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Book & Product Reviews

 

 

Bridges4Kids Product Review: WordWindow (DVD) - WordWindow is a program designed to encourage infants and toddlers to discover and take part in early speech. Through the use of vivid graphics, sounds, human faces, voices and short video clips, your child will be delighted by this remarkable combination of sights and sounds.

 

Bridges4Kids Review: Simple Transitions for Infants and Toddlers - Simple Transitions gives unprecedented attention to improving the effectiveness of daily transitions and offers essential information for teachers in infant and toddler childcare. Karen Miller uses her extensive knowledge of infants and toddlers to gather hundreds of practical, easy, and fun activities, tips, and techniques that help infants, toddlers, caregivers, and parents.

 

Bridges4Kids Review: Max & Friends Volume 1 - Max and Friends is a multimedia educational program for children. Max and Friends is a fun, easy to use program that will help your child develop the critical skills that are the foundation for all learning.

 

Bridges4Kids Review: (CD) My Turn Your Turn - Award-winning singer-songwriter, Cathy Bollinger does a phenomenal job all around on her newest CD, My Turn Your Turn.

 

Bridges4Kids Review: The Bilingual Book of Rhymes, Songs, Stories & Fingerplays - With Spanish and English on each page, this collection of over 450 rhymes, songs, stories, and fingerplays provides the opportunity for building vocabulary and exploring the sounds of language-important skills for beginning readers!

 

Bridges4Kids Review: Bubbles, Rainbows and Worms - "Why did that happen?", "How does that work?", "What will happen if..?". Young children ask questions about the world around them all day long. They are filled with curiosity and the desire to learn. Bubbles, Rainbows, and Worms teaches children about the world using hands-on experiments with plants, the environment, air and water, and the senses.

 

Bridges4Kids Review: Do You Know The Muffin Man? - Rhyme, rhythm, and music are an essential part of a quality early childhood program. The authors of the perennial favorite, Where is Thumbkin? have created activities children will love to accompany the 250 rhymes and songs in this invaluable new literacy book.

 

Bridges4Kids Review: The Learning Power of Laughter - Serious learning can happen in playful moments. The Learning Power of Laughter has over 300 activities that use the power of laughter to encourage 3- to 6- year-olds to be creative, learn sequencing skills, develop phonemic awareness, use their imaginations, develop listening skills, and work with rhymes and language.

 

Bridges4Kids Review: Literacy Play - What a great way to promote early literacy! Teaching pre-reading skills in a child's natural environment is a wonderful way to reinforce learning. This book contains over 300 activities to choose from - each relating to real-life scenarios - which are organized into 8 sections: Occupations, Home, Nature, Science, Stories, Transportation, Performers, and Reading, Writing, & Talking.

 

Bridges4Kids Review: The Giant Encyclopedia of Kindergarten Activities - Kindergarten children will delight in these 600 activities written just for them! In a nationwide contest, teachers submitted their favorite activities and the best of the best are included in this giant resource. This compilation has everything from language and science activities to art, music and movement, and learning centers. You'll find everything you need to keep your kindergarten classes engaged and learning for years to come.

 

Bridges4Kids Review: My First Day at Preschool (DVD/VHS) - My First Day at Preschool plays out Buddy's first day linearly. As Papa Bear drives Buddy to school, Buddy is vocal about his apprehension. Papa Bear assures him that his day will be full of fun, learning and new friends. By the time school is over, Buddy cannot wait to come back the next day to see his new friends and to learn and play!

 

Bridges4Kids Review: Transition Time: Let's Do Something Different - Turn stressful transition times into fun learning experiences with practical, simple activities. These easy-to-use transition activities will take the teacher smoothly throughout the day, week, month and year.

 

Bridges4Kids Review: Games to Play With Babies - Over 240 fun-filled games to help babies bond with their caregivers and parents as they develop necessary skills.

 

Bridges4Kids Review: Tiny Ears Compilation CD - Tiny Ears is a unique compilation CD of educational, developing, entertaining and soothing sounds for infants and small children.

 

Bridges4Kids Review: The Complete Book of Activities, Games, Stories, Props, Recipes, and Dances for Young Children - Bursting with new selections and old favorites, each of the 600 activities, stories, games, recipes, props, and dances will enhance any preschool.

 

Bridges4Kids Review: The Eurps & Eurpsville - The EURPS are warm and whimsical alphabet letters with eyes, feet, personalities and phonics-based names. The characters appear in entertaining and educational children’s storybooks where together with Bipple, a human boy, they take children on magical educational adventures.

 

 

 

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