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  • Global Art: Activities, Projects, and Inventions from Around the World

    MaryAnn F. Kohl, Jean Potter

    Paperback (Gryphon House, May 1, 1998)
    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.
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  • The Complete Resource Book for Toddlers and Twos: Over 2000 Experiences and Ideas

    Pam Schiller

    Paperback (Gryphon House, May 1, 2003)
    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.
  • Transition Time: Let's Do Something Different!

    Jean Feldman, Rebecca Jones

    Paperback (Gryphon House, June 1, 1996)
    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.
  • Teachable Transitions: 190 Activities to Move from Morning Circle to the End of the Day

    Rae Pica

    Paperback (Gryphon House, May 1, 2003)
    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鈥nd many, many more!
  • More Story S-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-r-s: Activities to Expand Children's Favorite Books

    Shirley C Raines, Robert J Canady

    Paperback (Gryphon House, June 1, 1990)
    450 all-new teaching ideas using 90 more of the most popular children's books. 18 different curriculum units have been created, including Classics; Cats, Dogs, and Other Pets; Transportation; and Tall and Funny Tales--all designed to install a love of learning and fondness for good books.
  • The Bilingual Book of Rhymes, Songs, Stories and Fingerplays: Over 450 Spanish/English Selections

    Pam Schiller, Rafael Lara-Alecio

    Paperback (Gryphon House, Sept. 1, 2004)
    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.
  • The Complete Book and CD Set of Rhymes, Songs, Poems, Fingerplays, and Chants

    Jackie Silberg, Pam Schiller

    Paperback (Gryphon House, Sept. 1, 2006)
    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鈥ll around the cobbler's bench鈥 caught myself a baby bumblebee鈥 went to the Animal Fair鈥heme Connection IndexAlphabetEmotionsFamiliesOpposites鈥nd More!Category IndexAction rhymesFingerplaysNursery rhymesSequencing songsTongue twisters鈥nd More!The CDs include 50 songs from the book, such as:The Ants Go Marching 路 The Bear Went Over the Mountain 路 I've Been Working on the Railroad 路 Itsy Bitsy Spider 路 John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt 路 Make New Friends 路 Miss Mary Mack 路 The More We Get Together 路 Skidamarink
  • Hands-On Science and Math: Fun, Fascinating Activities for Young Children

    Beth R. Davis

    Paperback (Gryphon House, July 1, 2015)
    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.
  • Global Art: Activities, Projects, and Inventions from Around the World

    MaryAnn Kohl, Jean Potter

    eBook (Gryphon House Inc., Jan. 1, 1998)
    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.
  • 300 Three Minute Games: Quick and Easy Activities for 2-5 Year Olds

    Jackie Silberg, Cheryl Kirk Noll

    Paperback (Gryphon House, )
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  • Earthways: Simple Environmental Activities for Young Children

    Carol Petrash, Donald Cook

    Paperback (Gryphon House, July 1, 1992)
    Spark children's imagination with over 90 environment-friendly activities. These instantaneous art and nature activities encourage the understanding and appreciation of the earth and other living things.
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