Kitchen-Table Play and Learn: Activities and Lessons for Building Your Preschooler's Vital Developmental Skills [Paperback]

Tara Copley (Author), Andrea Custer (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071460160 | ISBN-13: 978-0071460163 | Publication Date: December 23, 2005 | Edition: 1

Thirty easy ways you can give your children a head start on essential education skills

Kitchen-Table Play & Learn gives you structured yet fun lessons to teach your preschoolers the basics of education at home. These 30 lessons include games and activities that help you hone your children's motor skills, number and letter recognition, logic, and visual discrimination, as well as expose them to math, writing, and reading.

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From the Back Cover

From caring to sharing and from ABCs to 123s, jump-start your preschooler's education right at home

As a parent, you are your child's first and most important teacher. Become an active educator during your preschooler's formative years with the games and activities found in Kitchen-Table Play & Learn.

The thirty lessons offer step-by-step activities that help you foster important skills in your preschooler and let you set the pace for learning. All you need are inexpensive, everyday items from around the house! Kitchen-Table Play & Learn is packed with activities, games, crafts, and so much more:

• Lessons and activities encourage skills that will give your child a solid head start in kindergarten, including fine and large motor skills, prereading, prewriting, number and letter recognition, matching, and sequencing
• Thirty themes--including sports, the ocean, dinosaurs, and farm animals--will capture and keep your preschooler's attention
• A materials list, teaching tips, examples, and explanations of each developmental skill take the guess-work out of teaching

Create countless opportunities for learning in the comfort of your own home while shaping your preschooler's academic, mental, and moral development with the help of Kitchen-Table Play & Learn.

About the Author

Tara Copley holds a degree in elementary education with a specialization in reading. She designed many of the Kitchen-Table Play & Learn activities while raising and teaching her infant and four-year-old sons. She lives in Woodlands, Texas.

Andrea Custer developed many of the Kitchen-Table Play & Learn activities while raising and teaching her infant and four-year-old daughters. She holds a Bachelor of Science from California State University at Sacramento and lives in Cameron Park, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (December 23, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071460160
• ISBN-13: 978-0071460163
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #919,908 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, January 27, 2006

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This review is from: Kitchen-Table Play and Learn: Activities and Lessons for Building Your Preschooler's Vital Developmental Skills (Paperback)

This is by far the best children's educational book both me and my wife have read (and there have been MANY). The impact made from the activities has been amazing and the kids can't wait for the next lesson. A must have for parents with young children.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great activity book, July 23, 2011

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This review is from: Kitchen-Table Play and Learn: Activities and Lessons for Building Your Preschooler's Vital Developmental Skills (Paperback)

This book has you become more creative with your child and the activities are fun. It allows you to spend time with them and they remember these little ties and have something to show for it instead of sitting in front of the TV.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Lifesaver!!, June 28, 2011

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This review is from: Kitchen-Table Play and Learn: Activities and Lessons for Building Your Preschooler's Vital Developmental Skills (Paperback)

I am using this book as a loose curriculum for the summer for my preschooler, though it could be used for a full year of preschool. Loaded with games, crafts and ideas! I've only owned for a couple months, and it's already well worn and used! LOVE IT!