The Busy Bag Book
The Busy Bag Book

Author: Megan Sheakoski

Publisher:

Published: 2017-05-08

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9780692875049

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Busy bags are a parent's secret weapon. They're fun, reusable activities that kids ages 2 to 7 can do all by themselves. You can pull them out for quiet time at home, use them as independent play centers in the classroom, or pack them up for a fun travel activity on the go. The book spells out everything you need to know to start using busy bags today including: what busy bags are how they are used how to store them why they're so awesome Along with instructions for making 52 easy and awesome busy bags and quiet bins that: develop fine motor skills help kids practice colors and shapes present ABC and counting concepts inspire STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, math) learning and beat boredom with hands-on play Each busy bag and quiet bin in the book is simple to prep. They can be made in minutes and played with for years. You'll finally have time to make dinner or drink a cup of coffee while it's still warm!

Busy Bags Kids Will Love
Busy Bags Kids Will Love

Author: Sara McClure

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-05-30

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1612436900

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An engaging variety of mentally stimulating activities that keep children away from the TV As the parent of young children, it's hard to find a moment for yourself. Busy Bags Kids Will Love offers you a smart way to keep your kids engaged so you can relax. With step-by-step instructions and color photos on each page, it will teach you how to make fun, unique games with simple arts-and-crafts materials you have at home. Packed full of enough ideas for every week of the year, this book provides your kids with entertaining, exciting and educational activities, including: • Fishing for colorful letters and numbers • Building shapes with pipe cleaners and straws • Practicing words by rolling the dice • Getting creative with funny felt faces • Exploring textures with blocks, nuts, bolts and zippers • Learning to count with pom-pom patterns

Aliens Love Underpants!
Aliens Love Underpants!

Author: Claire Freedman

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-09-01

Total Pages: 31

ISBN-13: 085707394X

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"Aliens love underpants, in every shape and size, But there are no underpants in space, so here's a big surprise...." This zany, hilarious tale is delightfully brought to life by Ben Cort's vibrant illustrations. With a madcap, rhyming text by award-winning Claire Freedman, this is sure to enchant and amuse the whole family! Perfect for joining in, this story is fantastically fresh and funny - you'll laugh your pants off!

Hand Lettering for Faith
Hand Lettering for Faith

Author: Amy Latta

Publisher: Page Street Publishing

Published: 2019-10-15

Total Pages: 558

ISBN-13: 1624148565

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Draw Closer to God by Lettering His Word Follow along with Amy Latta’s Bible verse hand lettering tutorials to nurture your relationship with God. If you are new to lettering, Amy’s down-to-earth approach will give you the courage to jump in and create. And if you’ve already discovered your artistic connection to God, you’ll learn new skills for your Bible journaling. Each chapter includes Amy’s design for a verse, a few words of reflection and step-by-step instructions for a new lettering font, technique or embellishment. The thick, smooth art paper and beautifully bordered blank pages invite you to draw right in the book. By the time you’re finished, you’ll have forty pieces of handmade faith-based art. If you are longing for a deeper relationship with God, this book has made it into your hands for a reason and has the power to rekindle the fire in your faith. Keep the creativity flowing with these other books in Amy Latta's bestselling hand lettering workbook series: - Hand Lettering for Relaxation - Hand Lettering for Laughter - Express Yourself: A Hand Lettering Workbook for Kids

The Montessori Toddler
The Montessori Toddler

Author: Simone Davies

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company

Published: 2019-03-19

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 152350790X

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Announcing that rare parenting book that will not only help you become a more effective parent but actually change how you see your children. Written by Montessori educator Simone Davies, this book shows you how to bring the educational values of a Montessori classroom into your home—while turning the whole idea of the “terrible twos” on its head. Here is how to set up Montessori-friendly spaces in your home. Principles for fostering curiosity in your child—and in yourself. Specific Montessori skills—the winter coat flip; getting your toddler to pour his or her own water and clean up whatever spills might occur. And it goes much deeper, showing how a parent can really be present, be the child’s guide, and handle tantrums and problematic behavior without resorting to bribes, threats, or punishment and truly celebrate every stage. It’s also that rare parenting book that’s beautiful to look at, with a bright, airy design and simple color illustrations and photographs.

DIY Literacy
DIY Literacy

Author: Kate Roberts

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780325078168

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"We have never seen teachers work harder than we do now. These tools inspire kids to work as hard as we are." -Kate Roberts and Maggie Beattie Roberts What's DIY Literacy? It's making your own visual teaching tools instead of buying them. It's using your teaching smarts to get the most from those tools. And it's helping kids think strategically so they can be DIY learners. "Teaching tools create an impact on students' learning," write Kate Roberts and Maggie Beattie Roberts. "They help students hold onto our teaching and become changed by the work in the classroom." Of course, you and your students need the right tools for the job, so first Kate and Maggie share four simple, visual tools that you can make. Then they show how to maximize your instructional know-how with suggestions for using the tools to: make your reading and writing strategies stick motivate students to reach for their next learning goal differentiate instruction simply and quickly. Kate and Maggie are like a friendly, handy neighbor. They offer experience-honed advice for using the four tools for assessment, small-group instruction, conferring, setting learning goals, and, most important, helping students learn to apply strategies and make progress without prompting from you. In other words, to do it themselves. "It is our greatest hope," write Kate and Maggie, "that the tools we offer here will help your students to work hard, to hold onto what they know, and to see themselves in the curriculum you teach." Try DIY Literacy and help your readers and writers take learning into their own hands.

A Happy Book of Little Gifts to Make
A Happy Book of Little Gifts to Make

Author: Sarah Hand

Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing

Published: 2022-05-10

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 0760374635

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Keep your hands busy and your mind playing and free of stress with A Happy Book of Little Gifts to Make. From professional artist Sarah Hand, the author of Art Makers: Papier-Mache, this book features easy-to-follow step-by-step projects, creative inspiration, and prompts—all designed to be done at home using affordable, accessible materials. Best of all, the projects are small-scale, so they are portable, giftable, adorable, and fun! A Happy Book of Little Gifts to Make includes varied projects done in all kinds of materials, from papier-mache and paper to crayons, paint, and paint pens. With this book, you can learn to make: Dioramas Papier-mache creatures Pop-up cards Cotton dolls And much more Throughout the book, find tips for having fun and relaxing as you create, plus creative inspiration and prompts so that you can use this book as a starting point for art projects you devise on your own. After a stressful year (or decade?), everyone needs to have fun and let loose, and what better way than with art that can be created at home and with materials you already have? The small size of the projects makes them manageable even for beginning crafters and artists, and kids will love working on the projects too (possibly with a little adult help). The art is adorable and whimsical and appeals to artists of all ages and skill levels, including beginning crafters, DIYers, crafty families, and more. Grab your paper, paints, and more and then set up at the kitchen counter to start your stress-free creative life with A Happy Book of Little Gifts to Make from a professional artist and instructor.

Bear's Busy Family
Bear's Busy Family

Author: Stella Blackstone

Publisher: Barefoot Books

Published: 2019-09-01

Total Pages: 27

ISBN-13: 1782859497

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Meet the rest of Bear's family and learn about all of their busy activities. Smell, touch, taste and sound are all familiarized in this rhyming text, and there is a full spread family tree at the end.

The Beginner's Bible Coloring Book
The Beginner's Bible Coloring Book

Author: The Beginner's Bible

Publisher: Beginner's Bible

Published: 2017-03-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780310759553

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The Beginner's Bible(R) has been a favorite with young children and their parents since its release in 1989 with over 25 million products sold. Loads of coloring fun and faith for little ones Children can now color to life more than sixty favorite Bible stories and characters from The Beginner's Bible. After coloring, the pages can be displayed to encourage creativity and memory of the classic Bible stories.

Busy Toddler's Guide to Actual Parenting
Busy Toddler's Guide to Actual Parenting

Author: Susie Allison

Publisher:

Published: 2020-09-22

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781943147854

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"Susie Allison gives the achievable advice she's known around the world for on her million-follower Instagram account, Busy Toddler. From daily life to 'being two is fine' to tantrums and tattling and teaching the ABCs, let Susie give you the stress-free parenting advice you've been looking for. Susie shares real moments from raising her three kids as well as professional knowledge from her years as a kindergarten and first grade teacher. Her simple and doable approach to parenting is both uplifting and empowering ... includes over 50 of Susie's famous kid activities that have helped hundreds of thousands of parents make it to nap time and beyond. This isn't about perfect parenting. This is about actual parenting"--