Product Description

365 FUN, CREATIVE ACTIVITIES TO STIMULATE YOUR PRESCHOOLER EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

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.

The Preschooler's Busy Book is written with warmth and sprinkled with humor and insight. It should be required reading for anyone raising or teaching preschool-age children.

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Product Details

Publisher	Meadowbrook
ISBN	0671316338
Format	Paperback
Author	Trish Kuffner
EAN	9780671316334
Label	Meadowbrook
Dewey Decimal Number	372.5
Studio	Meadowbrook
Number Of Pages	406
Title	Preschooler's Busy Book: 365 Creative Games & Activities To Occupy 3-6 Year Olds
Publication Date	1998-10-01
Manufacturer	Meadowbrook

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Customer Reviews

Disappointing

Review by Christine, 2010-06-30

I bought this book with the hopes of finding some quick and easy activities to keep my 3-year old occupied for longer bits of time. I have to admit, some of the activities in the book are perfect -- simple, engaging, without much prep. But about half of them are ridiculous. Either because they require too much prep time for a quick engagement or because they are simply ridiculous (almost obvious page fillers). About half of the activities are worth having printed. But then they could be organized better. In the book, they're organized topically (the "math" games are together, etc.). It would be better if they were organized more how one would use them. Categories like: quick prep, kitchen games, car games, etc. would be more helpful. Also, as a working mom who also wants to get creative with her kid, I found the book a bit offensive in that the prose was EXPLICITLY targeted for stay at home moms. There is simply no reason for this to be the case. It could just as easily be targeted for parents (moms AND dads, folks), and there's no reason for all of the language about staying home with your kids. Take for example the activity that asks you to guide your child in telling you all of the things he or she loves about dad, writing them down on a piece of paper, letting her decorate it, and then putting it in dad's lunch that he takes to work the next day. C'mon. This activity could just as easily have been written as "ask your child to pick an important person in his or her life (mom, dad, grandparent, neighbor, etc.) and write down all of the things she loves about that person. Have your child decorate the paper, and then the next time you see that person, have your child present the drawing as a gift.

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Great Book

Review by E. McCool, 2010-02-06

This is a great book for inexpensive and fun ideas for kids 2-6. Well organized and very informative.

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Love it!

Review by O. Aniagu, 2010-02-02

So glad I came across this wonderful book, for grown ups who've forgotten how to play love it!

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Quick and Easy

Review by S. Krohn, 2009-11-13

My son loves this book (as do I)! I am a stay-at-home mom, so we need to stay busy or I'll go crazy! We are able to pick this book up and quickly pick out an activity to do. The materials are basic materials that are easy enough to have on hand. We love arts and crafts, so I don't ever find us short of the necessary supplies. The age range on the book is very accurate. My 4 (almost 5) yo loves these activities.

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don't waste your money

Review by Picky Vicki, 2009-07-05

After deciding to take the summer off with my kids, I bought this book thinking it would help me get creatively busy with my energetic boys. Maybe my expectation of the book was too high -- it had gotten great reviews. But I must say that I'm quite disappointed with the book. Not as many original creative ideas as I thought there would be, and not many easy and fun activities. A lot of activities required supplies that I needed to go buy.

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