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Let's Build Strong Foundations in Language, Math, and Social Skills - Paperback

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Category: Activities

Engage children with meaningful constructive play! This book provides educators of young children with guidance in how to create early childhood environments that support children's natural need to play. It includes strategies for creating and scaffolding the block play experience, recommends children's books that support the learning, and outlines ways to match behaviors, content, and concepts to learning standards. Lesson plans include: Thanksgiving -- sharing and giving; our families and ourselves; winter and winter animals; large buildings around the world; birds, insects and spiders; the ocean and ocean life; amphibians and reptiles; ways to travel; and wild animals. 128 pages. Paperback.

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Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 3 reviews)

Jason G. ★★★★★

The section on setting up block play areas gave me concrete ideas I hadn't thought of, and my class has been much more engaged during free play ever since.

Emma D. ★★★★★

I’ve already used a few of the activity ideas in the "constructive play" section with my preschool class, and they really do turn everyday moments into learning opportunities. The writing is practical, not preachy, which I appreciate as a busy teacher.

Jacob ★★★★★

The chapter on setting up classroom spaces really clicked for me—my kids immediately started building their own little forts after we rearranged the blocks area. It’s rare to find a book that ties environment design so directly to social skills, and the practical examples made it easy to try the nex