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The ABCs of Yoga for
Kids. Teresa Power & Kathleen Rietz, $257.95
A gentle introduction to simple yoga
postures for young children, this beautifully illustrated book is as much fun
to read as it is to do the poses.
Also available:
The ABCs of Yoga for Kids: 56 Learning Cards. Teresa
Power & Kathleen Rietz, $21.95 (ages 3-8)
The ABCs of Yoga for Kids: a Guide fror Parents and Teachers. Teresa
Power & Kathleen Rietz, $12.95 |
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Ada's Violin: the Story of the Recycled Orchestra of
Paraguay. Susan Hood, illustrated by Sally Wern Comport, $23.99
Ada Ríos grew up in Cateura, a small town in Paraguay
built on a landfill. She dreamed of playing the violin, but with little money
for anything but the bare essentials, it was never an option... until a music
teacher named Favio Chávez arrived. He wanted to give the children of Cateura
something special, so he made them instruments out of materials found in the
trash. It was a crazy idea, but one that would leave Ada — and her town — forever
changed. Now, the Recycled Orchestra plays venues around the world, spreading
their message of hope and innovation. |
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All About Me Art Activities. Christy Hale, $18.99
These engaging art activities inspire
self-expression and encourage children to explore feelings, abilities,
experiences, relationships, and their own uniqueness. Step-by step directions
incorporate discussion prompts that help boost vocabulary, build classroom community,
and reinforce children's awareness of the world around them. Includes book
links to enhance and expand children's explorations and a full-color insert
that features each completed project. Ideal to use with kids just entering
school and as getting-to-know-you activities! |
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All Together
Singing in the Kitchen: Creative Ways to Make Music as a Family. Nerissa Nields & Katryna Nields, $25.95
Discover the fun of family music! Music is not only
fun, but it's also a wonderful way to family harmony and connection – it can
soothe a crying baby, engage an active toddler, entertain during long car rides
and help everyone get through daily chores. This delightful book has all the
tools you'll need — including a CD with 30 songs — to get you started. |
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Art and Creative Development for Young Children, 8th Edition. Jill
Englebright Fox & Robert Schirrmacher, $139.95
ART & CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, 8th Edition,
is a comprehensive, must-have resource for implementing a developmentally
appropriate art program. Written for pre-service and in-service early childhood
professionals in child care, preschool, and kindergarten through third grade
settings, the text takes a child-directed approach to art education. Blending
theory and research with practical applications, this book discusses important
topics and issues related to creative experience, such as art and the
developing child, special needs and diversity, brain research, and children's
artistic development. Also discussed are planning, developing, implementing,
and assessing art along with strategies for integrating art across the
curriculum. The updated Eighth Edition gives greater emphasis to professional
standards with NAEYC, DAP, and NAEA standards integrated throughout the text. |
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The Art of Land-based
Early Learning: Volume 1, The Emergence of Natural Materials and Ecological
Connections. Sophie Anne Edwards
& Heather Thoma, Editors, $35.00
The Art of Land-based
Early Learning: Volume 2, The Emergence of the Artist, Artwork, and Community
Connections. Sophie Anne Edwards
& Heather Thoma, Editors, $35.00
Volume 1: The emergence of
materials and ecological relationships. This volume documents and shares
experiences with natural materials and the emergence of ecological connections
through contextual, relational material engagement.
Volume 2: The emergence of
artist, artwork and community connections. This volume shares children’s and
educators’ experiences as they learn together, respond to natural materials
through art-making, and learn about themselves, local ecologies and their
communities in the process. The book provides insight on the role of artwork
and the creative process as child-centred documentation and reflection.
These beautiful books
share the years of experience of professional artists and educators involved in
4elements 'atelierista' (artist in residence) program. Chapters explore clay,
fibre, natural dyeing, charcoal and other natural materials, and explore how
the becomings and emergences of these materials help children develop
ecological connections and build connection to place. Full of tips,
provocations, hints, materials lists, and beautiful photos, these are a great
resource for artists and educators working with early learners in schools and
daycares. |
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The Art Teacher's Survival Guide for Elementary and
Middle Schools, 2nd Edition. Helen Hume, $37.95
With more than 110 creative art projects in varied types
of media — from drawing to digital plus tips, tools, and curricular
resources, THE ART TEACHER'S SURVIVAL GUIDE offers everything a
teacher needs to know to present an effective arts education program. Classroom
teachers who want to include art projects as part of the content curriculum and
art teachers looking for new ideas will all find fresh inspiration in this
exciting new edition. It features numerous new projects and draws on
multicultural traditions, includes reproducible pages, and provides detailed
instructions with illustrations, links to content learning, and modifications
for different ages. Authoritative, practical, and user-friendly, this
comprehensive guide is an invaluable addition to every K-8 teacher's basic
classroom tools. |
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ART with Anything.
MaryAnn Kohl, $25.95 (ages 4-10)
52 weeks of fun using everyday stuff, easy-to-find everyday materials and lots of imagination! |
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Art Workshops for Children. Hervé Tullet, $22.95
A guide to eleven children’s art workshops by one of the
world’s most innovative facilitators and best-selling bookmakers. These workshops
are designed to spark children’s imaginations, champion group bonding, and give
visually pleasing results — with no artistic ability required. Illustrated
and written by author of Press Here, each workshop includes: a list of
materials needed, a step-by-step guide to facilitation, practical tips,
illustrated examples, and photos of workshops in progress.
Tried and tested around the world by children of all ages. Perfect for
organizing group events at home, in schools, at parties, at museums — anywhere!
Also from Hervé Tullet:
Mix It Up! Hervé Tullet, $21.99
PRESS HERE. Hervé Tullet, $21.99
Press Here: the Game. Hervé Tullet,
$27.99 (ages 3 to adult, 2 to 6 players) |
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Artful Teaching: Integrating
the Arts for Understanding across the Curriculum K—8. David
Donahue & Jennifer Stuart, Editors, $37.95
The authors in this volume share
exemplary arts-integration practices across the K–8 curriculum. Rather than
providing formulas or scripts to be followed, they carefully describe how the
arts provide an entry point for gaining insight into why and how students
learn. The book includes rich and lively examples of public school teachers
integrating visual arts, music, drama, and dance with subject matter, including
English, social studies, science, and mathematics. Readers will come away with
a deeper understanding of why and how to use the arts every day, in every
school, to reach every child. Both a practitioner's guide and a school reform
model, this important book:
- Explains how arts integration across the K–8
curriculum contributes to student learning.
- Features examples of how integrated arts
education functions in classrooms when it is done well.
- Explores intensive teacher-education and
principal-training programs now underway in several higher education
institutions.
- Offers concrete ideas for educators who are
looking to strengthen their own skills.
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The Arts Go to School: Classroom-Based
Activities That Focus On Music, Painting, Drama, Movement, Media, and More. David Booth and Masayuki Hachiya, $24.95 
Thoughtful and timely, this unique
collection features chapters on each of the major art forms: music, visual
arts, drama, dance, and all forms of modern media. Rooted in authentic
experiences, the book gives a glimpse into real, exemplary classrooms where the
arts are used to bring learning to life. Checklists throughout the book provide
handy reminders to key outcomes, and guide teachers in encouragement and
assessment.
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Beautiful Stuff! Learning
with Found Materials. Cathy Weisman Topal & Lella Gandini,
$31.95
Encourage your kids to express their
creativity as they discover, collect, sort, arrange, experiment, and think with
found and recyclable “stuff.” The real-life experiences of teachers and
children will inspire ideas that you can try at home: choose objects and turn
them into a display, transform materials into a face, build and glue wood
scraps to make constructions. Appropriate for children four years of age and
older. |
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The Budding Artist. Edited by Laura Laxton, $12.95
Curious kids will delight in the wonder
of the creative process with the fifty art-inspiring activities in THE
BUDDING ARTIST. With great ways for you and your young artist to create
beautiful memories together, this book shows parents and kids how to paint with
bubbles, create glue webs, make a blooming tablecloth, and construct homemade
paper valentines. Perfect for ages three to six, this fun-filled introduction
to arts and crafts features easy-to-follow instructions and easy-to-find
materials that will help you and your child have as much fun creating art as
viewing the finished product! |
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Chi for Children: a Practical Guide
to Teaching Tai Chi and Qigong in Schools and the Community. Betty Sutherland, $61.95 (includes instructional DVD)
Learning the Chinese arts of Tai Chi and
Qigong is a great way for children to relax, have fun, and strengthen body and
mind. This easy-to-use teacher training pack provides step-by-step instructions
and simple techniques that enable anyone to teach Tai Chi and Qigong to
children.
This interactive book and DVD set
contains four tutorials that guide teachers through basic, intermediate and
advanced exercises, as well as offering breathing and relaxation techniques to
help create calm classrooms and beat exam stress. Proven to increase
concentration levels, fitness and confidence, introducing children to Tai Chi
and Qigong gives them the ideal foundation for a life of physical and mental
well-being.
This exciting training programme will be
an indispensible resource for anyone looking for a fresh and engaging way to
improve children's focus, health and happiness, and will be a welcome addition
to any classroom, gym class or youth group. |
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Climbing Art Obstacles in Autism:
Teaching Visual-Motor Skills through Visually Structured Art Activities. Karen Loden Talmage & Vickie Dobrofsky, $58.95
CLIMBING ART OBSTACLES IN AUTISM is an
exceptional book that offers young children with autism spectrum disorders and
other developmental delays an imaginative, yet structured way to explore
art. It shares the visual format
familiar to users of the Tasks Galore series. Young children are able to practice
visual motor skills through typical childhood art projects that are described
in detail and bring satisfying results. |
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The Complete Book of Activities, Games,
Stories, Props, Recipes and Dances for Young Children. Pam Schiller & Jackie Silberg, $49.95
Best-selling authors Pam Schiller and
Jackie Silberg team up to bring you the ultimate activities resource! Bursting
with new selections and old favorites, each of the 600 activities, stories,
games, recipes, props, and dances will enhance any preschool curriculum. An
essential addition to every classroom, the book includes a materials index,
theme connection index, and a thematic chart. |
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Creating Excellence in Primary School Playtimes: How
to Make 20% of the School Day 100% Better. Michael Follett, $29.95
Helping schools to develop a long-term playtime strategy,
this book shows how schools can overcome barriers to excellent play for child
development and wellbeing. With proven examples that are workable within
schools' playtime budgets, the strategies show how to tackle and improve upon
common issues including behaviour, staffing and facilities. |
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Curtain Up! A Book for Young Performers. Dirk McLean, Illustrated by France Brassard, $19.99 
Amaya has been chosen for the lead role in a professional play! Follow along as Amaya goes through auditions, rehearsals, costume fittings, memory work and the thrill of performance. |
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Dance, Turn, Hop, Learn! Enriching Movement Activities
for Preschoolers. Connie Bergstein Dow, $26.95
Fun, accessible movement activities for teachers and
childcare providers to use with preschoolers. |
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Different Speeds and Different Needs: How to Teach Sports to Every Kid. Gary Barber, $32.95
This appealing book demonstrates how practitioners can put excitement and inspiration into the learning process and to support the creative capacities of young children. Involvement in sports can be an empowering and enriching experience for all children. But how can children with different learning needs and physical abilities break through barriers and stereotypes on the playing field to find acceptance and success? This comprehensive guide shows K–12 teachers and coaches how to establish, revamp, and sustain inclusive sports programs that benefit students with a wide range of special needs and challenges.
With this positive, motivating book — written by an expert who's also the father of two children with autism — teachers and coaches will have the guidance they need to develop inclusive sports programs where all children join in the fun.
Chapters address many different needs and abilities including:
- physical difficulties, coordination and mobility challenges
- ADHD , intellectual challenges, learning disabilities, and giftedness
- behavioral challenges and bullying
- autism spectrum disorders
- Tourette syndrome
- visual or hearing impairments
- height and weight challenges, obesity, and eating disorders
- anxiety, stress, and depression
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Drama Lessons:
Ages 7-11. Judith Ackroyd & Jo Barter-Boulton, $45.50
DRAMA LESSONS: AGES 7–11 offers an
exciting and varied range of tried and tested lessons tailor-made for busy
teachers. This new collection introduces Literacy Alerts which identify
how the drama activities develop aspects of literacy and suggest additional
literacy activities. For each lesson plan, essential resources and timing information
are provided. The lessons cover a range of themes and curriculum areas. Full of
pick-up-and-go lesson plans, this book will be of enormous interest to
specialists and non-specialists of drama alike. All primary teachers, literacy
coordinators and teaching assistants should have this book in their hands and
it will give all trainee teachers a flying start in their school placements.
Also available:
Drama Lessons: Ages 4-7. Judith Ackroyd &
Jo Barter-Boulton, $48.50 |
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Drama Schemes, Themes & Dreams: How to plan, structure, and assess classroom strategies that engage young adolescent learners. Larry Swartz & Debbie Nyman, $24.95 
Create meaningful and unique learning opportunities with this comprehensive outline of improvisation and interpretation strategies that are easily incorporated into classroom instruction. This practical and useful book offers a host of sources for dramatic activity that include scripts, monologues, poetry, novel excerpts, and technology. These activities will enrich the meaning-making, creative process, and critical skills that students need to succeed both in school, and in life.
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Drama School. Mick
Manning & Brita
Granström, $10.95 (ages 6-10)
Drama School is the perfect introduction to the world of
theatre and film. Its pages are packed full of great ideas for
all aspects of your production. Clear step-by-step instructions
on everything you need to put on a great show! |
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Drama Sessions for Primary
Schools and Drama Clubs. Alison Day, $74.10
DRAMA SESSIONS FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND
DRAMA CLUBS is an indispensable guide designed to help you run effective and
enjoyable drama sessions in your primary school for a whole academic year.
The author outlines thirty-three
practical and user-friendly sessions, each one built around developing the
social skills needed by children to become effective and positive
communicators. Each session has guided time allocations and thorough
explanations of what each exercise should achieve. The final session of the
term culminates in a 'show and tell' performance in which children can show
their family and friends what they have learnt.
This unique and practical book will be
of interest to all teachers who need to incorporate drama into everyday classroom
learning as well as drama teachers and practitioners looking to run successful,
interesting and fun drama sessions for their primary pupils. |
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Drama 3-5: a Practical Guide to Teaching Drama to
Children in the Early Years Foundation Stage, 2nd Edition. Debbie Chalmers,
$42.50
The importance of using drama to promote active and
creative learning in the early years is widely recognized. Young children
participating in well planned drama activities learn to express themselves
clearly and develop strong social skills, more self-confidence and a greater
understanding of co-operation and team-work.
Drama 3-5 contains a wide range of accessible
activities and sample session plans, drawn from the author’s many years of
extensive experience, which have all been fully and successfully tried and
tested with children from 3-5 years. The book also explains the theory and
value of all of the activities, as well as possible extensions, making it an
ideal companion to support every practitioner who wants to explore, develop and
enjoy drama and have fun with their children. |
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Dramathemes: Classroom Literacy That Will Excite,
Surprise, and Stimulate Learning, 4th Edition. Larry Swartz, $24.95
In this totally revised 4th edition, Larry Swartz digs
deeply into the riches of the past three books and considers the experiences of
language arts teachers who have used all three versions for almost three
decades. Full of engaging new ideas, the book includes many new sources and
carefully chosen strategies for exploring challenging issues with students,
including identity, poverty, diversity, bullying, and immigration. Literary
sources are at the root of this amazing book, and encompass picture books,
novels, poetry, scripts, and photographs. Compelling strategies throughout the
book are designed to enrich interactive possibilities amongst learners in the
language arts classroom. By reading, writing, and talking both in and out of
role, students can develop and share their responses, stories, and ideas. A
bestselling classroom resource for almost thirty
years, dramathemes is an ideal book for teachers who want to put
drama into literacy programs, and literacy into drama programs. |
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Dramatic Play in the Early Years. Elizabeth
Coffman, $24.95
This practical book offers unique and powerful ways to use play to
investigate stories, big ideas, and events. It focuses on dramatic play as a
natural response to learning. It argues that dramatic play is not theatre, but
a dynamic process that involves planning, playing, and practice so that
children become the story, live the life of characters or animals, bump up
against issues, and can better appreciate the complexities of the human
journey. Rooted in classroom experience, this valuable resource offers a
variety of effective ways that children can be encouraged to incorporate voice,
characterization, movement, stillness, concentration, and listening into play. |
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Dribble Drabble: Process Art Experiences for Young
Children. Deya Brashears Hill, $24.95
Creative art should offer children the opportunities for
originality, creativity, fluency, flexibility, and sensitivity. Covering a wide
range of media including Painting, Crayons, Collage, Sculpture, Chalk, and
Printing, this book will provide plenty of opportunities. All activities are
adaptable for children from age two to eight and easy to prepare and set-up.
These hands-on projects have been classroom-tested to ensure they keep learning
fun and engaging. |
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Easy Songs for Smooth Transitions in the Classroom. Nina Araujo & Carol Aghayan, $30.95 (Book and CD)
Using simple and fun songs to help young children move
smoothly and joyfully through their day. |
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Engaging
Learners through Artmaking: Choice-Based Art education in the
Classroom. Katherine Douglas & Diane
Jaquith, $38.95
This book details the philosophy,
rationale and implementation of choice-based art education
in elementary and middle schools. It introduces behaviors that
sustain engagement such as problem finding, innovation, play,
representation, collaboration and offers strategies for setting
up studio centers and exhibitions of student art. |
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Exploring the Science of Sounds: 100 Musical Activities
for Young Children. Abigail Flesch Connors, $22.50
Science, technology, engineering, arts, and
math — STEAM — these explorations are crucial for laying a solid foundation for later
learning. In this book, discover 100 activities that let children ages 3-6
explore the science of music and sound using materials easy to find for a
preschool classroom. Children will use their bodies to create sounds, explore
the relationship between size and pitch, investigate how tempo affects the way
we listen to sounds, create musical instruments, and much more. From the drops
of rainwater to the tinkling of wind chimes, the science of sound is all
around.
You will indulge young children’s curiosity and engage
them in scientific inquiry as they explore, listen, observe, experiment, think,
and discuss different kinds of sounds and the tools for making them. Through
playful activities, explore:
- Acoustics — what is sound?
- Volume — loud and soft
- Tempo — fast and slow
- Timbre — sound quality
- Pitch — high and low
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50 Games for Going Green: Physical
Activities that Teach Healthy Environmental Concepts. Carol Scaini & Carolyn Evans, $20.95
50 GAMES FOR GOING GREEN is a
collection of easy-to-present activities that educate students in the
importance of reducing, reusing, and recycling as well as concepts of carbon
footprint reduction, climate change, and global warming. The book includes
warm-up, circuit, and station activities; physical fitness challenges, relay
races, and literacy and drama activities; and cooperative games that are
adaptable for a range of ages, abilities, and skill levels. |
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First Art for Toddlers
and Twos: Open-Ended Art Experiences. Mary Ann Kohl, $25.95
Discover the natural curiosity and
enthusiasm of toddlers and twos as they explore creative art experiences
designed just for them. In this updated, color edition of FIRST ART FOR
TODDLERS AND TWOS, you will find more than seventy-five art experiences, with
lots of variations that add to the fun and tips for making the activities run
smoothly. There's even a chapter of special adult-made props, such as an Art
Baggie Book to display a child's artwork and a Tabletop Easel made from a pizza
box to catch all the drips. |
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Fitness and Nutrition: Activities for Age 3 to
Kindergarten, 3rd Edition. Connie Jo Smith, Charlotte Hendricks & Becky
Bennett, $21.95
Given the recent rise of childhood obesity, the need for
health education is needed more than ever. This curriculum provides more than
30 developmentally appropriate activities that introduce important health
concepts, including physical activity, rest and relaxation, and nutrition and
eating habits. This book includes:
- An overview of the fitness and nutrition topics covered in the
curriculum
- Suggested interest area materials and supports for creating the
learning environment
- Learning objectives and vocabulary words
- Suggestions for evaluating children's understanding of each
fitness and nutrition topic
- More than 30 classroom activities
- Family information and take-home activities
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Games, Ideas, and Activities
for Primary Music. Donna Minto, $16.95
This handy book is full of simple
activities and instructions to help you feel more confident teaching music, and
to bring music lessons to life in the primary classroom. |
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Games of Survival: Traditional Inuit
Games for Elementary Students. Johnny Issaluk,
$12.95 
Traditionally, Inuit played games in
order to be physically and mentally prepared for freezing weather, strenuous
hunts, and other grueling conditions that made survival difficult.
In this book, Arctic Winter Games
champion Johnny Issaluk explains the basics of agility, strength, and endurance
games. Through straightforward text and vibrant photographs, this resource
brings to life this vital aspect of Inuit knowledge and culture. |
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Great
Big Book of Children’s Games.
Debra Wise, $22.95
Over 450 indoor and outdoor games
for children ages 3 to 14. Includes solo and team games, party
games, classroom and family games as well as innovative twists
on many old favorites. |
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Great Group Skits: 50 Character Building Scenarios for Teens. Lynn Grasberg & Gina Oldenburg, $18.95
Created by experts who teach improvisational theater, Great Group Skits is a resource for educators and youth workers looking to provide new and creative role-playing exercises for youth. Ranging from small pieces for a few people to large-scale skits that involve an entire class, this book will help educators engage with kids and help kids engage with each other. These skits are designed as improvisational scenarios that give youth a starting point and let them decide where to go with it, enhancing their creativity, self-reliance, and analytical skills.
Each skit is designed to be as “prep-lite” as possible, and includes an estimated time, ways to modify the skit for various age groups, and a list of follow-up questions designed to reinforce the lessons learned. Also included is information on how to facilitate skits, getting kids motivated and energized, and creating your own skits. The skits are divided into categories that include:
- Imagination
- Teamwork
- Communication skills
- Motivation and leadership
- Peer pressure and integrity
- Conflict resolution
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Green Crafts for Children: 35 Step-by-Step Projects
Using Natural, Recycled, and Found Materials. Emma Hardy, $19.95
Making their own toys, games, gifts, and ornaments
encourages children to use their creative flair — and if they can use component
parts that are adapted or recycled, so much the better for them and the planet.
None of Emma Hardy’s projects in Green Crafts for Children use any
special materials. Instead, they all rely on items that are likely to be in the
cupboard, can be found around the house or garden, or collected on walks in the
park or at the beach. There are recipes for salt dough and methods for easy felting,
plus ways to imaginatively use old gift-wrapping paper and worn-out clothes, as
well as pine cones, tree bark, shells, and other natural bits and bobs.
Gifts
for relatives and friends are here, together with games and toys that can be
made and then played with again and again. From painted stones and a friendship
bracelet to a simple dolls’ house and a driftwood boat, children will love the
projects in this engaging book. In fact, kids need never be bored again. |
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Hip Hop
Speaks to Children: a Celebration of Poetry with a Beat.
Nikki Giovanni, editor, $27.99 (includes audio CD)
A groundbreaking new anthology of rhymes and rhythms!
Hip Hop Speaks to Children is a celebration of poetry
with a beat. Readers can immerse themselves in 51 selections
from 42 poets and performers, and 30 performances on the audio
CD, many recorded especially for this collection. Some tracks
on the CD are performed by the artists who created them; others
are unique interpretations by admiring poets and artists. Celebrate
remarkable poets including:
- Eloise Greenfield
- Mos Def
- Tupac Shakur
- Maya Angelou
- Queen Latifah
- Nikki Dean Grimes
- Lucille Clifton
- Langston Hughes
- A Tribe Called Quest
- Walter Dean Myers
- and many more
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I Can Do That! Color and Draw: Make Amazing Art with
Squiggles, Dots, and Lines! LaZoo, $13.99
This extraordinary activity book helps young artists
transform squiggles and scribbles into amazing creations!
Lazoo is a hugely popular illustrator in Japan where her
children’s books have sold millions of copies and won many awards. Lazoo’s
engaging art and time-tested strategies can coax out the artist in anyone old
enough to hold a crayon. |
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I Can Do That! Cut and Paste: Make Amazing Art with
Torn Paper and Glue! LaZoo, $13.99
This beautiful, thoughtfully designed book provides the
clever, inventive prompts and the materials for making striking collages.
Children can cut (or tear) and paste colorful scales onto a school of fish,
petals onto a bouquet of flowers, feathers onto birds, and much, much more. |
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I'm OK! Building Resilience through Physical Play,
Ages 2-8. Jarrod Green, $34.50
Children must learn to pick themselves up, brush
themselves off, and bounce back. But how do you allow for the physicality
required to build resilience when you are tasked with children's safety? This
guide provides the tools and strategies for creating a culture of resilience,
including families in the process, and keeping safety front-of-mind.
- Examine common safety concerns and how to address and prepare for
them
- Learn how to work with families and build a trusting relationship
around children's physical development
- Consider legal concerns regarding licensing and liability
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Jump Start Health! Practical Ideas to Promote Wellness in Kids of All Ages. David Campos, $43.50
This dynamic resource will help classroom teachers jump start their students on a path to a healthy lifestyle. The author helps us understand the obesity crisis and offers practical ideas for incorporating wellness initiatives into the elementary curriculum. Each idea presented has a clear learning objective, addresses federal health standards, and includes a step-by-step approach with activities for the classroom. This hands-on, comprehensive book provides a set of tools that will help teachers and health practitioners improve the eating habits and exercise patterns of youngsters nationwide. |
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The Kids' Yoga Deck: 50 Poses and Games. Annie
Buckley, $21.95
Yoga is fun! Get kids bending, breathing, and stretching
with The Kids Yoga Deck. Playful poses that can be performed alone and with
friends, teach kids the basics of yoga. The Kids Yoga Deck engages
bodies and minds to help youngsters build strength, flexibility, balance, and
mental focus. |
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The Language of Art:
Inquiry-Based Studio Practices in Early Childhood Settings, 2nd Edition. Ann Pelo, $55.50
Incorporate inquiry-based
practices into your early childhood classroom or family child care home.
Inspired by an approach to teaching and learning born in Reggio Emilia, Italy,
The Language of Art emphasizes investigation anchored by drawing, painting, and
other art activities. It provides:
- advice on setting up a studio
space for art and inquiry
- studio explorations designed to
give children a basic fluency in art
- suggestions for documenting
children's developing fluency with art media and its use in inquiry
- guidelines for using children's
newfound fluency as a tool for investigation
Even if you use a space
not designed specifically for art instruction or even for an early childhood
program, The Language of Art shows how you can simply "start where you
are." Age Focus: 3–6. |
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Learning Though Movement and Active Play in the Early
Years: a Practical Resource for Professionals and Teachers. Tania Swift,
$29.95
In this practical resource, Tania Swift provides early
years professionals with a wealth of creative ideas for supporting children's
wellbeing and development through physical activity.
Drawing on the author's wealth of training experience,
each chapter sets out a range of knowledge development, tips, tools and
activities that teachers and practitioners can use to support and enhance
children's learning and development and examples of good practice from other
practitioners and teachers. The book explores personal, social and emotional
development; mathematics and numeracy; literacy, language and communication;
knowledge and understanding of the world; expressive arts, design and creative
development; and spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.
Full of creative ideas that early years workers and
teachers can easily implement, this book will equip readers with the knowledge
and confidence to plan for effective learning through movement and active play.
Ideal for practitioners working with children aged 3-7 years. |
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Make-Believe Play and Story-Based
Drama in Early Childhood. Carol Woodward, Carri
Mulch & Suzanne Mair, $31.95
Encouraging imaginative play in the
classroom is an effective way to teach young children how to think creatively
and interact socially — vital parts of their cognitive, social, and emotional
development.
This book presents engaging and
practical ways to use drama which will enable young children to develop
creative thinking and literacy skills while planning together, making
decisions, giving and receiving feedback and working toward a common goal. The
reader is guided through introducing and using dramatic play with children, how
to integrate drama into everyday classroom activities, and preparing a
child-centered story dramatization. |
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Making Music in the Primary School: Whole Class Instrumental and Vocal Teaching. Nick Beach, Julie Evans and Gary Spruce, Editors, $35.95
Making Music in the Primary School is an essential guide for primary school teachers, instrumental teachers and community musicians involved in music with children. It explores teaching and learning music with the whole class and provides a framework for successful musical experiences with large groups of children.
Striking the perfect balance between theory and practice, this invaluable text includes case studies and exemplars, carefully designed activities to try out in the classroom, as well as a range of tried-and-tested teaching strategies to help you support and develop children’s musical experience in the classroom. Written in a clear, accessible and engaging style, Making Music in the Primary School will give you all the confidence you need when working with whole classes, whatever your musical or teaching background. |
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Move Your Body: My Exercise Tips. Gina Bellisario,
$8.95
Ms. Starr teaches her class about staying fit with
exercises and stretches. Now they're full of energy — will it help them win the
Beach Ball Relay? |
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Moving & Learning Series:
Early Elementary Children Moving & Learning: a
Physical Education Curriculum. Rae Pica, $32.95 (ages 6-8) 100 movement
activities, includes CD
Preschoolers and Kindergartners Moving and Learning: a
Physical Education Curriculum. Rae Pica, $29.95 (ages 3-6) 80 movement
activities, includes CD
Toddlers Moving & Learning: a Physical Education Curriculum. Rae
Pica, $35.95 (ages 6-8) 50 movement activities, includes CD
Physical education is a critical part of every early childhood curriculum.
Children need to move to channel their energies in creative, beneficial ways
and to learn habits for lifelong health and fitness. The Moving &
Learning series provides developmentally appropriate activities that
contribute to a well-rounded curriculum in any classroom or program. Each book
contains:
- An updated introduction reflecting new research and trends in
early childhood health and fitness and information on how movement benefits
children's learning and development
- Lesson plans, each with one body parts activity, one non-locomotor
activity, one locomotor skill experience, and one activity exploring an element
of movement — each book has over 50 activities
- Extension ideas and adaptations to use with children who have
special needs
- Curriculum connections for each activity and explanations about
how activities are aligned with and meet early learning standards from NAEYC
and AAHPERD
- A CD with original music to add joy and energy to the activities
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Munsch at Play. Plays by Irene Watts, Original Stories by Robert Munsch, $24.95 
What’s even better than reading a Robert Munsch story out loud? Acting in one!
Eight of Munsch’s best-loved tales have been adapted for stage, classroom or backyard. Complete with innovative ideas for props, casting and costumes, each story is presented in an accessible, illustrated format that kids will love to participate in and watch. |
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The Muses Go to School: Inspiring Stories About the
Importance of Arts in Education. Edited by Herbert Kohl & Tom
Oppenheim, 21.95
In THE MUSES GO TO SCHOOL, autobiographical pieces
with well-known artists and performers are paired with interpretive essays by
distinguished educators to produce a powerful case for positioning the arts at
the center of primary and secondary school curriculums. Spanning a range of
genres from acting and music to literary and visual arts, these smart and
entertaining voices make surprising connections between the arts and the
development of intellect, imagination, spirit, emotional intelligence, self-esteem,
and self-discipline of young people.
With support from a star-studded cast, editors Herbert Kohl and Tom Oppenheim
present a memorable critique of the growing national trend to eliminate the
arts in public education. Going well beyond the traditional rationales, THE
MUSES GO TO SCHOOL shows that creative arts, as a means of academic and
personal development, are a critical element of any education. It is essential
reading for teachers, parents, and anyone who really cares about education. |
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Music for Early Learning:
Songs and Musical Activities to Support Children’s Development.
Linda Bance, $57.95 (includes CD)
Singing, dancing and music-making comes
naturally to young children, but we as adults often lack confidence in our
musical ability. This easily accessible book will help you to realize that
everyone can be a creative music-maker with young children. It aims to inspire
you to take young children’s enthusiasm for music and create a musically rich
environment that supports all areas of learning and development and at the same
time celebrate music for music’s sake. |
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Music from the Complete Book of Rhymes, Songs, Poem,
Fingerplays and Chants, 2-CD Set. Jackie Silberg & Pam Schiller, $25.95
The CD you've been waiting for is finally here! The
companion to the bestselling book, this double CD features fifty songs to keep
children singing and learning all year long with a variety of engaging musical
styles. |
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Music is for Everyone. Jill Barber, illustrated by
Sydney Smith, $19.95 
Music is for Everyone is sure to get you
excited about making music! Singer-songwriter Jill Barber takes her young
readers through many different kinds of music — hip hop, jazz, classical,
folk — and instruments in an energetic, rhyming tour. Sydney Smith’s gleeful
illustrations capture all the joy that comes from making music — in all its
forms! |
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My Art Book: Amazing Art Projects Inspired by Masterpieces. $17.99
My Art Book is a wonderful introduction to art and art history. Discover the work of the world’s greatest artists. Using these famous works as inspiration, the book is packed with suggestions and instructions for creating your own works of art and for encouraging budding artists to expand their creative minds. |
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My First Art Activity Book. Clare Youngs, $21.95
(ages 7++)
This book will show you all the different ways you can
make fabulous pictures that you will be proud of. You’ll find lots of ideas in
Pretty Prints — from using sponge cloths to bubble wrap and potatoes. Then have
fun trying out the projects in Painting Fun, where you can get messy with the
ink blot aliens and wet tissue paper pictures, and create fabulous pictures
like the oil pastel owl. In Beach and Vacation Art, you can make use of natural
materials that you find while you’re playing, such as driftwood and shells,
plus have a go at the seagull postcards to send to your friends. Finally, use
scraps of paper, photos, and magazine pages in Paper and Collage Art for super
creations, including a photo collage that would be a great gift and homemade
picture frames to display all your new pieces of art. All the projects are easy
to follow with artworks to guide you along the way; plus, each one has a grade
so you can start with the easiest and then move on as your artistic skills
develop. |
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No Standing Around In My Gym: Lesson Plans, Games and Teaching
Tips for Elementary Physical Education. J.D. Hughes, $27.95
If you’re looking for fresh ways
to teach children ages 4 to 11 basic fitness concepts, movement
skills, and games that emphasize creative thinking and cooperation, No
Standing Around in My Gym is an incredible source of ideas
and solutions to help you:
- Increase the time students are active in class
- Minimize discipline problems
- Develop healthy attitudes that lead to a lifetime of activity
- Save valuable lesson preparation time
- Keep students motivated and challenged
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101 Rhythm Instrument
Activities for Young Children, Birth to 6. Abigail Flesch Connors,
$19.95
Help every child experience the magic
of making music. |
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On Stage: Theater Games and
Activities for Kids, 2nd Edition. Lisa
Bany-Winters, $18.95
More than 125 theater games for
school-age children that spark creativity, boost confidence, and encourage
collaboration are included in this imaginative collection of activities,
including:
- Improvisational games
- Puppets
- Makeup secrets
- Designing & building sets, dioramas
- Monologues, scenes and short plays
- Warm-up exercises
- Pantomime
- Masks
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On Stage: Theater Games and
Activities for Kids, 2nd Edition. Lisa
Bany-Winters, $18.95
More than 125 theater games for
school-age children that spark creativity, boost confidence, and encourage
collaboration are included in this imaginative collection of activities,
including:
- Improvisational games
- Puppets
- Makeup secrets
- Designing & building sets, dioramas
- Monologues, scenes and short plays
- Warm-up exercises
- Pantomime
- Masks
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The 175 Best Camp Games: a Handbook for Leaders, Games
for Kids 4-16. Kathleen, Laura & Mary Fraser, $19.95
Camp games are meant to be fun. Here are the very best
camp-tested games for boys and girls aged 4 to 16, with easy-to-follow
instructions and illustrations. The Frasers include indoor and outdoor games
for both small and large groups, with some old favorites and lots of new,
soon-to-be favorites. This practical guide is easy to use, and the more than
175 games are divided into five chapters:
- Break the Ice (Name Dropping, Life Raft)
- Taking It Easy (Speed Rabbit, Electricity)
- Getting Them Moving (Soh Koh No, Kitty Wants a Corner)
- Running Them Ragged (Pairs Tag, Fox in the Henhouse)
- Wet and Wild (Battleship, Sharks and Mermaids).
Though written with camp leaders in mind, this book will
appeal to youth activity directors, counselors, counselors-in-training,
coaches, scout leaders, parents, teachers and any other adult looking for
creative group activities for youth that include all participants and require
little or no special equipment. |
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Quality Daily Physical Activities, K-3. Demetra
Turnbull, et al, $15.99
Quality Daily Physical Activities, 4-6. Demetra
Turnbull, et al, $15.99
Ensure students get active every day with a variety of
easy-to-implement physical education activities, co-operative games, and other
movement ideas for different classroom situations. Includes teacher tips and
checklists and is aligned with the Canadian curriculum. |
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Rain Fish. Lois Ehlert, $23.99 (ages 4-8)
When blue sky turns gray and it rains all day, sometimes
rain fish come out and play.
They swim among discards and debris. Do you see them,
too? Or is it just me?
Through lyrical text and her incomparable mixed-media
collage illustrations, Lois Ehlert introduces readers to “rain fish”—the
varied, colorful, and unique little collections of materials that float along
on streams of rain water during storms. From a scrap of newspaper with a
seashell eye and feather smile to a piece of cardboard with an orange peel eye
and a leaf for a fin, Ehlert’s rain fish come in all shapes and sizes. |
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Rapunzel's Supermarket: All about Young Children and
Their Art. Ursula Kolbe, $53.95
Rapunzel’s Supermarket is an inspirational
book filled with ideas for helping children realise their potential as
image-makers. Building on children’s curiosity about their world, it offers
many suggestions for drawing, painting, collage, clay work, puppet making and
much more. A wonderful resource for all who live and work with young children.
The book:
- Invites readers to look at how children find magic in everyday
things and how they delight in discovering colours, shapes, textures and
patterns
- Offers new insights into the complexities of children’s
image-making
- Looks at types of image-making of greatest use to young
children — drawing, painting, claywork, collage, construction and printmaking — and
shows how they enable children to explore and communicate thoughts
- Provides ample practical information, empowering the adult with
the confidence to appreciate, support and guide children’s image-making as a
co-explorer
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The Second City Guide to Improv in the Classroom: Using Improvisation to Teach Skills and Boost Learning. Katherine McKnight & Mary Scruggs, $26.99
Most people know The Second City as an innovative school for improvisation that has turned out leading talents such as Alan Arkin, Bill Murray, Stephen Colbert, and Tina Fey. This groundbreaking company has also trained thousands of educators and students through its Improvisation for Creative Pedagogy program, which uses improv exercises to teach a wide variety of content areas, and boost skills that are crucial for student learning: listening, teamwork, communication, idea-generation, vocabulary, and more. |
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Sitting On a Chicken: the Best Ever 52 Yoga Games to
Teach In Schools. Michael Chissick, $31.95
The best way to teach yoga to children is with games.
With 52 vibrant, easy-to-follow yoga games requiring no previous yoga
experience, this book will enable you to help children become better listeners,
take responsibility, gain self-control, improve behaviour, become assertive and
improve self-esteem and confidence.
Within these pages Michael Chissick has distilled nearly twenty
years' experience of teaching yoga to children aged 3-11 in mainstream and
special needs schools. He explains the ideal yoga lesson structure to transform
your children's behaviour: you will learn which games to teach, when to teach
them and how to teach them, and how the additional benefits of improved
co-ordination, flexibility, fitness, self-calming and relaxation can be
accessible to all children regardless of impairment, need, culture, shape, mood
or size. |
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Stages: Creative Ideas for Teaching
Drama, 2nd Edition. Talia Pura, $24.95 
STAGES is packed with drama
exercises and ideas that work, tested on the harshest of critics — high school students.
Laid out in a clear, concise manner, they are categorized according to their
purpose.
This book is useful to all, from novice
or seasoned drama teachers, to theatre professionals leading workshops and
master classes. The exercises in this book can be used in isolation to simply
fill a spare moment of class time, or to create a drama workshop or entire
drama course. Suitable for a wide range of ages and abilities, the ideas can be
adapted for young children and teenagers as well as experienced actors. |
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STEM Starters For Kids Art Activity Book: Packed with Activities
and Art Facts. Jenny Jacoby, Illustrated by Vicky Barker, $9.99
Between marvelous mazes, spot the difference, drawing
puzzles, pattern identifying, testing quizzes, and more, the activities in this
book introduce children to the beautiful world of art and might even, one day,
inspire them to contribute a masterpiece of their own. |
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Story Drama in the Special Needs
Classroom: Step-by-Step Lesson Plans for Teaching through Dramatic Play. Jessica Perich Carleton, $31.95
Introducing drama to the learning
experience is guaranteed to enrich a child's development, and is an especially
effective approach for children with special educational needs, including those
with autism spectrum disorders. This practical handbook offers teachers an
array of simple and easy-to-implement theatrical techniques that will enhance
students' learning and encourage artistic expression.
The author demonstrates how drama can be
applied to a diverse range of school subjects and recreational settings. 'The
Little Red Hen', for example, covers themes that are relevant to literacy
(rhyming and rhythm), maths (counting seeds), science (discussing farming), and
art lessons (designing costumes). Step-by-step lesson plans take teachers
through every aspect of running fun and engaging story dramas, including warm
ups, movement, songs and props. Handy tips throughout suggest ideas for
developing the plays further and ways to adapt them according to the needs of
the group. |
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The Story in the Picture: Inquiry and
Artmaking with Young Children. Christine Mulcahey,
$25.50
When children look at works of art they
tell stories, share experiences, imagine, and explore. This book provides
teachers with the skills, and freedom, to design rich and open-ended art
experiences for young children. The author looks at the work of a variety of
artists and offers guidance for using these artworks as taking-off points for
conversations and creativity with a range of materials. She demonstrates that
using fine art reproductions in the early childhood curriculum allows children
to construct their own meanings, teaches diversity, fosters thinking skills,
and encourages storytelling. The text includes lesson plans, examples of
activities, and photographs of children working and interacting with each other
and with works of art. |
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Studio Thinking 2: the Real Benefits
of Visual Arts Education. Lois Hetland, Ellen
Winner, Shirley Veenema, and Kimberly Sheridan, $42.95
The first edition of this bestseller
explored groundbreaking research on the positive effects of art education on
student learning across the curriculum. Capitalizing on observations and
conversations with educators who have used the Studio Thinking Framework in
diverse settings, this expanded edition features new material, including descriptions
of how the Framework has been used inside and outside of schools
in curriculum planning, teaching, and assessment across
arts and non-arts disciplines.
STUDIO THINKING 2 will help
advocates explain arts education to policymakers, help art teachers develop and
refine their teaching and assessment practices, and assist educators in other
disciplines to learn from existing practices in arts education. |
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Supporting Children's Creativity through Music, Dance,
Drama and Art: Creative Conversations in the Early Years, 2nd Edition.
Edited by Fleur Griffiths, $50.30
An essential part of children’s development in the early
years involves creative engagement through language, gestures, body movements,
drawing, music, and creating shared meanings in playful contexts.
Supporting Children’s Creativity through Music, Dance,
Drama and Art brings together contributions from a range of early years
practitioners and professionals, sharing their ‘creative conversations’ and
helping readers to implement the themes of the Early Years Foundation Stage
framework in a creative way. Including a new chapter to explore the
relationships between music and movement, this second edition has been fully
updated and covers:
- How to incorporate music-making and storytelling in the classroom
- How to use stories of practice to inspire reflection and change
- How to extend, challenge and sustain children’s interests
- How to make use of the ‘Talking Table’ and ‘Helicopter’
approaches
- How to become an effective play-partner
- How to improve practice with interactive strategies and music for
well-being
- How to use observation to inspire planning and learning projects
Appealing to all with an interest in early years
practice, this new edition demonstrates how parents, carers and practitioners
can put excitement and inspiration back into the learning process, guiding them
to encourage and support the creative capacities of young children. |
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30 Fun Ways to Learn about Music. Anice Paterson & David Wheway, $16.95 (Preschool - Gr. 1)
Music does more than teach children to
sing or play an instrument. It build's children's development in areas such as
literacy, math, physical skills and coordination. The activities in 30 FUN WAYS
TO LEARN ABOUT MUSIC will also help children develop concentration, build
confidence and nurture their creative and social development. |
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30 Fun Ways to Learn with Clay and
Squishy Stuff. Lorraine Frankish, $16.95 (Preschool
- Gr. 3)
Children love getting their hands dirty.
Using clay and other squishy stuff gives them a chance to create and have fun
while strengthening important developmental skills. From wet clay to paper
pulp, sawdust to shaving cream, these open-ended activities focus on the
process of creation, not the final product. |
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303 Tween-Approved Exercises &
Active Games. Kimberly Wechsler, $17.95
303 TWEEN-APPROVED EXERCISES AND ACTIVE
GAMES is written specifically for children ages 9-12 years old. Kimberley
Wechsler, a specialist in kid’s fitness, took into account the fundamental
attributes of being a child while developing these exercises. They grow,
mature, and develop skills at different ages, so what may be skill appropriate
for one child could be harmful for another child. These exercises reflect the
emotional, social, physical level of this age group. Tweens can choose
from many styles of fitness: mind/body, military style fitness, sports
performance, functional resistance, strength training, plyometric style,
outdoor challenges, circuit/interval/obstacle course training. By giving
each challenge/game a point value, ‘tweens can freely choose their exercises
and will receive a complete workout each and every time. Teachers and parents
can join in on the fun too! |
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Why Should I Bother to Keep Fit? Kate Knighton & Susan Meredith, $10.95 (ages 10 -14)
- All about how to maintain a healthy body through
exercise and eating right.
- Answers questions such as: What counts as
exercise? What if I hate sport? How can I get stronger?
- Includes simple tips on healthy eating, games to
play indoors when it’s raining and how to warm up and warm down properly.
- Written in a clear, factual style with bright,
stylish illustrations and internet links to websites to find out more.
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The Yoga Adventure for Children. Jelen Purperhart, $19.50
THE YOGA ADVENTURE FOR CHILDREN is an
illustrated manual for teachers at primary schools and yoga teachers who wish
to create children's classes. Featuring 80 drawings of poses, the book
playfully acquaints children with yoga stretches and postures and the
philosophy behind the practice. Blending yoga, play, dance, music, drama, and
drawing, the book requires very little preparation before use. Many yoga
positions are inspired by animals and stimulate suppleness and strength, and
all aspects of yoga are included in the games: relaxation, breathing,
concentration, meditation, self-awareness, and visualization. Concepts like
karma, chakra, and the elements are explained and developed without too much
confusing detail. The games in this book can also be used to increase
children's concentration and self-esteem, and to stimulate them to express more
creativity, imagination, and better social skills. |
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Yoga Calm for Children: Educating
Heart, Mind and Body. Lynea
Gillen & Jim Gillen, $32.95
Yoga Calm offers 60 activities for the K-12 classroom
that promote relaxation, concentration and self control; fosters
physical fitness and helps in the development of social/emotional
awareness skills. Features more than 100 photographs and easy-to-follow
instructions. |
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Yoga for Kids: Simple Animal Poses
for Any Age. Lorna Pajalunga, $26.99
A little boy begins taking yoga lessons
at the zoo, where he learns that he can mimic the animals there with simple
yoga poses. When he returns home after his lessons, he practices with his cat
Nino. With an illustration of each animal pose and a description of how to do
it on each page, this enchanting book makes the perfect instruction guide for
even the smallest yogi. |
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The Yoga Game. Kathy Beliveau, illustrated by Farida Zaman, $13.50
This fun riddle book introduces young
children to yoga. |
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Yoga Pretzels: 50 Fun Yoga Activities for Kids &
Grownups. Tara Guber & Leah Talish, $18.99
Stretch your way to a fun and healthy lifestyle with each
of the fifty yoga poses in this colorful deck, perfect for teachers, parents, and
children. |
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Yoga in Your
School: Exercises for Classroom, Gym and Playground. Teressa
Asencia, $23.95
Yoga in Your School presents
a series of short “Yoga
breaks” designed for teachers to easily insert into their
daily classroom schedule. Each posture or breathing technique may
be practiced in less than three minutes, so that they may be used
regularly or as needed, when attention or energy begins to wane.
These simple movement exercises are designed to develop concentration,
improve motor skills and physical fitness, develop strength, flexibility
and balance. By simply taking a few moments to stop between activities
to breathe and stretch, teachers may create a harmonious classroom
with calm alert children who are receptive and eager to learn. |
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YogaKids: Educating
the Whole Child through Yoga. Marsha Wenig, $22.95
Over 50 poses with activities for integrated
learning at home and school. |
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Yoga Therapy for Every
Special Child: Meeting Needs in a Natural Setting. Nancy Williams,
Illustrated by Leslie White, $22.95
Yoga therapy is gaining rapid recognition as a form of treatment that can improve the physical and mental wellbeing of children with a variety of complex needs. This book contains a specially-designed yoga program for use with children of all abilities, and provides both parents and professionals with the knowledge they need to carry out the therapy themselves.
The program consists of a series of postures, each of which is explained and accompanied by an illustration. The postures are designed to help children understand and use their bodies, and work towards positive changes such as realigning the spine, encouraging eye-contact, and promoting calm and steady breathing. Consideration is given to creating the right setting for carrying out the therapy, assessing an individual child's particular needs, and making the sessions fun using games and props. Sections on yoga therapy for specific conditions such as autistic spectrum disorder, Down syndrome, and cerebral palsy are included, and the book concludes with child and parent reports on how the program has worked for them, and a list of useful contacts and resources.
This practical book is a must for parents, teachers, therapists and other professionals, and anybody else who wants to help a child to develop through enjoyable and therapeutic yoga sessions. |
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You Are a Lion! And Other Fun Yoga Poses. Taeeun
Yoo, $19.99
With simple instructions and bright, clear illustrations,
award-winning artist Taeeun Yoo invites children to enjoy yoga by assuming
playful animal poses. And she sparks their imagination further by encouraging
them to pretend to be the animal — to flutter like a butterfly, hiss like a
snake, roar like a lion and more. Yoga is great for kids because it promotes
flexibility and focus — and it’s relaxing good fun! The charming pictures of
children and animals and the lyrical text make this gentle introduction to yoga
a book to be treasured. |
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Complete
Booklist
Art
All about Me Art Activities. Christy Hale, $18.99
Art and Creative Development for Young Children, 8th
Edition. Jill Englebright Fox & Robert Schirrmacher, $139.95
The Art of Land-based
Early Learning: Volume 1, The Emergence of Natural Materials and Ecological
Connections. Sophie Anne Edwards & Heather Thoma, Editors, $35.00
The Art of Land-based
Early Learning: Volume 2, The Emergence of the Artist, Artwork, and Community
Connections. Sophie Anne Edwards & Heather Thoma, Editors, $35.00
The Art Teacher's Survival Guide for Elementary and
Middle Schools, 2nd Edition. Helen Hume, $37.95
ART with Anything. MaryAnn Kohl, $25.95 (ages 4-10)
Art Workshops for Children. Hervé Tullet, $22.95
Artful Teaching: Integrating the Arts for Understanding
across the Curriculum K—8. David Donahue & Jennifer Stuart, Editors, $37.95
The Arts Go to School: Classroom-Based Activities That
Focus On Music, Painting, Drama, Movement, Media, and More. David Booth and
Masayuki Hachiya, $24.95
Beautiful Stuff! Learning with Found Materials. Cathy
Weisman Topal & Lella Gandini, $31.95
The Budding Artist. Edited by Laura Laxton, $12.95
Climbing Art Obstacles in Autism: Teaching Visual-Motor
Skills through Visually Structured Art Activities. Karen Loden Talmage &
Vickie Dobrofsky, $58.95
Dribble Drabble: Process Art Experiences for Young
Children. Deya Brashears Hill, $24.95
Engaging Learners through Artmaking: Choice-based Art
Education in the Classroom. Katherine Douglas & Diane Jaquith, $38.95
First Art for Toddlers and Twos: Open-Ended Art
Experiences. Mary Ann Kohl, $25.95
Green Crafts for Children: 35 Step-by-Step Projects Using
Natural, Recycled, and Found Materials. Emma Hardy, $19.95
I Can Do That! Color and Draw: Make Amazing Art with
Squiggles, Dots, and Lines! LaZoo, $13.99
I Can Do That! Cut and Paste: Make Amazing Art with Torn
Paper and Glue! LaZoo, $13.99
The Language of Art: Inquiry-Based Studio Practices in
Early Childhood Setting, 2nd Ediition. Ann Pelo, $55.50
My Art Book: Amazing Art Projects Inspired by
Masterpieces. $17.99
My First Art Activity Book. Clare Youngs, $21.95 (ages
7++)
Rapunzel's Supermarket: All about Young Children and
Their Art. Ursula Kolbe, $53.95
STEM Starters For Kids Art Activity Book: Packed with
Activities and Art Facts. Jenny Jacoby, Illustrated by Vicky Barker, $9.99
The Story in the Picture: Inquiry and Artmaking with
Young Children. Christine Mulcahey, $25.50
Studio Thinking 2: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts
Education. Lois Hetland, Ellen Winner, Shirley Veenema, and Kimberly Sheridan,
$42.95
30 Fun Ways to Learn with Clay and Squishy Stuff.
Lorraine Frankish, $16.95 (Preschool - Gr. 3)
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Drama & Language
Arts
Curtain Up! A Book for Young Performers. Dirk McLean,
Illustrated by France Brassard, $19.99
Drama Lessons: Ages 4-7. Judith Ackroyd & Jo
Barter-Boulton, $48.50
Drama Lessons: Ages 7-11. Judith Ackroyd & Jo
Barter-Boulton, $45.50
Drama Schemes, Themes & Dreams: How to plan,
structure, and assess classroom strategies that engage young adolescent
learners. Larry Swartz & Debbie Nyman, $24.95
Drama School. Mick Manning & Brita Granström, $10.95
(ages 6-10)
Drama Sessions for Primary Schools and Drama Clubs.
Alison Day, $74.10
Drama 3-5: a Practical Guide to Teaching Drama to
Children in the Early Years Foundation Stage, 2nd Edition. Debbie Chalmers,
$42.50
Dramathemes: Classroom Literacy That Will Excite,
Surprise, and Stimulate Learning, 4th Edition. Larry Swartz, $24.95
Dramatic Play in the Early Years. Elizabeth Coffman,
$24.95
Great Group Skits: 50 Character Building Scenarios for
Teens. Lynn Grasberg & Gina Oldenburg, $18.95
Make-Believe Play and Story-Based Drama in Early
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Munsch at Play. Plays by Irene Watts, Original Stories
by Robert Munsch, $24.95; Munsch at Play Volume 2, $24.95
The Muses Go To School: Inspiring Stories about the
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On Stage: Theater Games and Activities for Kids, 2nd
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The Second City Guide to Improv in the Classroom: Using
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Stages: Creative Ideas for Teaching Drama, 2nd Edition.
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Story Drama in the Special Needs Classroom: Step-by-Step
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Music
Ada's Violin: the Story of the Recycled Orchestra of
Paraguay. Susan Hood, illustrated by Sally Wern Comport, $23.99
All Together Singing in the Kitchen: Creative Ways to
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Easy Songs for Smooth Transitions in the Classroom. Nina
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Exploring the Science of Sounds: 100 Musical Activities
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Hip Hop Speaks to Children: a Celebration of Poetry with
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Making Music in the Primary School: Whole Class
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Music for Early Learning: Songs and Musical Activities to
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Music from the Complete Book of Rhymes, Songs, Poem,
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Music is for Everyone. Jill Barber, illustrated by Sydney
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101 Rhythm Instrument Activities for Young Children.
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One, Two What Can I Do? Dance and Music for the Whole
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Debbie Clement)
Supporting Children's Creativity through Music, Dance,
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30 Fun Ways to Learn about Music. Anice Paterson &
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Physical Education,
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The ABCs of Yoga for Kids. Teresa Power & Kathleen
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The ABCs of Yoga for Kids: 56 Learning Cards. Teresa
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The ABCs of Yoga for Kids: a Guide fror Parents and
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Chi for Children: a Practical Guide to Teaching Tai Chi
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instructional DVD)
The Complete Book of Activities, Games, Stories, Props,
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Creating Excellence in Primary School Playtimes: How to
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Dance, Turn, Hop, Learn! Enriching Movement Activities
for Preschoolers. Connie Bergstein Dow, $26.95
Different Speeds and Different Needs: How to Teach Sports
to Every Kid. Gary Barber, $32.95
50 Games for Going Green: Physical Activities that Teach
Healthy Environmental Concepts. Carol Scaini & Carolyn Evans, $20.95
Fitness and Nutrition: Activities for Age 3 to
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Games of Survival: Traditional Inuit Games for Elementary
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Great Big Book of Children’s Games: Over 450 Indoor and
Outdoor Games for Kids. Debra Wise, $22.95
I'm OK! Building Resilience through Physical Play, Ages
2-8. Jarrod Green, $34.50
Jump Start Health! Practical Ideas to Promote Wellness in
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The Kids' Yoga Deck: 50 Poses and Games. Annie Buckley,
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Learning Though Movement and Active Play in the Early
Years: a Practical Resource for Professionals and Teachers. Tania Swift, $29.95
Move Your Body: My Exercise Tips. Gina Bellisario, $8.95
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Moving & Learning Series:
Early Elementary Children Moving & Learning: a
Physical Education Curriculum. Rae Pica, $32.95 (ages 6-8) 100 activities,
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Preschoolers and Kindergartners Moving and Learning: a
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includes CD
Toddlers Moving & Learning: a Physical Education
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No Standing Around In My Gym: Lesson Plans, Games and
Teaching Tips for Elementary Physical Education. J.D. Hughes, $27.95
The 175 Best Camp Games: a Handbook for Leaders, Games
for Kids 4-16. Kathleen, Laura & Mary Fraser, $19.95
Quality Daily Physical Activities, K-3. Demetra Turnbull,
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Quality Daily Physical Activities, 4-6. Demetra Turnbull,
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Sitting On a Chicken: the Best Ever 52 Yoga Games to
Teach In Schools. Michael Chissick, $31.95
303 Tween-Approved Exercises & Active Games. Kimberly
Wechsler, $17.95
Why Should I Bother to Keep Fit? Kate Knighton &
Susan Meredith, $10.95 (ages 10 -14)
The Yoga Adventure for Children. Jelen Purperhart, $19.50
Yoga for Kids: Simple Animal Poses for Any Age. Lorna
Pajalunga, $26.99
The Yoga Game. Kathy Beliveau, illustrated by Farida
Zaman, $13.50
Yoga Pretzels: 50 Fun Yoga Activities for Kids &
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Yoga in Your School: Exercises for Classroom, Gym and
Playground. Teressa Asencia, $23.99
YogaKids: Educating the Whole Child through Yoga. Marsha
Wenig, $22.95
Yoga Therapy for Every Special Child: Meeting Needs in a
Natural Setting. Nancy Williams, Illustrated by Leslie White, $22.95
You Are a Lion! And Other Fun Yoga Poses. Taeeun Yoo,
$19.99
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