This is the story of Mouse, who finds a delicious, juicy red apple. Mouse wants to keep the apple all to himself but must first get the apple past various obstacles. Will Mouse succeed in getting his apple treat home safely without sharing it?

A hungry little mouse, struggling to bring home a big apple, doesn't want to share with the animals who help along the way.

Creative Activities for the Early Years contains over 160 art and music activities for use with children aged 0-5. These tried and tested activities, which include songs, rhymes, and story suggestions, are ideal for use in all early years settings. Whether your topic is the autumn, the Chinese New Year or the coastline, you can be sure that children will find the art and music ideas in this book interesting and entertaining. The activities encourage children to use their imagination to communicate ideas, and develop their gross and fine motor skills. The activities are grouped by popular early years themes and can be used as a complete programme or as a dip-in resource.

Contains art projects, math ideas, science experiments, cooking ideas, songs and rhymes for teaching preschoolers, with weekly lesson plans for September through November.

A preschool curriculum geared towards three to five year old children. Includes art, science, math, sensory, literature activities reproducible pages, and more. 125 pages, full color.

In this educational era of increasing emphasis on student performance, there is a definite shortage of high-interest resources through which teachers can effectively address the ten standards identified by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS). Teachers need ideas for simple, low-cost activities, which they can do with their students to allow social studies learning to occur in an interesting, engaging manner. Now there is a resource designed with hands-on learning opportunities that are aligned with the NCSS standards. Included in this sourcebook are: ·Assessment rubrics ·Student and professional technology resources ·Descriptions of various instructional models ·An appendix containing background information to facilitate the users' understanding of certain activities ·A glossary of specialty terms and concepts used Each activity, which addresses multiple standards, can be used for enrichment or to accommodate students with various needs. The activities feature: ·Recommendations for interesting children's literature ·Links to web sites related to each activity ·Suggestions for adaptations or extensions to effectively meet the needs of specific students Will be of interest to pre-service and in-service elementary teachers who want to enliven their classrooms with student involvement and interest in social studies topics.

Another cute story in the land of tail-less mice. This time, Moushi, the little mouse, finds a giant apple and his adventure stats. For children age 3 to 5.