Teaching skills and techniques Books

Master essential grammar, boost your vocabulary, and improve your TOEFL score! Collins Vocabulary and Grammar for the TOEFL iBT® Test is designed to help students master the vocabulary and grammar that they require to get a high score in the TOEFL iBT...

Collins Practice Tests for the TOEFL iBT® Test contains all the advice and practice you need to succeed in the TOEFL iBT Test. The book includes:• four complete TOEFL tests with a key, audio scripts and model answers.• a mini-dictionary with COBUILD...

If you feel overwhelmed by the complexity of TOEFL, Collins Skills for TOEFL iBT® Test can help.This book helps you handle the integrated aspect of the tasks in the test, and give you tips and strategies for the different question types you will face. ...

If you feel overwhelmed by the complexity of TOEFL, Collins Skills for the TOEFL iBT® Test can help.This book helps you handle the integrated aspect of the tasks in the test, and give you tips and strategies for the different question types you will face...

Emmy and Birch go on an adventure to take to the sky with this Young Reader book, the only official levelled reader series based on Minecraft, the world's best-selling video game! Minecraft is the best-selling video game of all time! And now learning to...

Reading is matter of survival with the only official Leveled Reader series based on Minecraft!Learn to read with the official Minecraft Young Readers! Practise your reading skills and develop your vocabulary as you read stories about your favourite game...

When we learn, we change what we believe and how we interact with the world. This changes who we are as people and what we can achieve. Many people grow up being told they are ‘not a maths person’ or perhaps ‘not smart’. They come to believe their...

The fifth edition of the Collins COBUILD Learner’s Dictionary has been revised and updated to include detailed coverage of today’s English in a clear, attractive format. Ideal for intermediate level learners of English, and with full-sentence...

Preorder the new Mr Ps book 'How to Survive the School Year' – out 29/08/24 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The side-splittingly hilarious and heart-warming book from your favourite teacher duo and hosts of Two Mr Ps in a Pod(cast) Remember the distant days...

Books one to four in this carefully researched series cover the development of the necessary grammatical knowledge, from the early years to the end of junior school in a practical and readily accessible form. These contain write-in activities.The Growing...

Two-way Science: An Integrated Learning Program for Aboriginal Desert Schools supports remote Indigenous schools and communities to develop integrated learning programs connecting the cultural knowledge of the local community with Western science and the...

With profiles drawn from the collections of the Library of Congress, these Knowledge Cards pay tribute to 48 inspiring women who have exhibited the courage and determination to reach beyond society’s expectations. Working in such varied disciplines as...

This 48-card quiz deck delves into the vast and rich resources of the Library of Congress to test your knowledge of women’s achievements in music. From conservatories to concert stadiums to the dressing rooms of Hollywood, Who Was She? A Quiz Deck of...

“Lights! Camera! Alias!” If you want to be a star, get yourself a proper name. Would Frances Ethel Gumm and Joe Yule Jr. have risen to the pinnacle of Hollywood stardom without changing their names? Would Woody Allen have won three Oscars if he had kept...

True or False? Ella Fitzgerald got her start in music when, on a dare, she sang “Judy” at an amateur night competition at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Can you name the jazz musician whose primary instrument is bagpipes? Lillie Mae Jones became a star...

If when you think of ancient Egypt only pyramids, cryptic hieroglyphs, and Hollywood-style mummies come to mind, then you can learn something from this 48-card deck of Knowledge Cards. Dig into the facts about such larger-than-afterlife characters as...

Start with a knack for anagrams. Multiply that by a way with numbers. Subtract from the result any morning or late-night fuzzyheadedness. You now know your HGQ, or Head Games Quotient—we invite you to apply it to the 48 puzzles in this Knowledge Card...

The music of the great masters is immediately recognizable, and you may be able to name the composers of iconic symphonies, concertos, and cantatas. But can you name the composer whose grandest symphony is often performed by as many as 1,000 singers and...

Thirty-six pairs of colorful molecule diagrams provide a fun way to learn some science in this challenging memory game. What do water molecules look like? What about sugar, salt, and Vitamin C? Kids of all ages can enjoy playing the game and learning...

Ever wonder why horseshoes are considered lucky and umbrellas opened inside are unlucky? Or where the high five came from? Why brides wear white and mourners black? (It’s not as clear-cut as you think.) This deck of 48 common customs tracks down the...

It’s late. You’re home alone. The television’s on—a local station showing an old scary movie. The longer you watch, the more you wonder, “Did I lock the front door? ” Then you hear the floor creak behind you, and you’re not so sure that you’re alone...

Ever wonder how “three sheets to the wind” came to mean inebriated? Why we gauge distance “as the crow flies” and say we’ve “put our foot in our mouth” after a verbal blunder? In Two Shakes of a Lamb’s Tail lets the cat out of the bag, so to speak, with...

Clocks connect us to our universe. From the upright stick whose shadow traced the hours to the pendulums that imitated Galileo’s swaying chandelier, the tools used early on to slice up the day measured the motion of Earth. More recently the task of...

Before the science of pharmacology was confined to the laboratory, all medicines were remedies made from plant materials. Healers—from the Neolithic shamans to the eminent physicians of the Enlightenment—made their own poultices, tinctures, and salves...

It’s one thing to rattle off “Show me the money,” another to come up with “She tried to sit in my lap while I was standing up.” Hollywood prides itself on memorable phrases, but many of the finest—along with their contexts—have been forgotten. This deck...

“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” This famous line may bring a smile to your face, but can you name the actor and the movie? The director and screenwriter? From life-saving words of wisdom—“Keep your friends close...

This deck of Knowledge Cards covers 48 of Nature’s highest, deepest, widest, smallest, heaviest and fastest places and living things in the areas of geography, biology, and climate. Which mammal bears the most young? (No, not the rabbit.) Where will you...

Lolling on couches, American families of the 1970s and ’80s surfed from ABC to CBS and NBC as the private networks served a banquet of half-hour shows filmed in front of live audiences. Black and Latino characters became commonplace, and women's lib was...

They once romped and stomped all over the continents of Earth. The oldest lived 230 million years ago; they all died out about 65 million years ago. They thrived during the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous Periods. They were large—Brachiosaurus was up...

Based on familiar constellations, this memory game includes illustrations of the zodiac signs plus 24 additional star patterns including Cygnus, Orion, Pegasus, and more. Kids of all ages can enjoy playing the game and learning from the accompanying...

An unexamined life . . . Socrates began in his defense. All my life I’ve wanted to be somebody . . . Lily Tomlin said from the stage. Can you finish their sentences? The people quoted in this 48-card deck—Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, Mae West, Oprah, and...

We’ve packed this 48-card quiz deck with questions to exercise your knowledge of everything from the human body to the outer reaches of the solar system. Like its popular predecessor (Can You Name Them All?), Volume 2 features questions on the fronts of...

Here we have a truly killer Q&A deck! It’s a good set of mental monkey bars for individuals who want to keep their powers of memory in fit condition, and when it serves as the basis of a multiplayer quiz game, it’s guaranteed to cause an excited,...

How does catnip work its magic on cats? Why do the ice cubes in my freezer often develop stalagmite-like spikes? Did any dinosaurs have poisonous saliva, as in Jurassic Park? The answers may surprise you. In this intriguing deck of cards, the...

The Inuit artists of Kinngait, a community in the Canadian Arctic territory of Nunavut, are renowned for their stunning prints depicting life in the Far North, particularly the region’s animals. This memory game includes 36 beautiful, colorful Inuit...

Great teachers make a huge difference to students' lives. Helping them to improve throughout their career is vital. But how can we best do this? Multiple studies suggest that Instructional Coaching - a school-centred approach to developing teachers - is...

* Is your child halfway through first grade and still unable to read? * Is your preschooler bored with coloring and ready for reading? * Are you worried that your child will become lost in overcrowded classrooms? * Did you know that early readers hold...

Harness the Power of Active LearningA deep dive into the complex world of education that will forever change how you think about your child's school, from the creator of the popular educational YouTube channel, Sprouts."A fantastic guide for one of the...

An essential guide to dialogue in the college classroom and beyond.Try to Love the Questions gives college students a framework for understanding and practicing dialogue across difference in and out of the classroom. This invaluable guide explores the...

Creating Restorative Learning Experiences OnlineTeaching, training, and gathering online has become a global norm since 2020. Restorative practitioners have risen to the challenge to shift restorative justice processes, trainings, and classes to virtual...

An essential interfaith resource for university chaplains and spiritual leaders in higher education. In an increasingly heterogenous age, any university chaplains and spiritual leaders struggle to center their student communities, aware of vast...

Reimagining higher education around the world: lessons from the creation of eight new colleges and universities in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and North America.Higher education is perpetually in crisis, buffeted by increasing costs and a perceived...

Celebrate the wit, wisdom, and creativity that encompass the world of teaching. Here Diane Hodges provides the ultimate collection of inspirational quotes and reflective sayings designed to influence, encourage, and motivate educators. The musings,...

Developmentally Appropriate Practice as defined byNAEYC's Position Statement is the hallmark of early childhood educationThis book which expands on the position statement is oneof NAEYC's bestselling, core texts since the first edition in 1987...

Nurturing Children's Social and Emotional Learning and Well-Being Children's relationships and experiences during their formative years have a far-reaching impact, and early childhood educators play a critical role in fostering the social and emotional...

Spring2023 Smart Book winners from the Academics' Choice AwardsLiteracy Learning begins at birth and continues throughout our lives! Birth to age 5 is a critical period in building the foundation for later success in reading and writing. Educators play a...

NAEYC publishes research-based; peer-reviewed books for early childhood educators. The topic of materials to include in the classroom impacts every teacher and the information will guide teachers to consider how specific materials help foster children's...