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C**Y
Perfect for making homeschool exciting!
This is a necessity for any homeschooling parent out there. Having trouble coming up with classroom-like, educational, and fun activities? This book is for you! There are soo many great ideas and lesson plans for your little learners that are really captivating and exciting! There are themes book ideas, snacks, and poems/songs!
K**Y
Great for moms!
This book is awesome! I'm a stay-at-home mom with an almost 3 year old. I own other activity books, such as the Busy Book, but this enormous one tops them all! Yes, it's intended for teachers but the daily "lesson plan" structure is extremely helpful for moms who like to do several activities each day with your kids. And to have it organized all nice and neat in one big book... it's great. Better than Pinterest. Each day has a theme and explores five or more regions of playful learning, such as Art, Sensory, Dramatic (pretend) play, Small & Gross Motor, Literacy, Writing, Math, Science, etc, depending on the day. Also listed are a selection of books to read for that day and a snack idea.I'm just starting to get into this book and absolutely loving it. This is just what I've been looking for. If you're a mom who likes to keep your child(ren) engaged in play & activity instead of entertained by screens & TV, this book will be your best friend. It's very accessible and just an enormous mound of ideas.tip: Try to buy it used. I got a copy in great condition for a fraction of the 'new' price (and still qualified for free super saver shipping). My copy was listed as Good condition - it seems only slightly used, much better than I was expecting! Thank you Amazon!
K**R
Good book!
I was struggling to find a good book as I was teaching my kid at home bcos of covid.This was a great book and one-book-fits-all solution developed by teachers. I read reviews mentioning they are disappointed bcos there was group activities. It’s an almost 600 pages book with a very broad range of topics addressing everything from A to Z so this is a great value. Even without the group activities, my single child has so much to do. We get colorful books with 25 experiments for like $15. This book has thousands of small activities and experiments, I’m glad I bought it. Also this book is different from all those out there , it doesn’t use crazy materials assuming we have a factory at home.It has pictures where necessary, and I like the font style. Font style is important to me as it inspires me to read more.I went ahead and bought the science and math books. We are a family of engineers and phd’s , so found it very appropriate.
G**Z
Great guide for teachers of young learners, or home schooling parents.
I have used this book for the preschool I worked at, and believe it holds some good gems in here, though I feel as it is a collection of ideas from so many varied sources that it fails to have a good consistent flow through out. Thus the 4 stars.But if you are struggling for ideas to use for your day care center, or even for home schooling then this book is full enough to give you the guides you need to complete a day's lesson. But that being said, use this as a reference for your lesson plan, don't make it your lesson plan. Every teacher must plan well ahead of time to take in the needs of the students in your class, as they are unique to your class, and different for every school. I saw some teachers grab this book 5 minutes before the day started and try to use it for a whole days activities. Of course they failed and the kids did not enjoy the day because the teachers did not do their job of preparing ahead of time.So if you are a lazy teacher who never prepares then you are most likely not going to enjoy this book nor it's contents, but if you are a passionate teacher with a need for ideas in planing a lesson, then you are going to love this book in it's entirety. I commend the publishers and contributors of the resource for the time and effort they and Kathy put in towards writing a good reference. I will definitely buy their other books as needed.
D**.
BEST THING I'VE PURCHASED
Best toolbox for a parent. I use this book daily with my son who's 2.5. We LOVE it. Majority of the lesson plans have a song or nursery rhyme. Every lesson has multiple book suggestions to go along with it. The activities are amazing.The Lesson Chapters: All About Me, Animals, Birds, Celebrations and Other Fun Things!, Colors, Dinosaurs, Farm, Food, Friends, Gardening, Health and Safety, Insects & Bugs, Literacy, Nature & The Environment, Numbers, Opposites & Things that go together, Our Community, Outer Space, Pets, Seasons, Senses, Shapes, Starting School, Teddy Bears, Transportation, Weather, ZooSections of Lesson Plans Include:- Learning Objectives- Circle time or group activity-> Learning Centers [5-7 topics are chosen from this list on each lesson with an activity for each: Art * Blocks * Dramatic Play * Library * Math * Literacy * Music * Snack and Coloring * Sand and Water * Small Motor * Large Motor * Science * Writing * Sensory * Construction * Outdoors * Games * Listening * Music and Sound * Etc..]-> Book Suggestions-> Snack-> Review-> Assessment
M**S
I am so pleased with this book
I am so pleased with this book! I homeschool my children and for the two and three year old we do interest led unit studies as they as far to young for a curriculum but still want to learn like their older brother, this book has fun and simple lesson plans and ideas for pretty much every unit we have come up with so far! I love that it gives book recommendations as we can sometimes be at a loss for relevant reading material when at the library. I also really enjoy that each lesson addresses art, games, math, science, cooking and literacy skills! I highly recommend!
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