The Giant Encyclopedia of Learning Center Activities by Kathy Charner
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!
Kathy Charner is the National Association for the Education of Young Children's (NAEYC)'s Editor in Chief for Books and Related Materials. NAEYC is the nation's largest professional organization for people working with and on behalf of young children from birth to age eight. NAEYC's book publishing program is managed and overseen by Charner, who was previously the Editor in Chief of Gryphon House. Charner spent 25 years at Gryphon House, where she founded the publishing program and collaborated with authors to generate works that impacted the field of early childhood education. Kathy Charner graduated from Binghamton University with a bachelor's degree in humanities. She and her spouse reside in Silver Spring, Maryland.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780876590010 |
| ISBN 10 | 0876590016 |
| Title | The Giant Encyclopedia of Learning Center Activities |
| Author | Kathy Charner |
| Series | Giant Encyclopedia |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Gryphon House,U.S. |
| Year published | 2005-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 576 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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