The Learning Power of Laughter: Over 300 Playful Games, Activities, and Ideas that Promote Learning with Young ChildrenSerious learning can happen in playful moments. Laughter is an effective way to strengthen the learning process. The Learning Power of Laughter has over 300 easy activities that harness 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. Children and teachers alike will love the creative, fun activities that enrich any classroom experience! Award-winning author Jackie Silberg tours the country, conducting workshops, speaking at conferences and performing in concerts. She also serves as an adjunct instructor at both Emporia State University and the University of Missouri at Kansas City. |
Contents
Table of Contents | 9 |
Tongue Twisters | 22 |
Chapter 3Language Games and Activities | 41 |
Chapter 4Imagination Games and Activities | 61 |
Yummy Cookies | 67 |
Chapter 5Active Games and Activities | 73 |
Three Green Speckled Frogs | 79 |
Five Little Snowmen | 85 |
Chapter 6Group Games and Activities | 91 |
Ice Cream Game | 97 |
Fathers Whiskers | 103 |
The Birthday Game | 109 |
Bibliography | 129 |
Common terms and phrases
32 pages Adult ants go marching Arabella Miller Ask the children awareness Cognitive thinking beanbag bear Body awareness Cognitive bubble gum child Children will laugh Chorus circle Cognitive thinking Coordination Coordination Creative movement Creative movement Creativity/Imagination Creativity/Imagination Dramatic play Diddle Dramatic play Emotions duck dumpling Emotions Empathy Eye-hand Empathy Eye-hand coordination eye ee Eye-hand coordination Letter fingers fish flavor following poem following skills/concepts frog funny Fuzzy Wuzzy games and activities Illustrated Jackie Silberg jokes jump Knock Knock Who's laughter LEARNING POWER Listening Observation Phonemic little one stops Little Peter Rabbit Margie Palatini Michael Finnegan movement Creativity/Imagination Dramatic munching monkeys-found Pete Seeger Phonemic awareness Rhyming pigs play Emotions Empathy pretend Princess Pat quack raspberry sound repeat Rickadandoo Say the following Say the poem Sequencing Socialization Vocabulary silly Simon says skills snowman spider story talk time-leave Today tongue twisters Tune voice young children