Sharing pictures and stories from Childcraft is an easy and natural way to introduce a young child to each volume of the set. These pages offer you a choice of activities for exploring each volume of...
Getting to know Childcraft
The best kind of learning is fun. Children have a natural curiosity about themselves and their world, and they enjoy satisfying that curiosity. Childcraft helps children find answers to their...
Guide to Childcraft
This volume for parents and teachers outlines a child’s growth and development from birth through the preteen years and explores issues of special concern. The volume includes articles about child development, a Medical Guide, these suggestions for introducing and using Childcraft, and the General Index for the series.
Books to Read
If you enjoy reading about how your body works and what makes you like and different from other people, look for these and other books in your school and public libraries. Ages 5 to 8 All About Me...
The first day
> The first time I went to school, my mother walked with me. > At school, I learned many things, including the names of colors. Going to school on the first day of the new school year is always...
About Me
This book answers questions of special interest to a young child—questions about how people are alike; being born into a family; growing; learning about the world; understanding feelings; what makes each individual unique.
Mathemagic
This book entertains and challenges young readers with sto¬ries, puzzles, games, tricks, and facts about numbers and shapes; how we can play and work with numbers; what num-bers can do for us; careers involving numbers.
How Things Work
Here are explanations and experiments concerning forces and machines; sound, light, heat, motion, and electricity; the six simple machines; and such everyday machines as clocks, cam¬eras, and engines.
Books to Read
If you enjoyed making the crafts and doing the activities in this book, you'll find lots of other good arts and crafts books. Some of them are listed here. Your school or public library will have...
Small tray
1 Find an empty meat or vegetable tray,. Cover the tray with five or six layers of papier-mache strips (see strip papier-mache, page 88). Cover the front, back, and sides of the tray. Smooth the...
