Chipmunk at Hollow Tree Lane

Chipmunk at Hollow Tree Lane
Author: Victoria Sherrow
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2011-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781607276357

Winter is near, and Chipmunk is scampering around gathering as many nuts and seeds as possible to take back to her burrow for the long hibernation. Follow Chipmunk as she fends off competitors and prepares for the long, cold winter. Reviewed by the Smithsonian Institution for accuracy, Chipmunk at Hollow Tree Lane is a fun and informative story with beautifully detailed illustrations. Watch your children have a blast reading and learning about the animals that live in an American backyard! This book includes an easy-to-download audiobook with realistic sound effects for added fun.

Groundhog at Evergreen Road

Groundhog at Evergreen Road
Author: Susan Korman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2003-04
Genre: Woodchuck
ISBN: 9781607270751

Groundhog creeps into a garden to nibble some crisp and juicy green beans. Suddenly, a dog bounds toward him!

Robin at Hickory Street

Robin at Hickory Street
Author: Dana Meachen Rau
Publisher:
Total Pages: 31
Release: 1995
Genre: Birds
ISBN: 9781568991689

Children discover that they do not have to travel great distances to see great things as they read about amazing animals, insects, and birds that live in backyards across North America.-- A Parents' Choice Approval for 19 title book and tape series.-- Glossary highlights key plant and animal terms.-- Read-along cassettes include page-turning tones and authentic sound effects.-- Toys authenticated by Smithsonian Institution curators for realism.Spring finds a year-old robin winding up his flight north after wintering in a southern wooded swamp forest. Surely there must be a backyard for Robin to call home.

Mallard Duck at Meadow View Pond

Mallard Duck at Meadow View Pond
Author: Wendy Pfeffer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2002-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781931465922

Growing up on the pond, young Mallard Duck and his brothers and sisters encounter many adventures.

Box Turtle at Silver Pond Lane

Box Turtle at Silver Pond Lane
Author: Susan Korman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Box turtle
ISBN: 9781568998602

Box Turtle feeds, sleeps in a hollow log until near dark, builds her nest, and lays four eggs, thus completing her job as a mother.

Garter Snake at Willow Creek Lane

Garter Snake at Willow Creek Lane
Author: Janet Halfmann
Publisher: Palm Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Garter snakes
ISBN: 9781607272083

FREE BONUS AUDIO TO DOWNLOAD Smithsonian's Backyard books expose young readers to the amazing animals, insects and birds that live in the backyards all across North America! The informative stories and full-color illustrations are reviewed by the Smithsonian Institution for accuracy. Read-along audiobooks include realistic sound effects.

Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle

Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle
Author: Deborah Dennard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 31
Release: 2002
Genre: Bullfrog
ISBN: 9781931465052

A young male bullfrog avoids a hungry heron and searches for a calling site in his bayou home.

River Otter at Autumn Lane

River Otter at Autumn Lane
Author: Laura Gates Galvin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 31
Release: 2011-07-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781607276425

Children can join River Otter as she nurses her newborn cubs and eventually teaches them how to swim. Reviewed by the Smithsonian Institution for accuracy, River Otter at Autumn Lane is a fun and informative story with beautifully detailed illustrations. Watch your children have a blast reading and learning about the animals that live in an American backyard! This book includes an easy-to-download audiobook with realistic sound effects for added fun.

Celebrating Every Learner

Celebrating Every Learner
Author: Thomas R. Hoerr
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2010-08-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0470644710

Howard Gardner's groundbreaking theory applied for classroom use This important book offers a practical guide to understanding how Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI) can be used in the classroom. Gardner identified eight different types of intelligence: linguistic, logical, spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, naturalist, interpersonal, and intrapersonal. Celebrating Every Learner describes the characteristics of each type of intelligence and follows up with ready-to-use lesson plans and activities that teachers can use to incorporate MI in their pre-K through 6 classrooms. Offers a treasury of easily implemented activities for engaging all students' multiple intelligences, from the New City School, a leading elementary school at the forefront of MI education Provides ready-to-use lesson plans that teachers can use to incorporate MI in any elementary classroom Includes valuable essays on how and why to integrate MI in the classroom Hoerr is the author of a bi-monthly column for Educational Leadership as well as the editor of the "Intelligence Connections" e-newsletter