Sneed B. Collard III is the author of more than 30 children’s books about science, nature, and the environment. With a background in biology, Collard introduces aspects of the natural world to children in a way that is accessible. His book topics range from beaks to wings to cloud forests to animal dads. Through his books and school visits, Collard encourages young people to see science as an integrated part of their lives — and not as some complicated school subject removed from day-to-day life. “If I’ve achieved anything in my career,” he says, “it’s the hope that I’ve written books that are being picked up by people who have never picked up a science book before.”
What do short days, long nights, cold weather, and December holidays mean? Winter is here! With it comes snow — waiting for it, hoping for it, playing in it, and listening for it. Even it doesn’t snow where you live, you can enjoy anticipating snow, playing in it, and even seeing its colors in these and other books!
Learn the critical social communication milestones for babies and toddlers, from 7-24 months of age. These milestones cover five developmental domains — play, language, social interaction, emotional regulation, and self-directed learning.
Find resources to help students manage their emotions, resolve conflicts, and make responsible decisions—creating the healthiest school culture possible.
In preschool, your child will learn many types of skills. Reading books together in which the characters are going through the same thing can also help your preschooler develop these important skills. Here are four recommended books to try.
Get the basics on social-emotional learning (SEL) — what it is, and how SEL supports the healthy development of children in school and in life. You’ll also find ideas on how to integrate SEL into literature studies and writing instruction.
Socioeconomic differences are conventionally indexed by such demographic variables as household income and parents’ education and occupation, alone or in some weighted combination.
Marriage symbolizes the start of something new. It also may bring up questions for children about how families grow and change. In these books recommended for children ages 0-9, weddings are explored from the perspective of a child, addressing the range of emotions that arise and the variety of traditions that mark this special celebration.
