Easy step-by-step projects teach scissor skills, visual-motor skills, grouping, ordering and spatial relationships. Finished projects can be used for take-homes, bulletin boards, mobiles, gifts and more!

The colorful finished projects can be used for stick puppets; wall art; bulletin boards; class books; literature companions; vocabulary builders; and dozens of other engaging, motivating activities.

The skills children acquire in fine motor activities such as cutting simple shapes go beyond just the production of a craft; although that, too, has its rewards. The ability to grasp and manipulate transfers to future writing skills, the dedication to the task involved becomes the ability to concentrate and the completion of a satisfying project builds pride, self-esteem and confidence. Until now, it has been difficult to find simple enough shapes, round enough corners, thick enough lines, gentle enough angles or useful enough objects for early scissor skills experiences. Here are 28 perfect patterns! The subjects were selected especially for the early childhood curriculum and suggestions for use offer creative tips and ideas.

Easy step-by-step projects teach scissor skills, visual-motor skills, grouping, ordering and spatial relationships. Finished projects can be used for take-homes, bulletin boards, mobiles, gifts and more!

Easy step-by-step projects teach scissor skills, visual-motor skills, grouping, ordering and spatial relationships. Finished projects can be used for take-homes, bulletin boards, mobiles, gifts and more!

Easy step-by-step projects teach scissor skills, visual-motor skills, grouping, ordering and spatial relationships. Finished projects can be used for take-homes, bulletin boards, mobiles, gifts and more!

Easy step-by-step projects teach scissor skills, visual-motor skills, grouping, ordering and spatial relationships. Finished projects can be used for take-homes, bulletin boards, mobiles, gifts and more!

Easy step-by-step projects teach scissor skills, visual-motor skills, grouping, ordering and spatial relationships. Finished projects can be used for take-homes, bulletin boards, mobiles, gifts and more!

Applause! Applause! And wasn't it easy! Even non-musical teachers will love using this simple musical play. Children will bring stories to life through drama, music, art, language, and gross motor activities. Each book contains a CD (print books) or audio files (eBooks) and a resource guide loaded with songs, music, and step-by-step directions for classroom use or performance. The CD and audio files contain both songs with lyrics, and piano accompaniment only. This play is loaded with wonderful music and catchy lyrics that children will want to sing again and again!

The purpose of the "December" unit is to assist elementary school teachers in teaching a multicultural unit emphasizing December holidays: Kwanzaa, Hanukkah (Chanukah), and Christmas around world. Included are poems, worksheets, recipes, and art ideas. Enclosed is a child's book highlighting the December holidays that can be reproduced so the child can take it home and share it with his or her family. By studying a variety of countries, the children learn that a considerable number of holiday customs have their origin in the many cultures and ethnic groups that came to America.