{ "item_title" : "Time Rescue", "item_author" : [" Neoo Books "], "item_description" : "Time is tricky because it doesn't count in tens. Sixty minutes make an hour, 24 hours make a day, and the clock starts again at 12. No wonder so many children read 4:45 as quarter to 4 or work out 10:15 minus 9:30 as 85 minutes.Time Rescue builds time slowly and visually, from the clock face all the way to the 24-hour clock, for children ages 7-11 (Grades 2-5). Every idea is shown on a clock, a calendar or a time line, and every how long? question uses one simple tool: a time line that jumps to the next o'clock first.START WITH A MAP, NOT A TESTA short Where Am I Stuck? check opens the book. Each part matches one unit, so you can see at a glance which units your child can move through quickly and which need every page.ONE IDEA PER LESSON, SMALL STEPSEach of the 24 lessons fits on two pages: - Learn It: Digit the harbor seal explains one idea, then solves one problem in small steps, with a clock, calendar or time line for every step.- Practice & Check: practice problems, then Quick Check questions that test understanding, not just answers, plus Challenge Star problems.About 15 minutes a day, one lesson a day, finishes the book in about five weeks.WHAT YOUR CHILD WILL LEARN- Unit 1: Clock basics - the hour and minute hands, o'clock and half past, quarter past and quarter to, and counting minutes by fives- Unit 2: Reading any time - to the minute, minutes to the hour, digital clocks, and AM and PM- Unit 3: How long? - elapsed time, finding end times and start times, and reading a schedule- Unit 4: Seconds to years - choosing the right unit, changing hours and minutes, days, weeks, months and years, and reading a calendar- Unit 5: The 24-hour clock - reading it, changing between 12-hour and 24-hour times, timetables, and time across noon and midnight- Unit 6: Time in real life - estimating time, word problems, planning a day, and calendar problemsA CLOCKWORK STORY WITH A PURPOSEThe big harbor clock tower in Seabright Bay has stopped, and the Summer Clock Festival is only two weeks away. Twins Ada and Rafi help Grandpa Tomas get it ticking again, setting clocks, reading ferry timetables and planning festival day. Rafi is always in a hurry, so every unit ends with a Fix the Mistake puzzle that targets the slips children make most: mixing up the hands, naming the wrong hour, and subtracting times like ordinary numbers.ALSO INSIDE- A Time Toolkit page with a labeled clock face, past and to, time words and four golden rules- A Time Facts page with units of time, days in every month, and a 12-hour to 24-hour chart- 6 Game Time pages: code-breaker jokes, a morning-or-evening sort, a dice race, an answer-detective challenge, 24-hour wheels and clock-shop repairs- A Time Without Stress page with everyday ways to practice at home- My Harbor Map to color after every lesson- A 22-question Final Test, a Master Clockmaker certificate and a complete answer keyPerfect for parents, homeschoolers, tutors and classroom teachers. Buyers may photocopy pages for the children in their own home or classroom.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/818/300/9798183001600_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "14.99", "online_price" : "14.99", "our_price" : "14.99", "club_price" : "14.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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