The Magic Shop

P.J. studies and practices to perform a magic show for his family and friends but afterwards no one seems to be interested in his tricks, so he shows them the best trick of all.

This exciting new volume takes a positive spin on the field of statistics. Statistics is seen by students as difficult and boring, however, the authors of this book have eliminated that theory. Teaching Statistics: A Bag Of tricks, brings together a complete set of examples, demonstrations and projects that not only will increase class participation but will help to eliminate any negative feelings toward the area of statistics.

This wide assortment of art activities, word games, puzzles, brain teasers, and calendar ideas is sure to yield a solution to your problem. There are 101 ideas, ready to fill in those "what-will-I-do-now?" moments during math, science, reading, spelling, writing or art. Each activity is self-contained, requiring no special equipment or elaborate, hard to assemble materials. Many are also suitable for use as introductory motivation or to reinforce and extend a lesson or unit of study. These high-interest activities will help you involve your students in meaningful learning projects with a minimum amount of pre-planning. Don't get caught in an unplanned moment! Just pull out your "Bag of Tricks" and enchant your students with these exciting activities. Both you and your students will be glad you did!

Make leaf rubbings, learn the neighborhood bird songs together, turn an aquarium into a worm hotel, create a firefly lantern. There are garden projects, both for the outdoors—grow a container snacking garden, a pumpkin patch in a pot—and the indoors, i.e., how to use something called "indoor garbage gardens" to grow pineapple tops, sweet potato vines, peanuts, and more. Cooking projects, both in the sunshine—baking in a solar oven—and in the kitchen—what child will ever forget the time the two of you made Potato Volcanoes with Lava? And lots of rainy-day activities for times when nature's in a cranky mood. Created by Sharon Lovejoy—a grandmother of four and the author of two classic books of garden activities for grown-ups and kids, Sunflower Houses and Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots—Toad Cottages and Shooting Stars is an ecologically inspired guide that combines more than 130 green activities with timeless grandparenting advice. Illustrated with Lovejoy's distinctive, delicate watercolors, it's an inventive resource for grandmother and grandchild to connect with each other through nature. It is the book to make sure an afternoon, a day, or a weekend turns into a memory that lasts forever.