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My CreationsChoose Your Move Adventures!
In a Choose Your Move adventure, young readers are the heroes! They make decisions at key points in an action-packed adventure tale. Each decision leads to a different story ending. Readers will enjoy these books many times over, as each reading is a fresh and exciting experience! Chief Joseph: The Voice for Peace
Throughout his life, Chief Joseph of the Wallowa band of Nez Perce struggled to keep his people's land in northeastern Oregon and to solve conflicts with white settlers. Letter Perfect English
I've been teaching English to immigrants for more than a decade and developed Letter Perfect English, a simple but flexible teaching tool. You can play 100 games and activities with these unique picture card decks, for beginners to advanced students. The games develop vocabulary, speaking, listening, and grammar skills. Bone Detective: The Story of Forensic Anthropologist Diane France
Forensic anthropologist Diane France is a scientist who's leading a life of crime. That is, she's a bone detective who solves murder mysteries by finding and identifying human skeletons. In her Colorado lab and traveling around the world, she has also "met" the bones of famous people in history, from Russian royalty to American outlaws and Civil War soldiers. Click on the title for more details. Space Rocks: The Story of Planetary Geologist Adriana Ocampo
Adriana Ocampo is a planetary geologist who has worked for NASA, the U.S. space agency, since she was a teenager. Her story begins in South America, where she grew up, but a passion for rocks and craters has led her all around the world. She explores Earth's past on foot, by leading field expeditions to seek out rocks that were blasted, melted, vaporized, and otherwise tortured by the explosive crash of an asteroid or comet. Crime Science
Crime Scene Investigation (ages 9 to 14, Lexile level 690, Accelerated Reader Quiz #112861) is the true story of the science, technology, and thinking skills behind collecting evidence at a crime scene. The book features interviews with crime scene investigators and real crime cases, including an art theft report that young sleuths can read for clues to "who dunnit." Sports Hall of Fame
I wrote Sports Hall of Fame with my husband, Chris Egan, a sports editor at the Ann Arbor News. The book features the spectacular Williams sisters of tennis—Venus and Serena—along with figure skating star Michelle Kwan, football quarterback Peyton Manning, basketball standout Grant Hill, and baseball cut-up Ken Griffey, Jr. Today's Weather Is . . . A Book of Experiments
Short features about wind power, making water from fog, city heat islands, and other topics motivate young children to explore weather with related hands-on activities. Accelerated Reader Quiz #43209. Wild Weather! Wild Earth!
Wild Weather titles Language Arts Games
Noun Hounds and Other Grammar Games
25 Math Board Games!
My top seller includes complete, highly motivating games for kids who like—and don't like—math. Grades 3-6. Creative Approaches to Social Studies
Great American History Games
Mars 2020
This fun family board game received rave reviews from customers at Amazon.com, a positive review at boardgamegeek.com, and numerous awards in the toy industry. All the material on this website is copyright © 2000-2010 by Hopping Fun Creations unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. Permission is granted to visitors to download, print, and use the "Freebie" reproducibles free of charge for educational use only. Reproduction, reposting, or distribution in any form or media is prohibited without the written permission of Hopping Fun Creations. |
My Books and GamesChildren's Books
Choose Your Move Adventures!
COMING LATER THIS YEAR: Adventures of a Crater Creature, The Stormy Voyage of Captain Reckless, and the Lost Pirates of Waylay Bay! Chief Joseph: The Voice for Peace
COMING SEPT 2010, it's the sad, moving tale of the Nez Perce leader who lost his land, many of his people, and his life-long fight to keep the peace with settlers and soldiers. (Click for "Freebie" history puzzles.) Bone Detective: The Story of Forensic Anthropologist Diane France
Is it possible to fall in love with bones? Try not to, after you read about Diane France's true-life science adventures, searching for and examining skeletons. A 2006 Outstanding Science Trade Book "Selector's Choice" (NSTA/CBC). Starred review in Booklist. 2007 Finalist, SB&F "Young Adult" science books! Space Rocks: The Story of Planetary Geologist Adriana Ocampo
How did a young Argentine with an endless imagination make her dream of exploring space come true? Adriana Ocampo found her path to science adventure through space-traveling robots and crashing asteroids and comets! (Click for "Freebie" science quizzes.) Crime Science
Autopsies/The Body as Evidence and Crime Scene Investigation! Sports Hall of Fame
Venus and Serena, Peyton Manning, Michelle Kwan, and others for ages 6-9. (Click for "Freebie" sports quizzes.) Today's Weather Is . . . A Book of Experiments
Outdoor fun for 6 to 9 year olds. Wild Weather! Wild Earth!
Tornadoes! and Hurricanes! are my two best-selling books. A NEW GAME!
Letter Perfect English
Coming soon, it's a must-have card game set for English language teachers and tutors. (Click for Freebies.) Teacher's Books
Language Arts Games
Packed with ready–to-go, lively games and activities for teaching grammar, vocabulary, and dictionary skills. (Click for "Freebie" word search puzzles to download.) 25 Math Board Games!
This is my top seller for teachers. (Click for "Freebie" puzzles.) Creative Approaches to Social Studies
15 Primary Source Activities: American History and American history games, both co-written by a middle school social studies teacher. Game
Mars 2020
Race from Earth to Mars, an orbiting target, by fixing malfunctions and answering intriguing science questions. Or play the fast-paced, alternate version: a flat-out race, no questions asked. |