Creative Resources for the Early Childhood Classroom

by Herr, Judy; Larson, Yvonne Libby

• ISBN13: 9780766805439
• ISBN10: 0766805433
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-09
• Publisher: Thomson Delmar Learning

Summary

Whether you're embarking on an exciting new career in early childhood or have been teaching your children for several years, this is the one resource you'll treasure. It is the most complete guide to planning a developmentally appropriate curriculum for young children. This text focuses on the growth of the whole child and includes hundreds of activities that make education interesting and challenging for young children. You'll get 67 themes with goals, concepts, vocabulary words, music, finger plays, experiences in mathematics, art, and cooking, resources and much more. An introduction helps teachers use the book more effectively, including discussion of how to use the thematic approach, suggestions for writing parent letters, and criteria for selecting children's books.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents by Subjects	vii
Preface	xxi
Introduction	xxiii
Ants	1	(10)
Apples	11	(10)
Art	21	(10)
Birds	31	(12)
Blue	43	(10)
Breads	53	(10)
Brushes	63	(8)
Bubbles	71	(10)
Buildings	81	(10)
Camping	91	(10)
Cars, Trucks, and Buses	101	(10)
Cats	111	(10)
Christmas	121	(14)
Circus	135	(10)
Clothing	145	(10)
Communication	155	(10)
Construction Tools	165	(10)
Containers	175	(10)
Creative Movement	185	(10)
Dairy Products	195	(10)
Dentist	205	(8)
Doctors and Nurses	213	(8)
Dogs	221	(10)
Easter	231	(12)
Eggs	243	(10)
Fall	253	(10)
Families	263	(12)
Farm Animals	275	(12)
Feelings	287	(12)
Firefighters	299	(8)
Fish	307	(10)
Flowers	317	(8)
Friends	325	(10)
Fruits and Vegetables	335	(12)
Gardens	347	(10)
Halloween	357	(10)
Hanukkah (Chanukah)	367	(10)
Hats	377	(8)
Health	385	(8)
Homes	393	(8)
Insects and Spiders	401	(10)
Mail Carrier	411	(8)
Mice	419	(8)
Music	427	(10)
Numbers	437	(10)
Nursery Rhymes	447	(10)
Occupations	457	(10)
Pets	467	(10)
Plants	477	(10)
Puppets	487	(8)
Purple	495	(10)
Rain	505	(10)
Red	515	(8)
Safety	523	(10)
Scissors	533	(8)
Shapes	541	(10)
Sports	551	(10)
Spring	561	(12)
Summer	573	(10)
Thanksgiving	583	(10)
Trees	593	(10)
Valentine's Day	603	(10)
Water	613	(12)
Wheels	625	(8)
Winter	633	(12)
Yellow	645	(8)
Zoo Animals	653	(10)
Appendix A International Holidays	663	(2)
Appendix B Early Childhood Commercial Suppliers	665	(2)
Appendix C Rainy Day Activities	667