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Learning at Home Pre K-3

by Ann Barbour • 2014

Ditch the dittos: how to design homework that gets families talking, playing, and learning together.

🧒 Early Childhood Education 🏫 Home-School Partnerships 🧸 Play-Based Learning 📚 Culturally Responsive Teaching 👪 Family Involvement

Learning at Home Pre K-3

Ditch the dittos: how to design homework that gets families talking, playing, and learning together.

by Ann Barbour 2014 208 pages

🧒 Early Childhood Education 🏫 Home-School Partnerships 🧸 Play-Based Learning 📚 Culturally Responsive Teaching 👪 Family Involvement

Psychology-Based Activities for Supporting Anxious Language Learners

by Dr Neil Curry • 2024

Silent third of any language class: psychology-based activities that build confident speakers.

📚 Language Teaching 😰 Student Anxiety 🧠 Cbt In Education 🧘 Mindfulness In Education 🌟 Positive Psychology

Psychology-Based Activities for Supporting Anxious Language Learners

Silent third of any language class: psychology-based activities that build confident speakers.

by Dr Neil Curry 2024 225 pages

📚 Language Teaching 😰 Student Anxiety 🧠 Cbt In Education 🧘 Mindfulness In Education 🌟 Positive Psychology

Other Words for Home

by Jasmine Warga • 2019

A Syrian girl flees to Ohio and finds her voice on a middle-school stage.

4.40

35k+

📖 Verse Novel 🌏 Culture Shock 🧕 Choosing Hijab 💔 Sibling Separation 🎭 School Play

Other Words for Home

A Syrian girl flees to Ohio and finds her voice on a middle-school stage.

by Jasmine Warga 2019 352 pages

4.40

35k+ ratings

📖 Verse Novel 🌏 Culture Shock 🧕 Choosing Hijab 💔 Sibling Separation 🎭 School Play

PLAY WITH PYTHON (CORE)

by AK Singh • 2021

Your first variable to your first decorator: the full Python core curriculum built for newcomers.

🐍 Python Programming 📘 Learn To Code 🧱 Programming Fundamentals 📚 Language Reference 📦 Standard Library

PLAY WITH PYTHON (CORE)

Your first variable to your first decorator: the full Python core curriculum built for newcomers.

by AK Singh 2021

🐍 Python Programming 📘 Learn To Code 🧱 Programming Fundamentals 📚 Language Reference 📦 Standard Library

Cat Among the Pigeons

by Agatha Christie • 1959

Hidden in a tennis racquet, a kingdom's jewels bring murder to an English boarding school.

3.86

52k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 💎 Hidden Fortune 🎭 Double Life 🔍 Golden Age Mystery

Cat Among the Pigeons

Hidden in a tennis racquet, a kingdom's jewels bring murder to an English boarding school.

by Agatha Christie 1959 352 pages

3.86

52k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 💎 Hidden Fortune 🎭 Double Life 🔍 Golden Age Mystery

16 ans et papa

by Marilou Addison • 2017

A carefree sixteen-year-old learns his fling is pregnant, and she is keeping the baby.

4.20

133

🍼 Teen Fatherhood 🧬 Generational Trauma 👨‍👦 Father Son Bond 🏠 Found Family 🏙️ Gritty Realism

16 ans et papa

A carefree sixteen-year-old learns his fling is pregnant, and she is keeping the baby.

by Marilou Addison 2017 304 pages

4.20

133 ratings

🍼 Teen Fatherhood 🧬 Generational Trauma 👨‍👦 Father Son Bond 🏠 Found Family 🏙️ Gritty Realism

A Kestrel for a Knave

by Barry Hines • 1968

A neglected boy in a mining town steals a kestrel, discovering in secret his first pride.

4.08

8k+

🏭 Social Realism 🦅 Boy And His Bird 💔 Bleak And Tender ⚒️ Working Class Life 🌧️ Northern England

A Kestrel for a Knave

A neglected boy in a mining town steals a kestrel, discovering in secret his first pride.

by Barry Hines 1968 208 pages

4.08

8k+ ratings

🏭 Social Realism 🦅 Boy And His Bird 💔 Bleak And Tender ⚒️ Working Class Life 🌧️ Northern England

L'amico ritrovato

by Fred Uhlman • 1971

Germany, 1932. A Jewish boy and an aristocratic classmate share a friendship the Reich will destroy.

4.04

39k+

🥀 Doomed Friendship 🤝 Cross-Class Bond 🏛️ 1930s Germany 📖 Elegiac Novella 💔 Coming Of Age Tragedy

L'amico ritrovato

Germany, 1932. A Jewish boy and an aristocratic classmate share a friendship the Reich will destroy.

by Fred Uhlman 1971 92 pages

4.04

39k+ ratings

🥀 Doomed Friendship 🤝 Cross-Class Bond 🏛️ 1930s Germany 📖 Elegiac Novella 💔 Coming Of Age Tragedy

Bajo el paraguas azul

by Elena Martínez Blanco • 2015

Her private photo leaks across a Spanish high school. The adults look away. One girl pays.

3.62

292

📱 Online Shaming 💔 Suicide Attempt 💙 Friends To Lovers 🌈 Found Family 🏫 Institutional Failure

Bajo el paraguas azul

Her private photo leaks across a Spanish high school. The adults look away. One girl pays.

by Elena Martínez Blanco 2015 180 pages

3.62

292 ratings

📱 Online Shaming 💔 Suicide Attempt 💙 Friends To Lovers 🌈 Found Family 🏫 Institutional Failure

Designing the Future

by Ann Kaiser • 2019

Run your classroom like an engineering lab: failure becomes data, limits force invention.

🧪 Stem Education 🏫 K-12 Instruction 🛠️ Project-Based Learning 💡 Design Thinking ⚙️ Engineering Mindset

Designing the Future

Run your classroom like an engineering lab: failure becomes data, limits force invention.

by Ann Kaiser 2019 248 pages

🧪 Stem Education 🏫 K-12 Instruction 🛠️ Project-Based Learning 💡 Design Thinking ⚙️ Engineering Mindset

High-Five Teaching, K-5

by Rich Allen • 2010

The elementary classroom where everyone participates, nobody zones out, and silence is not the goal.

🏫 Elementary Education 📋 Classroom Management 🧠 Brain-Based Learning 🏃 Active Learning 🤸 Movement In Learning

High-Five Teaching, K-5

The elementary classroom where everyone participates, nobody zones out, and silence is not the goal.

by Rich Allen 2010 208 pages

🏫 Elementary Education 📋 Classroom Management 🧠 Brain-Based Learning 🏃 Active Learning 🤸 Movement In Learning

Don't Leave the Story in the Book

by Mary Hynes-Berry • 2011

Stop just reading stories. Start using them to drive math, science, and inquiry in preschool.

4.00

🏫 Early Childhood Education 📚 Teaching With Stories 🔍 Classroom Inquiry 🧩 Play-Based Learning 🔗 Integrated Curriculum

Don't Leave the Story in the Book

Stop just reading stories. Start using them to drive math, science, and inquiry in preschool.

by Mary Hynes-Berry 2011 216 pages

4.00

1 ratings

🏫 Early Childhood Education 📚 Teaching With Stories 🔍 Classroom Inquiry 🧩 Play-Based Learning 🔗 Integrated Curriculum

Learning Technologies

by Mesut Duran • 2022

The real hurdle in education technology isn't access; it's using tools to strengthen learning.

5.00

💻 Education Technology 🌐 Digital Divide 🛡️ Digital Citizenship 🖥️ Online Learning 🔀 Blended Learning

Learning Technologies

The real hurdle in education technology isn't access; it's using tools to strengthen learning.

by Mesut Duran 2022 243 pages

5.00

1 ratings

💻 Education Technology 🌐 Digital Divide 🛡️ Digital Citizenship 🖥️ Online Learning 🔀 Blended Learning

Hazel Says No

by Jessica Berger Gross • 2025

A bookish teen starts over in rural Maine, where the principal's interest goes beyond academics.

3.68

6k+

🎗️ MeToo Fiction 🏘️ Small Town Scandal 💔 Family In Crisis ✍️ Writing As Healing 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond

Hazel Says No

A bookish teen starts over in rural Maine, where the principal's interest goes beyond academics.

by Jessica Berger Gross 2025 352 pages

3.68

6k+ ratings

🎗️ MeToo Fiction 🏘️ Small Town Scandal 💔 Family In Crisis ✍️ Writing As Healing 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond

Ser feliz era esto

by Eduardo Sacheri • 2014

A fourteen-year-old orphan shows up unannounced at her father's door, demanding a place in his life.

4.08

5k+

🥀 Grieving Teen 🖤 Estranged Father 🍼 Unexpected Parenthood 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond 🧊 Emotional Repression

Ser feliz era esto

A fourteen-year-old orphan shows up unannounced at her father's door, demanding a place in his life.

by Eduardo Sacheri 2014 248 pages

4.08

5k+ ratings

🥀 Grieving Teen 🖤 Estranged Father 🍼 Unexpected Parenthood 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond 🧊 Emotional Repression

High-Impact Instruction

by Jim Knight • 2012

Turn chaotic standards into clear daily targets, and fragile coaching into lasting classroom change.

4.16

334

📋 Instructional Design 📊 Formative Assessment 👥 Cooperative Learning 🎯 Learning Targets 🌍 Authentic Learning

High-Impact Instruction

Turn chaotic standards into clear daily targets, and fragile coaching into lasting classroom change.

by Jim Knight 2012 371 pages

4.16

334 ratings

📋 Instructional Design 📊 Formative Assessment 👥 Cooperative Learning 🎯 Learning Targets 🌍 Authentic Learning

The Teaching for Understanding Guide

by Tina Blythe • 1997

Understanding is performance. A practical framework for designing curriculum that proves it.

3.79

🏫 Project Zero 📐 Curriculum Design 📝 Formative Assessment 👩‍🏫 Teacher Development 🧱 Constructivism

The Teaching for Understanding Guide

Understanding is performance. A practical framework for designing curriculum that proves it.

by Tina Blythe 1997 144 pages

3.79

76 ratings

🏫 Project Zero 📐 Curriculum Design 📝 Formative Assessment 👩‍🏫 Teacher Development 🧱 Constructivism

Trinkets

by Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith • 2013

Three girls from different cliques are caught shoplifting and sentenced to the same therapy group.

3.40

3k+

🛒 Teen Shoplifting 👭 Unlikely Friends 🏠 Found Family 🖤 Grief And Loss 🏘️ Affluent Suburb

Trinkets

Three girls from different cliques are caught shoplifting and sentenced to the same therapy group.

by Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith 2013 288 pages

3.40

3k+ ratings

🛒 Teen Shoplifting 👭 Unlikely Friends 🏠 Found Family 🖤 Grief And Loss 🏘️ Affluent Suburb

Accelerated Learning

by James Horton • 2017

Learning isn't about IQ. Systematic techniques that double reading speed and make recall automatic.

3.43

134

📚 Study Skills 👁️ Speed Reading 🧠 Memory Improvement 🔍 Active Reading 📝 Note-Taking Methods

Accelerated Learning

Learning isn't about IQ. Systematic techniques that double reading speed and make recall automatic.

by James Horton 2017 232 pages

3.43

134 ratings

📚 Study Skills 👁️ Speed Reading 🧠 Memory Improvement 🔍 Active Reading 📝 Note-Taking Methods

Krummer Hund

by Juliane Pickel • 2021

His dog is dead, his mom dates the vet, a blackout leaves his bully's brother dead.

3.26

385

🔥 Anger Issues 🔍 Unsolved Death 🎭 Mean Girl Cruelty 👥 Outsider Friendship 👤 Missing Father

Krummer Hund

His dog is dead, his mom dates the vet, a blackout leaves his bully's brother dead.

by Juliane Pickel 2021 242 pages

3.26

385 ratings

🔥 Anger Issues 🔍 Unsolved Death 🎭 Mean Girl Cruelty 👥 Outsider Friendship 👤 Missing Father

The Truth about College Admission

by Brennan Barnard • 2019

Fit over prestige. A family guide to getting through college admissions together.

4.27

106

🏫 College Admissions 🗣️ Family Communication 😰 Teen Stress 👨‍👩‍👧 Parenting Teenagers 🎓 Higher Education

The Truth about College Admission

Fit over prestige. A family guide to getting through college admissions together.

by Brennan Barnard 2019 242 pages

4.27

106 ratings

🏫 College Admissions 🗣️ Family Communication 😰 Teen Stress 👨‍👩‍👧 Parenting Teenagers 🎓 Higher Education

Ghost

by Jason Reynolds • 2016

Running from a gun saved him. A track team might teach him what to run toward.

4.18

53k+

🏃 Youth Sports Drama 🫂 Found Family 🧑‍🏫 Mentor Relationship 💔 Trauma And Healing 🏙️ Inner City Life

Ghost

Running from a gun saved him. A track team might teach him what to run toward.

by Jason Reynolds 2016 181 pages

4.18

53k+ ratings

🏃 Youth Sports Drama 🫂 Found Family 🧑‍🏫 Mentor Relationship 💔 Trauma And Healing 🏙️ Inner City Life

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