help your children reach their full potential --through play
Want your kid to be the next Einstein, Olympic gold medalist or CEO? Maybe you’re just looking for some great playtime ideas, with a little creativity and brain building thrown in? This fun, easy guide contains 2,000 games and activities that will help your babies, toddlers and children reach their full potential--through play.
The 2,000 Best Games and Activities will keep your kids laughing while learning seven essential life skills:
-- Communication
-- Curiosity
-- Decision making
-- Kindness
-- Playfulness
-- Self-control
-- Self-esteem
Including activities that mostly take five to ten minutes and use ordinary household items, this book is essential for parents or caregivers of children from babyhood to eight years old. MOre than a recipe boko for dazzling children or filling theri time, this is a guide to how to use play, the most natural of childhood activities, as a teaching tool.
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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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- PublisherSourcebooks Inc
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 140220194X
- ISBN 13 9781402201943
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages472