Complete Handbook of Indoor and Outdoor Games and Activities for Young Children

This practical resource is packed with over 370 simple hands-on games and activities that will help you add fun, excitement, and meaningful learning experiences to any early childhood program or curriculum, preschool through grade 2. For quick access and easy use, all of these enjoyable games and activities are organized into ten convenient sections and accompanied by illustrated, step-by-step directions that virtually guarantee their success! Youll find... 50 LANGUAGE GAMES & IDEAS like "Puzzle Pairs," a card game to build skills in rhyming words, that help make learning to read and write a joy 50 MATH MAGIC ACTIVITIES that will turn children into "math lovers," such as "Secret Pennies," a game using a margarine tub and pennies to give children practice in missing addends 40 SCIENCE SURPRISES like "Nature Scavenger Hunt," an outdoor activity that develops skills in observing and classifying natural objects 41 ARTS & CRAFTS discovery experiences such as "Bubble Painting," an activity in which children create beautiful designs with bubbles and food coloring 31 WATER, SAND & BLOCK PLAY activities featuring water play, block props, and construction ideas, for example "Sink and Float," a simple "experiment" that develops skill in predicting 12 DRAMATIC PLAY activities that spark social and imagination skills, including items for 38 "Dramatic Play Kits" -- from "Doctors Office" to "Travel Agency" 47 MOTOR SKILLS & HOMEMADE EQUIPMENT games and materials to get small and large muscles moving, for example "String Along," an activity with pasta, straws and yarn 80 GROUP GAMES like "Silly Willy," a circle game in which one child tries to make his/herclassmates laugh, that help build childrens social and motor skills as well as learning objectives 17 SUPER SNACKS & SILLY SONGS like "Reindeer Sandwich" (with "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer") that involve children in fixing and enjoying recipes 11 SPECIAL DAY activities