The Everything Toddler Activities Book

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Pub. Date: 2006-06-30
Publisher(s): Adams Media Corp
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Summary

You can do both-with The Everything Toddler Activities Book! Written by experienced child-care expert Joni Levine, M.Ed., this informative and fun guide shows you how to stimulate your child's development with age-appropriate, enjoyable, and educational activities such as: Communicating through rhymes and songs, Building social and emotional skills, Traveling by car or plane-activities to keep any toddler engaged and happy, Practicing movement and dance, Celebrating and understanding seasons and holidays. These activities and more are perfect for speeding your toddler's cognitive, physiological, and emotional maturity. So if keeping your toddler busy is a challenge-and it always is!-here's the answer you've been waiting for! Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Top Ten Materials to Have on Hand for Toddler Activitiesp. x
Introductionp. xi
All about Toddlersp. 1
What Are Toddlers Like?p. 2
How a Toddler Learnsp. 4
How Activities Help Your Childp. 5
Choosing Appropriate Activitiesp. 6
Choosing Toys and Materialsp. 7
General Guidelinesp. 9
Activities Throughout the Dayp. 11
Bath-Time Activitiesp. 12
Calming and Rest-Time Activitiesp. 14
Mealtime and Cooking Activitiesp. 17
Transition Timesp. 19
Helping Around the Housep. 21
Anytime Activitiesp. 23
What to Do on a Rainy Dayp. 27
Shake Out Your Silliesp. 28
When Bad Weather Threatensp. 30
A Day at the Beach-Indoors!p. 32
Fun with a Boxp. 34
Backwards Upside-Down Dayp. 37
Last-Minute Activitiesp. 38
Away from Homep. 43
Air-Travel Activitiesp. 44
Car-Travel Activitiesp. 46
In the Hospitalp. 47
Activities to Do While Waitingp. 50
Beach Activitiesp. 53
Zoo Activitiesp. 55
Museum Activitiesp. 56
Art and Explorationp. 59
Coloringp. 60
Paintingp. 63
Sculptingp. 67
Making Collagesp. 70
Other Art Mediap. 71
Craftsp. 74
Sensory Activitiesp. 77
Sand Activitiesp. 78
Water Activitiesp. 80
Natural Materialsp. 82
Playdough and Clayp. 84
Bubblesp. 86
Miscellaneous Materialsp. 89
Dance and Movementp. 93
Dancingp. 94
Action Playsp. 97
Exercise Activitiesp. 100
Creative Movementp. 102
Using Propsp. 106
Parachute Activitiesp. 108
Let's Pretendp. 111
Pretend Themesp. 112
Props for Pretend Playp. 114
Dollsp. 117
Block Buildingp. 119
Pretend Play Gamesp. 121
Puppetsp. 123
Gamesp. 127
Traditional Gamesp. 128
Cooperative Gamesp. 131
Group Gamesp. 133
Games for Twop. 135
Paper Gamesp. 137
Create Your Own Gamep. 139
Backyard and Nature Activitiesp. 141
Gardening Activitiesp. 142
Bugs!p. 144
Weather Activitiesp. 147
Outdoor Activitiesp. 150
Nature Craftsp. 153
Astronomy and Nighttime Activitiesp. 155
Literacy Activitiesp. 157
Skills and Readinessp. 158
Using Booksp. 161
Storytellingp. 163
Verbal Gamesp. 165
Flannel-Board Activitiesp. 167
Making Booksp. 168
All about Mep. 171
Learning-abot-Family Activitiesp. 172
Learning-about-My-Body Activitiesp. 175
I Am Specialp. 178
How I Growp. 180
Five-Senses Activitiesp. 182
Learning to Be Safe and Healthyp. 184
Exploring Themesp. 189
Animal Activitiesp. 190
Community Helpersp. 193
Transportationp. 195
Dinosaursp. 198
The Oceanp. 199
Birdsp. 201
Pond Lifep. 204
Exploring Conceptsp. 207
Shapesp. 208
Colorsp. 210
Numbersp. 213
Lettersp. 216
Timep. 218
Spatial Conceptsp. 219
Seasonal Activitiesp. 223
Harvest-Time Funp. 224
Leaves Are Changingp. 226
Scary Thingsp. 228
Let It Snow!p. 231
Arctic Animals and Hibernationp. 234
Springtimep. 237
Summer Activitiesp. 239
Holiday Activitiesp. 243
New Year's Dayp. 244
Valentine's Dayp. 246
St. Patrick's Dayp. 248
Passover and Purimp. 251
Easterp. 252
Fourth of Julyp. 254
Thanksgivingp. 255
Chanukahp. 257
Christmasp. 259
Kwanzaap. 261
Party Timep. 263
Theme Partiesp. 264
Birthday Parties for Two-Year-Oldsp. 266
Birthday Parties for Three-Year-Oldsp. 268
Group Craft Projectsp. 270
More Party Gamesp. 272
Party Preparation and Propsp. 275
Progress Logp. 279
Recipes for Activity Materialsp. 283
Recommended Resourcesp. 297
Indexp. 299
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