Media

K-Gr 2—Three beginning concepts related to money are introduced in this brief film: the meaning of money, counting bills and coins, and writing money amounts...

Gr 4—7—Based on a tantalizing mix of hard facts and credible rumors, Kathleen Krull's book (Harcourt, 2010) contain 20 brief biographies of pirates arranged chronologically...

Gr 6—10—Crispin "Pin" Carpue must make ends meet on his own...

PreS-Gr 1—Poor Max is having a terrible day due to his class assignment to color a "dumb flower picture" as a Mother's Day present...

Gr 7 Up—Through testimonials from struggling students, viewers are introduced to the common problem of capable students unable to achieve satisfactory grades...

Gr 3—6—Minli, who lives with her poor parents in the junction of Fruitless Mountain and the Jade River, loves her father's stories about Jade Dragon and the Old Man of the Moon...

Gr 5 Up—Louisa May Alcott's charming, although now somewhat dated, companion piece to the perennially popular Little Women highlights the life of the wildest of the March sisters, Jo, now married to "her professor," and presiding as the harried but happy mistress over the Plumfield Estate School—home to a small group of needy boys, relatives, and sons whose mischievous antics and emotional upheavals provide ample opportunities for Alcott to share her personal philosophy about learning and life...

PreS-1—Research has determined that children who are exposed to books and language in the preschool years have a much better chance becoming successful readers when they reach school age...

PreS-Gr 3—Author/singer/songwriter Sarah Pirtle's latest release of children's music is filled with songs about animals, nature, and family...