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Gryphon House THE COMPLETE RESOURCE BOOK FOR TODDLERS AND TWOS - 1 pc
 Over 2000 Experiences and Ideas This welcome collection is designed for children aged 12-36 months.Each of the 100 daily topics is divided into activities and experiments that enrich language skillscognitive developmentsocial-emotional developmentand physical development.Children explore a variety of captivating themes such as Physical Me and Celebrations through stories, music, art exercises, and more.A detailed appendix offers a quick, easy reference to a number of helpful tools such as craft patterns, flannel storyboards, sign language diagrams, and reproducible letters home.Each Daily Plan contains: A theme-based topic Related New Words Suggested children's books Accompanying songs and chants And a variety of activities to capture every child's attention Packed with ideas and experiences, this generous resource is an invaluable addition to any preschool classroom. |
Gryphon House LITERACY PLAY - 1 pc
 Children love to pretend, and dramatic play is the perfect environment for practicing and applying literacy concepts.Whether they decide to be firefighters, to open a pet store, or to have a tea party, children will increase their vocabulary, communicate with their friends, and learn to recognize environmental print - all important skills for pre-readers.Literacy Play is chock-full of creative dramatic play activities that teach important pre-reading skills while bringing children's imaginations to life |
Gryphon House PRIMARY ART - 1 pc
 It's the Process, Not the Product.Primary Art is the newest book in award-winning author MaryAnn Kohl's art series, with more than 100 projects that offer amazing results to delight and teach children ages 5 to 8.A unique characteristic of Primary Art is that each art experience has three parts; it is introduced by a simple activity, progresses to a more experienced level, and finishes with a more intricate primary art experience.With this book, teachers, parents, after-school caregivers, and anyone working with children will encourage creativity, promote the process of art exploration, and appreciate the significance of the resulting art.Activities are sure to please, such as "Shimmer Paint," painting on aluminum foil with tempera and dish detergent"Squeezy Batik," a batik resist using a flour-water mixture and watercolors"Crinkle Scruncher," crinkled paper formed into sculpturesand "Jellie Dangles," ornaments made with gelatinKey features of this book: Activities are presented from quick-and-easy to multifaceted.Three-part projects offer exploration of the qualities and properties of art materials, an introductory art experience, and a third project that builds upon the introduction.Everyday materials are listed to capture the imagination of primary children.Each individual's artwork will reflect individual creativity, not a pre-made sample or mock-up.All projects have icons that designate time requirements, adult involvement, materials, and experience level for artists. |
Gryphon House THE COMPREHENSIVE TODDLER CURRICULUM INNOVATIONS - 1 pc
 The Innovations series is a complete, interactive curriculum for infants and toddlers.In addition to the wealth of activities, each book includes these critical components:applying child development theory to everyday experiencesusing assessment to meet individual developmental needsusing the physical environment as a learning tooldeveloping a partner relationship with parentsfostering an interactive climate in the classroomand educating parents. |
Gryphon House SIMPLE STEPS INFANTS TODDLERS AND TWOS - 1 pc
 Open the door to teaching infants, toddlers, and two-year-olds successfully with these 300 activities linked to the latest development in child development.Observe what your children are already doing, then give them varied opportunities to devolp at their own pace.Simple Steps outlines a typical development sequence in ten domains:social/emotionalfine motorgross motorlanguagecognitivesensorynaturemusic and movementcreativityand dramatic play.Chapters on appropriate curriculum development and creating a positive learning environment are also included.The activities offer children the opportunity to practice new skills in a developmentally appropriate way. |
Gryphon House THE GIANT ENCYCLOPEDIA SCIENCE AGES 3-6 - 1 pc
 Leave your fears of science behindRespond to children's natural curiosity with over 600 teacher-created, classroom-tested activities guaranteed to teach your children all about science while they are having fun.The result of a nationwide contest, the GIANT Encyclopedia of Science joins our bestselling GIANT Encyclopedia series. |
Gryphon House ART ACROSS THE ALPHABET - 1 pc
 Over 100 Art Experiences that Enrich Early Literacy Art Across the Alphabet contains art-centered activities for children aged three to six to reinforce letter recognition, build phonemic awareness and pre-reading skills, and associate reading with FUNThe book links art and literacy seamlessly, explores the magic of language, and offers unique opportunities to create readers while creating art from Airplane Wings to Zany Zoo Animals |
Gryphon House EVERYDAY LITERACY - 1 pc
 Teachers can use a collection of cereal boxes and take-out menus as essential literacy toolsThe activities in Everyday Literacy integrate environmental print--words, letters, and symbols found in everyday life--into a curriculum that makes it easy to encourage children's literacy every day.Young children develop literacy through direct involvement in meaningful experiences with print.Everyday Literacy provides hands-on ideas for turning newspapers, signs and signals in the community, and catalogs and magazines into literacy experiences.Key features of this book include: Literacy goals to show how concepts of print, letters, and words can be integrated throughout the curriculum.250 activities to practice developing literacy skills, including writing, comprehension, rhyming words, print awareness, sight word recognition, vocabulary understanding, and letter and letter sound recognition.Activities for making books using environmental print, such as "Seed Packet Pocket Books," a book whose pages children create from seed packet labels.Literacy games, dramatic play materials, building equipment, and interactive bulletin boards.Activities that integrate print into math and science curriculum, such as, "Shopping Bag Addition" and "The Word World of Magnets." Activities in art, fine motor, and music and movement, such as, "Box Front Weaving," "My Name in Lights," and "Cereal Box Hop Scotch." Take-home activities and field trips to places in the community.An appendix with reproducible forms and patterns that can be used in the activities, a checklist of environmental print ideas, and list of children's books that include references to environmental print. |
Gryphon House FIRST ART - 1 pc
 Jump right in doing art with toddlers and twos is fun,rewarding, and a wonderful learning experience.Children discover their world as they explore the 75 fun-filled art adventures in First Art.They will joyfully squeeze a rainbow, make their own (safe) beads to string, and create their very own painted paper quilt.First Art starts children on a journey full of exploration and creativity |
Gryphon House THE GIANT ENCYCLOPEDIA OF KINDERGARTEN ACTIVITIES - 1 pc
 Over 600 Favorite Activities Created by Teachers for Teachers.From Autumn Leaf Ornaments to The Recycling Game, kindergarten children will delight in these 600 activities written just for them In a nationwide contest, teachers submitted their favorite activities and the best of the best are included in this giant resource.This compilation has everything from language and science activities to art, music and movement, and learning centers.You ll find everything you need to keep your kindergarten classes engaged and learning for years to come. |
Gryphon House - THE COMPLETE RESOURCE BOOK FOR INFANTS - 1 book
 Over 700 Experiences for Children from Birth to 18 Months.There is no time more valuable for development in the human lifespan than the critical first years.In infant classrooms, daily experiences focus on developmental domains or on the practice of a specific skill (infant accomplishments) and are prepared around spontaneous activities that are likely to occur in the context of daily care and routines.The Complete Resource Book for Infants is a collection of experiences and activities that maximize learning and development for children from birth to eighteen months.Experiences and activities are designed to supportlanguagemotorsocialemotional and cognitive growthand development.Activities are structured around the windows of opportunity as defined by early brain development research.The first three years of life lay the foundation for lifelong learning.The child's brain is busy wiring the foundation for vision, emotional stability, language development, motor development, thinking skills, and much more.Activities can be used randomly or organized to focus on a specific skill or aspect of development.The appendix of The Complete Resource Book for Infants is filled with educational experiences that babies love, and that teachers will enjoy doing with them. |
Gryphon House - GAMES TO PLAY WITH TODDLERS REVISED - 1 book
 Completely revised with all-new illustrations and 50 new games, this indispensable book helps you develop areas important for the growth of your 12-to 24-month-old areas such aslanguagecreativitycoordinationconfidenceproblem-solvingand gross motor skills.You and your toddler will experience the joy of discovery on every fun-filled page |
Gryphon House - DO YOU KNOW THE MUFFIN MAN - 1 book
 Rhyme, rhythm, and music are an essential part of a quality early childhood program.The authors of the perennial favorite, Where is Thumbkin? have created activities children will love to accompany the 250 rhymes and songs in this invaluable new literacy book.Children learn letter recognition, vocabulary, phonemic awareness while they are singing and rhyming.Each rhyme or song includes theme connections so teachers can easily add literacy and music into their daily plans. |
Gryphon House - THE INCLUSIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD THE INCLUSIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD - 1 book
 All children require nurturing and stimulating learning environments, but typical early childhood classrooms should be modified for children with special needs.The Inclusive Early Childhood Classroom is written to help teachers look at classroom design in a new way and suggests different ways of approaching activities to help children with special needs become successful.By modifying the classroom and activities, all children will be actively engaged.Each chapter focuses on either a learning center, such as art or science, or a time of the day, such as snack time or dismissalwith particular attention to the needs of children who are developmentally delayedorthopedically impairedhave autism/Pervasive Development DisorderAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorderbehavioral issuesmotor planning problemsor visual impairments. |
Gryphon House - BRAIN GAMES FOR BABIES - 1 book
 125 Brain Games for Babies is filled with enjoyable ways to lay the groundwork for your baby's future.It is packed with everyday opportunities to contribute to the brain develpment of children from birth through twelve months.The games all use simple things found around the home or classroom.Each game has an annotation on the latest brain research, and a discussion of the ways the activity will promote brain power in your baby.These simple games create the brain connection needed for future learning while you are having fun |
Gryphon House - CREATIVE RESOURCES FOR INFANTS - 1 Book
 Creative Resources for Infants and Toddlers 2nd Edition focuses on the growth of the whole child by including norms for physical, language and communication, cogni-tive, social, and emotional development from birth to 36 months.This revised edition includes 300 activities specifi-cally designed for infants and toddlers, and is organized by age and developmental area. |
Gryphon House - THE CREATIVE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT - 1 book
 The Creative Curriculum Developmental Continuum Assessment Toolkit for Ages 3-5 is a new assessment system from Teaching Strategies.You will find everything you need to assess a classroom of children, partner with and report to pareo Using TheCreative Curriculum Developmental Continuum Assessment System (1)Goals and Objectives Poster (1)Class Summary Worksheet (1)Individual Child Profile (25)Child Progress and Planning Report (75)"ntsplan for each childand plan for the whole group.It has the forms you need to assess up to 25 children at 3 summary checkpoints each year.Included are forms for individual children, class summary forms, and report forms.The Toolkit may be used on its own or with the software reporting tool, CC-PORT.The Toolkit comes in a shrink-wrapped, pre-assembled box.Each Toolkit includes:The Creative Curriculum Developmental Continuum Assessment System (1),A Teachers' Guide t and more.Create the structure needed to support future learning while having fun |
Gryphon House PARACHUTE PLAY REVISED - 1 book
 A wide variety of cooperative games incorporate songs, rhymes, and movement activities to energize your whole group while improving skills such as language, muscle control, and listening to directions.Children use teamwork to turn the parachute into fun |
Gryphon House SCIENCE ACTIVITIES A-Z - 1 Book
 Process-oriented, age-appropriate science activities make this guide a must-have in all settings where children are learning and developing.Each section helps teachers and parents in finding science activities for a theme-based curriculum, for spur-of-the-moment activities and for letter- of-the-week plans.Supply lists and a sample family letter encouraging collection of easy-to-acquire items help get the science center up and running.And, the theme-specific index and concept-specific indexes make it easy to plan activities to accompany study units. |
Gryphon House KINDNESS COUNTS CD - 1 Book
 Science tells us the brain is governed by the heart.Kindness Counts does more than teach social skills and mannersIt's about helping adults and children feel safe, connected and valued - the building blocks of all learning.With this foundation in place, children can thrive academically and socially.17 delightful songs by Dr. Becky Bailey and Mr. ALplus a movement guide |
Gryphon House 125 BRAIN GAMES TODDLERS AND TWOs SPANISH
 A young child's brain grows at a phenomenal rate in the first years of life, opening a window of opportunity for learning that occurs only once in a lifetime. 125 Brain Games for Toddlers and Twos is a fun-filled collection of ways to lay the groundwork for your child's future. It is packed with everyday opportunities to contribute to brain development during the critical period from 12-36 months. (2000) Paperback, 160 pages, |
Gryphon House 125 BRAIN GAMES FOR BABIES SPANISH
 These games can be played using simple items found at home. Each game has an explanation of the latest brain research plus a discussion of how the activity will develop brain power in your baby. With these games, every day becomes an opportunity to create brain connections needed for future learning Ages Birth-1 Year |
Smart Paper Kromekote C1S Cover - 167 - White Hi-gloss 1 Sided - 18 x 12 - 600 shts/ctn
 For over 75 years our customers have trusted the legendary mirror-smooth, cast coated Kromekote, best printing surface in the world. Kromekote's technologically advanced icy blue, ultra flat cast coated surface is unequaled by any other machine coated or cast coated paper for producing beautiful printed images. When only the best will do for creating true-to-life images, printers and graphic designers specify Kromekote. |
Smart Paper Kromekote C1S Cover - 167 - White Hi-gloss 1 Sided - 18 x 12 - 150 shts/ream
| For over 75 years our customers have trusted the legendary mirror-smooth, cast coated Kromekote, best printing surface in the world. Kromekote's technologically advanced icy blue, ultra flat cast coated surface is unequaled by any other machine coated or cast coated paper for producing beautiful printed images. When only the best will do for creating true-to-life images, printers and graphic designers specify Kromekote. |
It Takes Two Stationery - Snowflakes on Blue Christmas - 8 1/2 x 11 - 25 sheets/pack
 Christmas Letterhead Paper 8.5 x 11" paper 25 sheet package |
Harding House Stamp Parent Signature - 2" x 1" - 1 pc
 Parent Signature Requested Stamp Has Knob Handle, Wood With Natural Finish, Practical messages for students and parents - for every teaching need Easy-to-hold knob handles are wood with a beautiful natural finish. Messages on stamps are approximately 2" x 1". |