Provides facilitators with a large assortment of activities that can be used in many different group settings and for a wide variety of purposes.

Helping groups become their most effective and productive is amajor task for a group leader and facilitator. By immersing groupmembers in active learning experiences that focus on workingtogether to accomplish objectives, group members will learn to drawon their personal insights and integrate this knowledge intopractical applications. The New Encyclopedia of Group Activities–the sequelto the best-selling encyclopedia that was first published more thana decade ago–is an expansive collection of hands-onactivities and games that will help you explore the many elementsof group process skills. This thoroughly revised and updatedresource covers a multitude of content topics that you can use in avariety of group settings. The 150 new activities offer creativeexercises that will give you the tools you need to provideappropriate interventions for any group purpose. Whether searchingfor a serious foundational process activity or for a lighttransitional learning game, you will find something here to meetyour needs. Praise for The New Encyclopedia of GroupActivities "A vast collection of excellent team activities, spanning a widerange of topics! You will find great options . . . at yourfingertips." —Mel Silberman, author, Active Training and The Best ofActive Training "Both new and seasoned training professionals will find TheNew Encyclopedia of Group Activities to be a great addition totheir resource libraries. I find Ms. Ukens' activities to be easyto facilitate and applicable to many different courses andaudiences." —Madeline Collins, independent performance consultantspecializing in teamwork, communication, and customer servicetraining

Contains more than six hundred circle time and group activities designed by teachers to use with children three to six years old, each including a suggested age, a list of materials, and step-by-step directions, and features lists of related books, songs, and poems.

This book contains hundreds of accessible, teacher-written learning center activities. The GIANT Encyclopedia of Learning Center Activities is the eighth book in Gryphon House's GIANT Encyclopedia series. The learning centers in this book can either be permanent year-long centers or set up and removed according to the season or children's interests and needs. Through play, young children learn to communicate, interact, and expand their cognitive thinking horizons. The GIANT Encyclopedia of Learning Center Activities provides the resources to make play meaningful and educational for young children. This book offers: Over 600 activities and 47 learning centers, including familiar, permanent centers, such as Art or Blocks, and new and exciting centers, such as Farm, Space, Safari, Shoe Store, and Ice Cream Shop. Opportunities in each center for children to work at their own developmental level. Materials lists for each activity, step-by-step instructions, and related books, songs, and poems. Fresh new ideas from teachers who have used these activities in their own classrooms!

"Resource book with over 600 transition activities for teachers of preschool children ages three to five to use in the classroom"--Provided by publisher.

Arranged by age, this collection offers ideas for activities that involve the environment, revolve around certain holidays, or are traditional crafts.

What do you have to know, today, to be an effective group worker and what are the different group work approaches? With 110 articles and entries, this book provides a comprehensive overview of social work with groups from its initial development to its astounding range of diverse practice today with many populations in different places. The articles have been written by social workers trained in the group approach from the United States, Canada, England, Australia, Spain and Japan, and all involved are well known group workers, acknowledged as experts in the area. The book covers all aspects of social work with groups: including its history, values, major models, approaches and methods, education, research, journals, phases of development, working with specific populations and ages, plus many more. Each article includes references which can be a major resource for future exploration in the particular subject area. Both editors have many years of productive work in group work practice and other areas and are board members of The Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups. The Encyclopedia of Social Work with Groups will be of interest to students, practitioners, social work faculty, novice and experienced group workers.

This two-volume encyclopedia covers concepts from across the spectrum, from group phenomena to phenomena influenced by group membership, from small group interaction to intergroup relations on a global scale.

This wide-ranging collection of more than 600 teacher-created, classroom-tested activities has everything from songs and books to activities in art, circle time, transitions, science, math, language, music and movement, and more This complete resource of the best selections from a national contest is sure to become a classroom favorite. Formerly titled "It s Great to Be Four." Kathy Charner has been with Gryphon House for over 10 years. She is the editor of several books, including: "The GIANT Encyclopedia of Circle Time Activities"; "The GIANT Encyclopedia of Art and Craft Activities"; "The GIANT Encyclopedia of Science Activities"; and "The GIANT Encyclopedia of Theme Activities.""

A comprehensive collection of the best art and craft activities for young children. The result of a nationwide competition, these art and craft activities are the best of the best. Just the thing to add pizzazz to your day! Activities include: Bath Sponge Painting Blast-off Helmets Bumby Snake Candy Jewelry Caterpillar Cookies Cereal Box Tote Bag Darling Daffodils Dinosaur Sock Puppets Dream Catcher Ecology Art Creations