Las Animas - Bent County Library District

Offers poems to teach kindergarteners and first- and second-graders phonics

Making learning a hands-on experience, Do-It-Yourself Early Learning shows home child care providers how to find and use many of the inexpensive—and often overlooked—building, home-repair, and construction materials available at local hardware stores and home centers to create fun activities and toys that promote play, exploration, and discovery. This innovative guide takes teachers on a journey through the aisles of the local home center to...

The first feature documentary to explore the most overlooked, underestimated, and powerful force for good in America today: early childhood education. Through poignant stories and surprising humor, the film lays out the overwhelming evidence for the importance of the first five years and reveals how the failure to act on that evidence has resulted in an everyday crisis for American families, and a slow-motion catastrophe for the country.

An interactive introduction to 30 words from aound the home that exposes toddlers to familiar objects in the kitchen, playroom, yard, and more. Also introduces young children to the concept of non-verbal communication.

From Cradle to Classroom: A Guide to Special Education for Young Children is a book written for regular and special education teachers, school administrators, school psychologists, related educational personnel, day care providers, parents, graduate students, and policy makers who work on behalf of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers to ensure they are ready for formal education when they reach age 5. It reflects a keen understanding that early interventions...

"Playing to Learn gives you hundreds of activities to make learning fun, through games, small group activities, stories, and more. Each chapter includes activities, games, and experiences that connect different areas of the curriculum. You will also find assessment and evaluation tools and ways to extend learning by connecting home and school."--BOOK JACKET.

Contains more than one thousand games, activities, songs, and stories designed to get children excited about reading.

Presents a variety of activities which build learning readiness for exploring and understanding the five senses.