Complete Handbook of Indoor and Outdoor Games and Activities for Young Children
This practical resource is packed with over 370 simple hands-on games and activities that will help you add fun, excitement, and meaningful learning experiences to any early childhood program or curriculum, preschool through grade 2.For quick access and easy use, all of these enjoyable games and activities are organized into ten convenient sections and accompanied by illustrated, step-by-step directions that virtually guarantee their success! You?ll find...50 LANGUAGE GAMES & IDEASlike "Puzzle Pairs," a card game to build skills in rhyming words, that help make learning to read and write a joy50 MATH MAGIC ACTIVITIESthat will turn children into "math lovers," such as "Secret Pennies," a game using a margarine tub and pennies to give children practice in missing addends40 SCIENCE SURPRISESlike "Nature Scavenger Hunt," an outdoor activity that develops skills in observing and classifying natural objects41 ARTS & CRAFTSdiscovery experiences such as "Bubble Painting," an activity in which children create beautiful designs with bubbles and food coloring31 WATER, SAND & BLOCK PLAYactivities featuring water play, block props, and construction ideas, for example "Sink and Float," a simple "experiment" that develops skill in predicting12 DRAMATIC PLAYactivities that spark social and imagination skills, including items for 38 "Dramatic Play Kits"?from "Doctor?s Office" to "Travel Agency"47 MOTOR SKILLS & HOMEMADE EQUIPMENTgames and materials to get small and large muscles moving, for example "String Along," an activity with pasta, straws and yarn80 GROUP GAMESlike "Silly Willy," a circle game in which one child tries to make his/her classmates laugh, that help build children?s social and motor skills as well as learning objectives17 SUPER SNACKS & SILLY SONGSlike "Reindeer Sandwich" (with "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer") that involve children in fixing and enjoying recipes11 SPECIAL DAYactivities such as "Pi?ata Party" plus 55 other suggestions that can turn every day into a celebrationThese creative hands-on games and activities will help you integrate children?s work and play throughout the day, both inside the classroom and outside on the playground. Above all, they will help each child experience success and the joy of learning!