Get ready for preschool! Designed for children who need reinforcement or are motivated to learn more, this 192-page chunky learning pad is packed with fun preschool activities that help develop reading and writing readiness skills. It uses puzzles, humor and reward stickers to lower the barriers to learning and encourage open-mindedness toward new challenges. A companion to the award-winning Highlights Preschool Big Fun Workbook, this substantial pad provides kids with extra practice in the alphabet, sight words, and important prewriting fine-motor skills through tracing, cutting, and a bonus section of STEAM activities. The pad also teaches important "non-academic" skills that will last a lifetime, such as focus, attention to detail, and using multiple strategies to solve a problem. Plus, it's sized to easily tuck in a backpack or purse for learning anywhere.

Get ready for preschool! Designed for children who need reinforcement or are motivated to learn more, this 192-page chunky learning pad is packed with fun preschool activities that help develop math readiness skills. It uses puzzles, humor and reward stickers to lower the barriers to learning and encourage open-mindedness toward new challenges. A companion to the award-winning Highlights Preschool Big Fun Workbook, this substantial pad provides kids with extra practice in numbers, counting, shapes, patterns, sorting, ordering, and a bonus section of STEAM activities. The pad also teaches important "non-academic" skills that will last a lifetime, such as focus, attention to detail, and using multiple strategies to solve a problem. Plus, it's sized to easily tuck in a backpack or purse for learning anywhere.

200 Essential Preschool Activities promotes children's learning, helps improve their functional skills, and encourages interaction in the classroom. This resource provides preschool, pre-kindergarten, and student teachers with an abundance of developmentally appropriate lessons, all developed by the author and used in her own classroom for more than fifteen years. These adaptable, open-ended activities and strategies complement any early childhood program's core curriculum. 200 Essential Preschool Activities provides activities for and information on: Creative centers, including dramatic play areas and discovery and sensory areas Learning games, including turn-taking and board games, academic games, and cooperative and active games Group lessons, including circle time, social lessons, hands-on skill builders, and musical games and finger plays Arts and crafts, including child-centered expressive art and creative tools and methods Classroom structure, including classroom areas and centers and creating learning opportunities Parent involvement Julienne M. Olson has been teaching early childhood special education since 1995. She holds a bachelor's degree in early childhood special education and a master's degree in early childhood special education.

Preschoolers will develop important pre-writing fine-motor skills and hand-eye coordination through cutting and pasting activities, using That's Silly(TM) puzzles, matching, and more, all in an affordable, travel-friendly pad format. Being able to cut and paste is an important step toward school readiness, and Highlights infuses Fun with a Purpose® into this essential learning skill. Cutting and Pasting is a 64-page full-color pad that gives preschoolers plenty of practice with scissors through interactive puzzles, cutting lines and shapes, cutting out and assembling simple toys, and other activities that improve manual dexterity.

Designed for busy teachers, daycare workers, and parents, this book contains weekly activities, lesson ideas, arts and crafts and cooking activities for preschool age children.