Rainy Day Play : Explore, Create, Discover, Pretend

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9781556525636
• ISBN10: 155652563X
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2005-04-01
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Summary

Sixty-four unique and entertaining activities will keep young children, along with their parents and caretakers, busy all dayeven when it's pouring outside. Indoor fun includes art projects such as finger painting and cereal mosaics, silly games like a "Rainy Day Backwards Party" and a "Perfectly Preposterous Parade," cooking activities with simple recipes, and educational activities like counting games and elementary science experiments. The book also invites children to play outdoors (if it is warm and not raining too hard) with activities like taking a puddle walk, playing leapfrog in the squishy grass, and making mud pies. Parents and caretakers will appreciate these constructive activities, which encourage learning and understanding while keeping kids entertained on rainy afternoons.

Author Biography

Nancy F. Castaldo is a former environmental educator and author of Winter Day Play, Sunny Days and Starry Nights, Oceans, Rainforests, and Deserts. She lives in Chatham, New York.