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Learn and Play the Recycle Way: Homemade Toys that Teach [Paperback]

Rhoda Redleaf (Author), Audrey Robertson (Author)


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Book Description

July 1, 2002
Dont throw that away! Recycle and Play! Turn items headed for the trash into safe and fun toys for teaching. Learn and Play the Recycle Way contains the best activities from the best-selling Teachables from Trashables series as well as new ways to make learning fun with homemade toys.

Over 100 homemade teaching tools were designed by authors Rhoda Redleaf and Audrey Robertson and solicited from centers, homes, and trainers. Children will love helping to make fun things like drums from coffee cans, cactus gardens from peanut butter jars, and planters from plastic bottles.

Learn and Play the Recycle Way is organized by age group with sections for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-agers. Each activity is illustrated and contains a list of materials needed, descriptions of how to use the homemade toy, and ideas for teaching with the item thats being recycled. Detailed instructions will make it easy to focus on the fun in creating toys with children.



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We are all acquainted with the educational value of play. This well-organized paperback helps parents to recycle common household materials into toys and games that will stimulate their children's developmental and learning processes without taxing their budgets or the planet's resources. A 1999 Parents' Choice® Recommendation. (Parents' Choice®). -- From Parents' Choice®

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Weve all seen it. A child opens a gift only to play with the wrapping paper it came in and leave the contents untouched.

Quite simply, children love to rummage and create. Items that once seemed to have outlived their use may now actually be hidden treasures. Many parents and caregivers inability to spend precious funds on many of todays overpriced toys toys that also lack developmental value - leaves them looking for new objects and activities to keep a childs attention.

Rhoda Redleaf and Audrey Robertson suggest that new ideas exist where you least expect them with the items destined to be thrown out. In their new book Learn and Play the Recycle Way the authors offer over 100 inventive and environmentally friendly ideas for creating toys that teach but dont break the bank.

Learn and Play the Recycle Way recently won the "1999 Parents Choice Recommended Book Award." Ideas include the best from the authors popular Teachable from Trashables books, plus much more.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 196 pages
  • Publisher: Redleaf Press (July 1, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 188483440X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1884834400
  • Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,805,220 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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