This newest addition to the best-selling "GIANT Encyclopedia" series expands the scope of the series by offering complete lesson plans. Written and created by teachers, "The GIANT Encyclopedia of Lesson Plans" has more than 250 complete lesson plans, covering topics from colors and numbers to seasons and nursery rhymes. Each lesson plan is complete with learning objectives, a circle or group time activity, book suggestions, snack ideas, five learning center activities, assessment strategies, and related songs, poems, and fingerplays. With easy-to-use lesson plans for more than an entire...

This book exquisitely celebrates the deep connectedness in all things, the cycles of life, the unseen relationships - the common recurring experiences of being "human." It is a tapestry of life's journey from childhood through aging. We are born, grow up, fall in love - and in-between are the everyday situations which encourage and challenge us. The Circle of Life offers a comforting spiritual approach to life. It is a companion book - a private sanctuary. Illustrated with poetic images by the author Maureen Murphy, it is to be kept and cherished, read and re-read. With space for notations it...

This book takes a humorous look at the life of a cat, with illustrations by the author Maureen Murphy. An excellent gift for all adult cat lovers as it presents inspirational topics such as The Ten Steps to a Very Good Life, The Art of Femininity, and much more