Transition tips and tricks for teachers : prepare young children for changes in the day and focus their attention with these smooth, fun, and meaningful transitions!

The author of the best-selling book Transition Time brings you more attention-grabbing, creative activities that provide children with an outlet for wiggles, while giving their brains a jump start with cross-lateral movement games. Grab their attention with songs, games, and fingerplays for any time of the day. These classroom-tested ideas are sure to become favorites! The author of the best-selling book Transition Time brings you more attention-grabbing, creative activities to turn potentially stressful transitions into fun learning experiences. These short, simple activities offer new ways to capture children's attention with fingerplays, chants, songs and games. All of the activities reflect current brain research and reinforce early literacy. Stories are included, as well as patterns for puppets and props. Use it any time of day--from morning activities to group time to snack time to dismissal. These classroom-tested activities are sure to become favorites! Collection of old familiar chants, as well as some not to well known ones, for small children to enjoy