This Is The Way We Play

JJ and his friend Nina have fun on the playground in this Ready-to-Go! Ready-to-Read storybook for CoComelon fans just starting to read! Join JJ, Nina, and Nina’s siblings as they climb, slide, swing, and hop on the playground. Perfect for kids at the beginning of their reading journeys, This Is the Way We Play was written for children who have learned the alphabet and are ready to start reading! And what better way to get kids excited than with a fun story featuring words they can actually read and starring their CoComelon friends? Each Ready-to-Go! Ready-to-Read includes a note to parents explaining what their child can expect, a guide at the beginning for readers to become familiar with the words they will encounter in the story, and reading comprehension questions at the end. Each Ready-to-Go! story contains around 100 words and features sight words, rhyming words, and repetition to help children reinforce their new reading skills. In this book, readers will learn eleven sight words, and four words from two word families. So come on and get reading! CoComelon is the #1 kids show on YouTube (over 150 million subscribers) and the #1 show on Netflix! CoComelon™ & © 2023 Moonbug Entertainment. All Rights Reserved.

Written to highlight the topic of diversity for kids in a fun and engaging way, "The Way We Play" follows a group of students on a normal afternoon during school playtime. The students participate in a number of different activities as they all learn to work together. Throughout the series of games they play, the classmates come to recognize their own strengths and appreciate the differences that make them all unique. All earnings from the sale of this book benefit Ready Set Go Books, a project of Open Hearts Big Dreams, a US 501(3)(c) which aims to increase the child literacy rate and love of reading in Ethiopia.

A boy visits a zoo and thinks the animals must be dreadfully bored in their habitats. He invites some of them to join him at a playground. He learns that people and animals were created differently and enjoy different things.

The Applebaums discuss fingering, phrasing, technics and musical philosophy great artists.

What Will We Play Today? contains 100 games based on drama, movement and music. It is sure to become a popular resource for anyone working with young children. It is said that a good game 'grows' with the children, and many of the games in this book are likely to be requested by children over and over again. The book contains games to encourage children's physical, creative and language development. The activities include listening games such as Mi Gallinita, hoop games, singing games and movement games such as Jig Jog. The games in the book are deliberately non-competitive and there is a strong emphasis on the process of playing ratheer than on winning. The games in this book offer a challenging and highly enjoyable way of providing guided play experiences for young children.

Emily and her friends Sara and Anthony are playing a game of hide and seek. When it’s Emily’s turn to hide, she can’t find a spot that’s big enough to fit her wheelchair. Emily feels left out, but when she watches her pet, Chloe the chameleon, change colours to blend in, she invents a new way to play that makes the game more fun for everyone.

More than 80 easy-to-follow, innovative lesson plans for babies through primary-age children that capture the magical power and excitement of interactive musical learning. The book includes movement activities, instrument playing, puppets and more -- as well as hundreds of photographs! Instructions to the teacher are included for each lesson plan.

For toddlers, every storytime can be a new adventure, while art activities are important for developing impulse control, hand-eye coordination, and fine motor dexterity in the hands. Hopkins’ new book fuses them together. Designed for children ages 1 to 3 years old, the book’s 52 storytimes promote pre-reading skills such as print motivation, vocabulary, and narrative skills. Based on themes familiar to children, including bears, bugs, springtime,clothing and hats, flowers and gardens, weather, music, pets, transportation, pirates, and many more, each storytime includes a list of books, action songs or rhymes along with their words, a flannelboard experience, plus instruction for two to three art activities. This complete toddler storytime resource also includes An introduction which discusses the differences between art activities and craft activities, a toddler’s ability in creating art, and why children this age should be exposed to art activities Advice for using different art mediums, such as food, plus important safety considerations Pointers on conducting playful yet educational storytimes Tips for finding inexpensive art materials, with a list of recommended supplies to keep on hand More than 100 drawings, all easy to reproduce and modify Weblinks to “Artsy Helper Sheets,” downloadable supplements complete with phrases, tips, and tricks that inform parents and caregivers about the benefits of doing art activities with toddlers Pick up Hopkins' book and you'll be ready to conduct a storytime within moments!