Hands-On Learning!: More Than 1000 Activities for Young Children Using Everyday Objects - Softcover

Kaltman, Gwendolyn S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412970954 ISBN 13: 9781412970952

Publisher: Corwin, 2009

Synopsis

Plan lessons from a child-centered perspective!

This innovative resource features more than 1,000 activities using inexpensive, readily available objects to engage young children’s senses and build their knowledge of the world through hands-on experiences. Organized into 16 themes and grouped under the areas of literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, physical development, and creativity, the book’s unique approach:

• Presents a new and simple way to design hands-on activities that complement any curriculum
• Offers suggestions on how to modify activities to respond to children’s developmental levels 
• Includes a list of over 60 generic tactile activities suitable for use in any classroom

About this title

About the Author

Gwen Snyder Kaltman has spent more than 25 years working with young children, their parents, and teachers. She is the author of Help! For Teachers of Young Children: 88 Tips to Develop Children′s Social Skills and Create Positive Teacher-Family Relationships and More Help! For Teachers of Young Children: 99 Tips to Promote Intellectual Development and Creativity. She has been a preschool teacher, director, college instructor, and educational trainer in various parts of the country and has also been a validator for the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs, the accreditation division of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Kaltman has worked with young children in Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Tennessee, and Virginia. She has trained teachers working in Head Start programs in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and rural Georgia and in child care centers and preschools in the suburbs of New York City and Washington, DC. She has observed preschool classes in such diverse places as China, Easter Island, Greenland, India, Malta, Mongolia, Tibet, Tanzania, Venezuela, and native villages above the Arctic Circle and along the Amazon and Sepik rivers.

She earned her BS and MEd in early childhood education from the University of Maryland.

Review

“The book is a wonderful brainstorm of activities. The author provides a list and explanation for each activity, making this an extremely useful and user-friendly resource for early childhood professionals." Author: Michelle Barnea, Early Childhood Consultant Published On: 2008-10-10

“This text will quickly become a favorite for busy teachers wanting to provide engaging learning activities in their classrooms.” Author: Roxie Ahlbrecht, Second-Grade Teacher Published On: 2008-10-10

“The wealth of suggestions and materials that are readily available to teachers make this a worthwhile resource for educators, who can pick and choose the activities to incorporate into their curriculum.” Author: Susan Schipper, First-Grade Teacher Published On: 2008-10-10

“There cannot be enough resources for teachers who desire to encourage play-based, hands-on learning―and they all should! Gwen Kaltman’s book is practical and puts common household materials in the service of learning.” Author: James Clay, Director Published On: 2008-10-10

"An excellent supplement to any curriculum and to an early childhood teacher’s bag of tricks. The activities are bound to engage young children’s curiosity as they explore everyday objects with a new perspective.” Author: Judy Zimmerman, Executive Director Published On: 2008-10-17

About this edition

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1412970954
• ISBN 13: 9781412970952
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 152