Do-It-Yourself Early Learning

P/B • 215mm x 280mm • 232 pages
ISBN 9781929610815

Easy and Fun Activities and Toysfrom Everyday Home CenterMaterials

Create engaging and fun activities and toys from materials found at your local hardware store. Learning through play is as natural, important, and easy for young children as breathing.

With Do-It-Yourself Early Learning, you can create toys that help children become more confident, stretch their intellect, and encourage play and exploration-all with materials easily found at your local hardware store or home centre.

Written by two experienced family child care providers, this book explains the construction and use of a variety of engaging and child-tested play props, equipment, and activities.

Each of the activities is:
affordable? the toys and activities won’t strain your budget
durable? with proper care, many of the items you make will last for years
flexible? use your imagination to make toys the way that you want them and to fit within your curriculum
available? all of the materials listed are easily purchased from one location – your local home centre or hardware store
fun? create memorable projects together that children will remember for years to come

Do-It-Yourself Early Learning includes information on how you can enhance skill development in critical areas such as language and literacy, maths and logical thinking, science, art, music and creative representation, initiative and social relationships, and physical skills.