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Kindergarten Theme Books

Early Childhood Themes Through the Year

Grade Level: Preschool - Kindergarten
Price: $26.99
Product #: 1000146
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Each of 36 weekly themes is accompanied by a list of materials, patterns, activities, follow up materials, sample schedules, and weekly calendars.

The beginning pages will prove invaluable to the busy teacher. In them you will find detailed instructions for making teaching materials that you will use throughout the school year. These include detailed directions for file folder activities, art recipes, glove puppets, fishing poles, and feelie boxes.

Each section of the book is arranged around a theme appropriate to the early childhood classroom. This theme is carried throughout the entire week.

Each weekly section contains suggestions for:

Materials needed for the week
Sharing Time
Art
Story Time
Circle Time
Food Experiences
Theme Activities

Classroom additions include complete listings of materials that will enrich your classroom environment, a teachers' aid section, bulletin board ideas and patterns, tips to send home to parents, and a related thematic bibliography.

400 pages
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Practice and Assess Through the Year
How to Manage Your Early Childhood Classroom
Jumbo Book of Preschool Activities
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Day-by-Day Kindergarten Plans

Grade Level: Kindergarten (K)
Price: $24.95
Product #: 2061176
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Keep kindergartners busy learning with more than 800 fun activities for 40 popular themes. Thematic plans for EVERY week of the school year (more than 20 simple activities per week) organized in an easy-to-follow weekly lesson plan grid. Plus, get access to more than 200 BONUS pages online!

five theme-based centers for the week - Each center uses basic materials so ideas are quick to prepare and simple to do.
daily theme-related activities - Get activities for group time, math, literacy, art, literature, and more.
patterns, picture cards, and printables - We've included plenty of timesaving patterns, plus you can get dozens more online!

Whether you're teaching letters, numbers, seasons, holidays, or another favorite theme, this teaching resource book helps you cover the kindergarten basics-with ease!

256 pages.
You may also like:
Day-by-Day Preschool Plans
Kindergarten Home Page
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Themes for Inclusive Classrooms: Lesson Plans for Every Learner

Grade Level: Preschool - First Grade
Price: $29.95
Product #: GH18003
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This is the perfect book for teachers who have typically developing young children ages 3-6, as well as children with special needs in their classrooms.

Each lesson plan features objectives, a materials list, a circle or group time activity, assessment strategies, accommodations/modifications, and curriculum connections. The curriculum connections expand the children's learning into many areas, such as social studies, art, literacy, science, and music. The modifications and accommodations make the lesson plans accessible for all children, including those with:

Autism Spectrum Disorder
Speech or language impairments
Hearing impairments
Visual Impairments
ADHD
Cognitive and/or developmental delays
Emotional disturbances
Orthopedic impairments

By using the lesson plans in this teaching resource book, teachers can meet the needs and interests of all the children in their classrooms with a balance of child-initiated and teacher-directed activities.

Themes included:

Transportation (Land, Water, and Air)
Pets
Animals (Farm, Forest, Ocean, Birds, Insects, Reptiles and Amphibians, Arachnids, Zoo)
Celebrating People (People We Meet, Living in America, Celebrations)
At Home and at School (Food, Clothes, Toys)
Literature,Rhythms, and Rhymes (Books, Nursery Rhymes, Music)

Reviews
"Teachers who have developing young children as well as special needs kids in their classes receive a powerful collection of lesson plans complete with materials lists, group activity objectives, assessment strategies, and modifications to make the lesson plans accessible for all children, including those with special needs.....Very highly recommended as a keystone acquisition for any early education library."

The Midwest Book Review, January 2009

Pages: 384
You may also like:
The Inclusive Early Childhood Classroom
Our entire collection of Special Needs teaching resource books
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Big & Easy Patterns: Themes

Grade Level: Preschool - 5th Grade
Price: $16.99
Product #: 1002592
Sample Pages

Hundreds of patterns are grouped by curriculum area (language arts, social studies, math, and science) and accompanied by great teaching ideas.

There are several ways to use the patterns in this book. They are big and easy to cut out, so they can be used by students for easy-to-prepare art projects. They can also be used for classroom decorations, story prompts, word banks, puppets, paper dolls, big books, and shape books.

Pages: 224
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Big and Easy Patterns: Holidays and Seasons
Our collection of Bulletin Boards / Classroom Displays
Our collection of Bulletin Board Borders
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I am a stay at home mom who values education very much, and these resources have been able to help me start my child's education early in order to give her a head start before she even enters into school. - Heather L.

The resources I received will help me tremendously with reading skills. I was amazed at how quickly I received my order. - Annette H.

My son needed some additional work with his fine motor skills to prepare him for Kindergarten next year. We work out of the books I ordered. He does his "homework" when my older son is completing his after school. He loves it! It makes him feel like a big boy. I was amazed that my order arrived two days after I placed it, especially because it was the Holiday season. - Dawn M.

I purchased the full color Kindergarten file folder games, and my students love them. We use them daily during our literacy groups. Your service was great! - Cindy M.

They provide a variety of ways to reach different students and allow me to vary my activities year-to-year. - Staci M.

I have used all the materials with my Kdg. class and found them to be so appropriate. The children enjoy them. - Jennifer C.
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