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Early Childhood Themes, Thematic Units and Activities Teaching Resource Books, Supplies, and Educational Materials

Early Childhood Themes / Activities

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Early Childhood Themes / Thematic Units / Activities (9 products)

teacher resource - themes for early childhoodEarly 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
File Folder Activities for Learning Centers
Year Round Preschool Lesson Planner
Our entire collection of Preschool Themes
Our entire collection of Kindergarten Themes


Thematic Plans for Preschool Education Supplies/ResourcesDay-by-Day Preschool Plans

Grade Level: Preschool (PreK)
Price: $24.95
Product #: 2061175
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Keep preschoolers busy with more than 1,000 fun activities for 52 popular themes. Thematic plans for EVERY 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, literature, art, gross-motor skills, 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 colors, shapes, seasons, holidays, or another favorite theme, this teaching resource book helps you cover the preschool basics-with ease!

256 pages.
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Day-by-Day Kindergarten Plans
Our complete collection of Preschool Themes
Preschool Home Page


Thematic Plans for Kindergarten Educational Materials/ResourcesDay-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
Our complete collection of Kindergarten Themes
Kindergarten Home Page


early childhood themesThemes on Parade

Grade Level: Preschool
Price: $17.95
Product #: 2060890
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Strike up the band and start a parade of simple and fun thematic activities in your classroom with this resource! In this one book you'll find a rich assortment of activities on popular preschool themes such as the body, the farm, nursery rhymes, and many more.

Pick one activity today, another one tomorrow, and another one next week. You'll have plenty to choose from! Students will enjoy building their beginning skills with creative literacy ideas and other curricular activities, fun-to-make crafts, engaging games, simple songs and rhymes, kid-friendly snacks, and exciting classroom parades.

Ready-to-go reproducible patterns and step-by-step instructions make activities quick and easy.

The developmentally appropriate ideas in this book will help your youngsters build their beginning skills in literacy, math, science, and much more. Inside the thematic units, you'll find an array of activities such as the following:

  • Art activities
  • Games
  • Movement activities
  • Snacks
  • Songs and rhymes
  • Centers
  • Dramatic play suggestions

Each section of related thematic units concludes with a kid-pleasing parade that will help your little ones remember all they've learned. Come and join our themes on parade!

Thematic Units:

All About Me

  • My Home
  • My Family
  • My Body
  • Nutrition
  • My Community
  • All About Me Parade

Places in My World

  • Farm
  • Ocean
  • Pond
  • Space
  • Places in My World Parade

Weather in My World

  • Sun and Shadows
  • Snow
  • Wind
  • Clouds
  • Rain and Rainbows
  • Weather in My World Parade

My Favorite Things

  • Nursery Rhymes
  • Friends
  • Birthdays
  • Teddy Bears
  • Transportation
  • Pets
  • Ice Cream
  • My Favorite Things Parade

Pages: 144
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Numbers, Colors, and Shapes on Parade
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Preschool Home Page


Inclusive Classrooms for Special Needs / Early Childhood Teacher Resource BookThemes 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
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The Inclusive Early Childhood Classroom
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Preschool Experiences for Learners at Every Level Differentiated Instruction materialsDaily Preschool Experiences for Learners at Every Level (GH 18765)

Grade Level: Preschool
Price: $29.95
Product #: GH18765
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Engage every child in your classroom with activities written specifically for learners at every level.

With 100 days of plans, Daily Preschool Experiences has learning center activities for preschool learners at every developmental level. The daily plans are organized by theme into 20 units. Each has a 5-day plan, that takes teachers through an entire week of activities.

Each daily plan includes:

  • A morning circle activity
  • Differentiated activities for 4 learning centers
  • A related children's book
  • Vocabulary words
  • Extension activities
  • A review of the day's experience

Because every child is unique, teachers can select the activities that fit the developmental levels of the individual children in their classes. To make this easy, the learning center activities for each unit in the book have three developmental levels of learning: beginning, developing, and experienced.

This learning center approach to teaching allows all children to explore a fun-filled learning environment by actively using all of their strengths to develop and grow.

Pages: 448
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The Inclusive Early Childhood Classroom
Themes for Inclusive Classrooms
Our entire collection of Special Needs teaching resource books
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early childhood mini-books and themesYear Round Activities & Mini Books

Grade Level: Preschool - 1st Grade
Price: $24.99
Product #: 1003226
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Monthly themes-each with mini-books, calendars, recipes, and activity pages-get kids excited about school while building skills in coloring, alphabet and numbers, reading, mazes, and more!

This book was designed specifically for early childhood students. It is divided into twelve months, each month containing themes and activities. The themes are an excellent way to discuss topics such as holidays, families, animals, friends, and seasons.

Each month contains a wide variety of activities that allow students to learn a variety of skills and academic basics. The alphabet, colors, numbers, writing, reading, and math activities presented develop skills that, if practiced, will give students an edge as they continue their schooling.

Each month offers the following:

  • The Bear Coloring pages are the first page of each month. Coloring this bear can be a great way for the students to get excited about learning the months. They can even be turned into a "Bear Through the Year" book.
  • Next is a Calendar page which can be used in several ways. In the first few months, add the numbers for the days and recite them with the children. Later, have the students trace the number and maybe even fill in the numbers themselves.
  • The Learning Letters pages cover all the letters A-Z throughout the year and end with review pages.
  • The Alphabet Recipe pages are a fun way to reinforce the letters learned that month.
  • The Mini Book can also be used in multiple ways. They are fun books, covering one of the month's themes, that can be read to students or they can read themselves.
  • The Mazes and Dot to Dot pages follow the themes of the month and can help students with eye/hand coordination.
  • The Activity pages each month cover two themes. Some are teacher pages with directions for activities. Others are student pages that can be copied and used as worksheets.

The following are the themes for each month:

  • September - School and Apples
  • October - Halloween and Autumn
  • November - Thanksgiving and Families
  • December - Holidays and Jack Frost
  • January - Bears and Penguins
  • February - Groundhog Day and Valentine's Day
  • March - St. Patrick's Day and Spring
  • April - April Showers and Bunnies
  • May - Mother's Day and Caterpillars/Butterflies
  • June - Father's Day and Birds
  • July - July 4th/Canada Day and Friends
  • August - Oceans and Farms

This book is filled with entertaining and lively activities that will excite children and encourage them to want to learn. Given a safe, stimulating, colorful environment, students will thrive and learn to love coming to school.

Pages: 304
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Practice & Assess Through the Year
Jumbo Book of Preschool Activities
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Our complete list of Themes/Thematic Units


teaching supplies - themesJumbo Book of Preschool Activities

Grade Level: Preschool
Price: $24.99
Product #: 1002322
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This huge collection of weekly units includes daily activities that can be stapled together and sent home at the end of each week, providing that important link between school and home.

The book contains a collection of weekly units, including objectives, discussion ideas, and five daily activities. Detailed directions for the pages within each unit are found on the teacher sheet at the beginning of each section.

Each unit comes with a cover sheet that can be attached to a large, folded piece of construction paper. Children can color the cover sheets. As the discussion and activity are completed each day, they can be placed into the folder. By the fifth day, the booklet can be stapled together and sent home.

The weekly booklets will provide parents with a record of the ideas covered during the week. Teachers will also have a way to organize thoughts and materials. Finally, the children will have an organized way to take home their weekly work, and they will enjoy making a new book each week.

Following the units is a series of alphabet activities, one for each letter. These activities can be introduced in a variety of ways. Patterns, directions, and a list of necessary supplies for these activities can be found in the back of the book.

Pages: 304
You may also like:
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Year Round Activities and Mini-Books
How to Manage Your Early Childhood Classroom
File Folder Activities for Learning Centers
Year Round Preschool Lesson Planner
Our entire collection of Preschool Theme books
Preschool Home Page


classroom materials - patternsBig & Easy Patterns: Themes

Grade Level: Preschool - 5th Grade
Price: $16.99
Product #: 1002592
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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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Our entire collection of Classroom Supplies


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