Teaching Young Children Themes

By Marjorie J. Kostelnik et al. Find more than 1400 activity ideas organized according to 24 age-appropriate themes that build social studies, science, math, or language arts skills. Themes include families, clothing, dental health, space exploration, rocks, birds, dinosaurs, numbers and numerals, measuring, and storytelling. Each thematic unit includes clearly written teacher directions, including purpose, procedures, background information, ways to simplify or extend the unit, related literature lists for children, and suggested reference books for the teacher. Grades pre-K–1. Index of activities. Illustrated. 8½" x 11". Good Year Books. 537 pages. ©1991. GDY519.