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

AUTHOR Phelps, Pamela
PUBLISHER Gryphon House (09/01/2012)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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Blocks are a key teaching tool in any early childhood program. Through well-planned, teacher-supported block play experiences, young children can build math, language, and social skills. Let's Build 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. More than just a collection of activities, lesson plans are based on ten broad themes including: Large Buildings Around the World, Wild Animals, Ways to Travel, and Our Families and Ourselves.
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ISBN-13: 9780876593967
ISBN-10: 0876593961
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 128
Carton Quantity: 19
Product Dimensions: 8.40 x 0.40 x 10.90 inches
Weight: 1.05 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
Education | Teaching - General
Education | Schools - Levels - Early Childhood (Incl. Preschool & Kinder
Grade Level: College Freshman and up
Dewey Decimal: 372.21
Library of Congress Control Number: 2012004313
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Blocks are a key teaching tool in any early childhood program. Through well-planned, teacher-supported block play experiences, young children can build math, language, and social skills. Let's Build 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. More than just a collection of activities, lesson plans are based on ten broad themes including: Large Buildings Around the World, Wild Animals, Ways to Travel, and Our Families and Ourselves.
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