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Book Description
This is the perfect book for anyone who suspects that excellence cannot be bought at a toy store and that spending time with children pays off. The 2,000 Best Games and Activities is an essential book for parents and other caregivers of children from babyhood to eight years old. Its unique concept is to teach children-through games and play-the first significant steps that will help them grow into confident, independent individuals, laying the groundwork for the child to become a successful teenager and adult. The book focuses on seven life skills that are key to children's academic and social success: -- Communication -- Curiosity -- Decision-making -- Kindness -- Playfulness -- Self-control -- Self-esteem
The activities for each skill are arranged by age. Each activity includes a descriptive title, the expected duration of play, materials needed, directions for starting and ideas for extending the activity when interest wanes. This is more than a recipe book for dazzling children or filling their time; it is a planning guide about how to use play, the most natural of childhood activities, as a teaching tool.
About the Author
Susan Kettman has 20 years of experience teaching, directing and coordinating curriculum and child care in educational settings; doing regional child-care planning for local governments; and teaching preschool parents and teachers in community colleges. She is the author of two family/parenting books: Family-Friendly Childcare and The 12 Rules of Grandparenting. She lives near San Francisco, California.
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