Do You Know the Muffin Man? : Literacy Activities Using Favorite Rhymes and Songs

do you know the muffin man? : literacy activities using favorite rhymes and songs

Do You Know the Muffin Man? : Literacy Activities Using Favorite Rhymes and Songs

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Book Description

Rhyme, rhythm, and music are essential parts of a quality early childhood program. The authors of the perennial favorite, Where is Thumbkin? have created activities children will love to accompany the 250 rhymes and songs in this invaluable new literacy book.

Each group of songs and rhymes has literacy activities, learning center activities, and theme connections.

The literacy activities enhance reading readiness skills, develop listening and oral language skills, provide opportunities to build comprehension skills, and support print awareness and letter recognition.
The learning center activities provide easy ways to integrate the songs and rhymes into the daily curriculum.
The theme connections enable teachers to use the activities with themes they currently have planned.

About the Author
Pam Schiller's career spans nearly every aspect of the early childhood profession. She is currently the Senior National Curriculum Specialist for the Wright Group/McGraw-Hill. Pam has authored or co-authored over 30 books on topics ranging from curriculum development to the management of childcare centers to the use of current brain research in the classroom.

Do You Know the Muffin Man?: Literacy Activities Using Favorite Rhymes and Songs,Pam Schiller,Thomas Moore,Deborah Wright,Gryphon House,0876592884,Activity programs,Children's songs,Early childhood education,Education,Education / Teaching,General,Language Experience Approach,Parenting - General,Reading (Early childhood),Texts,Education / General

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