Toys and Games Books

Great teaching resource. I myself am a homeschooler and I found this book to be very helpful. My daughter loves the lessons derived from this entire science series. They are very engaging although it takes a little work in terms of making transparencies and copies but all the effort is very worthwhile. This book lives up to the other evan moor workbooks I've purchased.

My 6 year old just finished reading this to me (with a little help) and we both enjoyed it even though Halloween was well over a month ago. The text is simple and repetitive which made the book easy for him to read and caused very little frustration (though a few of the words were new to him). The story is about a group of jolly mice dressed for Halloween. They're dancing, eating and having a great old time until a cat decides to crash the party. They then devise a way to scare off the cat so they can continue their fun. Gotta love 'em. The drawings are fanciful and spooky without being too scary for little ones. My son loved the final page and said he'd love to read it again. The book gets 5 stars for that comment alone!

This is a great rhyming words puzzle. My first grade students can use it independently. It is double-sided and each side has color-coded borders so they know to either play all the purple or all the green pieces. If they can't read the words, the pictures are there to help.

These stencils are great! Very sturdy and lots of shapes to choose from. Highly recommend.

Everyone compliments my daughter on her beautiful handwriting. She used this book the second half of third grade, and is nagging me to find the "next" one. Fun and useful, and at the end they can actually *learn* something, too.

I just showed this book to my first graders and they loved it! Every page brought new oohs and ahhs. When I taught fourth grade I let my students try painting their own hands after viewing this book. That turned out to be quite a mess and the end products weren't quite as recognizable as those in the book, but everyone had fun. :)

My 4-year-old is following along with this book/tape combination about 10 times a day!! It's positively addicting. The illustrations are engaging. The tape has wonderful narration on one side and just music on the other, so you can read the story along with the music.

This is a wonderful title fulfilling many criteria and it is an excellent title to use with small children as it is a rhyme that children learn and become familiar with. It is also used in counting and time activities at school. The story is simple yet entertaning with lots of chances for children to participate and even play the part of the Mouse by using the fingerpuppet. Brilliant!

My 18mo likes this book. It's not her favorite but she listens to it. She is very selective with books. Sometimes I think she judges by cover but she will actually listen to this book!

This book is well suited for children as well as childcare providers. The main theme of the book is displayed as big pictures for children to view. The actions are also given as guidelines for elder children to figure out and play. It encourages music and movement in children of all ages. The elephant on the rope is illustrated very well.