Paper and Pencil Books

Edwards & Maloy provide a wonderful view of how all reading classrooms would work. Edwards & Maloy not only provide proof that traditional methods of reading and writing instruction DO NOT work for all children. Through their wonderfully innovative text, they provide methods of reading and writing instruction that DO work, that encourage and support young writers. A must for any parent, this text should be required in educational preparatory classrooms.

This book should be "required reading" for all parents who are involved in and committed to their children's education. Great tips on cultivating creativity in children, even at the pre-school ages. If you have a child who already shows an interest in writing, this is fuel for that fire!

This book is turning out to be the perfect next step for us. It does make math very applicable to my seven year old in his daily life. The questions are interesting to him and I already notice that he is applying math to describe events that happened during his day. I can see a renewed interest in learning how math applies to his life. I highly recommend this and think it is a wonderful skill for a person to learn "on their feet." I was one who learned with paper and pencil first..so without a pencil I'm hopeless and hoping the problem goes away instead of being able to "think" to get the answer and have a sense of confidence although I have spent many years in math classes.

This book is teaching us to work with numbers and get familiar with order, something that I didn't realize was missing and the cause of our struggle when we started doing subtraction and is really the foundation. I completely agree with the Author and am thankful that they have pointed out the short comings of using paper & pencil. Now we just practice writing our numbers just like we practice writing our letters and have moved away from the math sheets temporarily until we get this foundation. When it comes to math calculations we go to this verbal Math book and just have that to think about. We are not thinking about two things at the same time..1) what is the answer and 2) am I writing this number right. And they are correct..children are faster in math. I think people are probably better in math than they realize..they just never just thought about numbers. Yesterday, my son said.."Six is an important age." I said "why?" He said.."because it is the next set of numbers" 1,2,3,4,5 being the first set, 6,7,8,9,10 being the next set. This book is helping us tremendously with learning the skills to do subtraction quickly. Easy excercies we can pick from and then to mix it up interesting questions. After completing the Reading Lesson Book with great success..my son can read..he is already enjoying thinking things out in numbers. The author is correct in my opinion..now I know why I didn't understand algebra. Thanks so much for not repeating the old educational gap. I like it and hope this review is helpful.

This book is excellent. It belongs in the same category as Strunk and Whit's book on writing. It is only 106 pages long. But the author uses every inch to deliver sound advice about writing philosophy essays in particular and other kinds of essays in general. In seperate chapters, she explains and illustrates the different kinds of essays that are assigned in college philosophy courses: essays for understanding, application, analysis, evaluation and systhesis. She even discusses how to research philosophy problems and take philosophy exams. She must have worked very hard to pack so much sound advice into such a slim volume. Any philosophy student who "understands" and applies her principles will enhance his GPA dramatically. This book should be required reading in every undergraduate and graduate philosophy course.

I started using this book in my philosophy classes as a supplement for student writing and thinking. The book uses Bloom's taxonomy to build student thinking and writing from the simply understanding what you are reading (being to able to paraphrase and summarize) to applying it, analyzing and evaluating it, and finally synthesizing it with your own beliefs. Edwards' explanations are short but very much to the point, and she includes examples both good and bad to clarify her ideas. Her basic belief I think is right on: the best way to understand a topic is to have to write about it. More people need to see this connection between thought and paper! Edwards never talks down to you either. This gives the basics principles clearly and concisely, and is an excellent way to improve philosohical thinking and writing!

This book is outstanding. It provides the reader, or viewer, with the opportunity to enjoy and study many of O'Keeffe's works, in watercolor, pastels, and charcoal drawings. I was very satisfied with my choice. I searched and searched for a book that contained works other than her standard oils and watercolors, that have been so available in other books for years. As an art student, this one fits the bill as a great book to study one of my favorite artists and her varied use of techniques and mediums. Who else could make an avocado look so asthetically wonderful. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the work of Georgia O'Keeffe. You won't be disappointed.

This is a nice book if you have a little artist in your home. Also great for dog lovers.

This book provides a wealth of very practical resources for teachers interested in providing the very best instruction in spelling and word study to their students. It is a very readable presentation and translation of the most current research and thinking about spelling.

This book was quite helpful for my the National Servsafe test. It was a good reference, and it had excellent chapter of the microbiology of food. If you really want to know the type of questions asked on the National Servsafe Test get the following which is on amazon.com:
Study Guide for the National Servsafe Exam: Key Review Questions and Answers with Explanations
ISBN: 0971999678
I used both these books and passed with ease. Not to mention both these books helped me to get an "A" in my sanitation class.
Both books are must buys.

Not as informative as ServSafe Coursebook..Be careful which book you really need! Diffent ISPN numbers only by last two. Still informative and useful for taking ServSafe exam for certificate if working in food service sector.

First of all, this book is almost identical to his earlier book on the same subject, Stamp In Color. There are some differences and maybe one or two techniquest but frankly I thought they were similar. However, the gallery of cards in this book features all new, and stunning cards. There are lots of beautiful cards to view for inspiration. The first chapter has some coloring techniques, familiar to you if you have Stamp In Color. Then there are many examples of cards using his techniques. The design section is misleading, there isn't any "design" info, just a sentence or two with each sample. I was disappointed in the book, it was mostly eye candy with very little how-to.

The examples are beautiful and limited. Main problem is that the directions are in the back of the book, making it difficult to follow directions and look at the picture for a model. It would have been so much easier to have the directions on the same page.

I found this book to be very informative with lots of neat & simple ideas. It was worth the purchase.

This is a great book for people looking to learn more about water color and pencil techniques. The samples have great design ideas and the instructions are clear and easy to read. The colors are vibrant and the photos very good.

This is a fabulous companion to Stamp in Color, another great technique book by the same author that is about 10 years old. Card Designs showcases cards that are relatively simple compared to cards displayed in papercrafting magazines, but the point is to show you exactly how the stamped image is colored. There is a technique to coloring well with pencils and certainly with watercolors (he shows you how to use watercoloring pencils, markers, inks and paints). With a little practice and Dave's instruction, you'll feel really proud of your projects and progress quickly.

The specific instructions for each card are grouped together in the back, leaving the front free to display the cards more as works of art. Though there are a lot of specific details on each card, there is not as much coverage of basic stamping topics as there was in Stamp in Color (ie. instead of explaining heat embossing at the front of the book, it assumes prior knowledge,) so if you're a total beginner in rubber stamping, I'd definitely recommend buying Stamp in Color: Techniques for Enhancing Your Artwork (Pastimes) or another stamping primer first. Simply Cards by Sally Traidman is a great place to start and covers some of the basics beautifully but is not (and wasn't meant to be) an encyclopedia of stamping techniques. Grace Taormina's book offers very thorough coverage of almost all stamping techniques, but the look of the projects and stamps featured is very dated because the book is probably a decade old.

The book features stamps from Rubber Moon and Savvy stamps and cards/papers from Memory Box--product lines you will want to know about if you are someone who likes to replicate a project exactly, which you can here with very professional-looking results. Have fun!

I remember a lot of these activities growing up, but the kids today have never heard of many of them. Great time fillers when working with many kids at multiple levels. ME4E will definitely use them in their up coming programs.