Finger Rhymes for Holidays, Seasons, and Celebrations (ENHANCED eBook)

Finger Rhymes for Holidays, Seasons, and Celebrations (ENHANCED eBook)
Author: Lily Erlic
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2010-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 142911844X

Poetry is valuable for stimulating the young child’s brain growth. Combine poetry with fun movements and you have an effective way to actively involve children in exploring celebrations of all cultures around the world. What fun your children will have as they pretend to play musical instruments, steer a ship, look through a telescope, plant a tree, be a groundhog, fly on a broomstick, spin a dreidel, or march in a band. You can add any of the suggested small props (ribbons, small bells, maracas, miniature flags, and party hats) to the rhymes to help build large motor skills and increase the fun factor even more! Included is a CD (print books) or MP3 files (eBooks) with the various rhymes being sung that provide appropriate background music for use for singing the rhymes and/or performing the movements.

Always Together at Christmas

Always Together at Christmas
Author: Sara Sargent
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2020-11-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0593380843

Help children discover the joy of Christmas 2020 with this timely picture book that affirms the special magic of the holidays even if we're physically separated from our loved ones! Christmas will always mean love. Even if love looks a little different this year. As families and communities come together--and stay apart--in creative ways this holiday season, bring comfort and joy to children with this story about a Christmas like no other. Always Together at Christmas highlights different family traditions and the ways they're changing in 2020: from Santa's elves practicing social distancing to opening presents via Zoom on Christmas morning. And it even includes ideas for new quarantine-appropriate Christmas traditions! The sweet and cozy illustrations add classic touches, making this book the perfect gift to share with family and friends from across the miles.

Finger Rhymes

Finger Rhymes
Author: Lily Erlic
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2009-09-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1573105465

Poetry is valuable for stimulating young children's brain growth. Combine poetry with fun movements, and you've got an effective way to actively involve them in exploring science, math and language arts concepts. These finger rhymes cover themes such as: technology, outer space, colors, fruit, animals' life cycles, plants, sharing, birthdays, other cultures and numbers. What fun your children will have as they pretend to drive a car through a tunnel, fly on an airplane, float to the moon and personify numbers. They'll enjoy pretending to be growing animals, bouncing balls, rolling apples and newborn chicks. Plug these rhymes into your daily routine for fun enrichment during gym, science, math or language arts lessons. They'll transform your classroom lessons into live action!

Finger Rhymes for Manners

Finger Rhymes for Manners
Author: Lily Erlic
Publisher: Teaching and Learning Company
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2011-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1573105953

Activity fun including: What are manners? ; courtesy creatures ; polite plants ; sharing with numbers and more...

The Complete Book of Rhymes, Songs, Poems, Fingerplays, and Chants

The Complete Book of Rhymes, Songs, Poems, Fingerplays, and Chants
Author: Jackie Silberg
Publisher: Gryphon House, Inc.
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2002
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780876592670

The Complete Book of Rhymes, Songs, Poems, Fingerplays, and Chants gives children a variety of ways to fall in love with rhythm, rhyme, repetition, and structural sequence -- important building blocks for future readers. The 700 selections will help children ages 3 to 6 build a strong foundation in skills such as listening, imagination, coordination, and spatial and body awareness. In this giant book of rhythm and rhyme, you are sure to find your own childhood favorites! Book jacket.

This Jazz Man

This Jazz Man
Author: Karen Ehrhardt
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2006-11-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0547545746

In this toe-tapping jazz tribute, the traditional "This Old Man" gets a swinging makeover, and some of the era's best musicians take center stage. The tuneful text and vibrant illustrations bop, slide, and shimmy across the page as Satchmo plays one, Bojangles plays two . . . right on down the line to Charles Mingus, who plays nine, plucking strings that sound "divine." Easy on the ear and the eye, this playful introduction to nine jazz giants will teach children to count--and will give them every reason to get up and dance! Includes a brief biography of each musician.

Little Hands Fingerplays & Action Songs

Little Hands Fingerplays & Action Songs
Author: Emily Stetson
Publisher: Ideals Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Counting-out rhymes
ISBN: 9781885593535

Learn while you rhyme, clap, tap, shake, stomp, jump, giggle, and wiggle.

Fingerplays and Rhymes: For Always and Sometimes

Fingerplays and Rhymes: For Always and Sometimes
Author: Terry Lynne Graham, M.A.
Publisher: Green Dragon Books
Total Pages: 213
Release: 1987-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0893346373

Don't say it, sing it! Children will listen up quick, if you say it with a trick! Rhythm, imagery, and humorous nonsense will delight children while teaching them numbers, colors, shapes, self-concept, feelings, and more. This bestseller contains more than 250 original rhymes and fingerplays which help children learn through play, imitation, and repetition. Enhance vocabulary development, language skills, memory, hand-eye coordination, finger dexterity, and even attention spans! Rhyme and song in your lessons will make the ordinary exciting and new.

While You Are Expecting: Your Own Prenatal Classroom

While You Are Expecting: Your Own Prenatal Classroom
Author: F. Renee Van DeCarr
Publisher: Green Dragon Books
Total Pages: 159
Release: 1996-11
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0893346888

Featured on Oprah, Donahue, and in Newsweek, Reader's Digest, and U.S.A. Today, this revolutionary guide introduces exercises which allow parents to communicate with their unborn baby. Also included are tips for stress reduction and how to provide an optimum prenatal environment. Easy-to-use, this manual explains the stages of baby's physical and mental growth, concentrating on interactive exercises which result in the easy birth of a calm, intelligent child who has already formed strong bonds with his or her parents.