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A must for every early childhood teacher, this resource includes 32weekly popular themes and over 600 developmentally appropriateactivities designed to engage young learners. All the research,planning, and scheduling has already been done. You just have to openthe book, choose a theme, and begin teaching! Morning circle activities,a guide to children's literature, and integrated activities areincludes. 160 pages.

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Perfect for Playschool
I got this book on the recommendation of my sister. I am doing a parent co-op playschool (pre-preschool) with a few friends and their two-year-olds. There are so many fun activities and ideas in this book, it is definitely worth the purchase. We have enjoyed using it and look forward to using it for the year to come!

Very helpful
I am an Early Childhood Education student. This book has helped me when I've had to get a unit plan together quickly. It gives a calendar with each day's lesson so there is no guess work. ... Read more

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Prentice Hall World History, Connections to Today: Creative Teaching Activities (Fully developed section-level alternative lesson plans to provide flexible options for instruction, Learning styles; Interdisciplinary teaching; Cooperative learning) ... Read more

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Univ. of Southampton, U.K.Britishoriented review of managed health care in the U.S. Hardcover, softcover available. DNLM: National Health Service (Great Britain). ... Read more

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Text for undergrad course
I have used this text in my undergrad course for the last couple of years.It is written in real language with lots of practical suggestions for elementary and middle school teachers.I wish I had had textbooks like this when I was in college!

Enough to stimulate many good lesson plans
I like this book and will use it with a class on arts methods in education.It divides the arts in four main domains:visual arts, theatre/drama, music, and dance, and each chapter is chock full of ways to use these domains in the K-12 classroom.At the end, they feature three lengthy integrated units that center around a single work or theme, kind of like Leonard Bernstein's arts-based curriculum.One of them is a unit on jazz study, which I thought was a great idea.A few of the explanations are tedious, some statements needed a few citations to hold up, and the anticipation guides could be answered correctly by anyone with a brain, but these are small quibbles.Mainly, it's a good book to get teachers thinking about the wide range of arts-based activities they can promote even without special training.

Good if you know nothing about teaching with the arts
This book is set up as a text book, with anticipatory guides, questions and activities for the reader to do. I was expecting a book with too many ideas, but instead this book is for those that aren't familiar with the arts or how to incorporate them into the classroom. There are better books out there, and this is more of a stroking of the authors' worth than anything else. I was very disappointed with this book.
If you have no clues about what art is or how to use it in your lessons, than this book is for you, but if you have any background using art at all, ignore this book. ... Read more