Preschoolers are passionate about learning, and a high-quality preschool program offers rich learning experiences in the areas of language and literacy. This engaging book gives teachers and other professionals fresh ideas, inspiration, and practical tools for integrating age-appropriate literacy instruction into the preschool curriculum. Including helpful vignettes, sample lesson plans, and reproducibles, the book shows how to create a motivating classroom environment, balance child-initiated exploration with structured activities, and support students' developing skills in reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension. Essential topics include preschool assessment and working with English language learners.
Exploration in the Age of Empire examines the way in which all the great explorers who served the European empires of the modern era became popular celebrities, unlike their predecessors, and illustrates the roles of explorers as propagandists.
Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
Chinese porcelain
The crusades
The hajj
Medieval monsters
The Norse sagas
The search for spices
Sir John Mandeville's Travels
Cutting-edge medical technology and riveting, life-or-death personal dramas combine in this unprecedented, from-the-inside-out exploration of The Incredible Human Body.
Visual Thesaurus - словарь и тезаурус, 145000 английских слов и 115000 значений, представленных для более лёгкого и удобного запоминания. Идея визуального представления тесно связана с теорией "mind-maps". Размер - 38 Mb Данный тезаурус даёт возможность найти и исследовать значения слов, проследить связи между словами, услышать их произношение.
The Visual Thesaurus is a dictionary and thesaurus with an intuitive interface that encourages exploration and learning. Available in both a Desktop Edition and an Online Edition, the Visual Thesaurus is a marvelous way to improve your vocabulary and your understanding of the English language.
