"For first-time beaders to make a wide range of fun and fashionable garments and accessories. Basic and specialty techniques of knitting, crocheting, and beading are found in step-by-step instructions and photos. Projects include bracelets, pillows, bags, blue jeans, and more"--Provided by publisher

Jewelry makers are always on the lookout for quick, easy projects they can create to give as gifts or teach in on-site classes. In Ready, Set, Bead!, popular teacher and designer Jane Danley Cruz offers more than 25+ projects that can all be created in less than four hours, some with variations and alternate colorways. The projects are arranged by time to completion, from quickest to longest. All the instructions and photos for each project are contained within the projects, so the reader does not need to refer to a separate section for basic stitch guidance. The projects are suitable for beginning stitchers or more experienced jewelry makers looking to create quick, unique gifts or teach classes. Stitches include herringbone, netting, and right-angle weave, and all beads, findings, and materials are readily available in bead and craft stores.

This book aims to support understanding of short-term auditory memory and its importance in children's learning and behaviour; promote an understanding of the classroom implications of short-term auditory memory delay; supply resources for careful structured observation of children's performance on short-term auditory memory tasks; and improve active listening skills for all the children in the class, not only those with short-term auditory memory difficulties. [p.iv].

60 playful math activities for you and your child to share. Illus.

Jewelry makers in search of stitching projects love Kalmbach's Creative Beading series, back for 2018 with its 13th volume. Inside this high-quality hardcover book, beaders will find 65+ projects from the latest year of Bead&Button magazine. All the projects are designed by the magazine's contributors and editors, fully tested by the editors, and accompanied by step-by-step instructions, photos, and illustrations. The emphasis is on bead stitching, the most popular technique among Bead&Button readers. With more than 65 projects, Creative Beading Vol. 13 features jewelry in a wide variety of colors, styles, skills, and techniques. The projects feature the tried-and-true materials beaders love — multi-hole and shaped beads, seed beads, crystals, pearls, and gemstones. Every beader will find something to love! Creative Beading Vol. 13 includes a thorough Basics section, so beaders new to the techniques can get started quickly, and a handy index to the contributors for jewelry makers looking for a particular designer's style.

WHO WILL WRITE THE BOOK OF LOVE? When scholarly Miss Ivy Wareham receives word that she’s one of four young ladies who have inherited Lady Celeste Beauchamp’s estate with a magnificent private library, she packs her trunks straightaway. Unfortunately, Lady Celeste’s nephew, the rakish Quill Beauchamp, Marquess of Kerr, is determined to interrupt her studies one way or another... Bequeathing Beauchamp House to four bluestockings—no matter how lovely they are to look at—is a travesty, and Quill simply won’t have it. But Lady Celeste’s death is not quite as straightforward as it first seemed...and if Quill hopes to solve the mystery behind her demise, he’ll need Ivy’s help. Along the way, he is surprised to learn that bookish Ivy stirs a passion and longing that he has never known. This rogue believes he’s finally met his match—but can Quill convince clever, skeptical Ivy that his love is no fiction? Don't miss Ready Set Rogue, the first in Manda Collins' new series set in Regency England!

Start together on a lifetime of learning-- the greatest gift youcan give your child A special greeting for a guest...a new way of looking at a familiarfairy tale...a day of exploration around your town. These simpleexperiences and activities help your child understand how to getalong with family, friends, and neighbors--from around the block toaround the world. Early childhood education specialist Marlene Barron shows you howto stimulate your child's natural desire to relate to others with60 imaginative and entertaining activities. Each one is: * Inspired by the internationally renowned Montessori approach toeducation * Developed especially for children ages 3 to 7 * Aimed at achieving specific objectives, such as understandingbasic social skills, learning about diverse cultures, anddeveloping an appreciation of history and the arts * Readily upgraded to keep pace with your child's progress * Easy to do and loads of fun! The Ready, Set, Learn series was created to help parents andchildren explore concepts and develop skills necessary to succeedin school. In addition to dozens of activities, each book containsa substantial overview explaining children's developmental needs.Also available in the Ready, Set, Learn series: Ready, Set, Readand Write; Ready, Set, Count; and Ready, Set, Explore. "Marlene Barron's special understanding of people--children,parents, teachers--has led to these very special books. Theactivities here will allow children to construct a deeper, morecomplex understanding of their world and will be fun for bothparent and child. I recommend these books to anyone who works withchildren." --John Chattin-McNichols, Ph.D. Associate Professor,School of Education, Seattle University; Vice President, AmericanMontessori Society