This engaging resource provides readers with new knowledge, a healthy respect for the animal kingdom, and the idea that they can pursue animal-related careers and make a difference to preserve and protect the natural world.

Introduce your child, age 1-7, to a new language with this easy-to-follow, fun learning program. From taking a bath to going shopping, Play and Learn Spanish turns your everyday routines into enjoyable language-learning activities for you and your child! This unique course features: -Fun songs, games, and activities -Key word illustrations -An audio CD that includes all the songs, games, and expressions in the course -Engaging comic strips -Sidebars...

"Award-winning program creator Betsy Diamant-Cohen offers this valuable manual that helps librarians and educators create their own Mother Goose on the Loose (MGOL) routines with ready-to-use plans and materials. The guide features ten MGOL programs--each one with complete scripts and instructions! In addition, you?ll find planning and scheduling sheets for implementing the program and instructions for designing your own original MGOL sessions. Chapters...

Covers practical, sensorial, language, mathematics, and culture activities for preschoolers.

Product Description: This book is suitable for ages 3 to 7 years. Four kid-favoured themes set the stage for stress-free early learning: At the Pond, In My Garden, At the Zoo, and On the Farm. Children move from parallel play into participatory activities. Sing! Sung or chanted to familiar melodies, the songs provide verbal awareness. Play! Simple games encourage important social skills, such as taking turns and respect for one another. Create! Engaging...

This book instructs the reader how to choose a story, how to learn, and how to develop it. It explains how to adapt a story for a particular audience, and it takes an in depth look at the use of voice, gesture, and props for enhancing your storytelling.

Describes various aspects of ancient Egypt, including its rulers, the pyramids, and hieroglyphics and provides fifty hands-on activities such as making Egyptian toys and clothes, miniature cities, pyramids, wall paintings, and amulets.

Loose parts are natural or synthetic found, bought, or upcycled materials that children can move, manipulate, control, and change within their play. Daly and Beloglovsky show you how using loose parts can help you capture children's curiosity, give free reign to their imagination, and motivate learning. By developing creative environments, children will be encouraged to explore critical thinking in myriad ways.

Introduces the history of agriculture and the festivals that arose around the harvest, including information on the seasons and activities that celebrate autumn.