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Printed with glow-in-the-dark ink and illustrated with cut-paper artwork, each of these cozy bedtime board books feature a die-cut moon that, once charged by light, literally shines over each page. Set on a bedside table, the glowing city scenes and nighttime critters in each book make for perfect bedtime reading. Full color.
Level 2. Puppy, Turtle, and Cat want to find out who stole the cookies from the cookie jar. This is a very basic mystery story for beginning readers.
Using a carved pumpkin for a head, old stuffed clothes for a body, and boots for feet, two small children delight in seeing their autumn creation come together and are proud of the end results. Original.
Nobody does puzzles like Highlights! Brilliantly bursting with more than 120 engaging activities, The Great Big Book of My First Puzzles is the perfect way to introduce younger kids to the world of puzzling. Kids ages 3-6 will love the puzzles designed just for them, including My First Hidden Pictures puzzles, That’s Silly, matching, thinking puzzles and more. With a variety of puzzle types, colorful scenes, cute characters and wholesome humor, this 256-page collection will boost kids’ puzzling confidence and keep them entertained for hours—at home or on the go. The experts at Highlights know how to design puzzles with a just-right level of challenge and fun for young puzzlers: easy enough to ensure success but hard enough to encourage perseverance. Like all Highlights products, The Great Big Book of My First Hidden Pictures is well researched, well constructed and visually appealing, to bring kids age-centric Fun with a Purpose.
Sensory, play-based and instructional - all in one! Jam-packed with creative theme-based group lessons, this resource follows a developmental sequence with seven activities related to each theme. For maximum flexibility, suggestions for adaptation and modification for individual students are included, along with instructions for how to develop additional lessons. These activities have been made even more fun and motivating by the integration of a balance of sensory and motor components into each of the themes. If you work with young children, you will love this resource. Children will learn linguistic, cognitive, and social/emotional skills at the same time sensory integration and motor skills are being worked on and refined.
The Handbook of Research on Teaching Literacy Through the Communicative and Visual Arts, Volume II brings together state-of-the-art research and practice on the evolving view of literacy as encompassing not only reading, writing, speaking, and listening, but also the multiple ways through which learners gain access to knowledge and skills. It forefronts as central to literacy education the visual, communicative, and performative arts, and the extent to which all of the technologies that have vastly expanded the meanings and uses of literacy originate and evolve through the skills and interests of the young. A project of the International Reading Association, published and distributed by Routledge/Taylor & Francis. Visit http://www.reading.org for more information about Internationl Reading Associationbooks, membership, and other services.
Children develop in so many ways - physically, intellectually, socially and spiritually. Story is just one of the ways to foster and support a child's faith development. They can find role models in the positive characters in literature, and develop empathy for others when they see a different point of view presented. Children's Books that Nurture the Spirit is an introduction to quality children's literature for spiritual development. The most current and readily available children's literature is reviewed by the author. In addition, Granahan suggests ways for leaders to use and extend the literature.
In this latest revision of Storytelling With Puppets, Connie Champlin has polished themes and fine-tuned sections to meet today's ever-changing programming environment, paying special attention to literature-based instruction and multicultural themes.
Offers eighteen offbeat literary programs featuring creepy, dirty, and stinky stories that will appeal to young readers.