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125 Brain Games for Toddlers and Twos

Age Level: 12 - 36 months
Price: $14.95
Product #: GH13984
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125 Brain Games for Toddlers and Twos

Simple Games to Promote Early Brain Development

Did you know the brain of a toddler:
Has formed 1000 trillion working connections by the end of the third year (twice as many as adults have!)?
Is twice as active as that of a college student?
Can absorb and organize new information much faster than an adult's brain?

A young child's brain grows at a phenomenal rate in the first years of life, opening a window of opportunity for learning that occurs only once in a lifetime. 125 Brain Games for Toddlers and Twos is a fun-filled collection of ways to lay the groundwork for your child's future. It is packed with everyday opportunities to contribute to brain development during the critical period from 12-36 months.

Each game is accompanied by information on related brain research and a description of how the activity promotes brain power in your child. The simple games in this book strengthen brain connections needed for language, movement, bonding, and more. Create the structure needed to support future learning while having fun!

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And the Cow Jumped Over the Moon!

Age Level: Toddlers and Twos
Price: $19.95
Product #: GH13484
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Over 650 Activities to Teach Toddlers Using Familiar Rhymes and Songs

With more than 250 songs, rhymes, and chants, this book is a fun way to enrich toddlers' language experiences. By incorporating songs, chants, and rhymes into the classroom, teachers provide opportunities for children to develop every aspect of reading readiness and literacy.

While the selections themselves are a great way to enhance the development of literacy skills, the follow-up suggestions for story time, outdoor play, music and movement, and literacy extension activities will be a sure-fire hit with this age group.

Each selection is accompanied by:

• Related rhymes, songs, and chants
• Follow-up language enrichment activities, including ideas for developing oral language and phonological awareness
• Learning center ideas
• Outdoor play and/or music and movement activities
• Story time suggestions

The Complete Resource Book for Infants

Age Level: Birth - 18 Months
Price: $24.95
Product #: GH19223
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Over 700 Experiences for Children from Birth to 18 Months

There is no time more valuable for development in the human lifespan than the critical first years. In infant classrooms, daily experiences focus on developmental domains or on the practice of a specific skill (infant accomplishments) and are prepared around spontaneous activities that are likely to occur in the context of daily care and routines. The Complete Resource Book for Infants is a collection of experiences and activities that maximize learning and development for children from birth to eighteen months.

Experiences and activities are designed to support language, motor, social, emotional and cognitive growth and development. Activities are structured around the windows of opportunity as defined by early brain development research. The first three years of life lay the foundation for lifelong learning. The child's brain is busy wiring the foundation for vision, emotional stability, language development, motor development, thinking skills, and much more.

Activities can be used randomly or organized to focus on a specific skill or aspect of development. The appendix of The Complete Resource Book for Infants is filled with songs, rhymes, recipes, sign language, recommended books and toys, and family connection resources. Packed with ideas and activities, this book will be a valuable addition to any infant classroom!

Special features of this book

• More than 700 easy-to-implement experiences and activities are included.
• The appendix offers songs, fingerplays, chants and rhymes, games, recipes for food, recipes for art, and simple directions for teacher-made games and activities.
• There are additional tools in the appendix to help enhance teaching: Family Communication Tools; American Sign Language Signs; lists of books, CDs, toys, equipment and materials; and a Developmental Checklist.
• Communication is encouraged within and among families and staff, which will reassure infants of its importance, with tips and suggestions.
• Exploration, perception, communication, mobility, self-competence, trust, relationships, independence, and impulse control are all goals supported by experiences and activities in this book. Each area of development and the related "themes" are explained in the introduction sections of each chapter.
• Essential developmental domains for infants, such as language, cognitive, social/emotional, and motor development, are emphasized as building blocks for learning.

Toddler Theme-A-Saurus

Age Level: 1 1/2 - 3
Price: $22.99
Product #: WPH1003
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The Great Big Book of Toddler Teaching Themes

At your fingertips-More than 60 themes for teaching toddlers

A great resource for implementing a child-directed program. Capture the attention of toddlers with just the right theme-from bubbles to bears to blankets. These instant ideas mean instant fun!

Classroom-tested ideas! Around-the-curriculum activities are organized into imaginative units. Best of all, the 60 innovative units in this big book are practical and need little preparation time.

You'll find suggestions for art, music, movement, snacks, language, and learning games. Children learn best when all their senses are activated and involved. Let your children explore the world around them with these fun and safe activities.

Educational, Easy, Fun, Inexpensive

Pages: 277, 8 1/2x11

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Simple Transitions for Infants and Toddlers

Age Level: Infant / Toddler
Price: $19.95
Product #: GH12134
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Have you ever had trouble getting an infant to settle down for her nap, or persuading a group of toddlers to pick up their toys? Then this book is for you! It offers more than 400 tips, ideas, and easy-to-do activities.

Simple Transitions gives unprecedented attention to improving the effectiveness of daily transitions and offers essential information for teachers in infant and toddler childcare. Karen Miller uses her extensive knowledge of infants and toddlers to gather hundreds of practical, easy, and fun activities, tips, and techniques that help infants, toddlers, caregivers, and parents. The information in Simple Transitions guides caregivers through day-to-day routines and other transitions, such as an infant moving to a toddler classroom.

Day-to-day routines and the transitions between them make up most of an infant and toddler curriculum. This resource book not only gives teachers a wealth of ideas and activities to help young children move through the day, but also a deeper understanding of the developmental stages of this age group.

The activities help infants and toddlers handle themselves in time and space so that they know what to expect and what is expected of them. The result is more relaxed and secure children. The reader will learn how to create non-verbal signals that help young children interpret their world. Many simple rituals are suggested that give children a feeling of control. Simple songs and puppet activities offer an added sense of pleasure.

More than an activity book, Simple Transitions also explains the development of infants and toddlers, and how transitions can be adapted to fit their developmental needs. The book respects the child while maintaining an understanding of the caregiver's need to get things done. This book will help caregivers "live in the moment" and enjoy what each day has to offer.

Key features of this book:

• Over 400 tips, ideas, and activities to help smooth out the schedule in an infant or toddler classroom.
• Topics covered include the typical routines of the day, with separate sections for infants and for toddlers.
• Strategies for handling transitions, such as entering childcare, continuity of care, and advancing to a new classroom are also included.
• Developmental milestones are identified for each age group.

Pages: 168
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The Encyclopedia of Infant and Toddler Activities

Age Level: Birth to 3
Price: $19.95
Product #: GH13614
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With over 300 activities written specifically for infants, toddlers, and two-year-olds, this book will captivate children's imaginations and create wonderful opportunities for learning. The result of a nationwide contest, these activities were selected as the best of the best, and are written by teachers, directors, and caregivers.

Organized by time of day, teachers will love the easy-to-use format. Covering topics such as arrival and departure time, clean up, and transitions, the activities span a variety of developmental areas, including language, sensory, cognitive, social-emotional, and motor skills. Approved by teachers, and loved by children, this resource is sure to be a classroom favorite.

Chapers include:

• Arrival
• Cleanup
• Departure
• Discovery
• Dramatic Play
• Fine and Gross Motor
• Fingerplays, Songs, and Rhymes
• Games
• General Tips
• Language
• Literacy
• Math
• Naptime
• Outdoor Play
• Science
• Sensory
• Snack
• Social-Emotional
• Transitions
• Working With Families

Totally for Twos

Age Level: 2
Price: $18.95
Product #: 2061237
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Engage your two-year-olds in playful learning with this one-stop resource. Develops social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development of your little ones.

Your two-year-olds will delight in discovering the world around them with this teaching resource! Inside you'll find more than 290 simple and fun activities hand selected from the best toddler ideas in The Mailbox® magazine.

Build language skills, explore numbers, sing songs, do some art, explore the senses-your days will be loaded with meaningful activities, all totally for two-year-olds!

128 pages
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