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Through a mixture of original stories and traditional tales, Adventures in Nature offers an abundance of ways for families to connect with the earth. As our ancestors did before us, the book follows the seasons contained in the 'Wheel Of The Year', with each entry focusing on a story that brings us closer to the natural world, accompanied by simple craft projects, activities and mindful moments. In our busy, modern lives we have become increasingly disconnected from the world around us, and stories are an age-old way of re-establishing that link, nurturing a love for the environment and embedding awareness and respect for the planet within our culture. This book allows you to discover your very own adventures in nature through story.

This book about abandonment, loss, change, forgiveness and spiritual awakening, is a potent and poignant reminder of the strength of the human psyche and the power of choice. In an intimate, redemptive tale and affecting account of transcending developmental physical neglect in her infancy, followed by subsequent psychological and emotional trauma during her early childhood, author Dawn Nelson leads us through her heartbreaking early years before revealing to readers how gratitude, forgiveness, and a genuine spirituality can help guide us to a whole and healthy life. Little Girl Found offers hope, support and compassion to the multitudes of human beings who have suffered troubled or traumatic childhoods, and shows us all that it is never too late to blossom into our true selves.

Picking up where the award winning collection A Cowgirl Remembers When leaves off, Dawn Nelson shares stories of her life on the ranch and the adventures of growing up "cowgirl". In this new and unforgettable collection of stories, Dawn adds snippets of country wisdom along with vivid and humorous descriptions of her adventures on the ranch, her friends and living the country life.

Winner of the Academy of Western Artists 2010 Buck Ramsey Book Award! In her coming of age book A Cowgirl Remembers When... Dawn shares her true life adventures of growing up on a ranch in Washington State. Hunting cougars with her trusty rifle, searching out hiding cattle in the rough cattle country, training horses and exploring the mountains surrounding her family ranch. She survives to adulthood even after encounters with wildlife, mini-wars with her brother and his friends and her teenage years when her friends she team up for holiday pranks. She survives confrontations with bulls, hunters, untrainable horses, her brother and cancer. Take time to read about growing up a cowgirl . Enjoy, reach back and remember when

Presents a comparison of 8th grade math students in the U.S. and Japan, combined with an accompanying analysis of the curricular intents for students in each country. The study makes use of data drawn from the Japanese National Institute of Educational Research's Special Study on Essential Skills in Math and data from U.S. student performance on the 1990 and 1992 NAEP math assessment. Each of the studies described examined content achievement assessments, students' and teachers' beliefs and attitudes, as well as environmental characteristics of the classroom, school, and community. Tables and graphs.

This document is a comparative report based on data that enables a different form of comparison to be made between Japanese and American eighth-graders. The data is drawn from assessments given in each country using tests developed via governmental agencies that were designed to mirror the basic curricula currently being offered to students in the two countries. This report compares the nature of these examinations, the expectations based on the curriculum, and student performance on the test items. This comparison, combined with an accompanying analysis of the curricular emphases, provides a picture of the differences in student performance that mark this study. Each of the studies examined content achievement assessments; students' and teachers' beliefs and attitudes; and environmental characteristics of the classroom, school, and community. The Japanese test items tend to present the mathematics assessed in forms that are more verbally intensive, more focused on strategies for problem solving, and more involved than the mathematics forms used in the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Sample test items, a content matrix for the U.S. test, and the framework for the Japanese test are included. Contains 29 references. (DDR)

The town of Danville has changed little since Jesse Walker left the Running W Ranch, her childhood home. However, the people living around there have changed considerably. After leaving an abusive husband she returns home to find she has become a target. Someone is killing her animals, terrorizing the town and threatening her life. Is it the cult that has taken up residence in the area or someone else? While not looking for a new relationship she finds herself intrigued by a local ranch hand, Justin, who neither wants nor needs a woman in his life. Jesse, Justin, Logan the ranch caretaker, and her best friend Marnie, must get to the bottom of the plan to drive her away before more people are hurt or killed and the town of Danville is changed forever.

The title says it all... Dawn shares her stories of cattle rustlers, horse traders, critters, city folk, idiots, and living the country life as a rancher, mother, author and cowgirl. On the heels of her previous collections, the award winning, A Cowgirl Remembers When and A Cowgirl Never Forgets, Dawn shares what it's like, and what it takes, to handle the ranch, the city, and the country as a genuine cowgirl. It's Western wisdom, wit and humor at its best.

When Laura Dawson's husband left her for a wealthier woman, she took full custody of their two children and swore off love for good. But one eventful evening, during a stock-buying trip to South Dakota, changes everything. The attraction between Laura and Kyle Wilson, the rancher with whom she's doing business is undeniable, but trouble back home will test their relationship.