energises informational reading and writing, making the sharing of the fruits of children's research highly enjoyable. This book will inspire you and lead to the very best practice.

Recommends books for gifted readers that provide insights and coping skills for issues they may face from preschool through high school, featuring more than three hundred titles with brief summaries, organized by reading levels; and includes an index arranged by theme.

Fresh, fun ideas for children's storytime fill this book. The author, a long-time storytime facilitator, has put together 52 weekly themes plus additional plans for holidays, all with detailed instructions for talking about the theme and choosing the books, crafts, songs, poems, games and snacks. Each storytime idea is illustrated with photographs of a suggested craft and snack for easy reference. Libraries, bookstores, preschools and parents alike can use this book to offer themed storytimes that include discussion, literature, art, music, movement and food. Options are provided for each storytime, so the ideas can be used year after year.