Brain-based learning involves both hemispheres of children's brains working together, resulting in stronger, more meaningful learning experiences. Each fun activity in this book is designed to promote brain-based learning in the areas of language, mathematics, science, art, music, and the environment, and encourages physical, social, and emotional development. Each activity includes a materials list, extension activities, variations for multi-sensory exploration, components for diversity, and an explanation of the brain connections being made. Brain-Based Early Learning Activities also includes a comprehensive overview of early brain development and how to create a brain-based early learning environment.
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Nikki Darling-Kuria has a master's degree in human development and holds a bachelor's degree in early childhood education. She is a family child care professional and an adjunct college professor. With over 15 years of experience in early childhood education, she routinely appears in The National Perspective, the National Association for Family Child Care's publication.
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With over 15 years experience in early childhood education, Nikki has served the field in various ways. She has been a state licensed and nationally accredited family child care provider in Maryland and West Virginia. In 2005 she won the Scholastic Early Childhood Today Professional of the Year Award and she currently serves as the Communications Chair for the National Association for Family Child Care.
Nikki has been a local community columnist in newspapers in Maryland and West Virginia and routinely appears in The National Perspective, a publication of the National Association for Family Child Care.
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A superb supplement to classroom, home schooling, and even parent's and babysitter's collections,
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This review is from: Brain-Based Early Learning Activities: Connecting Theory and Practice (Paperback)
Family child care professional and adjunct college professor Nikki Darling-Kuria presents Brain-Based Early Learning Activities, a collection of educational activities designed to stimulate interest and development in language, mathematics, science, art, motor skills, social skills, music, the environment, and more in children from birth to age 8. Each activity lists the brain connections that the activity supports, multisensory variations, diversity adaptations, and extension activities. Some examples of language-based activities include "Rhyming Scavenger Hunt" (for age 4 years and up) in which children are challenged to talk in rhymes (begin with classic nursery rhymes then have children go on a scavenger hunt to find items that rhyme), and "Flannel Fantasy" (for age 2 years and up) in which children are provided with a flannel surface to use felt pieces on to represent objects and events in a story. A superb supplement to classroom, home schooling, and even parent's and babysitter's collections, Brain-Based Early Learning Activities is highly recommended.
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Excellent book for new moms and dads!,
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This review is from: Brain-Based Early Learning Activities: Connecting Theory and Practice (Paperback)
This book has lots of fun activities that you will probably recognize from when you were little or if you have other children. It is full of good ideas for games to play to engage your infant in learning!!
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I'm ordering a copy of this for each of my children. It's a terrific resource for my kids and will help them in their parenting and teaching. This book puts ideas into action. The way children learn (and the rest of us for that matter) is explained in a no-nonsense way. The simple things we do every day with our kids can be tweaked to help create maximum learning.
Child development professionals and parents will benefit from this book.
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