Children love celebrations. During the Preschool years, each month is cause for another fun filled festivity. We read books about holidays, construct art projects, and even play special games. Holiday fingerplays are a great way to reinforce newly learned traditions. They may also serve as the script for a classroom bulletin board or a group illustrated story. The fingerplays included in this book will allow teachers to ask their children a variety of questions that foster creativity and divergent thinking, thereby enhancing oral language skills. Props for those fingerplays can easily be acquired at party, discount, and department stores. A prop box for each holiday can be a valuable resource in your classroom.

Brand new songs to old tunes, action verses, and lively finger plays.

Math and Science for Young Children, 5e is a unique reference that focuses on the integration of math and science with the other important areas of child development during the crucial birth through eight age range. It also carefully addresses the ever changing and significant national standards of the following organizations: The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), National Council of Teachers of Math (NCTM), National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and the National Research Council (NRC). A valuable resource for the student learner, working professional, as well as the involved parent, Math and Science for Young Children, 5e is the most current volume of information of its' kind available on the market today.

This focused, must-have text provides early childhood instructors and students with a comprehensive understanding of children's literature and how to use it effectively with young children from birth to age eight. It clearly explains the importance of introducing books to young children, how to plan successful literacy experiences, how to get children excited about literature, and how to select the best literature. Users of this comprehensive text will become experts at storytelling, addressing the concerns of young children, and involving parents in the literacy development process. This text is unlike others of its kind!

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Create musical learning fun with over 200 songs and 50 different seasonal themes! All songs are sung to familiar tunes for teaching ease. Includes colorful illustrations for instruction for movements; a timely selection for teaching throughout the year; and poems and fingerplays based on seasonal, holiday, and popular themes.

A compilation of the best materials from the second year of the quarterly children's magazine, Holidays & seasonal celebrations.