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Olson, who teaches early childhood special education, offers 200 activities meant to help young children be creative, learn new skills, and build relationships with their peers. She provides students and new teachers in early childhood or early childhood special education with activities meant to be the basis for lesson planning. They relate to classroom structure, creative centers, group lessons, arts and crafts, learning games, and family involvement,...

While visiting the library for the first time, a young boy listens to stories, reads books and magazines, and learns that there is something for everyone at the library.

Uses activities and handicraft projects to reinforce information about the clothing, architecture, writing, work, food, and religion of the Egyptians, Mesopotamians, Nubians, and Hittites who lived in the Near East in ancient times.

A collection of programming ideas, with a target audience from late teens to millennials into their forties. Includes suggestions for marketing the programs, and examines the needs and takeaway goals for each program. Programs are arranged through the calendar year.

Wake up and shake up with this professional storyteller's easy-to-use sourcebook of chants, songs, action stories, riddles, jokes, tongue twisters, and participation games. These "two-minute miracles" are just some of the tricks that Naomi Baltuck uses to keep her young audiences creatively involved during storytelling sessions. Music is included, but you don't need talent - just enthusiasm. Naomi provides all the practical storytelling tips on body...

"Over 100 art projects that teachers of children ages five to eight can do in the classroom. Also applicable to parents and other caregivers"--Provided by publisher.

"Nature is all around us to see, hear, and touch--in the leafy woods, by the sparkling water, or simply out the window. What will you discover? A chattering jay hiding an acorn, a butterfly with camouflaged wings? Perhaps a brilliant red feather you'll carry home and tie to your journey stick, to remember. This glorious book invites children outdoors on every kind of adventure, from counting the species in an oak tree to searching the riverbed for...

"A great resource for parents and homeschoolers in search of kid-friendly DIY projects, educators seeking to enhance classroom lessons, and caregivers or camp counselors looking for activities with a deeper educational lesson behind them"--Back cover.