Play is serious business! And with the help of the interactive activities, games, songs, imaginative role playing, and more included in Age-Right Play, you'll have loads of playtime learning to offer your young children. With Age-Right Play, you'll discover how children at different ages learn best and what activities and games nurture life skills, explore developmental stages, and recognize the importance of building life-skills socially, verbally, emotionally, creatively, physically, and cognitively. Give infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners a jump-start on developing important skills to help them grow!

Kids love to play, but they don't always love to learn. With 100 Fun & Easy Learning Games for Kids, turn playtime into an opportunity for your children to learn skills that will prepare them for school. In the activities, children learn fundamental skills in areas like reading, writing, math, science, the world, art and music-but they'll have so much fun, they won't even realize they're learning! For example, in the activity Zip-Line Letters, children learn letter sounds as the letters zoom across the room. In Family Photo Word Puzzles, they learn word recognition and problem solving as they put together puzzles of family members' photos and names. With Pattern Snake in a Sack, kids learn patterning and color recognition by arranging colored rocks in the shape of snakes. All 100 learning games are clear and easy to set up, fun for kids and parents or any caregiver, and adaptable for children of many skill levels ages 3 to kindergarten. Activities are eco-friendly and inexpensive, using common household materials. 100 Fun & Easy Learning Games for Kids is the solution for parents-as well as teachers, babysitters or relatives-to help kids realize how fun learning can be and develop all the skills they'll need to do well wherever life takes them.

101 Playground Games is a collection of active and engaging school playground games that will encourage active learning and social development among children at playtime, this second edition has been updated to include a wealth of new games from around the world. The school playground plays a crucial role in developing all aspects of children’s behaviour and interpersonal learning, and yet there is a growing awareness that children today do not play in the same sociable ways as previous generations. Encouraging children to play games can be hugely beneficial not only for their physical health but also for their social, emotional and mental health. This brilliant resource includes a practical toolkit of photocopiable and downloadable materials along with clear instructions for adults on how to organise a range of different types of games, including: • traditional games • chasing and catching games • singing and dancing games • skipping games and rhymes • parachute games • quiet games • co-operative games Ideal for teachers, lunchtime supervisors, breakfast and after school club leaders as well as group leaders for organisations such as scouts or guides to promote lively and enjoyable games, this book is particularly suited to children aged 5–11 years but can easily be adapted for older children. 101 Playground Games is a book that will make any playtime a richer experience for all.

Picture this, you are a busy classroom teacher, it's almost lunchtime on a Tuesday and it has started to pour with torrential rain. If your school has a wet playtime policy then everyone in the school will be clear about the procedures, your wet play box will be organised and children will have a stimulating, rewarding playtime experience. However, if you are like a lot of schools across the country you will be scrambling around trying to find activities to entertain the children or you will have just discovered your wet play box needs replenishing! The problem with wet playtimes is that they happen haphazardly, we never know when they are going to occur and often we are completely unprepared. The aim of this book is to make sure you are prepared and that you have a wealth of ideas up your sleeve. Through intensive research, the author gathered feedback from teachers, children, lunchtime supervisors, parents and classroom assistants and discovered that you wanted a book that is inspiring, user friendly, and packed with activities, games and ideas that are easy to implement. To make it as easy as possible to use, it includes lots of copiable activities and ideas that support schools in creating a wet playtime policy that will lead to happier playtimes. It includes the following: Easy to run, stimulating activities and games that can be quickly organised at short notice. A selection of copiable resources that can be quickly printed off the CD-ROM or photocopied from the book. Ideas to help implement a wet playtime policy. Creative ideas to support you in organising wet play. Structures for behaviour management at wet playtimes including rewards and encouragers to celebrate children who play well. Suggestions for wet play activity boxes and lots of creative ideas for your wet play themed boxes. So here it is, jam packed with creative ideas, activities, games and activity pages to make those rainy days rainbow filled. Have fun and remember, 'Play is regarded as essential to life long learning, creativity and wellbeing,' Wood (2007).

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Let's Discover Animals with Winnie the Pooh and Friends Playtime Learning Box introduces children to the world of animals in a fun and interactive way. Favorite characters from the Hundred-Acre Wood are on hand to guide children through learning about mammals, sea creatures, insects and spiders with exciting and educational activities, including Search and Finds, Picture Pages, Memory Games, Mix-and-Matches, coloring and sticker pages. This unique learning experience is enhanced through a combination of playful images, beautiful photography, and fun activities that will captivate and stimulate young minds. Included are three 24-page workbooks packed with exciting activites, two pages of full-color reusable sticker sheets, full-color collectible animal cards, an illustrated game board, an illustrated storybook, and a poster. All components are packaged in a beautifully illustrated carrying case for on-the-go learning fun.