With more than 300 creative activities for primary and intermediate school age children, this book is the only resource educators and program directors will need in promoting learning and fun with children. Creative, developmentally appropriate activities centered on fine arts, language arts, math, physical activities, science and social studies bring these subjects to life. The book's content reflects standards from national organizations and includes projects that work well for individual children, small groups and large groups. Plus, implementing these projects and activities is easy in any setting, even with limited time, money, space or materials.

Benefits:

• Fun, academically based activities easily engage children as they learn
• Content reflects standards from national organizations
• Projects and activities are appropriate for individual children, small groups and large groups
• All activities offer extensions that suggest variations of the given activity, making them easy to adapt
• Many activities accommodate limited resources in terms of time, money, space and material, making quick implementation possible in any setting

Preface.
Introduction.

Unit One: Fine Arts.

Chapter 1: Music.
Chapter 2: Arts/Crafts.
Chapter 3: Theater.

Unit Two: Language Arts.

Chapter 4: Creative Writing.
Chapter 5: Poetry.
Chapter 6: Reading Challenges.

Unit Three: Mathematics.

Chapter 7: Algebra.
Chapter 8: Numbers and Computation.
Chapter 9: Measurement.
Chapter 10: Geometry.
Chapter 11: Data Analysis and Probability.

Unit Four: Physical Activity.

Chapter 12: Games.
Chapter 13: Movement.
Chapter 14: Fitness.

Unit Five: Science.

Chapter 15: Physical Sciences.
Chapter 16: Life Sciences.
Chapter 17: Earth Sciences.
Chapter 18: Environment.

Unit Six: Social Science.

Chapter 19: Geography.
Chapter 20: History.
Chapter 21: Economics.
Chapter 22: Multiculturalism.
Chapter 23: Civics.

Appendices.
Index.