Format: Book
Author: Patricia Caskey
Publication Date: 2006
Brief Description:
Save money and have fun making your own craft supplies and art materials. This book contains over 100 safety-tested recipes for making dough, clay, paint, and much more -- using ingredients already found in your kitchen. The book also includes projects you can do with the finished materials.
This is a great resource for providers and parents alike. Many of the recipes are easy and safe enough for children to help make, which gives them a chance to build their literacy and math abilities as they follow the recipes. For providers who use discovery tables, these materials and activities can also encourage children's sensory exploration.
The Colors of Learning Integrating the Visual Arts into the Early Childhood Curriculum
Format: Book
Author: Althouse, Rosemary , Johnsons, Margaret H. , & Mitchelle, Sharon T.
Publication Date: 2006
Brief Description:
Unique in its creativity and depth of understanding, "The Colors of Learning will change the way that teachers think about and react to children's artwork. Promoting the integration of visual art into all early childhood curriculum areas, this volume will help early childhood professionals present in-depth art experiences to children so that they become engrossed in expressing their ideas and newly learned concepts through art media. This user-friendly volume features actual class-room dialogue throughout the text and many illustrations of children's art, including some in full color.
Sing! Play! Create!: Hands-on Learning for 3- to 7-year-olds (Hardcover)
Format: Book
Author: Lisa Boston
Publication Date: 2006
Brief Description:
This work is for ages 3-7. Four kid-favoured themes set the stage for stress-free early learning: At the Pond, In My Garden, At the Zoo, and On the Farm. Children move from parallel play into participatory activities. Sing! Sung or chanted to familiar melodies, the songs provide verbal awareness. Play! Simple games encourage important social skills, such as taking turns and respect for one another. Create! Engaging crafts help kids to observe, imagine, and express themselves. Complete thematic units help kids' develop curiosity with Nature Notes and Little Hands Story Corners.
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