Alphabasics
12 total works
-- an entire page explores one subject and its related topics
-- lavish illustrations and photographs help provide further information
-- entertaining and informative facts
As an easy-to-read introduction to music, this ABC book uses an unusual question and answer format to showcase a broad assortment of instruments explaining their history and how they are played. Beautiful artwork and photographs feature people playing such familiar instruments as drums, piano and horns as well as more unconventional instruments as the yam stick from Australia, the zeze, and the quena from South America. Activities show children how to make their own:
-- banjo
-- panpipes
-- maracas, and more!
-- an entire page explores one subject and its related topics
-- lavish illustrations and photographs help provide further information
-- entertaining and informative facts
Everyday Structures from A to Z invites children to explore the wide variety of objects, shapes, and patterns in the world around them. Students will learn about structures made by people and those made by nature. This book also takes a comprehensive look at form versus function, how structures are made and describes the different categories of structures in a simple, clear way. Items featured include:
-- famous structures, such as The Great Wall of China
-- landforms, such as mountains and valleys
-- towers and wheels
-- homes, and more!