Hands-on craft projects can make learning phonics lots of fun as well as help children remember what sound goes with what letter. In this book designed to supplement the teaching of letter sounds, Kathy Ross draws on her thirty years experience as a preschool teacher and curriculum developer. She has designed an easy-to-make craft based on the sound of each letter from the alphabet, from Activity on an Anthill to a Zipper-Bag Zoo Book.

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Hands-on craft projects can make remembering the shape of each letter lots of fun and also help children associate a sound with each letter. In this book designed to supplement the teaching of writing the basic letter shapes, Kathy Ross draws on her thirty years experience as a preschool teacher and curriculum developer. She has designed an easy-to-make craft based on the shape of each letter of the alphabet, from an airplane made by folding the capital letter A, to a zinnia refrigerator magnet formed by eight letter Z's.

Hands-on craft projects can make remembering the shape of each letter lots of fun and also help children associate a sound with each letter. In this book designed to supplement the teaching of writing the basic letter shapes, Kathy Ross draws on her 30 years experience as a preschool teacher and curriculum developer. She has designed an easy-to-make craft based on the shape of each letter of the alphabet, from an airplane made by folding the capital letter A, to a refrigerator magnet formed by eight letter Zs.

These number-based crafts are designed to help children remember the shape and the concept of numbers one through ten. Beginning with a One and Only Me craft and ending with a Ten in an Envelope Bed, each number has its own special project. Then there are a series of projects that show the many ways in which numbers are used, such as a Play Cell Phone, a Play Alarm Clock, Coin Family Puppets, and Mama Foot-Long Worm and Her Twelve Baby Inchworms. In developing these hands-on projects, Kathy Ross drew on her thirty years' experience as a preschool teacher and curriculum developer. Each of the twenty easy-to-make crafts features step-by-step illustrated instructions, and is made from easy-to-find household materials.

Colors offers at least one wonderfully clever craft for every color in the rainbow, as well as for black, white, brown, pink, and gray. Crafts include a Yellow Caterpillar Cuff Pin, a Green Frog Zipper Pull, and All Colors Alien Pencil Tops. A great tool for parents and teachers for helping kids learn their basic colors.