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Books on Blocks
Constructive Play: Applying Piaget in the Preschool - eBook
$15.00
George Forman
Fleet Hill
This classic text offers educators timeless examples of classroom activities that are grounded in a well-developed theory of child development. Included activities come directly from Piaget's theory of knowledge, learning & thinking. 202 Pages. 100 plus photographs.
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Mathematical Thinking: Learning Materials Workshop Blocks and the NCTM Standards: Pre-kindergarten through Fourth grade
$16.50
Mary Gemignani and Alice Leeds; 1998; Illus. softbound, 159pp.
Produced with support from the Vermont Institute for Science, Math and Technology through the Vermont State Math Coalition.
Focuses on specific NCTM Standards - problem solving, communication, reasoning, connections, estimation, geometry and spatial sense, measurement, and patterns and relationships - and develops a series of challenges for students to explore using LMW blocks. Includes discussion on assessment, cooperative learning, classroom management, and special needs/gifted/ESL students. Assessment section contains samples of anecdotal and portfolio assessment and scoring sheet.
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The Learning Materials Workshop Blocks: An Educational Guide
$15.00
George Forman and Karen Hewitt, 1990; Illus. softbound, 75pp.
Based on extensive observation of children in classrooms, this guide presents an in-depth look at the rationale and value of block play in the early childhood curriculum, and documents and analyzes children's play with Learning Materials Workshop Blocks. Suggestions optimize the use of these blocks and other open-ended materials in the classroom. Represents collaborative work between Dr. George Forman at the University of Massachusetts and Learning Materials Workshop.
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274 North Winooski Avenue
Burlington, VT 05401
800-693-7164 802-862-8399
info@learningmaterialswork.com
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