ACTIVITIES FOR 0 – 5 YEAR OLDS:



Books of activities for 5 to 11 year olds

Art, Drama, Games, Music, Play, and Story-telling

Published by Brilliant Publications

Prices are R.R.P. Postage not included

Last Word Resources educational discount 15%

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 Brilliant Stories for Assemblies £17.00 ISBN 1 903853 49 4

Paul Urry

This book contains over 60 stories for 7-11 year olds written by Paul Urry, an experienced primary school teacher and natural storyteller. Paul has the gift of choosing the right words and subject matter to capture pupils' interest and to inspire them.

The stories are divided into 4 categories:

• Cultural stories from around the world

• Religious stories from the 6 main religions

• Moral stories including bullying, birth of a sibling, racism and disability

• Historical stories, linked to the Key Stage 2 history curriculum

The stories can be used at specific times of the year, when issues arise, or whenever you are suddenly called upon to do an assembly! Many can also be adapted for class assemblies or for different key stages. Each story ends with suggested questions, which can easily be rewritten as prayers.

Click here to see a sample page.

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The Big Messy Art Book £18.00 ISBN 1 903853 18 4

MaryAnn F Kohl

Combine the joy of creativity, the delights 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, more expensive 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 into the amazing. The activities are designed for use in pre-schools, primary classrooms, children's museums and homes.

The activities include:

• hair dryer painting

• living pendulum art

• Titanic simple weave

• doormat prints

• streamers artwork

Click here to see a sample page.

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Discovering Great Artists

Hands-on Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters

£18.00 ISBN 1 903853 16 8

Maryann Kohl and Kim Solga

Over 100 innovative, fun and unique art activities for children aged from 4 to 12 to experience the styles and techniques of more than 80 great masters, from the renaissance to the present. A brief biography of each artist is included with a fully-illustrated, child-tested art activity, featuring painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, architecture and more! For example, when studying Leonardo Da Vinci and invention art, children will draw an object from the outside and take it apart to draw it from the inside, invent something to better the world, design and make it.

Other activities include:

• Michelangelo - Fresco Plaque

• Rembrandt - Shadowy Faces

• Monet - Dabble in Paint

• Degas - Resist in Motion

• Dali - Dream Photographs

• Matisse - Colour Collage

• Pollock - Action Splatter

• Lichtenstein - Comic Dots

• Picasso - Fractured Friend

• Van Gogh - Starry Night

Click here to see a sample page.

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Drawing is a Class Act

A skills-based Approach to Drawing Years 1-2

£16.50

116 pages including photocopiable sheets

Contains over 80 examples of children's artwork and 7 photocopiable works of art by famous artists

5-7 year olds

ISBN 1 903853 60 5

Meg Fabian

This is the first book of a series of three aimed at supporting non-specialist art teachers working in primary schools, but more experienced art teachers will find it useful too.

The book:

• Sets out clearly the progression of skills to be taugh

• Gives examples of how the skills can be applied

• Contains carefully planned, clearly laid-out lesson plans

• Provides examples of pupils' artwork for every lesson

• Covers all the National Curriculum Programmes of Study for Years 1 and 2 related to drawing

The most important lessons in each chapter are labelled 'Key skills'. If you are short of time, we recommend starting with these. The book contains chapters on:

• Line

• Tone

• Texture

• Pattern

• Looking

• Figures and faces

• Chalk and charcoal

• Evaluation and assessment

Meg Fabian is an art specialist and class teacher. The books arose out of collaborative work she has done with a number of small primary schools in Devon.

Having these books in your classroom is the next best thing to having an art specialist working with you, giving guidance and encouragement.

Click here to see a sample page.

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Drawing is a Class Act

A skills-based Approach to Drawing Years 3-4

£17.50

148 pages including photocopiable sheets

Contains over 100 examples of children's artwork and 16 photocopiable works of art by famous artists

7-9 year olds

ISBN 1 903853 61 3

Meg Fabian

This is the second book of a series of three aimed at supporting non-specialist art teachers working in primary schools, but more experienced art teachers will find it useful too.

The book:

• Sets out clearly the progression of skills to be taugh

• Gives examples of how the skills can be applied

• Contains carefully planned, clearly laid-out lesson plans

• Provides examples of pupils' artwork for every lesson

• Covers all the National Curriculum Programmes of Study for Years 1 and 2 related to drawing

The most important lessons in each chapter are labelled 'Key skills'. If you are short of time, we recommend starting with these. The book contains chapters on:

• Line

• Tone

• Texture

• Pattern

• Looking

• Figures and faces

• Chalk and charcoal

• Evaluation and assessment

Meg Fabian is an art specialist and class teacher. The books arose out of collaborative work she has done with a number of small primary schools in Devon.

Having these books in your classroom is the next best thing to having an art specialist working with you, giving guidance and encouragement.

Click here to see a sample page.

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Drawing is a Class Act

A skills-based Approach to Drawing Years 5-6

£18.50

184 pages including photocopiable sheets

Contains over 120 examples of children's artwork and 23 photocopiable works of art by famous artists

9-11 year olds

ISBN 1 903853 62 1

Meg Fabian

This is the third book of a series of three aimed at supporting non-specialist art teachers working in primary schools, but more experienced art teachers will find it useful too.

The book:

• Sets out clearly the progression of skills to be taugh

• Gives examples of how the skills can be applied

• Contains carefully planned, clearly laid-out lesson plans

• Provides examples of pupils' artwork for every lesson

• Covers all the National Curriculum Programmes of Study for Years 1 and 2 related to drawing

The most important lessons in each chapter are labelled 'Key skills'. If you are short of time, we recommend starting with these. The book contains chapters on:

• Line

• Tone

• Texture

• Pattern

• Looking

• Figures and faces

• Chalk and charcoal

• Evaluation and assessment

Meg Fabian is an art specialist and class teacher. The books arose out of collaborative work she has done with a number of small primary schools in Devon.

Having these books in your classroom is the next best thing to having an art specialist working with you, giving guidance and encouragemennt.

Click here to see a sample page.

Special Offer

Buy the set of three drawing books for Years 1 to 6 and save £4.50

£48 ISBN 1 903853 70 2

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Fun with Songs

£15.25

ISBN 1 897675 74 7

David G Jones

This wonderful collection of new songs will be a welcome addition to any primary schools' bookshelf. Written and composed by David Jones, a primary teacher, the songs are easy to learn and fun to sing. They can be enjoyed in their own right, or linked to specific learning objectives and curriculum subjects.

The songs are grouped into:

• fun with words

• assemblies

• the environment

• Christmas

An added bonus is that the sheets may be photocopied by the purchasing institution, enabling everyone in the class to have a copy.

 Click here to see a sample page.

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Into the Garden of Dreams

£15.25

ISBN 1 897675 76 3

Linda-Jane Simpson

Into the Garden of Dreams offers a range of enjoyable activities and games to help raise children's self-esteem and power of expression. Through relaxation techniques and the use of imagination, pathways are traced into the 'Garden of Dreams'. Linda-jane Simpson originally developed the iodeas for use with children aged 5 to 8 in her own classroom. the book contains 40 photocopiable sheets giving detailed instructions for the 32 activities. The contents include:

• co-ordination and breathing activities

• self-esteem games

• activities to build a sense of individual worth

• activities to encourage sharing

• activities to encourage meditation, stillness and calm

• activities to encourage the imagination

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Preschool Art

£18.00 for 264 pages

It's the Process, not the Product!

ISBN 1 897675 49 6

Maryann Kohl

Although called Preschool Art, this book has many activities to interest children aged 5 to 6. Children will be able to explore, discover and create using these innovative, open-ended ideas. There are no adult-made samples to copy.

The book contains over 200 activities ranging from drawing, painting and sculpture to craft, collage and construction. The easy-to-use logos at the top of each page and comprehensive indexes make it easy to choose the ideal activity to suit your needs. Here are just a few of the great ideas:

• Fried paper plates

• Great goop

• No-cook playdough

• Branch weaving

• Sandpaper print

• Eggshell mosaic

• Salty paint shake

• Confetti explosion

• Stick wrapping

• Mystery paint

• Stained glass biscuits

• Corn-cob print

• Painted foil sculpture

• Finger puppets

• Crayon-chalk transfer

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Smiling Inside, Smiling Outside

£15.25

ISBN 1 903853 73 7

Susanna Palomares

Smiling Inside, Smiling Outside is an ideal resource for teachers, counsellors, and parents of children in their early years. It will help children to develop positive perceptions of themselves and their place in the world. Smiling Inside, Smiling Outside contains 90 activities that can be grasped at a glance and used immediately, with minimal preparation. They will also help children to focus on listening, speaking and writing, all of which are important aspects of communication.

The children will:

• develop positive esteem and self-awareness

• learn to value family and community

• develop a sense of belonging

• work collaboratively

• develop an appreciation of the natural world

Click here to see a sample page.

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Start with a Song £18.00 ISBN 1 897675 75 5

Mavis de Mierre

This wonderful collection of songs has been specially composed for pre-school children by Mavis de Mierre throughout many years of running music sessions for young children and their parents and carers. These tunes are easy to learn and will appeal immediately to 2-5 year olds.

The teachers' notes give:

• suggestions for actions,

• musical accompaniments,

• ideas for further development,

• things to talk about and,

• suggestions for music listening.

The songs are grouped into popular early years topics making it easy to integrate them into the curriculum.

CD £12.95 (inc. £1.93 VAT) ISBN 1 903853 21 4

A CD of 40 of the most popular songs from the book is also available. The CD will povide an invaluable resource for teachers who wish to learn and use the songs, but lack the ability to read music.

Book and CD £29.00 (inc. £1.93 VAT) - a saving of £1.95 ISBN 1 903853 22 2

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(The) I Can't Sing Book for Grown-Ups who can't carry a tune in a paper bag..... but want to do music with young children

£12.95

ISBN 1 897675 72 0

Jackie Silberg

At last a music book for non-musical people working with early years children ( aged 0 to 5 years)! The I Can't Sing Book shows you how learning music is just a matter of putting together simple elements like high and low sounds, simple rhythms and poetic words. If you can tap two spoons together, sway from side to side or twang a rubber band, you can have a great time sharing music with young children. The ideas are so much fun - everyone will want to join in! There are activities and games that explore:

• rhythm,

• sound

• movement

• language

• singing

• instruments

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Transition Time

£18.00

ISBN 1 897675 71 2

Jean Feldman

Children spend a great deal of time changing activities and waiting for the next one to begin. With careful planning, you can capitalize on these 'bits of time' with meaningful transitional activities. Help to bridge periods of time and capture children's interest with activities, finger plays, songs, chants, stories, and games. Tips for planning transitions during every part of the day are included.

Transition activities are included for:

• Good morning

• Clean-up

• Let's eat

• Nap time

• Circle time

• Attention getters

• End of day activities.

With over 400 activities and ideas to choose from, all those periods of time between planned activities will become learning opportunities.

 Click here to see a sample page.

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