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Thirty easy ways you can give your children a head start on essential education skills

Kitchen-Table Play & Learn gives you structured yet fun lessons to teach your preschoolers the basics of education at home. These 30 lessons include games and activities that help you hone your children's motor skills, number and letter recognition, logic, and visual discrimination, as well as expose them to math, writing, and reading.

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Great educational learning book
This book is a wonderful tool for teaching my preschooler.I love how each section breaks down what will be taught and how to teach the lesson.My son loves doing all the fun projects!I also use this with my preschool class at our church.Many of the lessons can be done with groups of children.I highly recommend this book!

Awesome resource
I bought this book for our 2 year daughter.It was a little advanced for her at the time, but I was able to modify some of the activities.More importantly, it got me thinking about how to break activities down so my daughter was able to feel good about what she had done.
Now that she is 3, she loves the learning activities.There is a wide diversity of activities to keep her stimulated and engaged.This book is an excellent resource for helping to productively channel her active, eager mind and hands.It feeds on her natural curiosity and opens new doors for her to consider.

Kitchen table play and learn
This is a great way to spend quality time with your preschooler.I love that each lesson gives a breakdown of the developmental skills that will be worked on.Watching my son do the activities is the best!

Preschool done at home
My daughter is a year old right now, but I have begun to look at preschool curriculum for her to complete at home.I was homeschooled in elementary school and loved the experience; I want to share my love of learning with my children.

I have looked at several books and curriculum series, and this book is one that I plan on using.It has lots of great ideas, and while it will take some prep on the part of the parent, the activities are development oriented.

The book is divided into themes such as sports, fall, the farm, shapes, etc, and each theme is accompanied by activites to encourage many developmental skills.All units begin with a picture book suggestion (no specific title, only a topic).The activities include letter and number recognition, a few science experiments, matching and sorting, some cooking, pre-reading and pre-writing, cutting and pasting, and many other preschool activities.There is a variety within each lesson and across the units so that you do not feel as though you are doing the same things over and over again.

Rhymes and songs and games are included too, so multiple learning styles are addressed.The activities can be spread out over a week or two, depending on your child's level and attention span, or you can spend an hour or two on one day.

Anyone interested in home schooling or in supplementing preschool experiences will enjoy this book.

Excellent
This is by far the best children's educational book both me and my wife have read (and there have been MANY). The impact made from the activities has been amazing and the kids can't wait for the next lesson. A must have for parents with young children. ... Read more

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A must for every early childhood teacher, this resource includes 32weekly popular themes and over 600 developmentally appropriateactivities designed to engage young learners. All the research,planning, and scheduling has already been done. You just have to openthe book, choose a theme, and begin teaching! Morning circle activities,a guide to children's literature, and integrated activities areincludes. 160 pages.

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Perfect for Playschool
I got this book on the recommendation of my sister. I am doing a parent co-op playschool (pre-preschool) with a few friends and their two-year-olds. There are so many fun activities and ideas in this book, it is definitely worth the purchase. We have enjoyed using it and look forward to using it for the year to come!

Very helpful
I am an Early Childhood Education student. This book has helped me when I've had to get a unit plan together quickly. It gives a calendar with each day's lesson so there is no guess work. ... Read more

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All-in-One Bible Fun is the perfect children's program for teachers on a budget or looking for a simpler approach. Each book is a collection of 13 Bible lessons for children containing a plan with opening, story, activity, and craft. The material is undated so teachers can use throughout the year.

Heroes of the Bible lessons include:

• Daniel
• Jonah
• Esther
• Paul, and more

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This complete curriculum source contains time-saving lessons that are easy for teachers and fun for students. The child-oriented activities (including child-made books) promote the development of necessary skills. ... Read more

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my review
eh its ok. wasn't what i thought it would be i thought there would be more general themes thought it was a little much for early childhood

Excellent
I had this book and loved it. The themes are appropriate for pre-school children and is an excellent tool for teachers who need creative ideas for their lesson plans. I consider myself to be quite creative but this book is for the teacher who needs the jolt for their classroom and environment. ... Read more

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Following the Instant Bible Lessons design, this series contains activities that challenge and delight preschoolers. Every 96-page book provides eight lessons aimed at the skill levels of children ages 2-5. ... Read more

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Didn't Ship
I never received the item, but when I contacted the seller, they promptly gave me a refund; but with no explanation.

Not what I expected
I was not able to use any ideas in this book as it already had a theme that the crafts were based on.I was hoping for something that related to stories from the Bible or open ended crafts.

Just what I was looking for.
I am in charge of our preschool- First grade children's church and was trying to find some lessons for the teacher's to use. I ordered this book and was pleased with it's organization and approach to teaching the lessons. Each lesson starts with a story and then gives 5 0r 6 activities to go along with the main idea(scripture quote) of the story. I am so thrilled with it that I am ordering the other books in this series. ... Read more

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Alvin the Alligator pretends to brush and floss his seventy-eight teeth, and ends up with alli-tosis and a cavity. ... Read more

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Helps your kids love to brush!
This is a cute little book designed to motivate kids to brush their teeth.Every parent of small children would benefit by reading this story to their children.Most children need a little help to keep up the regular brushing and this book provides it.Every dentist office should have a copy in the waiting room. ... Read more

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The pigeons are a tight bunch. They flock together, nest together, and sing together. In the winter they travel south, in the spring they return north. This is the way it has always been and the birds see no reason for things to change. Then one day a new bird flies on the scene. Suddenly their comforting routine is completely disrupted. In order to adjust to the change, the pigeons must learn a new way to fly….
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Whimsical illustrations add just the right touch of reality fused with fantasy to this sturdy child's tale
"Flying Lessons" is a wonderful picture book for children ages 3-7 about a flying "ugly duckling" that is in fact a plane. No matter how hard the plane tries to fit in with his friends the doves, he is just too different from them, and they send him away. However, one day his differences allow him to rescue the doves from an unexpected predicament: They can't fly south before an Arctic wave of cold hits their path and traps them for the cold season! "Flying Lessons" is a wonderful morality lesson and also an invitation to stretch to see things differently. Widen your world and your child's world to include "Flying Lessons" and see where it takes you. Whimsical illustrations add just the right touch of reality fused with fantasy to this sturdy child's tale.
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All-in-One Bible Fun is the perfect children's program for teachers on a budget or looking for a simpler approach. Each book is a collection of 13 Bible lessons for children containing a plan with opening, story, activity, and craft. The material is undated so teachers can use throughout the year.

Fruit of the Spirit includes lessons on:

• Love
• Joy
• Peace
• Patience
• Kindness
• Generosity
• Faithfulness
• Gentleness
• Self-Control
• Honesty
• Forgiveness
• Obedience
• Responsibility

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This second edition of Understanding Research in Early Education examines and discusses both recent and historical research in understandable yet rigorous language and evaluates a wide variety of large and small-scale research reports and projects. The research is set in its historical context and related to recent reports and contemporary issues.

Margaret Clark, highly respected in the field, uses her own unique approach to illustrate:

• how to avoid common pitfalls in misrepresenting research findings
• what questions should be asked in order to help inform students’ own research projects
• how findings can be applied and used in the classroom or nursery to improve practice.

The book is divided into clear sections for ease of use and is suitable for those with no prior expertise in research and research methodologies. It will prove an invaluable and fascinating read for undergraduate and postgraduate students taking courses in early years education and practitioners undertaking continuing professional development.

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Jimmy doesn't want to spend the evening with a new babysitter while his parents go out to dinner.But with Barney's help, Jimmy learns that the new babysitter knows lots of fun games and bedtime stories! ... Read more

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While their parents are out, a big brother is supposed to be teaching his baby sister computer terms but he is involved in video games and doesn't notice her following his directions to the letter. ... Read more

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The Early Childhood Initiative (ECI), an ambitious effort to provide high-quality early care and education services to at-risk children, failed to achieve its goals, although participating children may have derived substantial benefits from it. This report summarizes ECI's organizational history, analyzes and explains its critical weaknesses, and articulates lessons to inform the design and implementation of future large-scale reform initiatives. ... Read more

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This book is an intensive program of perceptual-motor activities for ALL your 2nd to 3rd grade students AND your special education classes.It contains 25 weeks of higher level activity stations organized in the same manner as the Level-1 book and has the added features of an extra 4th activity station and special sections on Movement Exploration activities and Game activities for each and every week!This specailly formatted edition is fully illustrated with 25 weeks of activity stations sequenced according to difficulty including evaluation scale, performance objectives, program background information, and equipment construction diagrams (or sources of equipment, if you don't want to make them).It is a wire bound 5.5" x 8.5" oblong 236 page book with one activity station per page.To do an activity, simply turn to the Activity you want and flip the others out of the way!Or activity pages can be easily detached, laminated, and used as individual activity cards! ... Read more

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inclusive infant - prek
This book has confirmed activities and goals that I have been doing with my inclusive classroom. It also gave me many more ideas to use with my children. It has a lot more ideas for special needs situations that I haven't had yet. ... Read more

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While walking through the woods on his way to his tuba lesson, a boy becomes sidetracked by all the animals that want to hear him play. ... Read more

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HITS ALL THE RIGHT NOTES
Music lessons will be seen in a new light after reading Tuba Lessons by T.C. Bartlett, illustrated by Monique Felix.

The imaginative record of a boy's trip to his music teacher's house is a bouncy, fun book to which any child who has ever taken a music lesson can quickly relate.The text is sprightly, and the illustrations vibrant.

What Fun !
This is a picture book the highest quality.It is a bit like Little Red Riding Hood, except instead of a little girl, there is a little boy.Instead of a hood and a basket, there is a Tuba.Instead of grandma, there is a Tuba instructor.Instead of the wolf, there are a forest full of animals, all enamored by the tuba.And there is no bloody ending.

Ok.It is nothing like Little Red Riding Hood.But it is a lot of fun.I recommend it highly.

Tuba Lessons is a Musical Delight
On his way to his tuba lesson, a young boy is swept up by the magic of a woods full of singing animals.Is it real, or is it a dream?Share this beautifully illustrated picture book with young children and creative adultfriends and see what they think.This charmer will pull you back into thewonders of being a child.Beautifully illustrated.Surely a classic. Great gift book too. ... Read more