Are you: ·Trying to remember a game that you used to play? ·Looking for an easy-to-make, no-mess snack? ·Struggling to construct a kazoo, wind chime, twirly fish, or other prop? ·Searching for an appropriate story to supplement the day’s lesson plan? ·Attempting to teach children how to do “The Chicken Dance?” You’ll find the answers here, as best-selling authors Pam Schiller and Jackie Silberg team up to bring you the ultimate resource! Bursting with new selections and old favorites, each of the 600 activities, stories, games, recipes, props, and dances will enhance any preschool curriculum. Companion to The Complete Book of Rhymes, Songs, Poems, Fingerplays, and Chants, it is an essential addition to every classroom! Includes a materials index, theme connection index, and a thematic chart that explains how to use the book to round out any curriculum....

Did you know that children who are exposed to just 50 words of a second language prior to age six develop an "ear" for the sounds of that language? The Bilingual Book of Rhymes, Songs, Stories, and Fingerplaysoffers over 450 selections, with Spanish on one page and English on the opposite. Children will be thrilled to learn new words to their favorite Spanish and English tunes. At the same time, they will build vocabulary and explore the sounds of both languages-important skills for beginning readers! Organized by theme for easy use, this invaluable collection provides a springboard for teaching a second language and for working in a bilingual classroom.

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Written to help children ages three through seven who seem to have lost their math confidence, Count on Math is a complete guide for teachers and parents which offers math activities designed to teach math concepts to children sequentially, using everyday materials. Line drawings....

This resource supplies 25 two-week themes, with a total of over 2,000 activities and ideas. Paperback, 463 pages....

Because there’s more than one way to be smart! This innovative book for three-to six-year-olds offers a complete plan for every learning style. Organized by theme, The Complete Daily Curriculum for Early Childhood includes a morning circle and end-of-day reflection, and different activities for each learning center. With more than 1,200 activities and ideas to engage multiple in-telligences, assessment tools, and a comprehensive appendix of songs, stories, games and dances, props, recipes, patterns, chants, rhymes, and arts and crafts, you’ll find everything you need to captivate and challenge every child in your classroom.

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Target the fertile areas of development for toddlers and twos with these easy-to-implement activities. Each of the 100 daily topics is divided into activities and experiences that support language enrichment, cognitive development, social-emotional development and physical development.

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Best-selling, award-winning authors Pam Schiller and Clarissa Willis have teamed up to create this wonderful collection of one hundred literacy lessons designed for educators to use with children ages three to six to introduce literacy concepts and build important skills. Each of these simple, fun lessons includes adaptations for children with special needs, focusing on:

• Visual impairments
• Hearing impairments
• Cognitive challenges
• Motor delays
• Speech/language delays
• Emotional/behavior issues

The first page of each two-page lesson features an introduction, the literacy activity, extension activities, a daily reflection, vocabulary, related children's books, and learning objectives. The second page has adaptations specific to the literacy lesson for children with special needs.

A great grab-and-use book for preschool teachers!

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