Your Child at Play Three to Five Years: Conversation, Creativity, and Learning Letters, Words, and Numbers (Your Child at Play Series)

By Marilyn Segal

Book Overview

Here is a wonderful, easy-to-read introduction to theworld of the preschooler, illustrated with more than110 candid photos of real children at play. Children of thisage want to discover how things work, and this book givesyou all sorts of wonderful ways to show them. You'll learnhow to teach the concepts of time and distance throughplay; how to use play-acting, storytelling, drawing andbuilding to clarify the world and its contents; and even howto conduct some exciting scientific experiments. Here arehundreds of play activities that will help your preschoolerexperiment with language and ideas through questions;explore the properties of living and non-living things;develop counting and letter-writing skills; and initiatefriendships outside the family. Hands-on play activities and topics include: - discoveringhow things work - learning about time and distance- play-acting, storytelling, drawing, and building - athleticfeats and scientific experiments - playing withfriends - reading and writing

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557043337
• ISBN13: 9781557043337
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Well written, not preachy and quite useful!

This book was thoughfully written with obviously a lot of different children and styles of raising children in mind. The author does not impose their views about kids or raising kids on the reader. That fact alone is evidence of either a seasoned childcare provider, a good writer or a good editor and probably all three! Loved this book, loved the ideas - many of which I had never heard about before that are so clever. Glad I purchased this book and glad to refer it to other parents who are looking for ideas to engage and amuse their own children.