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Synopsis
Actively engage childrens imaginations with over 300 theme-based activities created by teachers for teachers!
Synopsis
Actively engage children's imaginations with more than three hundred activities for young children organized into a variety of popular themesfrom the alphabet to the weather. The result of a nationwide contest among teachers, the classroom-tested activities in Another Encyclopedia of Theme Activities for Young Children provide many months of learning fun! Each activity is complete with learning objectives, materials list, related children's book suggestions, step-by-step instructions of what to do, teacher-to-teacher tips to expand on children's learning, assessment strategies, and related songs, poems, and fingerplays. Themes include All About Me, Alphabet, Animals, Art, Building and Construction, Celebrations, Colors, Five Senses, Health and Nutrition, Insects and Bugs, Kindness, Math, Music and Movement, My Community and Neighborhood, My Family and Friends, My School, Numbers, Our Earth, Plants, Science and Technology, Seasons, Shapes, Time, Transportation, Water, and Weather.
About the Author
Kathy Charner has been with Gryphon House for over 15 years. She is the editor of several books including: The GIANT Encyclopedia of Learning Center Activities; The GIANT Encyclopedia of Circle Time Activities; The GIANT Encyclopedia of Art and Craft Activities; The GIANT Encyclopedia of Science Activities; and The GIANT Encyclopedia of Activities for Four-Year-Olds.Stephanie Roselli is an editor with Gryphon House. She lives in Greensboro, NC.Brittany Roberts is a junior editor with Gryphon House. She lives in Clemmons, NC.