Head Elf Sue revealed to the other elves Santa has a secret only she knew. Santa's Holiday Sleigh Team worked together to achieve the impossible on Christmas Eve. Santa was guided home this year with twice the Christmas cheer. Look closely to catch a sight of who is guiding Santa home on this magical night. A book the entire family can enjoy learning interesting facts about reindeer. Look for Santa's special invitation at the end of the book for free fun-filled activities all year round. The Holiday Sleigh Team(TM)
Baseball English/Language Arts - Book 1 makes learning fun This student workbook includes 24 pages of kid-friendly activities that teach ELA skills through baseball. Write about your experiences as The Home Run Ball. Can Your Make The Call on grammar, nouns (common/proper/plural), verbs (tenses), adjectives, and punctuation used in sentences (commands, inquiry, emotion)? Be creative and think of Baseball's figurative language (alliteration, similes, personification, metaphors).Each page of student workbook's Pre-game info teaches key content prior to activities to complete in theYou're Up section.Kids insert their name and game day (date of completion) that serves as a cumulative record of progress.ELA is one of 5 booklets in the Powerhitter(R) Classroom Baseball lineup, created by a baseball fan and professor Baseball English Language Arts Book 1 is the first of 5 booklets in the Powerhitter Classroom Baseball lineup created by a baseball fan and education professor
THE STATISTICS ARE STAGGERING. The impact of trauma on our children, families, and communities is overwhelming. Students impacted by trauma find it especially difficult to succeed. Yet, it doesn't have to be this way. It's possible to create change that will allow every student to learn and grow, to be successful in school and life. The key factors for change include: - Relationships with students - Knowledge of "self " - School culture/climate - Instruction design - Positive behavior interventions and supports - Policies and procedures In Trauma and Postsecondary Success, Dr. Plashan McCune shares the major factors that will ignite change for trauma-impacted students. She explains stakeholders' roles in changing the trauma-drama, and she provides educators, parents, and communities with tools and insights to uncover new ways of looking at students and their behaviors, providing fertile soil for positive sustainable change.
The world is in a dark night. Imbalance in many areas of our lives - masculine and feminine, material and spiritual, conscious and unconscious - has contributed to immense suffering, both within and without. To bring this incongruence into harmony in ourselves, we must reclaim the discarded qualities we have seen as other than who we are. This is the quest of the perilous dark night journey. To heal our fragmented earth, we must first become whole individuals who are then capable of contributing to a whole world.This book names the current dark night dis-ease and frames a process for navigating the passage. Using her own lost feminine story as well as other examples, the author leads us through the stages with a compelling blend of matter-of-fact and mystical. Many of us beyond life's midpoint descend into darkness due to loss of a job, a relationship, good health, or an awakening to the shallowness of our inner being. Rather than floundering in this confusing morass or numbing it with addictions, Dark Night offers an optimistic alternative that normalizes the experience and provides practical pathways and coaching guidance to light the route to wholeness.
This rhyming story with color photos tells of a young proboscis monkey in Borneo. He worries because his nose is smaller than the ones of other males. When the other monkeys tease and bully him, he pulls and stretches and tugs on his nose to make it bigger. And then something happens . . . "Winning by a Nose" is a book for children who enjoy reading and listening to rhymes, and for those who like reading to them. It includes maps of the world and Indonesia, a question-and-answer section, a glossary of words that children might not know, and the scientific classification of the proboscis monkey.Stories for kids can be both fun and educational. "Winning by a Nose" helps children to: (1) exercise their imaginations, (2) learn about proboscis monkeys and Borneo, (3) understand how teasing can hurt, and (4) build their vocabularies by learning words they might not know.
Love or Die delivers a critical look at two false beliefs that contribute to so much of the suffering and violence in the world today: the beliefs that 1) we are separate, and 2) we are incomplete. Once the reader understands that every action he takes affects the Whole - since we are all connected as part of that Whole - he will realize that extinction awaits us if we continue to be self-indulgent at the expense of others or the environment. To destroy any part of nature is to destroy a part of ourselves We must awaken from our self-destructive ego consciousness, move into higher levels of awareness, and begin functioning with cooperation rather than competition. Failing this, our quality of life will rapidly deteriorate, and humans will go the way of the dinosaurs. We must learn how to love, or we will perish.
Imagine going from middle class land owner to King in a single day. And not just any King, but the first King of ancient Israel. Would the strain and challenges twist and break you? How does Saul suddenly thrust into the role of first King with no path to follow cope? Here is a fresh new perspective on the classic biblical tale of a normal man's struggle to find meaning and a workable relationship with God in order to cope with an extraordinary challenge.Meet all the famous characters: the prophet Samuel, David, slayer of Goliath, and Saul's children - Jonathan and the warrior Princess Michal, both David's lovers. There's really nothing like it. Experience this classic thrilling tale of spiritual questing, black magic, kinky sex, massive horrible slaughter of human beings, mortal combat, courage and great love, now.
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"A Change of Habit" recounts a spiritual journey starting when a religious eddy hurled seventeen-year old Patty into a convent in the 1960s. Her deeply embedded guilt drives her to obey the Catholic Church, please her earthly father, and say "yes" to her heavenly Father. But in the convent, she fails to find happiness in religious rites, and rules. Her time in the convent parallels changes wrought in religious life by Vatican II, including changes of names and attire. After leaving the convent following seven years of service, she assumes she can pick up her life and move on. But once the religious habit comes off, long-practiced habits of poverty, chastity, and obedience dog her into married life. Finally facing the reality mirror, she breaks from the debilitating patterns learned in the convent. In finding true spirituality and finally listening to the God within, she shakes the destructive habit of guilt. Her story speaks to like-minded "guilt sponges", offering hope on their personal spiritual quests. Patty shares the "7 Secrets to Guilt-Free Living" learned on her journey, giving her the freedom and permission to follow her heart. "A Change of Habit" is not the story of a girl breaking from the convent to live happily ever after; the story's uniqueness hinges on how ingrained duty lodges. This story of personal reinvention and empowerment that takes place over forty years shows that it's never to late to change one's future.
GET THE READING HELP YOUR CHILD NEEDS Become a powerful advocate for your struggling reader with Dr. Kaufman's bold five-step action plan based on 30 years of successful work with hundreds of families.Smart Kid, Can't Read offers step by step real-world advice for anyone trying to navigate the hurdles of getting a child reading help - a task which can be amazingly daunting.More than one third of all children entering the fourth grade are reading below grade level. Even more alarming, less than one third of these children actually receive reading help Don't let YOUR child be among the reading casualties."If you are even the slightest bit worried about your child's reading, pick up this book." - Patricia Papernow, Ph.D., Author, Psychologist, Parent of a dyslexic student Getting your child reading assistance that leads to meaningful improvement requires that you take on the role of an informed advocate. The good news: armed with this book, you can get your child help before it's too late. You will learn the key points that every parent advocate should know. Armed with information about special education law, research based reading instruction, and effective, unbiased assessments, you will be ready to take the steps that will launch your child into a successful reading experience.Uncertain about whether your concerns about your child's reading are justified? Smart Kid, Can't Read offers easy-to-administer tests that parents can give their children to help decide whether a reading evaluation is warranted."Anyone seeking to understand reading difficulties--the problem, the process, and the child--will want to read this book: parents, grandparents, friends, tutors, even teachers. The information on the legal and logistic processes to be navigated is invaluable." - Peggy McCardle, Ph.D., MPH, Former Branch Chief, Child Development and Behavior Branch, NICHD
NEW EDITION: Adaptations for Dementia Have you ever had a sense of urgency to capture some memories of a person whose recall is fading? This second edition offers various adaptations of the proven Memoir Partnering Method for those with mild cognitive decline, early-stage dementia, or middle-stage dementia. Perfect for activity directors, caregivers, loved ones, volunteers, and intergenerational programs. Build a caring and lasting bond Stimulate memory and enhance well-being Leave a priceless legacy for generations Step-by-step directions for using photos and memorabilia to spark memories Templates for creating memoir pages Prompts by category for evoking detailed memories Flexible method easily tailored to specific levels and needs 7 Memories; Partnering to Write a Memoir is the gift that goes on giving. You're spending precious time with your Extraordinary Person to create a beautiful memoir that future generations will treasure. It's perfect for birthdays, anniversaries, Mother's Day, Father's Day and any time you want to celebrate and honor someone. HELPFUL APPENDICES INCLUDE: Frequently Asked Questions The Mini-Memoir for Early-Stage Dementia Memoir Moments for Middle-Stage Dementia Reflective Listening Writing Tips for Memoir Partners Proven Proofreading Techniques Avoiding Writer's Block Memoirs We Know and LOVE Sample Memoir Memory Prompts by Category Growing Up--Relationships with family and friends Schooling Early Activities (sports, hobbies, interests) First Love Personality Traits Military Experience Adulthood --Long-Term Relationships/Marriage Raising Children Separation/Divorce School and Employment Beliefs/value systems/religion Traditions/celebrations/trends Aspirations and Dreams The best of times/the worst of times Family Heritage Between You and Me Reflections The Mini-memoir Benefits of The Memoir Partnering Method Improves memory and agility Encourages connections with others Sparks curiosity among family and friends Offers a message to future generations Honors those of the past Provides a legacy--a gift of kindness and caring from one generation to another Using the Memoir Partnering Method you capture memories and create a treasured keepsake for future generations.
