Keys to the Elementary Classroom

Start the school year in a powerful way with this edition's new activities, tips for the classroom environment, and revised instructional materials in English and Spanish.

Grandfather is Robert's best friend. Step by step, he shows his grandson how to walk, build towers with wooden blocks, tell stories. One day, Grandfather suffers a stroke and is hospitalized. When he returns home, he is not able to talk, walk or even recognize his family. Nobody believes he will recover, until devoted Robert teaches Grandfather how to live again. This exceptional book by Tomie de Paola brings to light the importance of caring for others.

Esta nueva edición presenta un programa de intervención psicológica diseñado para estimular el desarrollo de la personalidad y la educación en derechos humanos durante la adolescencia. El texto describe los fundamentos teóricos del programa, muestra las actividades y el procedimiento para implementarlo con un grupo de adolescentes, así como su metodología de evaluación y los resultados del estudio empírico llevado a cabo. El programa combina distintas técnicas de dinámica de grupos en el contexto de actividades que promueven la comunicación, la cooperación, la confianza, la...

Simón is excited because he gets to spend the night at his best friend Oliver's house. However, when night falls, everything at Oliver's house seems very strange and he misses his mom and dad. But then something happens.

Designed for students, but also for parents and teachers, this guide helps develop thinking abilities, learning strategies, memory, and classroom organization of learning resources. The excercises included cultivate learning techniques such as classification, determining hierarchies, and conceptualization—basic elements of information retention. Para los alumnos, pero también para maestros y padres de familia, esta obra está orientada a desarrollar las habilidades de pensamiento, estrategias de aprendizaje, y administración de los recursos para el aprendizaje. Los ejercicios cultivan...