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A fun and practical guide to keeping kids engaged and off your phone.
Face it. Your kids don't want you around ALL the time! As much as you'd like to build that go-cart or that amazing tree house for them, you also need a little time for yourself!
Sure, we'd all like to hand our kids the phone when things get tough, but down deep we know that screen time will not build world leaders. So how does a parent like you keep those little rug...
Face it. Your kids don't want you around ALL the time! As much as you'd like to build that go-cart or that amazing tree house for them, you also need a little time for yourself!
Sure, we'd all like to hand our kids the phone when things get tough, but down deep we know that screen time will not build world leaders. So how does a parent like you keep those little rug...
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Quirky, colourful and fun projects for preschool kids and their parents to make together. Small children love crafting and creating, and it's educational as well as enjoyable-crafting can help develop fine motor skills and teaches small children to follow instructions and work alongside someone else. Kate Lilley's hugely popular blog, Minieco, grew out of her desire to teach her own kids to be resourceful and use what's around them for creative play....
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With a little imagination, kids can learn to create a variety of larger-than-life projects out of ordinary boxes. Big Box Ideas includes a variety of step-by-step craft projects for young readers to build with their parents, transforming leftover cardboard boxes into an assortment of oversize props and settings, from planes, cars, and trains to forts, lemonade stands, and puppet theaters.
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"Step-by-step photos and instructions show how to create glitter, glow-in-the-dark, bubble, neon, chalkboard, stress ball, metallic, and other types of slime. The recipes use ordinary household items like glue, food coloring, and liquid starch."--
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Questioneers (Project books) volume 2
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"Creativity meets curiosity and critical thinking in this project book from the #1 New York Times bestselling team behind Iggy Peck, Architect, Rosie Revere, Engineer, and Ada Twist, Scientist. Iggy Peck takes readers through more than 40 exciting STEM and design projects and activities, from drafting and doodling to building and blueprints. Aspiring architects and young dreamers of all kinds will get a sense of the unique mix of science, technology,...
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Encourage your child's creativity with 365 fun, simple activities using materials you have at home. These activities don't require many trips to the craft store for elaborate materials, but instead encourage children to create and explore using common household items. The adventure starts in your pantry, your backyard, or your catch-all drawer!
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"In Wonder Art Workshop, educator and educational development expert Sally Haughey shares her approach to hands-on, play-based learning with parents, teachers, and other facilitators, offering 25 activities that let your child take the lead in developingtheir own sense of intrinsic motivation to imagine, experiment, and discover. The author's wonder-based approach reflects and synthesizes several child-centered educational movements, including Reggio...
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"Aaron Slater shows readers how art is everywhere in our world--from the famous paintings and photographs that we know so well to places you may not think as much about, like on stamps or coins--and encourages them to make art of their own based on what they see. Activities will help to spark creativity, encourage curiosity, and show some of the traits most important to being an artist: being observant, being persistent, and being flexible. From coloring...
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"Teaching methods and ideas to promote service learning"--
"Would you like your students to become community leaders and activists? A Living Classroom: Ideas for Student Creativity and Community Service will help you empower your students to change their attitudes and behaviors to do more good. This book's theme is the necessity of creativity as well as community service in classrooms every day. Ronald W. Poplau includes numerous ideas and examples...
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Recent studies have shown that children's in today's world spend more than three hours daily in front of the TV. Educators suggest that this habit causes obesity, and apathy in children. What can we do? Instead of Watching TV offers kids alternatives to TV or videogames. These ideas permits parents to enjoy a few minutes at our children's sides and the means for kids to enjoy themselves on their own as well. Some of the activities include understanding...
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Get ready for creepy crafts and spooky snacks! Kids will learn all about Halloween and its traditions with Super Simple Halloween Activities. Then, explore ways they can celebrate the Halloween season by making a mini cemetery, a ghost greeting card, and more. Colorful photos and step-by-step instructions make each project super easy and super fun.
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Bright ideas for learning volume 9
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A treasury of more than one hundred hands-on, activity-themed art projects centers on a theme of creativity and includes options in disciplines ranging from painting and photography to collage and sculpture.
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Discover secret math and science tricks to creating art! This title introduces young readers to the sciences, with a creative twist. Math and science educational pages are interspersed with cool tessellation activities that offer practical applications of the information students learn in class. All activities include how-to photos, easy instructions, and clear explanations. Reinforce Common Core Standards in reading, math, and science, while making...
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