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Binding: PaperbackBrand: GRYPHON HOUSE Dewey Decimal Number: 372.21 EAN: 9780876590133 ISBN: 087659013X Item Dimensions: Label: Gryphon House Manufacturer: Gryphon House MPN: GR13614 Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 192 Publication Date: September 01, 2006 Publisher: Gryphon House Studio: Gryphon House Features:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: Over 300 activities covering developmental areas such as language, sensory, cognitive, social-emotional, and motor skills. Approved by children and teachers alike, this book will captivate children's imaginations and create wonderful opportunities for learning and fun! Paperback. 192 pages. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Everything you needThis book is not that thick but it is amazingly packed with so many good ideas. Also I love how the activities are divided by younger, young and older toddler activities. It has discovery, math, sensory, music etc... activities. Rating:  - Good for teachers onlyI think this would be a good book for teachers or day care workers. A lot of the activities in this book I've been doing with my daughter already, or would only work with materials that a day care or pre-school would have on hand. Rating:  - A great jummping off point for Infant & Toddler teachers!When I first got this book I was bit disappointed since the activities look so simple that ANYONE could've thought them up. the thing is that as time passes you find yourself doing the same activities and realize you need to freshen up your lesson plans. This book is great because it does just that. Gives you great ideas and reminds you the infants & toddlers require different things when learning. I love the way this book is set up and separated by area of interest (fine motor, ... Read More Rating: - Good resource, but not geared for parentsThis does say "For teachers, by teachers" on the cover so it isn't surprising most of the ideas are more suited for classroom settings. If you like to have a lot of resources as a parent, it's nice. For a teacher, it would be more useful. Rating: - Excellent StartI am a preschool teacher who has taught kindergarten and 4 yr olds. Having been asked to take a new job with 2 and 3 yr olds was a lot more difficult than I thought! With all the choking hazzards and lack of fine motor skills, it's hard to plan lessons. This book gives some excellent activity ideas. I loved it. My only negative thought is that the book doesn't really follow "themes", which almost all schools use these days. Still it's a great buy! 
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