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Kindergarten Science

science teaching suppliesThe Best of The Mailbox Science

Grade Level: Preschool / Kindergarten
Price: $17.95
Product #: 2001493
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Enrich children's understanding of their world with this timesaving collection of science experiences from The Mailbox magazine. You'll find a variety of favorite units and features that will actively involve your little ones in their learning.

These creative ideas will help you integrate science into all of your daily activities-from circle time to center time. Patterns and reproducibles for centers, experiments, and group activities make preparation quick and easy. Inside this invaluable classroom resource you'll find:

  • Science-based thematic units with across-the-curriculum activities
  • Activities that encourage students' active participation
  • Helpful ideas for science centers
  • Experiments
  • Independent and small-group activities
  • Critical-thinking activities
  • Literature links
  • Student Reproducibles
  • Patterns

Science units in this book cover the early childhood science topics that you need, including:

  • Trees
  • Pumpkins
  • Winter Weather
  • The Five Senses
  • Dental Health
  • Plants
  • Butterflies and Birds
  • Sound
  • And many more! (See the Table of Contents for a complete list)

Pages: 159
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Science Teacher Materials Resource BookSeasonal Science

Grade Level: Preschool - Kindergarten
Price: $17.95
Product#: 2061005
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Introduce preschoolers and kindergartners to basic science concepts all year long with 25 timesaving, seasonal thematic units. This teaching book is just what you need to get your little ones interested in science. It includes 25 thematic science units for fall, winter, and spring, including:

  • Rocks
  • Water
  • Colors
  • Sun and Shadows
  • Rain
  • The Heart
  • Plants
  • Healthful Habits
  • Birds
  • Bubbles
  • Plus 15 additional high-interest topics!

Packed with creative ideas, each of the book's 25 seasonal science units provides

  • Practical, fun-to-do activities
  • Exciting, easy-to-manage, hands-on experiments
  • Simple explanations of experiment outcomes
  • Engaging reproducibles, recording sheets, and patterns

Because the ideas in this teaching resource were developed by real early childhood teachers, you can be confident that they're developmentally appropriate and practical in terms of materials, prep time, and classroom management. No matter what season of the school year it is, make sure Seasonal Science is on your bookshelf! You pick the season and we'll provide the science!

160 pages
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science skills activities and centersLiteracy Centers for Science Skills

Grade Level: Preschool, Kindergarten, First Grade
Price: $23.99
Product #: 1003399
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Introduce young children to exciting, hands-on science experiences. Use full color manipulatives to appeal to their sense of curiosity and willingness to explore and experiment. The easy-to-use activities are based on standards and accompanied by age-appropriate assessments.

Full-color, hands-on centers encourage students to make their own scientific discoveries. Simple literacy activities explore different areas of Life Science, Earth and Space Science, and Physical Science. Student cards and reproducibles are ready-to-use. Teacher pages include instructions to create standards-based activities and ideas for presentation, assessment, and extensions.

Includes activities in the following science areas:

  • Nature of Science - developing the skills of questioning, planning, predicting, implementing, and observing as a way of learning
  • Life Science - the study of living things, their characteristics, and their relationship to the environment (Topics: ladybugs, spiders, animals and their eggs, coral reefs)
  • Earth and Space Science - the study of Earth's elements and structure (rocks, soil, metals, water, air) as well as its place in the universe (Topics: shadows, lakes and rivers, stars)
  • Physical Science - the study of matter and its properties (size, shape, color, composition, etc.); the position and motion of objects; the nature of light, heat, electricity, and magnetism (Topics: trees and wood, water around me, tools and machines)

Pages: 176
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Go Green Science Teaching Materials K-1Ready, Set, Go Green!

Grade Level: Kindergarten - First Grade
Price: $8.99
Product #: 3235723
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Eco-Friendly Activities for School and Home

On your mark, get set, go green!

Did you know that every person in the United States creates about five pounds of trash a day? Did you know that recycling one ton of paper can save 17 trees? Did you know that people in North America use more water than any other people on Earth? If not, then welcome to Ready, Set, Go Green!

Environmental awareness is everywhere in the media today. It is a huge concern for many adults, and this is impacting children as well. Ready, Set, Go Green! explains current environmental topics in a way that students will understand. The goal is to increase students’ sensitivity and concern about the environment while encouraging them to have fun at the same time. This book is filled with interesting facts and figures, fun activity pages, quick and easy tips, and project ideas.

Features:

  • Fun-Filled Activities
  • Easy Tips and Project Ideas
  • Curriculum Connections
  • Environmental Checklist
  • Quiz and Glossary


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preschool kindergarten science student made booksI Can Make It! I Can Read It! Science

Grade Level: Preschool, Kindergarten
Price: $12.95
Product #: 2003521
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Your proud young readers will say, "I can make it and I can read it!" when they complete these irresistible, interactive booklets. You can be sure they'll want to share their reading success with friends and family too.

These student-made booklets help develop essential science and early literacy skills through rhyming, repetitive, or predictable text. As they color, cut, paste, and write, your little ones will also be developing their fine-motor skills.

Choose from 20 booklets to complete your science curriculum, such as animal habitats, plant growth, and butterfly life cycle. Fun formats include shape books, accordion books, pop-up books, and more! Curriculum extensions, literature links, and ideas for sharing at school and at home are also included.

This book includes the following favorite themes for science:

  • Scientific Process
  • Animal Growth
  • Animal Habitats
  • Plant Growth
  • Seed Growth
  • Insects
  • Butterfly Life Cycle
  • Seasons
  • Weather
  • Clouds
  • Colors and Textures
  • Five Senses
  • Nutrition
  • Natural Resources
  • Rocks
  • Magnets
  • Solid, Liquid, Gas
  • Float and Sink
  • Recycling
  • Sun and Moon

Pages: 96
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Kindergarten Social Studies

Social Studies Teaching Resource Kindergarten - 1st GradeBest of the Mailbox: Social Studies

Grade Level: Kindergarten - First Grade
Price: $14.95
Product #: 2060937
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Reinforce key social studies skills and concepts with these teacher-tested ideas and student reproducibles. Use these popular units to integrate social studies across all areas of your curriculum and increase your students' understanding of key topics.

You know social studies is a fascinating topic, but how do you get your students exited about it? This teaching resource can do the trick! Inside this easy-to-use resource, you'll find the best social studies units selected from The Mailbox magazine's kindergarten and primary editions.

The activities and ready-to-use reproducibles inside will build your students' understanding of the social studies topics you must teach, reinforcing a variety of important skills and concepts along the way. No more searching for effective, easy-to-do (and fun!) activities to supplement your social studies curriculum. Now they're all here in one handy book !

Inside you'll find the following:

  • social studies-based thematic units with across-the-curriculum activities
  • center ideas
  • fun, skill-based games
  • songs
  • cooking activities
  • arts-and-crafts ideas
  • independent and small-group activities
  • literature links
  • student reproducibles
  • timesaving patterns

Units include:

  • All About Me
  • Building Character
  • Family
  • Homes
  • Careers
  • Maps and Geography
  • Transportation
  • Patriotism
  • Holidays and Celebrations

112 pages 
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Election President Teaching Resource Book Education MaterialsWe Elect Our President

Grade Level: Kindergarten - First Grade
Price: $5.95
Product #: WR00251
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Help your students understand the importance of the presidential election. Through pictures (both historical and current), simple text, and plenty of in-class activities, students will learn about the candidates, the president, what the president does, and how the election works.

This teaching resource book will help teach children about the

  • president as a leader,
  • characteristics of a good leader,
  • location of the White House,
  • White House as the home of presidents and their family pets,
  • jobs of presidents in the past and today, and
  • process of voting.

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