Books
Mudworks
Many different dough recipes, some temporary for playing and exploring, some that will air-harden or that can be baked,
and some that are edible.
Big Messy Art (But Easy to Clean Up)
Combine the joy of creativity, the delight of imagination, and the thrill of an art adventure. The Big Messy Art Book
opens the door for children to explore art on a grander, and more expressive, scale. Paint a one-of-a-kind masterpiece
from a swing, or try painting a hanging ball while it moves! With The Big Messy Art Book, you are giving children the
opportunity to go beyond the ordinary and into the amazing!
Preschool Art: It's the Process, Not the Product
Young children do art for the experience, the exploration and the experimentation. It's a process by which they can
discover the world. Using materials commonly found in the home, children can explore discover and create open-ended
art experiences. Best of all, there are no adult-made samples so the imagination of the artist can roam free.
Each activity has up to five icons Age, planning/Preparation, Help, Caution, and author's Favorite which serve
as a guide for making the projects more usable and accessible for the artist.
My Daddy Is a Pretzel: Yoga for Parents and Kids
Baptiste is an internationally known yoga instructor who has written several guides for adults. His debut yoga title
for children uses a clever fiction framework to introduce basic poses. In class, a young narrator sees parallels
between what the other students' parents do and what his father, a yoga instructor, does: "Niki says her mommy's a
gardener," reads one page. "Sometimes my daddy's a tree." The following spread features a man in tree pose along with
step-by-step illustrations demonstrating how to move in and out of the posture. Other poses--the dog, the airplane, the
pretzel, and so on--follow.
Kids Yoga Deck- Cards
50 cards with yoga poses on them. Includes games to play.
The Wiggle & Giggle Busy Book: 365 Fun, Physical Activities for Your Toddler and Preschooler
Trish Kuffner, author of the popular "Busy Book" series, has created an all-new book of 365 games and activities for
children ages 3 to 6. The Wiggle & Giggle Busy Book offers daily suggestions for physical activities as an alternative
to watching TV and playing videogames. With activities divided into chapters on outdoor, indoor, water, rhythm/music and
holiday activities plus an introductory chapter describing stages of development in children, this helpful, easy-to-use
book will keep kids happily and productively occupied for hours.
Preschooler's Busy Book: 365 Creative Games & Activities To Occupy 3-6 Year Olds
This book contains 365 activities (one for each day of the year) for three- to six-year-olds using things found around
the home. It shows parents and day-care providers how to:
* Save money by making your own paints, playdough, craft clays, glue, paste, and other arts and crafts supplies.
* Prevent boredom during even the longest stretches of indoor weather with ideas for indoor play, kitchen activities,
and arts and crafts projects.
* Stimulate a child's natural curiosity with fun reading, math, and science activities.
* Encourage a child's physical, mental, and emotional growth with ideas for music, dance, drama, and outdoor play.
* Celebrate holidays and other occasions with special projects and activities.
* Keep children occupied during long trips or cross-town errands.
365 TV-Free Activities You Can Do With Your Child
Make the most of your time with your child-whether it’s five minutes or a whole afternoon-with simple, fun activities
that will excite the whole family. From arts and crafts to toymaking to math and number games,
365 TV-Free Activities You Can Do with Your Child will help take your kids away from the tube and stimulate their minds.
You’ll promote better health, improved mental abilities, a stronger parent-child bond.
365 Outdoor Activities You Can Do With Your Child
365 outdoor activities.
The Muppets Make Puppets
Cheryl Henson, daughter of Muppets founder Jim Henson, along with the Muppet' Workshop (and Kermit the Frog), shows kids how to make over 35 puppets using stuff from around the house-with a little help from the googly eyes, funny noses, feathers, and fuzzy fur included.In addition, the authors show how to talk the puppet talk and walk the puppet walk, how to write a script and put on a show. It's a complete kit. Just add glue, and a little imagination.
The Fabulous Book of Paper Dolls
The Fabulous Book of Paper Dolls by Julie Collings comes with six paper dolls (with an array of skin tones), a massive mix-'n'-match wardrobe, and accessories. The spiral-bound book also contains backdrop scenes for the dolls and a pull-out armoire to tuck everything away. The clothes stay on with "reusable glue dots" instead of old-fashioned tabs and the clothes are printed on both sides.
Medieval Castle
A three-dimensional book that opens to reveal two stories and five rooms of a medieval castle, with decorative details, pop-up furniture, a drawbridge, and press-out pieces that include knights, ladies, and even a dragon. Covers can be tied with attached ribbons to allow the book to stand on its own.
Victorian Doll House
The Three-Dimensional Victorian Doll House is a beautifully illustrated carousel doll house with two stories and eight rooms. When you tie back the ribbons, the house stands on its own, revealing great decorative details and authentic-looking-pop-up period furniture - and press-out play dolls and accessories!
Penny Whistle Traveling-with-Kids Book: Whether by Boat, Train, Car, or Plane...How to Take The Best Trip Ever with Kids
They say getting there is half the fun, but all too often the stress of being away from
home and the frustration of being confined in a car, plane, train, hotel room, or even
someone else's home combine to turn a simple trip into a painful experience for parents
and kids. But with The Penny Whistle Traveling with Kids Book parents and kids will find
everything they need to make travel time fun time. Full of inventive advice and helpful
hints.
Carschooling
"Carschooling: Over 350 Entertaining Games & Activities to Turn Travel Time into Learning Time" takes advantage of the free time that children often have in cars and turns it into learning time. It would be a mistake to view this book as solely for homeschoolers; it is for anyone with children ages 4 to 17 (and beyond).
Anti-Coloring Books
More than a million copies of these innovative books have been sold around the world
since they were first published in 1978. Susan Striker provides inspiration for creating
pictures without trodding on a child's creativity.
The Everything Kids' Hidden Pictures Book: Hours Of Challenging Fun!
For all you supersleuths out there, it's time to sharpen your searching skills and gear up for some serious
fun! The Everything(r) Kids' Hidden Pictures Book has tons of puzzles that take you from
the beach to the classroom and all over town in search of out-of-the-way objects hidden
from plain view. Grab a pencil and start exploring these creatively mastered puzzles!
The Everything Kids' Puzzle Book: Mazes, Word Games, Puzzles & More!
This book has everything-from fun time fillers and brain stretchers to activities that reinforce basic learning skills.
Best Friends Forever!: 199 Projects to Make and Share
Best Friends Forever! is Laura Torres at her most creative, most enthusiastic, most
encouraging, most entertaining. Writing like the best big sister a girl could ever have,
she presents crafts that one-of-a-kind friends can use, wear, and
share. Here are Friendship Stack Rings, Hair Sticks, Scrapbookmarks, Fantastic Frames,
Trading Laces, Pajama Pants Swap, Pocket Pillows, Fuzzy Dudes, Sweet and Fruity Lip Gloss--and on, and on.
All the projects in the book are illustrated in full color, and are made using low-cost
materials either from around the house or from stores like Target or Wal-Mart.
My World and Globe
The package is irresistible, combining a fully illustrated book with an inflatable, custom-designed 18-inch globe printed with basic physical features, with 110 full-color stickers. The book is revised throughout, and redesigned for a contemporary look. The included stickers are now durable vinyl and reusable, so after putting the banana sticker where bananas grow and the I Live Here arrow where it belongs, kids can peel them off and start all over again
Woodshop for Kids
*Woodshop for Kids* contains information that any parent who understands the importance of teaching manual skills to youngsters will find essential, especially if unaccustomed to teaching. The long fifth chapter of McKee's book devotes itself to a whole list of projects that kids can build or you can build with (or without!) them. They include puzzles, musical instruments, toys, simple scientific demonstrations, and many other interesting things. An appendix includes a tool list, possible sources for them, and how to build a couple useful tools yourself.
Steven Caney's Invention Book
Kids are natural inventors, bursting with notions so crazy they just might work. Chester Greenwood was just a boy when his big cold ears prompted him to fashion wire and fur into the world's first earmuffs. Caney shows how to get into "an inventing frame of mind" and how to look at everyday objects in new ways, as clues to fresh ideas. From keeping a good notebook to setting up a workshop, from building the prototype to applying for a patent, Steven Caney covers it all, even showing the young entrepreneur how to market an invention successfully. To get the creativity flowing, here are also hundreds of fantasy ideas that still need to be invented: everything from a temperature-regulating straw to sunburn alarm tabs. There are also extensive plans for twenty projects kids can build from ordinary household items.
Hopscotch, Hangman, Hot Potato, & Ha Ha Ha: A Rulebook of Children's Games
Games galore! From Capture the Flag to Stickball and Volleyball, from Jacks and Old Maid to Word Lightning, here are easy-to-use instructions, recommendations, and scoring for more than 250 popular games and sports for children. Presented in quick-access format, this unique guide is ideal for parents, teachers, adult referees, grandparents, babysitters, and camp counselors.
The Book of Wizard Craft: In Which the Apprentice Finds Spells, Potions, Fantastic Tales & 50 Enchanting Things to Make
Wishing to pass along his 600 year's worth of arcane lore, the ancient wizard behind this creative collection shares his secrets for wizard regalia (bejeweled turban, hourglass pendant, magic cloak, wands, staffs, and the obligatory robe), the decorative arts (magic carpet, crystal ball, celestial sheets), horticulture (fairy circle, carnivorous-plant terrarium), animal husbandry (dragon scales, eye of newt, apothecary carry-all), book arts (secret journal, invisible inks, quill pen), astronomy (constellation caster), alchemy (magic potions galore), and amusement (party ideas, decorations, spooky edibles), and much more.
Mad Libs
Get out your silliest nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs! Young and old alike will laugh out loud as the world's greatest word game hits new heights of hilarity.
Games for Learning
Forget about flash cards, extra workbooks, or expensive learning machines. Games for Learning
gives you a repertoire of quick and entertaining math, language, and logic games you can
play at home, in a waiting room , or in a restaurant. A playful resource for busy parents
Games for Reading
Peggy Kaye's Games for Reading helps children read by doing just what kids like best: playing games.
There is a "bingo" game that helps children learn vocabulary. There is a rhyming game
that helps them hear letter sounds more accurately. There are mazes and puzzles, games
that train the eye to see patterns of letters, games that train the ear so a child can
sound out words, games that awaken a child's imagination and creativity, and games that
provide the right spark to fire a child's enthusiasm for reading. There are games in which
your child has to act silly and games--sure to be any child's favorite--in which you do.
Games for Writing
Kaye provides a bountiful supply of ways to ward off writer's block in young children.
Her encouraging writing activities will help students in kindergarten through third grade
enjoy the creative process and gradually master the skills needed for proficient, accurate
authorship. She suggests starting kindergartners off with "wribbling" --a writing method
combining scribbling and writing; then she moves on to story maps, followed by word games.
Games for Math
In Games for Math, Peggy Kaye--teacher extraordinaire and author of the highly praised
Games for Reading--gives parents more than fifty marvelous and effective ways to help
their children learn math by doing just what kids love best: playing games.