Waldorf Games Handbook for the Early Years


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Waldorf Games Handbook for the Early Years - Games to Play & Sing with Children aged 3 to 7 A offers a handy guide to playing games with young children. This classic games book offers a standby resource for parents, teachers, forest school educators and play leaders. The games are tried and tested. They draw on worldwide Steiner - Waldorf creative education, where a child's work is their play. Child growth is explored and how this is helped by a rich treasury of action, finger, circle, clapping, beanbag, chasing, water, tumbling, story and singing games. There are both traditional favourites and also new games created to engage with digitally challenging behaviour.




Games for the Early Years


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What better way to learn a skill than by playing a game? This book contains instructions and all the photocopiable resources necessary to make and play the games. Invaluable for teaching and reinforcing essential basic early years skills. Helps children to work together and take turns. Introduces concepts such as colour, shapes, numbers and healthy eating. Links to common early years themes such as clothes, weather and dinosaurs. Clearly laid-out learning objectives, together with curriculum and book links make it easy to integrate the games into the curriculum.




500 Five Minute Games


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Presents five hundred alphabet, counting, math, science, drama, listening, and other types of games for three- to six-year-olds that take only five minutes to play, and includes a skills index.




Games, Ideas and Activities for Early Years Phonics


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A collection of 150 unique games and activities to help support teaching of maths in the primary classroom. Designed with busy teachers in mind, the Classroom Gems series draws together an extensive selection of practical, tried-and-tested, off-the-shelf ideas, games and activities guaranteed to transform any lesson or classroom in an instant. Easily navigable, allowing you to choose the right activity quickly and easily, these invaluable resources are guaranteed to save you time and are a must-have tool to plan, prepare and deliver first-rate lessons.




Teach Me to Talk


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Games, Ideas and Activities for Early Years Mathematics


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Designed with busy teachers in mind, the Classroom Gems series draws together an extensive selection of practical, tried-and-tested, off-the-shelf ideas, games and activities, guaranteed to transform any lesson or classroom in an instant. Easily navigable, allowing you to choose the right activity quickly and easily, these invaluable resources are guaranteed to save you time and are a must-have tool to plan, prepare and deliver first-rate lessons. Games, Ideas and Activities for Early Years Maths provides a wealth of activities to supplement and support the teaching of maths in a fun and appealing way. Designed to enable practitioners to effectively support children’s mathematical development across the EYFS, this is the resource that will bring maths to life in any early years setting. Alice Hansen provides easy-to-access and implement mathematical ideas that practitioners and teachers can use straight away, through topics that are commonly used in early years settings and classrooms. 150 unique ideas designed to enhance the teaching and learning of maths in the early years Activities that enable practitioners to integrate mathematical thinking into everyday activities ‘How is this maths?’ feature to support practitioners in identifying opportunities for emergent maths Step-by-step instructions for each activity Minimal preparation or resources required – easy to fit into a busy timetable







Teaching STEM in the Early Years


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The foundation for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education begins in the early years. This book provides more than ninety activities and learning center ideas that seamlessly integrate STEM throughout early childhood classrooms. These hands-on STEM experiences enhance cooking, art, and music activities, block play and sensory table exploration, and field trips and outdoor time. Information on assessment and early learning standards is also provided. Sally Moomaw, EdD, has spent much of her career researching and teaching STEM education. She is an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati and the author of several early education books.




The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling: Year 2001 Edition


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Now even more complete, with updated lists of available resource materials, this manual is your access guide to home schooling- maximizing our family life while providing a quality education for your children. If you're considering homeschooling, this book is a must-read before you decide; and if you've been at it for awhile, it's a fresh perspective, with plenty of tactics for renewing your energy and motivating your kids. With wit and wisdom gleaned from years of experience, Debra Bell sets forth a compelling vision for the joys of home-based learnng and the essential tools for success. The CD-ROM contains the complete text of the book, plus website links and a search engine.




The Complete Daily Curriculum for Early Childhood


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More than 1,200 activities that engage every type of learner by one of Gryphon House's best-selling authors.