Featuring one hundred well-loved and easily available children's books, Starting with Stories has more than 1,500 activities to actively engage every learning style. This literature-based resource book combines quality children's books, learning centers, and multiple intelligences to give teachers a comprehensive, creative curriculum. Choose one of the one hundred popular children's books to read together. After reading, enhance the learning with ideas for learning centers, literacy experiences, and small-group interactions. Connect with children's eight multiple intelligences through these creative and engaging math, art, dramatic play, fine motor, writing, blocks, science, and discovery activities. It's all here-everything you need to bring the magic of good books to all areas of your busy classroom! Here are just a few of the children's books included: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?             The Itsy, Bitsy SpiderChicka Chicka Boom Boom            The Little Engine That CouldThe Doorbell Rang                             Make Way for DucklingsFreight Train            Â                           The Napping HouseIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie         Owl BabiesIt Looked Like Spilt Milk                    Silly Sally In the Tall, Tall Grass Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Pam Schiller's career spans nearly every aspect of the early childhood profession. She is currently the Senior National Curriculum Specialist for the Wright Group/McGraw-Hill. Pam has authored or co-authored over 30 books on topics ranging from curriculum development to the management of childcare centers to the use of current brain research in the classroom.

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