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Drs. Barbara Oakley and Terrence Sejnowski's popular Online course Learning How to Learn, has enrolled more than 1.8 million students. In this much needed follow-up to A Mind for Numbers, the authors teach kids and teens how to learn effectively at a time when they most need these skills. Learning How to Learn teaches them about the importance of both focused concentration and letting their minds wander, how the brain makes connections between different pieces of information, why procrastination is the enemy of problem solving, and much more.

You’ve got your topic and explored all kinds of sources. Now what do you do? Organize your information! The more organized your information is, the easier the writing process will be. Discover ways you can organize information as you’re doing your research. Learn how to take good notes, how to use quotes, and much more.

You can make listeners smile. You can give them goosebumps or the giggles. You can even make them cry. You can show listeners the world the way you see it. You can write cool poetry!

You can write about the zombie in your dream. You can collect facts, maps, and ticket stubs. You can jot down thoughts that make you giggle or scream. You can write an amazing journal!

How do people earn money? They might start their own business or work for a company. Find out more about different kinds of careers.

Young writers discover techniques for crafting persuasive opinion essays. Think rabbits make the best pets or that winter is better than summer? Share your opinion through writing! This engaging nonfiction book includes basic writing instructions, tips, and prompts tailored to beginning writers' needs. Perfect for research writing, browsing, or for fun!

Fruit is sweet, juicy, and healthy. Learn about how MyPlate helps kids make great food choices every day, including fruit!

If your class has 23 or more students, there's more than a 50% chance that two or more students share a birthday. How is this possible? Learn about probability with this simple exercise.

You can take audiences to faraway places. You can make giraffes burp and hippos sing. You can turn the sky purple and make audiences wonder what’s coming next. You can write awesome stories!

From the president to those working at the community level, government leaders help shape the United States! This low-level series highlights the basics of the country’s most important government positions, detailing what they do, where they work, and why they’re important. Prompt listeners to consider how they would handle being a government leader!

In winter, students celebrate the 100th Day of School with their classmates and teachers. All day long, they have fun with the number 100 and all the things they’ve learned. Sing along as you explore Holidays in Rhythm and Rhyme!

Perry likes pizza and pingpong. But one day he wonders what kind of pizza professional pingpong players would pick. When he can't find the answers at the library, Perry decides to write his own book. Follow Perry's idea from beginning to end, and find out how his big idea becomes a book.

Learn about subtraction.

Piles of tart apples. Cans of delicious soup. Rows of crunchy carrots. The grocery store is full of tasty foods and other items to count. Fun rhyming text will encourage young learners to start counting.

Teachers help students become excellent learners and wonderful adults. Listeners will find out the different types of roles teachers have, the tools they use, and how people get this rewarding and difficult job.

Slime. Ice cream. Crayons. Kids come across these things and more in everyday life. Bring familiar and favorite nouns to young learners, and watch their vocabularies grow!

Kids will have a blast saying and singing tongue twisters and learning about letters and sounds. From “Blends Are Consonant Friends,” to the silly “It’s All About Sally” song, children will learn important phonics rules that will help them with spelling and reading. Music is a wonderful way to make learning basic skills easy and fun! So jump on board and learn about consonant blends, digraphs, and vowel sounds with this exciting audiobook.

Discover the colorful, brilliant, dazzling life of an adjective! In this imaginative picture book, young grammarians are introduced to these busy words that describe nouns.

How do Americans know that government papers are real? If you see an eagle holding a shield, and a pyramid with an eye above it, the papers are no fakes. Listen to Benjamin Franklin as he talks about the birth of the Great Seal in 1782 and why it's still so important to our country today.

From rectangular ladders to circular rings and hexagonal picnic tables, the park is full of shapes! Fun rhyming text will engage young children as they learn.