Parents are eager to help their children learn, but teaching young children complicated scientific and mathematical concepts can be intimidating. Simple STEAM helps parents realize they don’t need to be engineers or scientists to support STEAM learning.Help children explore STEAM concepts with fun and engaging activitiesDiscover STEAM learning opportunities in everyday activities and experiencesPrepare children for kindergartenBuild cruc...

Most early childhood teachers are using learning centers in the classroom, but do not approach them in ways that fully support a variety of learning opportunities. This book approaches learning centers through the STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) lens, and shares how themes can be integrated into centers to promote creativity and higher-level thinking.STEM Play provides varied activities for the most common centers: Art, blocks, dramatic play, literacy, math, ...

Does drawing ability seem restricted to the 'gifted' where others would appear afflicted with picture dyslexia or a crippling lack of confidence in drawing? This book (now with large images for tablets) might help those wishing to learn to draw.Designed to help build confidence in drawing, this book begins at the beginning, not with an exercise on how to draw a potted plant. Preliminary chapters explore the underlying causes of picture dyslexia with questionnaires into handedness a...

Anyone can learn to paint with this step-by-step, transformational painting method.This is a unique, how-to art instruction book, taught by masterful artist Dan Carrel. Using Dan's original method of painting, readers with little or no painting experience will easily learn to create realistic renderings of any subject. Through a simple process of layering and learning how to create light and shadow with paint, a complex and sophisticated image emerges. What begins a...

Life Lessons: Learn How to Capture a World Constantly in MotionFluid, fast and expressive life drawing starts here. Step by step, you'll learn to render fleeting gestures from memory, capture expressions simply and more quickly, give your drawing a life of its own with body language, and more. Along the way, you'll develop a more spontaneous approach for successfully working from life.Inside you'll find:• A comprehensive course on drawing from life,...

Are you trying to develop your skills around some form of creative expressions? You might have probably considered the idea of being an artist who has excellent drawing abilities. You might have probably tried your hands on some drawing techniques and you are finding it very difficult getting a hold of the basics on your own. Not to worry, this is very natural for anyone trying to explore new territories. Depending on the methods one applies in achieving a goal, the process can appear eith...

Materials are the stuff of design. From the very beginning of human history, materials have been taken from the natural world and shaped, modified, and adapted for everything from primitive tools to modern electronics. This renowned book by noted materials engineering author Mike Ashby and Industrial designer, Kara Johnson, explores the role of materials and materials processing in product design, with a particular emphasis on creating both desired aesthetics and functionality. The new edi...

In Messy Maths: A Playful, Outdoor Approach for Early Years, Juliet Robertson offers a rich resource of ideas that will inspire you to tap into the endless supply of patterns, textures, colours and quantities of the outdoors and deepen children's understanding of maths through hands-on experience. Juliet believes being outside makes maths real. In the classroom environment, maths can seem disconnected from everyday reality but real maths is really messy. Lots of outdoor play and engaging a...

Learn While You Play With These Fun, Creative Activities & GamesFrom two experienced educators and moms, 100 Fun & Easy Learning Games for Kids prepares your children to thrive in school and life the fun way by using guided play at home to teach important learning topics—reading, writing, math, science, art, music and global studies. Turn off the TV and beat boredom blues with these clever activities that are quick and easy to set up with common household materials. The hu...

The IELTS Academic Training Reading Practice Tests series has been developed to help students to have more tests to practise with.It has been recommended by a number of IELTS academics that students engage in practicing for the IELTS exam daily, at least six months in advance, to give them a better chance at getting the score they need.Of course, that means you're going to need LOTS of IELTS practice tests to help you get prepared!Through practicing these questions,...

Providing unique, accessible lessons on engineering, this title in the bestselling 101 Things I Learned® series is a perfect resource for students, recent graduates, general readers, and even seasoned professionals.An experienced civil engineer presents the physics and fundamentals underlying the many fields of engineering. Far from a dry, nuts-and-bolts exposition, 101 Things I Learned® in Engineering School uses real-world examples to show how the engine...

Colored Pencil Basics for Beginners is an e-book based on the reputable art course aimed specifically at absolute beginners that the author has been offering at her studio since 2011.Colored Pencil Basics for Beginners builds on the artistic skills taught in Drawing Basics for Beginners and is written in an easy to read style with lots of illustrative images, step-by-step illustrated demonstrations, and exercises to help you unlock and develop your artistic talent.The e-book ...