This fascinating exploration of children’s inquiry —what it is, how it develops, and how it contributes to children’s learning—will help teacher educators and elementary teachers to understand, appreciate, and foster children’s inquiry in classrooms. In this volume, Lindfors introduces a theoretical framework for understanding children’s inquiry language—not as linguistic forms (q…
DIscover the science behind hot, cold, wet and wild weather in this fact- packed book. Find out what causes thunderstorms, how weather is predicted, and why our climate is changing. You'll be a weather expert in no time!
"The trick to the whole thing", Duke said, "is to pick your own road in life." Growing up is tough. But what if you had a handbook that told you how to figure things out? How to stay out of trouble? At Duke's place, Jimmy and Kevin find out that the handbook doesn't need to be written down. It can be as easy as listening to Duke and the old guys taking about their lives. But how can Duke unde…
Share in fifty years of magic… The classic story of Sophie and her extraordinary teatime guest is loved by millions of children and was first published fifty years ago. Now available in a new, cased board book format. The Tiger has been coming to Tea for 50 glorious years! Celebrate this incredible anniversary with this brand new cased board book edition of the beloved classic. The …
from the back cover: In a city in Arabia there lives a boy called Aladdin. He is poor and often hungry, but one day he finds an old lamp. When he rubs the lamp, smoke comes out of it, and then out of the smoke comes a magical jinnee. With the jinnee's help, Aladdin is soon rich, with gold and jewels and many fine things. But can he win the love of the Sultan's daughter, the beautiful Prince…
Endorsed by Cambridge for the latest syllabus, this comprehensive resource helps you develop crucial English language skills. Plenty of exam-style audio material is included on a CD, so students can get realistic Listening practice. This includes complex skills development like listening for inference - a crucial requirement of the latest syllabus. The course is written by examiners Dean Robert…
Judith Glaser shows how self-centred, unimaginative, noncollaborative, 'I-centric' work environments cause 'cancer cells' to form in the workplace, dooming countries to failure, and what can be done about it.