Books with author Susan Thomas

Guide to Creative Drama for Children Volume I for children 5 to 8 years old Each of the 75 sessions is organized for the teacher with objectives, directions, use of space, vocabulary, materials, warm-up activities, group activities, detailed instructions for procedure, and follow-up activities. They utilize children's literature, stories, poetry and dramatic tradition. The sessions are organized by the calendar with timely activities for each month. Activities are suitable for students of all abilities and may be used in class or in a pull-out setting. Both books offer children experience in acting and give them models for behavior at a time in their lives when diversity of expression is crucial for their development and their self-concept. These highly professional works are grounded on Susan Dinges' leadership of Kansas City's Creative Drama Workshop for Children, which she has directed since 1952. Sessions in Volume I include: Jack and the Beanstalk; Jack-O-Lantern; Jack Frost; Thanksgiving Turkey; Christmas in the Forest; Mother Goose; Winter Carnival; Three Billy Goats Gruff; Winnie the Pooh.

Adorable 15-year-old Boo Boo, whose real name is Nils, stars as werewolf Seth Clearwater in the third installment of the Twilight Saga: Eclipse, out June 30, 2010. But the buzz is already building for this hot up-and-coming star: Boo BooÕs been featured in a ton of magazines and blogs, and has appeared on numerous television shows to promote his role in the third Twilight film. WeÕve got all the goods on this rising star, complete with four pages of color photos!

Adorable 15-year-old Boo Boo, whose real name is Nils, stars as werewolf Seth Clearwater in the third installment of the Twilight Saga: Eclipse, out June 30, 2010. But the buzz is already building for this hot up-and-coming star: Boo BooÕs been featured in a ton of magazines and blogs, and has appeared on numerous television shows to promote his role in the third Twilight film. WeÕve got all the goods on this rising star, complete with four pages of color photos!

SPOT, SPELL AND TELL was written to assist parents in helping their children get the ultimate enjoyment out of simple poems while at the same time, increasing their comprehension skills. The approach is simple; parents read the poems with their children and look at the illustrations. The children SPOT certain objects in the illustrations from the group of words found below each poem, then SPELL the words that go with the objects. The parents then TELL the children if they are correct. The poems in SPOT, SPELL AND TELL were composed by Thomas Swan, a 20-year veteran prosecutor in the Allegheny County District Attorneys Office whose lifelong love of poetry inspired him to reach out to younger poetry fans. The book is beautifully illustrated by Holly Angelhoff, an accomplished artist and educator in the Pine-Richland School District outside of Pittsburgh. A portion of the proceeds from the book will be donated to assist autistic children and it is expected that this work will be the first in a series of similar books.