This lively and imaginative book is being used in homes and schools in more than 13 countries to introduce children to learning about music and sound. Using audiocassettes or CDs, children and adults play listening games, concentration games, trust games, guessing games, musical quizzes, and more. All games in this book help children develop creative, personal, and social skills. Appropriate for families, teachers, day care providers, and camp leaders. Written By Jerry Storms, Paperback, 143 pages.

125 Brain Games for Babies is filled with enjoyable ways to lay the groundwork for your baby's future. It is packed with everyday opportunities to contribute to the brain develpment of children from birth through twelve months. The games all use simple things found around the home or classroom. Each game has an annotation on the latest brain research, and a discussion of the ways the activity will promote brain power in your baby. These simple games create the brain connection needed for future learning while you are having fun! Written By Jackie Silberg, Paperback, 160 pages.

Simple Games to Promote Early Brain Development
Did you know the brain of a toddler:
Has formed 1000 trillion working connections by the end of the third year (twice as many as adults have!)?
Is twice as active as that of a college student?
Can absorb and organize new information much faster than an adult’s brain?

A young child’s brain grows at a phenomenal rate in the first years of life, opening a window of opportunity for learning that occurs only once in a lifetime. 125 Brain Games for Toddlers and Twos is a fun-filled collection of ways to

Use these short, creative activities to delight and teach children whenever you need to fill an extra few minutes, or anytime just for fun. There are story games to build language skills, exercise games, quiet games, waiting games, stuck inside games and more! Quick, simple games guaranteed to prevent bored children. Written By Jackie Silberg, Paperback, 192 pages.

These preschool homeschool curriculums provide excellent teaching resources for homeschool and classroom teachers. Use dozens of easy, practical activities to help children to help develop shoulder, wrist, hand, and finger coordination. As they gain control, they'll be preparing for success in cutting, drawing, and writing. This 240 page soft cover book by Teacher Created Resources is recommended for grades pre K through first grade.

Get all the lessons and activities needed for teaching preschool kids and toddlers. Activities for Gross Motor Skills give students a full body workout to build body awareness and improve overall movement. Includes background information, skills checklist, ideas for ball and equipment usage, sensory experience, and more. This 240 page soft cover book by Teacher Created Resources is recommended for Pre-K through first grade.

Everyone will be learning the alphabet in a BIG way with this all-in-one, spiral-bound book that focuses on lowercase and uppercase letters and their corresponding sound(s). The front of each large page features a letter with matching full-color artwork. Five cross-curricular activities and two reproducible worksheets that reinforce letters and their sounds are on the reverse side. This 56-page big book with a write-on/wipe-off surface also includes four additional review worksheets, 26 cut-out flashcards and handwriting activities for every letter. Sturdy with a built-in easel ...

Organized by month, teachers will find 360 hands-on activities, games and ideas for fun learning every day of the year. Each month begins with a pre-planned activity calendar indicating learning skills and appropriate age level. Activities require a minimum amount of preparation and encompass a broad range of subjects such as nature, animals, the human body, holidays and the weather. 286 pages, Paperback.

Written By Patty Jones

Over 2000 Experiences and Ideas
This welcome collection is designed for children aged 12-36 months. Each of the 100 daily topics is divided into activities and experiments that enrich language skills, cognitive development, social-emotional development, and physical development. Children explore a variety of captivating themes such as “Physical Me” and “Celebrations” through stories, music, art exercises, and more. A detailed appendix offers a quick, easy reference to a number of helpful tools such as craft patterns, flannel storyboards, sign language ...

These kindergarten sight words and preschool flashcards make great teaching resources for classroom and homeschool. First Words introduces toddlers to commonly-used three-letter words. It is an ideal first book for children who are learning to read and who are beginning to associate words with familiar objects.

12 pages, boardbook, written by Mandy Stanley, recommended from birth to pre k.

Preschool education starts with learning to read. Teachers and parents can help toddlers and preschool kids learn to read with these books; recommended ...

This revised and updated edition, featuring all-new illustrations and 40 new games, is packed with opportunities to build confidence and to enhance language, coordination, social interactions, and problem-solving skills. Games to Play with Two Year Olds is a must-have for anyone caring for a child between the ages of two and three. Turn ordinary, everyday routines into fun learning experiences!

Written By Jackie Silberg, Paperback, 256 pages.

Over 600 Favorite Activities Created by Teachers for Teachers From Autumn Leaf Ornaments to The Recycling Game, kindergarten children will delight in these 600 activities written just for them! In a nationwide contest, teachers submitted their favorite activities and the best of the best are included in this giant resource. This compilation has everything from language and science activities to art, music and movement, and learning centers. You'll find everything you need to keep your kindergarten classes engaged and learning for years to come. Edited by Kathy Charner and Maureen

Created by Teachers for Teachers. This book contains hundreds of accessible, teacher-written learning center activities. The GIANT Encyclopedia of Learning Center Activities is the eighth book in Gryphon House’s GIANT Encyclopedia series. The learning centers in this book can either be permanent year-long centers or set up and removed according to the season or children’s interests and needs. Through play, young children learn to communicate, interact, and expand their cognitive thinking horizons. The GIANT Encyclopedia of Learning Center Activities provides the ...

Over 600 Favorite Activities Created by Teachers for Teachers
Written just for four-year-olds, this collection of over 600 teacher-created, classroom-tested activities has everything from songs and books to activities in art, circle time, transitions, science, math, language, music and movement, and more! Helpful classroom management techniques are included. This complete resource of the best selections from a national contest is sure to become a classroom favorite. Formerly titled, It's Great to Be Four. Edited by Kathy Charner and Maureen Murphy, Paperback, 624 pages.

Over 600 Favorite Activities Created by Teachers for Teachers
Looking for tried and true ways to capture the attention of your three-year-olds? This comprehensive collection of over 600 teacher-created activities provides hours of fun and interesting activities perfectly tailored for this age group. Discover new ways to use everyday items to create fresh, exciting art projects; learn new classroom management techniques from experienced teachers; and find helpful tips for working with three-year-olds. Formerly titled, It's Great to Be Three. Edited by Kathy Charner and Maureen

Get ready for fun! These new and classic games, each with a noncompetitive twist, are sure to get children up and moving. You’ll find everything you need to know to play over 100 great games, including outside games, musical games, circle games, concept games, and cooperative games. Every game provides benefits for the whole child by supporting cognitive, social/emotional, and physical development. Perfect for rainy days, sunny days, and every day, each game in this book offers heart rate raising, team-building, friend-filled fun!
Games Include:

• The Igloo ...

Hundreds of open-ended activities are organized by learning center. Children have fun making dough, gluing mobiles and putting on puppet shows, to name just a few of the activities that span the learning curriculum. A list of easily accessible supplies is included in each learning center. Written By Liz and Dick Wilmes, Paperback, 249 pages.

On Track To Kindergarten is filled with weekly activity sheets to duplicate and send home to your families. The activities help children learn the skills they will need for kindergarten, such as reading, writing and math readiness, plus art, rhymes, songs and playing together. The activities were created for parents to easily do with their children. Written By Barb Caton and Alex Cleveland, Paperback, 144 pages.

• 1. All planning is done! Each weekly activity sheet has 5-8 activities and games.
• 2. Activities are ready to use! There is no preparation.
• 3. ...

A wide variety of cooperative games incorporate songs, rhymes, and movement activities to energize your whole group while improving skills such as language, muscle control, and listening to directions. Children use teamwork to turn the parachute into fun! Written By Liz and Dick Wilmes, Paperback, 132 pages.

Preschool alphabet activities provide fun teaching resources. Activities in language arts, math, art, and cooking incorporate reading and writing into everyday experiences, so children learn letter names and sounds in meaningful ways. Practice and Learn the Alphabet is a 224 page soft cover book by Teacher Created Resources, recommended for grades Pre-K through first grade.

Rainy Day Activities has everything you need to make being stuck inside fun! Filled with quiet games to create relaxing moments, active games to get the wiggles out, and games that require no materials at all. Excerpted from Transition Tips and Tricks, Rainy Day Activities is just the thing to chase away the rainy-day-blues! Great for:

• Preschool & Child care Programs
• K-2 Teachers
• Before & After School Programs
• Camps
• Parents

Make learning fun for your kindergartener with the Songs That Teach Alphabet and Counting workbook and CD set! Colorful activities and playful songs will help early learners get ready for their school years ahead. The Alphabet and Counting workbook features activities that teach uppercase and lowercase letters, beginning letter sounds, short and long vowels, numbers and counting 1 to 20, and skip counting.

The accompanying Alphabet and Counting CD features:

• 19 songs that can be used with or without the workbook
• Over 40 minutes of musical learning ...

Bring learning activities outdoors with this vital resource filled with hundreds of engaging activities and games that span the curriculum from movement to art to math. Learning is more fun when children play outside in the snow, wind,and sun. 253 pages, Paperback.

Written By Karen Miller

The Song Book gives children the opportunity to select songs or nursery rhymes to be used during large-group time activities. Each page of The Song Book includes a picture which relates to the song/rhyme. A total of 25 well-known children's songs and rhymes are included and each page is three - hole punched so you can easily place the cards in a binder. 25 cards.

The author of the best-selling book Transition Time brings you more attention-grabbing, creative activities that provide children with an outlet for wiggles, while giving their brains a jump start with cross-lateral movement games. Grab their attention with songs, games, and fingerplays for any time of the day. These classroom-tested ideas are sure to become favorites! Written By Jean Feldman, Paperback, 216 pages.