The Ultimate Preschool Playbook: Easy, Educational, and Entertaining Activities for Your Two-To Five-Year-Old

by Einon, Dorothy

• ISBN13: 9780809225309
• ISBN10: 0809225301
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

With big, bold photos, clear, concise instructions, and a selection of games and activities that will keep even the busiest child entertained. The Ultimate Preschool Playbook is truly overflowing with fun and educational things to do. The projects are arranged by age, use easy-to-find materials, and include an explanation of their value to your child's development. Among the dozens of entries you'll find: Glove Puppets Sand Patterns ABC Scrapbook That's Silly Pasta Jewels Mapmaking Buried Treasure Chinese Whispers Sewing Magic Painting Dorothy Einon is a well-known writer and broadcaster on play and games for children. She is a lecturer in psychology at University College, London, and the author of seven books on child behavior and child development.

Table of Contents

Contents by theme	8	(4)
Birth to Two Years	12	(24)
Musical Mittens	14	(2)
Tickle Me	16	(1)
Mirror, Mirror	17	(1)
Variety Show	18	(1)
Toy on a Stick	19	(1)
Musical Mayhem	20	(2)
Hide the Toy	22	(2)
Push-Me, Pull-You	24	(2)
Sandbox Fun	26	(2)
My Drawer	28	(2)
Going Fishing	30	(2)
Modeling With Dough	32	(2)
Glove Puppets	34	(2)
Two to Five Years	36	(126)
Dressing Up	38	(2)
Waterworks	40	(2)
Nature Table	42	(2)
Finger, Drip, and Blow Painting	44	(2)
Indoor Picnic	46	(2)
Snipping and Sticking	48	(2)
Odd Man Out	50	(1)
Weighing	51	(1)
Shape Matching	52	(2)
Make Your Own Jigsaw	54	(2)
Cardboard Village	56	(2)
Playing School	58	(2)
Blow Soccer	60	(1)
Which Room?	61	(1)
Salt Dough	62	(2)
Going on Vacation	64	(2)
Color Sorting	66	(1)
Fit and Lids	67	(1)
Pin the Tail on the Donkey	68	(1)
Button Box	69	(1)
Skittles	70	(1)
Who Lives in this House?	71	(1)
Hissing Sid	72	(1)
ABC Scrapbook	73	(1)
Safe Indoor Ball Games	74	(1)
Wall Charts	75	(1)
Blowing Bubbles	76	(1)
Heads and Bodies	77	(1)
Household Chores	78	(2)
Skyscraper	80	(2)
Sand Patterns	82	(1)
Rubbings	83	(1)
Spot the Difference	84	(1)
Sound Effects	85	(1)
Treasure Hunt	86	(2)
Making a Camp	88	(1)
That's Silly	89	(1)
Edible Faces	90	(2)
Marbling Paper	92	(2)
String and Marble Painting	94	(2)
Papier-Mache	96	(2)
Collage	98	(2)
Field Hospital	100	(2)
Good Impressions	102	(2)
Pasta Jewels	104	(2)
Open All Hours	106	(2)
Noises Off	108	(2)
Little Chef	110	(2)
Magic Painting	112	(1)
Tracing	113	(1)
The Baby Clinic	114	(2)
Pass the Package	116	(1)
Simon Says	117	(1)
Through the Arches	118	(2)
Pairs	120	(2)
Buried Treasure	122	(2)
The Post Office	124	(2)
Pressing Flowers	126	(2)
Making Maps	128	(2)
Blind Tasting	130	(2)
Paper-Plate Faces	132	(2)
Bird Pudding	134	(2)
Kids' Cafe	136	(2)
Jar Symphony	138	(2)
Boxed in	140	(2)
Duck, Duck, Goose	142	(1)
Pipe Cleaner Characters	143	(1)
Green Thumbs	144	(2)
Which Comes First?	146	(2)
Memory Tray	148	(2)
Tic-Tac-Toe	150	(1)
Weaving box	151	(1)
Tip-Tap Shapes	152	(2)
Shoebox Theater	154	(1)
Musical Statues	155	(1)
Chinese Whispers	156	(1)
Making Pom-Poms	157	(1)
The Weatherperson	158	(2)
Making Masks	160	(2)
From Five Years	162	(13)
Magic Tricks	164	(2)
Making Candles	166	(2)
Make a Pinwheel	168	(1)
Tie-Dyeing	169	(1)
Sewing	170	(1)
Salt and Pepper	171	(1)
Invisible Ink	172	(1)
Scissors, Paper, Stone	173	(1)
Oriental Boardgame	174	(1)
Categories	175