Books published by publisher Gryphon House Inc.

An ideal way to start children on an exciting, creative adventure towards global understanding! The fun, easy-to-do art activities in Global Art use collage, painting, drawing, printing, construction and sculpture to help children appreciate people and cultures from all over the world. Each activity is explained in step-by-step detail an accompanied by geographic and cultural background to help you make the most of the teaching possibilities.

An ideal way to start children on an exciting, creative adventure towards global understanding! The fun, easy-to-do art activities in Global Art use collage, painting, drawing, printing, construction and sculpture to help children appreciate people and cultures from all over the world. Each activity is explained in step-by-step detail an accompanied by geographic and cultural background to help you make the most of the teaching possibilities.

This welcome collection is designed for children aged 12-36 months. Each of the 100 daily topics is divided into activities and experiments that enrich language skills, cognitive development, social-emotional development, and physical development. Children explore a variety of captivating themes such as "Physical Me" and "Celebrations" through stories, music, art exercises, and more. A detailed appendix offers a quick, easy reference to a number of helpful tools such as craft patterns, flannel storyboards, sign language diagrams, and reproducible letters home.Each Daily Plan contains:A theme-based topicRelated "New Words"Suggested children's booksAccompanying songs and chantsAnd a variety of activities to capture every child's attentionPacked with ideas and experiences, this generous resource is an invaluable addition to any preschool classroom.

Turn stressful transition times into fun learning experiences with practical, simple activities. From Good Morning to Circle Time to Clean-Up, every part of the day is addressed with appropriate, imaginative activities. Periods of time between planned activities will become teachable moments using this invaluable resource. These easy-to-use transition activities will take the teacher smoothly throughout the day, week, month and year. Contains over 400 activities and ideas.

As children pretend to trudge their way through knee-deep marshmallow fluff, or zoom around like a vacuum cleaner, even cleaning up the classroom becomes an enjoyable experience. Thanks to transitions that are both fun and educational, the minutes between planned activities become moments that children actually look forward to. With Teachable Transitions, each and every preschooler will be engaged and interested all day long!Filled with movement activities, games, fingerplays, chants, and songs, Teachable Transitions offers a variety of ways for your preschoolers to move through their day. Organized by categories such as "Arrival," "Outside," "Snacks & Lunch," and "Cleanup," each transition will hold the children's attention as they go from one activity to the next. The "Ready, Set, Go," format turns ordinary, everyday transitions into stress-free learning moments.Transitions include:Moving Like AnimalsFreeze, Shake, and CleanTiptoe to Tiptop ShapeGet Ready, SpaghettiWhat's My Shape?Statues and Rag DollsTummy to Tummy…and many, many more!

What do you do when a three-year-old with autism falls on the floor kicking and screaming?How do you communicate with a child who looks away and flaps his hands?Who can help if you suspect a child in your class has autism?Preschool can be overwhelming for a child with autism. Autism affects how a child communicates, behaves, and relates to others. Teachers need to know what they can do to help children with autism reach their full potential.Teaching Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder is a straightforward, easy-to-understand guide to working with children who have autism. It explains the major characteristics associated with autism and helps teachers understand the ways children with autism relate to the world. Each chapter offers specific strategies for teachers to use, including setting up a proactive preschool environment, helping children learn life skills, managing behavior, helping children with autism communicate, encouraging children with autism to play, helping them to get along with others, and working with families. Teaching Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder helps teachers connect with all children in meaningful ways, allowing children with autism to learn and grow.Chapters Include:Putting All the Pieces Together: Understanding This Puzzle Called AutismFrom Hand-Flapping to Obsession with Routines: The Way Children With Autism Relate to Their WorldPlanning for Success: Setting Up a Proactive Preschool Environment Learning Life SkillsMisbehavior or Missed Communication: Managing the Behaviors of Children With AutismSigns, Symbols, and Language: Helping a Child CommunicateInside Their Own World: Encouraging Children With Autism to PlayBuilding Social Skills: Getting Along With OthersLights! Camera! Action! Sensory Integration and AutismWe're All in This Together: Teaming Up With Families

With Spanish and English on each page, this collection of over 450 rhymes, songs, stories, and fingerplays provides the opportunity for building vocabulary and exploring the sounds of language-important skills for beginning readers! Organized by theme for easy use, these selections provide a springboard for teaching a second language and for working in a bilingual classroom.

Over 700 rhymes, songs, poems, fingerplays, and chantsThe Complete Book and CD Set of Rhymes, Songs, Poems, Fingerplays, and Chants gives children a variety of ways to fall in love with rhythm, rhyme, repetition, and structural sequence-important building blocks for future readers. The 700 selections will help children ages 3 to 6 build a strong foundation in listening skills, imagination, coordination, and spatial and body awareness. The accompanying CDs feature 50 songs guaranteed to get everyone up and moving!The book includes three easy indexes for quick reference:First Line IndexA horse and a flea and three blind mice…All around the cobbler's bench…I caught myself a baby bumblebee…I went to the Animal Fair…Theme Connection IndexAlphabetEmotionsFamiliesOpposites…and More!Category IndexAction rhymesFingerplaysNursery rhymesSequencing songsTongue twisters…and More!The CDs include 50 songs from the book, such as:The Ants Go Marching · The Bear Went Over the Mountain · I've Been Working on the Railroad · Itsy Bitsy Spider · John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt · Make New Friends · Miss Mary Mack · The More We Get Together · Skidamarink

Encourage young investigators to feel, listen, smell, taste, and see their way to discovery by seamlessly infusing math and science throughout the school day! As you incorporate all five senses into learning experiences, you will give little innovators the opportunity to observe and explore the world around them. The activities in Hands-On Science and Math: Fun, Fascinating Activities for Young Children; will help you plan engaging science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) lessons that will excite children and foster their critical thinking. Children can experience the thrill of scientific inquiry through simple experiments. Designed to work with easy-to-find materials, the Hands-On Science and Math activities are inexpensive and uncomplicated, yet they lay the groundwork for understanding more complex STEM concepts later on. All activities have been researched and tested by the author in Davis' early education science lab. Activities are appropriate for children preschool through 2nd grade and contain adaptations to vary and extend the learning for older children.