Play Smart Skill Builders: Challenging - Age 2-3
Play Smart Skill Builders: Challenging - Age 2-3

Author: Gakken early childhood experts

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2023-04-18

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 4056212341

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Play Smart workbooks include age-appropriate activities that use a proven step-by-step method to build confidence. Making learning enjoyable in early childhood has positive effects on a child’s lifelong educational journey. **Play Smart Challenging series---2022 National Parenting Product Awards Winner** (NAPPAawards.com) This Play Smart Skill Builders Challenging focuses on drawing basic lines and solving mazes while guessing the path ahead to support your child’s development of preschool readiness skills. 1. Tackle tasks in a variety of ways. Depending on a child’s age, some problems may be a little too difficult. It’s important to encourage your child to approach tasks in different ways, and this can be done by referring to the tips in the “To Parents” section. When a task is complete, your child’s sense of accomplishment will help develop their critical thinking skills and creativity. 2. Develop independence while working on tasks. Activities include tasks related to getting dressed, cleaning up, and helping around the house. When an activity is finished, encourage your child to practice it. This prompts children to be more aware of their surroundings. 3. Learn the names of animals, food, vehicles, and other things. While outside of your home, ask your child to review the things they have learned in the workbook. This will not only expand their vocabulary, but also stimulate their interest in the things around them. 4. Think about the environment. Pages featuring characters living in the Arctic, jungle, and desert as well as in trees, in the sea, and on land are designed to help children learn that various living things reside together on Earth. This helps raise awareness of environmental issues.

Play Smart Color & Shape Picture Puzzlers Age 2+
Play Smart Color & Shape Picture Puzzlers Age 2+

Author: Gakken early childhood experts

Publisher: Gakken

Published: 2018-05-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9784056300246

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What's the Play Smart secret? Learning should be fun! BOOK FEATURES 70 pages includes over 100 stickers, and a wipe-clean activity board For ages 2-4 8.25" x 11.875" Color and Shape Picture Puzzlers 2+ is the perfect workbook to enhance children’s art sense, creativity, and focus. This workbook includes a variety of fun-first, age-appropriate, and engaging activities such as coloring, drawing, tracing, and sorting games using a variety of colors and shapes found in a child’s daily life. Children are entertained while they develop important skills such as focus, fine motor coordination, pen-control, and creativity—all necessary to prepare them for lifelong learning! What’s Play Smart Workbooks Over 48 million Play Smart Workbooks sold worldwide. Educational method with over 60 years of experience. Age appropriate activities: Activities are carefully developed to match the level of specific age group. Step-by-step method: The instruction and the activity gradually get challenging throughout the workbook. Wide variety of activities: Variety of activities from different approaches help children strengthen critical thinking skills and creativity, which help them to be able to solve practical problems on their own. It also helps keep their interest and focus. Stickers: Uses stickers within the context of certain activities and also as rewards for completed work to keep children motivated. 4 colors throughout the book with variety of fun illustrations: The cute and colorful illustrations engage children in activities. Fun illustrations help children understand the activities without reading the instructions. Support children’s learning: “To Parents” sections explain the effective ways for parents to support children’s learning. School readiness: Children can acquire basic academic skills before entering preschool. Play Smart Series has won National Parenting Product Awards, Family Choice Award and Mom’s Choice Awards®. About Gakken Gakken is the number 1 educational publisher in Japan. Founded in 1946 by Hideto Furuoka, the mission of Gakken has always been to produce fun-first, educational materials for children. Gakken is well-known to Asian families for its bestselling workbooks. Gakken is also well-respected in academic circles - publishing popular teaching materials for preschools, kindergartens, and primary schools. In addition to its substantial publishing business, Gakken also runs 14,000 learning centers called “Gakken Classrooms” and operates nursery schools - all inspired by the successful formula used in their workbooks. Play Smart’s philosophy rewards success and builds confidence. Created by educational experts, this award-winning Play Smart series uses Gakken’s unique fun-first method of completing age-appropriate activities that are progressively more challenging, building on small achievements, and fostering an eagerness to learn. The variety of activities leads to creative problem-solving skills and prepares children for the journey of lifelong learning.

Play Smart 500 Stickers Busy Days
Play Smart 500 Stickers Busy Days

Author: Gakken early childhood experts

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2024-09-24

Total Pages: 59

ISBN-13: 4056212430

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More than 500 stickers and 48 activities provide hours of learning fun! Children ages 2-4 will enjoy placing stickers in lively scenes to solve puzzles, mazes, matching games and more. Children can build school-readiness through activities that illustrate what goes on at school—from making art, to lunch time to yard play. Colorful stickers featuring children’s favorite things—animals, toys, vehicles, food, and more will make for instant appeal. The puzzles and activities in this adventure-filled sticker book will thoroughly engage toddlers and preschoolers in developing important school skills including: · Recognizing letters and numbers · Identifying colors and shapes · Sorting and classifying · Discerning patterns · Problem-solving * Sharing, taking turns, and other social skills Mazes, matching games, picture puzzles and a wide variety of other entertaining challenges will enhance children’s focus, creativity, and fine motor skills too. Carefully developed for this age group, the activities are thoughtfully illustrated so children can understand what to do without needing instructions. The puzzles are designed to get harder as you progress through the book, and built-in rewards build stamina and confidence as little ones learn through play.

Play Smart My First STICKER Numbers, Colors, Shapes 2+
Play Smart My First STICKER Numbers, Colors, Shapes 2+

Author: Gakken early childhood experts

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2023-12-19

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 4056212384

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Learn Numbers, Colors, and Shapes while having fun with 250+ stickers. This book contains more than 250 colorful stickers of animals, vehicles, vegetables, fruits, and toys that are recognizable to children. Kid-friendly stickers and age-appropriate activities encourage children to learn. This sticker activity book helps children acquire early math skills as they learn colors and shapes. To learn these skills, children must be able to distinguish between different colors, shapes, and sizes while classifying objects. The book progresses in stages as follows: Activities to distinguish colors, shapes, and sizes Activities to observe and find similarities and differences Activities to sort and count things Continuing this process can also nurture a child's judgment and problem-solving skills. What is a My First Activity Book Series? ·This series is a suitable size for children with small hands who are just starting to learn. They can apply stickers, color, and cut with scissors with ease. ·This small size allows children to look at each page without moving their eyes. They can easily understand the activity and remain engaged. ·For children on the go-they can enjoy this easy-to-carry format everywhere. What’s Play Smart Workbooks? Over 50 million Play Smart Workbooks sold worldwide. Educational method with over 70 years of experience. Age appropriate activities: Activities are carefully developed to match the level of specific age group. Step-by-step method: The instruction and the activity gradually get challenging throughout the workbook. Wide variety of activities: Variety of activities from different approaches help children strengthen critical thinking skills and creativity, which help them to be able to solve practical problems on their own. It also helps keep their interest and focus. Stickers: Uses stickers within the context of certain activities and also as rewards for completed work to keep children motivated. 4 colors throughout the book with variety of fun illustrations: The cute and colorful illustrations engage children in activities. Fun illustrations help children understand the activities without reading the instructions. Support children’s learning: “To Parents” sections explain the effective ways for parents to support children’s learning. School readiness: Children can acquire basic academic skills before entering preschool.

Play Smart 500 Stickers Activity Book Around Our Town
Play Smart 500 Stickers Activity Book Around Our Town

Author: Gakken early childhood experts

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2023-10-17

Total Pages: 59

ISBN-13: 405621235X

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With over 500 stickers and 48 activities, this sticker workbook provides hours of learning fun! Children can enjoy stickers in familiar scenes such as public park, restaurant, amusement park, aquarium, zoo, farm, beach, and more. This sticker workbook, created for children ages 2–4, includes over 500 colorful stickers featuring children’s favorite things. Your child will develop the desire to learn while playing with stickers. Solving problems while using stickers helps children develop preschool readiness skills, such as recognition of letters, numbers, shapes, and colors as well as fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. It includes the following themes: Numbers Letters Shapes Creativity Classification Picture Puzzles Matching Games Mazes Patterns

Play Smart 500 Stickers Activity Book Our Favorite Things
Play Smart 500 Stickers Activity Book Our Favorite Things

Author: Gakken early childhood experts

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2023-10-17

Total Pages: 59

ISBN-13: 4056212376

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With over 500 stickers and 48 activities, this sticker workbook provides hours of learning fun! Children can enjoy putting stickers on familiar objects such as animals, sea creatures, vehicles, food, vegetables, fruit, plants, pets, and more. This sticker workbook, created for children ages 2–4, includes over 500 colorful stickers featuring children’s favorite things. Your child will develop the desire to learn while playing with stickers. Solving problems while using stickers helps children develop preschool readiness skills, such as recognition of letters, numbers, shapes, and colors as well as fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. It includes the following themes: Numbers Letters Shapes Creativity Classification Picture Puzzles Matching Games Mazes Patterns

Play Smart Big Workbook Preschool Ages 2-4
Play Smart Big Workbook Preschool Ages 2-4

Author: Gakken early childhood experts

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2023-08-22

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 4056211132

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Play Smart BIG Workbook Preschool helps your child learn how to write letters and numbers and draw shapes in an easy-to-follow, developmentally appropriate, step-by-step process. Over 250 activities. All pages are perforated for easy removal. This book consists of 9 sections that support the development of your child’s preschool readiness skills. Basic Lines Shapes Colors Letters Numbers Color & Shapes Dot to Dot Mazes Puzzles Your child will first practice writing BASIC LINES (1) such as straight lines, curves, and zigzags. This is the basis for writing letters and numbers. The SHAPES (2), LETTERS (4), and NUMBERS (5) activities prompt your child to use the handwriting skills learned in BASIC LINES (1). They will be able to practice basic lines again in the LETTERS (4) section. In the NUMBERS (5) section, your child will practice writing numbers and matching numbers with the quantity of objects. Children will learn more about putting numbers in order in the DOT TO DOT (7) section. The COLORS (3) and COLORS & SHAPES (6) sections include activities for color and shape recognition. Children will also develop basic skills and draw creatively. MAZES (8) are an extension of basic line practice as children will draw long lines. Mazes also help develop problem-solving and forward thinking skills. The PUZZLES (9) section encourages your child to solve problems, match items, and fill in empty spaces. This improves spatial cognitive skills. Children can start with any page they like, depending on their developmental stage and interest.

Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8
Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2015-07-23

Total Pages: 587

ISBN-13: 0309324882

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Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progress, and the adults who provide for the care and the education of young children bear a great responsibility for their health, development, and learning. Despite the fact that they share the same objective - to nurture young children and secure their future success - the various practitioners who contribute to the care and the education of children from birth through age 8 are not acknowledged as a workforce unified by the common knowledge and competencies needed to do their jobs well. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 explores the science of child development, particularly looking at implications for the professionals who work with children. This report examines the current capacities and practices of the workforce, the settings in which they work, the policies and infrastructure that set qualifications and provide professional learning, and the government agencies and other funders who support and oversee these systems. This book then makes recommendations to improve the quality of professional practice and the practice environment for care and education professionals. These detailed recommendations create a blueprint for action that builds on a unifying foundation of child development and early learning, shared knowledge and competencies for care and education professionals, and principles for effective professional learning. Young children thrive and learn best when they have secure, positive relationships with adults who are knowledgeable about how to support their development and learning and are responsive to their individual progress. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 offers guidance on system changes to improve the quality of professional practice, specific actions to improve professional learning systems and workforce development, and research to continue to build the knowledge base in ways that will directly advance and inform future actions. The recommendations of this book provide an opportunity to improve the quality of the care and the education that children receive, and ultimately improve outcomes for children.

Raise a Smarter Child by Kindergarten
Raise a Smarter Child by Kindergarten

Author: David Perlmutter

Publisher: Morgan Road Books

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 0767923014

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This book will help parents to learn easy and highly effective strategies that can vastly improve their child's brain power and reduce his or her chances of developing ADD or ADHD.

I Can Do That! Stickers
I Can Do That! Stickers

Author: Gakken early childhood experts

Publisher: Gakken

Published: 2018-06-19

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9784056210491

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With 350 stickers and 64 clever game boards, this sticker workbook provides hours of learning fun! **2019 National Parenting Product Awards Winner** (NAPPAawards.com) Playing with stickers books is a marvelous way for preschool children to hone fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and spatial relations while they play. With this sticker activity book for children ages 3 to 5, your child will: -solve mazes -play matching games -complete counting activities -decorate pictures While entertaining for hours on end, these preschool activity books can also teach your child to: -practice skills like decision making -sort objects by shape and color -develop observation skills -increase vocabulary -exercise creativity and much more!