Synopses & Reviews
¡Una canasta! One basket to fill. ¡Tres niños! Three children to shop. ¡Un mercado! One market full of vendors!
Horns, airplanes, and tops. Whistles, gum, and rings. What toys should the children choose? How many candies will they buy?
And what will they do with all the things they buy? Open el libro to find out and to count with them -- in English and in Spanish. It's easy.
Synopsis
Una canasta One basket to fill. Tres ninos Three children to shop. Un mercado One market full of vendors
Horns, airplanes, and tops. Whistles, gum, and rings. What toys should the children choose? How many candies will they buy?
And what will they do with all the things they buy? Open el libro to find out and to count with them -- in English and in Spanish. It's easy.
Synopsis
Beautiful language rich resources, the best in basic and academic vocabulary development, grade level content with connections to science and social studies
Synopsis
Enjoy this spirited, fun bilingual counting book.
Horns, airplanes, and tops. Whistles, gum, and rings. What should the children choose? And what will they do with all the things they buy?
Open this book to find out and to count with them--in English and in Spanish. It's easy
Trompetas, aviones y trompos. Silbatos, chicles y anillos. Qu deben escoger los ni os? Y qu har n con todas las cosas que compran?
Abra este libro para averiguarlo, y para contar con ellos -- en ingl s y en espanol. Es f cil.
Synopsis
This brilliant and energetic bilingual concept book teaches the reader to count objects from one to ten in both Spanish and English.
About the Author
Dr. Short is a division director at the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) in Washington, D.C. She has worked as a teacher, trainer, researcher, and curriculum/materials developer. Her work at CAL has concentrated on the integration of language learning with content-area instruction. Through several national projects, she has conducted research and provided professional development and technical assistance to local and state education agencies across the United States. She directed the ESL Standards and Assessment Project for TESOL and co-developed the SIOP model for sheltered instruction. Dr. Tinajero specializes in staff development and school-university partnership programs and has consulted with school districts in the U.S. to design ESL, bilingual, literacy, and bi-literacy programs. She has served on state and national advisory committees for standards development, including the English as a New Language Advisory Panel of the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards and the Texas Reading Academies. She is currently professor of Education and Interim Dean of the College of Education at the University of Texas at El Paso and was President of the National Association for Bilingual Education, 1997-2000. Dr. Schifini assists schools across the nation and around the world in developing comprehensive language and literacy programs for English learners. He has worked as an ESL teacher, reading specialist, school administrator and university professor. Through an arrangement with California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, Dr. Schifini currently serves as program consultant to two large teacher-training efforts in the area of reading for second language speakers of English. His research interests include early literacy and language development and the integration of language and content-area instruction.