We are using this book during our study of Ancient History. It is really wonderful to be able to help our childen understand the Sumerian or Egyptian culture by having our children create a clay tablet with cuneiform writing or by making a wooden "paddle doll" as the Egyptian children may have done. We have eaten meals that the Hebrews may have eaten in the desert, and will be making a bee hive that is based on one they may have used. Our kids love the projects in this book. The projects are easy enough for very young children to do, and most can be done with materials you have around the house, or could be purchased easily and inexpensively. The text is very informative, too, and can be used as a read-aloud with younger children in order to throw a little more light on the culture of the peoples we are studying.

Nancy I. Sanders has compliled a wonderful book of activities that will greatly enrich any child's Bible education. Sanders briefly explains concepts/stories from the Old Testament (starting with the days of Abraham and ending with the days of Nehemiah)and then gives a simple enrichment activity to help recreate a moment from Biblical times. A few of the fun activities include making a lyre, building a salt-dough map, creating a seal and reinacting a day at a market in Jerusalem. If you want to bring the Old Testament to life for children, this book is a must.

Teaching anything to a child is always hard, but probably even more so when it's math. Just the concept of adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing can make a child's head spin! That's why this book is such a great one to buy! It helps make the child understand easier by using mini-plays and similar situations to SHOW how to do mathimatical equations.... If you have someone in need of math skills, please buy this book, 15 Irrestistible Mini-Plays For Teaching Math, by Sheryl Ann Crawford and Nancy I. Sanders-- It makes it so much easier for you AND the child! :)

This book is an excellent resource to teach word families. This book has wonderful reproducible books that are easy to use. I teach kindergarten and I use this at the mid-year point when kids are ready to enjoy learning word families. Another great one to get with this is called Turn-to-Learn with word families. Kindergarten students LOVE it and I would guess that it would also be a great resource for first grade. I wouldn't be without mine. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!!

In reading "A Kid's Guide to African American History," I have learned so much about African American history that brought back memories of my grandmother teaching us. I remember my grandmother, Dorothy Coleman, telling us about our family history, about the struggles and triumphs, and how our great-great-great grandfather was Thomas Jefferson. The story brought amazement to our ears and a complete history to our family. I would give this book 10 stars, and I recommend it to everyone!

My son really enjoyed this book. Not only does it have a story that keeps a 7 year olds attention, but it also teaches a lesson. It teaches children not to "jump to conclusions" without knowing all the facts. We really enjoyed it and I would recommend it to everyone with children.

This book about Ruth from the Old Testament is an interesting enjoyable read. It's well written and obviously well researched.

I bought this book because I was hoping to find some ideas for snack time at my first grader's CCD class. I was sorely disappointed, on a number of counts.

First, a lot of the things were related to some relatively obscure Bible passages. There was virtually nothing in the whole book that would be appropriate for Christmas, and only one idea that related to Easter. Some of the more well known basic concepts or stories, typically taught to children in the lower grades, like Noah's Ark, creation, the Good Samaritan, the rosary, the season of Advent, are also either not represented at all or represented by only one or two crafts. So, Easter gets the same amount of attention as Jacob's gift to Esau (that's ok--I had to look that one up, too; see Genesis 33:11).

Second, the vast majority utilize candy.

Third, in many cases the edible part of the craft appeared to be just an afterthought for the sake of getting it into the book. For example, one craft involves making a puppet out of a paper bag. The edible part of this craft is that you fill the bag with candy, then use the puppet after you eat the candy! A lot of the ideas weren't that new or orignial, they were just old ideas with candy added to them. Many would be just fine crafts with the "edible" portion deleted.

Fourth, even though you use food in all of these crafts, you wouldn't necessarily want to eat them. At least one involved gluing jelly beans to paper. Another was a game involving ice cream cones and marshmallows, where you were throwing the marshmallows around. Assuming everyone would miss at least one throw, who wants to eat marshmallows that have landed on the ground? Just because you use a food to make a craft doesn't make it an edible craft!

And yes, there are patterns, but only 13 pages worth. And 3 or 4 of the pages are for basic enough things that you don't really need a pattern.

The book is listed as being for 2nd through 6th graders, but aside from a couple of crafts designed as snacks, I think the majority of this is well beneath 5th and 6th graders. First and 2nd graders are probably the best audience, although they may need assistance in putting some of the items together.