The Scholastic Book Of Early Childhood Learning Centers

Kid-pleasing learning centers that support your curriculum, such as dinosaurs, bugs, art museum, restaurant, and more.

Activities and research-based strategies that build math skills, concepts, and vocabulary into classroom routines, learning centers, and more.

The Dirtmeister and his sidekick Digger introduce the world of geology, discussing minerals, the origins of the Earth, plate tectonics, rocks, and the dynamics of dirt.

Stretch children's minds and imaginations - and help them meet the standards - with dozens and dozens of fresh activities for your classroom learning centers. each of the five sections of this treasury is devoted to a different learning center - literacy, math, dramatic play, blocks, and art. Within each section, you'll find delightful ideas and projects that integrate math, literacy, science, and more. These flexible, cross-curricular activities are designed to engage children, foster independent learning, and develop essential skills. Create learning center magig in your classroom each and every day!--

Barbara Reid's celebration of reading and sharing has a fresh, new look! Best-selling author and illustrator Barbara Reid has created a colourful celebration of the pleasures of reading to babies and young children, any time and anywhere. Warm and detailed Plasticine illustrations of adults and children reading together join with bouncy, rhythmic verse to invite children and parents to share the joy of reading indoors and out, at any time of day! The perfect gift for new parents, Read Me a Book reminds us that reading to young children is key to the development of literacy and the enjoyment of learning -- plus the simple text also makes it great for kids just learning to read back to their parents.

Nurture young children’s budding reading and writing skills with kid-pleasing learning centers, such as a grocery store, zoo office, pet store, restaurant, and airport. Stock these centers with ready-to-go reproducible forms that include shopping lists, ordering and billing forms, telephone pads, appointment cards, and more. Kids will be reading and writing in no time! For use with Grade PreK-K.

A heartwarming story about the incredible bond that children have with their teachers. Stella loves everything about being in Ms. Carter's class, and she worries that no new teacher could know that she needs help tying her shoelaces, or that she only likes to read books from the blue bin because they have more pictures. So Stella writes the principal a letter, with tips for training a new teacher to be just like Ms. Carter When Stella meets the new teacher for the first time, he's not like Ms. Carter at all -- but Stella can't believe how much he knows! Maybe the rest of the year won't be so bad after all? With expressive illustrations and a touch of humour, this clever picture book is a perfect antidote to children's anxiety about change.