Best Selling Books by Jean Potter

"ScienceArts" builds upon natural curiosity as children experience and explore basic science concepts as they create over 200 beautiful and amazing art experiments. Projects use common household materials and art supplies. The art activities are open-ended and easy to do with one science-art experiment per page, fully illustrated and kid-tested. The book inclues three indexes and an innovative charted Table of Contents. Suitable for home, school, museum programs, or childcare, all ages. Kids call this the "ooo-ahhh" book. Examples of projects include: - Crystal Bubbles - Dancing Rabbits - Building Beans - Magnetic Rubbing - Stencil Leaves - Magic Cabbage - Marble Sculpture - Immiscibles - Paint Pendulum - Ice Structures - Bottle Optics - Erupting Colors - Chromatography 1993 Benjamin Franklin Gold Award, Education/Teaching/Academic 1993 Benjamin Franklin Silver Award, Interior Design 1993 Benjamin Franklin Silver Award, Book Cover 1993 Washington Press Communicator Award, First Place Winner, Non-Fiction Book

The history and traditions of a culture live in its artifacts. When youngsters craft their own simple versions of scarab stones from Egypt, Greek bread dough coins, and Peruvian silver wind chimes, they will begin to understand and appreciate the geography, lives, and cultures of people all over the globe

"Storybook Art" is the long awaited literacy connection to art with 100 easy art activities inspired by 100 great picture book illustrators and their award-winning books -- both favorite classics and classics to be. Each activity has a personal quote by the illustrator, a child-sketched portrait, clear line art, and easy to follow materials and open-ended steps that value individual expression. The book is loaded with children''s original art, a special resource chapter with awards and website links, birthday list of illustrators, and a unique chart of contents. No expertise is needed. Everyday materials like crayons, glue, scissors, and paint will allow young illustrators to blossom while learning to love readin with a new awareness or art, illustration and technique.

Easy edible art for young children.

Make glow-in-the-dark stars! Learn how an Etch-A-SketchR(r) erases pictures! Create a kaleidoscope from your toys! Discover why a SlinkyR(r) slinks down stairs! Experience the science of toys and games with these quick, easyexperiments and activities from Jean Potter. You can complete eachin ten fun-filled minutes or less, and the clear step-by-stepinstructions and illustrations help you get it right every time.The projects help you learn about everything from why a swing goeshigher when you pump your legs to how Silly PuttyR(r) pulls upcomic strips from the newspaper. You will find most of the requiredmaterials already in your toy chest, home, backyard, orneighborhood. The 101 activities in this book cover every aspect of the scienceof toys and the games you play, including swinging, bouncing,throwing, sliding, and much more. You''ll discover why a footballspirals as it zips through the air, learn how to make your cerealjump out of the bowl, find out why goggles make you see betterunderwater, and make your own homemade paint --all with the help ofa leading educator.

Help your kids explore the wonders of science with over 100 easy and accessible experiments Science in Seconds for Kids: Over 100 Experiments You Can Do in Ten Minutes or Less, 2nd Edition makes learning science with your children fun and practical. Using ingredients and components found mostly in your home or classroom, Science in Seconds for Kids instructs caregivers and educators on how to create dazzling and enlightening experiments from scratch. This book utilizes bright and colorful illustrations and diagrams throughout, making the simple experiments even more accessible. Guide your kids through experiments including: Making rainbows on the floor Popping balloons with light Bending water from a faucet Making lightning in a room Keeping paper dry underwater The experiments will fascinate youngsters of all ages and encourage a love of science and learning that could last a lifetime. Science in Seconds for Kids is perfect for elementary, traditional, and homeschool educators, as well as parents, grandparents, and other caregivers.

For the most part, there was nothing particularly unusual about Jean Potters life. Going right to work after graduating from high school, she spent most of her career as an executive assistant in several large New York-based companies. In fact, she was working for the managing director of Bank of America in its offices on the eighty-first floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. By the Grace of God is Jeans storyfrom her upbringing in Brooklyn, New York, to her jobs as assistant to several high-level executives, to her courtship and marriage to a New York City fireman, to setting up a home in Battery Park City, to that horrific day when she and her co-workers had to make their way down eighty-one flights of stairs in a desperate effort to escape the collapse of the North Tower. Its the story, too, of her husband, Dan, seeing flames erupting from the World Trade Center, and racing from Staten Island to Manhattan determined to help her, but, recognizing his duty as a fireman, stopping to help others even while he anguished over his wifes fate. Its also the story of the extraordinary effect living through that day had on both of their liveshaving to cope with the effects of post traumatic stress disorder; moving because they could no longer live in a home haunted by three thousand ghosts; giving up their jobs, Jean because she could no longer bear working in New York City and Dan because hed been hurt in the collapse of the South Tower; and having to leave the city they had grown up in and loved. Perhaps most important, By the Grace of God is the story of how their faith enabled them to come to terms with their experience and to find a new life of love, hope, and healing.

Do fish close their eyes? Can you hold your breath longer than a whale? How is sand made? Why do we hear the ocean in empty seashells? Surf''s up for fantastic science fun with these quick, easy experiments and activities from Jean Potter. You can complete each in just ten minutes or less, and the clear step-by-step instructions and illustrations help you get it right every time. The projects help you learn about everything from how seaweed can forecast the weather to why waves break as they reach the shore. You will find most of the required materials already in your toy chest, home, backyard, or around your neighborhood. The nearly 100 activities in this book investigate the many mysteries of animals, plants, sand, shells, sun, and water. You''ll discover why there usually are more clouds over water than over land and why the sand on top of the beach is warm but cool underneath. Use a piece of hard candy to find out why beach and river rocks become smooth or learn how to clean water with sand --all with the help of a leading educator.

Organized by the seasons of the year, this book offers activities in such areas as plant and animal life, weather, ecology, rocks and minerals, the senses, and the stars.

A Berry Fun Family Day Join Daddy Jesse, Mommy Marydell, Brother Justin, and Sister Joyce on an unforgettable day filled with fun, laughter, and love. As the morning sun peeks through their little dog house, the family starts their day with big stretches and happy yawns, eager for adventure. After a hearty breakfast of Daddy''s famous oatmeal, Joyce and Justin dash into the meadow for a lively game of tag. The fun continues with a delightful picnic by a stream, followed by a playful berry-picking session that turns into a hilarious berry fight, leaving everyone covered in red and purple juice. To clean up, the family jumps into the stream, splashing and laughing together. They return home, snuggle on the front porch, and watch the stars and northern lights fill the sky. Despite the kids'' protests, bedtime arrives, ending the perfect day with prayers and kisses. "A Berry Fun Family Day" is a heartwarming tale of family bonding, simple pleasures, and the joy of spending time together. Written by mother and daughter, Marydell and Joyce Potter, this story is sure to delight children and parents alike.

This interactive book provides storytellers with story board or flannel board figures to be used when telling the story Humbug Witch by Lorna Balian. Dress the witch and then remove the pieces while telling the story to reveal the surprise ending. Also included in this book are play dough cards which extend the story experience. Kids will be able to make a play dough blanket to cover Humbug Witch or make a matching sock or even redesign her hair. NOTE: This book is meant to be photo copied for more effective use...and some parts should be laminated.

An alphabet book introduces different underwater creatures, together with additional material developmentally appropriate to the instructional needs of preschoolers ages 3-5 .

The traditional story of There Was an Old Lady takes a new twist with her swallowing some bread which goes on and on and on thus making something unusual in her belly. Great book to teach nutrition, sequence and a variety of skills to children. Also added is a coloring page and some questions for kids. DELIGHTFUL story!

An easy-to-read book introduces eleven different dinosaurs--their size, their diet, the pronunciation of their names, and their distinctive characteristics, together with additional material developmentally appropriate to the instructional needs of preschoolers ages 3-5 .