Read! Move! Learn!: Active Stories for Active Learning - Softcover

Carol Totsky Hammett; Nicki Collins Geigert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 087659058X ISBN 13: 9780876590584

Publisher: Gryphon House, 2007

Synopsis

Winner of the iParenting Award.

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Enhance literacy skills, bring the magic of a good book to the classroom, and encourage healthy, active lifestyles in young children with Read! Move! Learn!. This new book has over 150 active learning experiences based on seventy-five popular children s books. The authors provide complete plans that include theme connections, related books and music, lesson objectives, a vocabulary list, a concept list, and activities for each children s book, providing hours of fun in the classroom!

A few of the children s books included are:

• Barn Dance
• Harold and the Purple Crayon
• Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
• I m a Little Teapot
• In the Tall, Tall Grass
• Monkey See, Monkey Do
• Quick as a Cricket
• Snowball Fight!
• Ten Terrible Dinosaurs
• We re Going on a Bear Hunt

Carol Totsky Hammett began her teaching career over twenty-five years ago and has worked as a physical education specialist, pre-kindergarten teacher, and an early childhood special education teacher. She is currently an elementary school principal in Bend, Oregon.

Nicki Collins Geigert has worked as an educator for the past thirty-six years. She has led workshops for The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), various state early childhood organizations, and the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD). She lives in Carlsbad, California.

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About this title

About the Author

<DIV>Carol Totsky Hammett began her teaching career over 25 years ago, and has worked as a physical education specialist, pre-kindergarten teacher, and an early childhood special education teacher. She is currently an elementary school principal in Bend, OR. Nicki Collins Geigert has worked in the field of education for the past 36 years. She has led workshops for The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), various state early childhood organizations, and the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD). She lives in Carlsbad, CA.</DIV>

From the Back Cover

Enhance literacy skills, bring the magic of a good book to the classroom, and encourage healthy, active lifestyles in young children with Read! Move! Learn!. This new book has over 150 active learning experiences based on seventy-five popular children’s books. The authors provide complete plans that include theme connections, related books and music, lesson objectives, a vocabulary list, a concept list, and activities for each children’s book, providing hours of fun in the classroom!

Edition details

• Publisher: Gryphon House
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 087659058X
• ISBN 13: 9780876590584
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232