Squish, Sort, Paint & Build: Over 200 Easy Learning Center Activities - Softcover

Sharon MacDonald, M.Ed., has been training teachers throughout the United States for more than fifteen years. Her training workshops and presentations focus on a variety of early childhood topics based on years of classroom experience. With a master's degree in education, Sharon has taught ages ranging from three-year-olds to adults and an inclusion program for children with disabilities. She is a frequent keynote speaker and workshop presenter at early childhood education conferences and has written many magazine articles.

"... makes learning fun and exciting." -- Florida Primary Educator

"This resource for parents, teachers, children’s museum directors, and child care workers includes over two hundred activities for learning centers." -- Reviews from Parent Council

"...Parents will find this a welcome, fun guide." -- Children’s Bookwatch

Children learn by doing. This resource for parents, early childhood teachers, children's museum directors, and child care workers includes over two hundred activities for learning centers. Organized into sections which include art, clocks, music, science, manipulatives, and dramatic play, the activities are recommended for appropriate age levels. The book also lists necessary materials and directions for each activity. -- Reviews from Parent Council

I will recommend this book to other professionals in the child development field, as a helpful and creative resource for working with young children. -- Assistant Director/Head Teacher, Gretchen's House Inc.

RECOMMENDED FOR PARENTS
Sharon MacDonald's Squish, Sort, Paint, and Build provides a wealth of activities (over 200) to keep young children actively involved in play which helps educate . . . parents will find this a welcome, fun guide. -- Children's Bookwatch -- Children's Bookwatch

RECOMMENDED FOR TEACHERS
Sharon MacDonald offers a great selection of diverse types of activities in this book. In addition, she provides a brief explanation of each area that she has created activities for at the beginning of each chapter. This provides an educational component for the teacher which takes the book beyond a recipe book of ideas.

I would highly recommend this book for a new teacher because of the educational component, the helpful hints and the broad scope of the activities. --Early Childhood Specialist, Chicago Children's Museum