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The highest percentage of learning in a person's life happens during the first few years. But it's not book learning primarily—preschool kids learn to walk, talk, discern shapes and colors, count, draw, etc. by doing those things. At this stage it's more important to play games with them, tell them stories, read to them, and help them commit important information to memory than it is to instruct them formally.

Spending time with their children seems to be an increasingly lost practice among parents. Jobs, church functions, and any number of other obligations separates the family and diminishes the opportunities for gentle instruction. Children ought to be eased into formal learning, and not till they've been encouraged and allowed to develop tactilely.

Many of the books in this section are workbooks or focus on hands-on activities. Language and Thinking for Young Children by Ruth Beechick and Jeannie Nelson offers benchmarks and goals to achieve with your child. June Oberlander's Slow and Steady Get Me Ready is oriented more toward motor skills and basic knowledge and provides developmental activities for your child's first five years (see also Brain Rules for Baby and Active Baby, Healthy Brain). You really don't need a lot of books at this stage, though—be creative, work with what you have at hand, and always be looking for moments to guide your little ones.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he's a husband and father who loves church, good food, and weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.

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	365 Ways to a Smarter Preschooler by Marilee Robin Burton from Publications International in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR) $7.50 (1 in stock)
	500 Five Minute Games Quick and Easy Activities for 3-6 Year Olds by Jackie Silberg 2011 Reprint from Gryphon House for Nursery-1st grade in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR) $10.00 (1 in stock)
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	Developing the Early Learner Level 3 by Simone Bibeau from Perception Publications, Inc. for Preschool-2nd grade in Developing the Early Learner (Location: PRE-DEV) $8.50 $5.00 (2 in stock)
	Developing the Early Learner Level 4 by Simone Bibeau from Perception Publications, Inc. for Preschool-2nd grade in Developing the Early Learner (Location: PRE-DEV) $8.50 $5.00 (3 in stock)
	DK My Picture Art Class by Nellie Shepherd 1^st edition from DK Children for Preschool-3rd grade in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Enjoying the Early Years - 2 DVD set only A Charlotte Mason Preschool Handbook by Sonya Shafer & Karen Smith from Simply Charlotte Mason for Adult in Charlotte Mason Education (Location: HSR-METCM) $13.00 (1 in stock)
	Entertaining and Educating Young Children from Usborne for Nursery-Kindergarten in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR) $7.65 (1 in stock)
	Everybody Has a Body Science from Head to Toe by Robert E. Rockwell, et al. from Gryphon House for Nursery-1st grade in Preschool Science (Location: PRE-SCI) $5.00 (2 in stock)
	EyeLike Letters The Alphabet in the Natural World from Play Bac for Preschool-2nd grade in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR) $6.00 (1 in stock)
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	Fit-A-Space from Patch Products for Preschool-Kindergarten in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Footsteps for Fours - Teacher's Edition (old) 3-volume set by L. Michelle Rosier 2^nd edition from Bob Jones University Press for Nursery-Preschool in BJU Reading (Old Editions) (Location: OBJU-REA) $25.00 (4 in stock)
	Fun Poems & Finger Plays 2^nd edition from A Beka Books for Preschool in Poetry for Children (Location: POET-CHIL) $13.00 (1 in stock)
	Giant Encyclopedia of Art & Craft Activities Over 500 Art and Craft Activities Created by Teachers for Teachers by Carrie Barnes from Gryphon House for 4th-8th grade in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Going On Eagerly Rod & Staff Preschool ABC Series from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc. for Preschool-Kindergarten in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Greatest Gymnast of All by Stuart J. Murphy from HarperCollins for Kindergarten-2nd grade in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Hearing and Helping Workbook from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc. for Preschool-Kindergarten in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR) $2.00 (1 in stock)
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	Horizons Preschool - Teacher's Guide Volumes 1 & 2 Teacher's Guide from Alpha Omega Publications for Preschool in Horizons Preschool (Location: PRE-HOR) $25.00 (1 in stock)
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	Music Enrichment First Edition from Memoria Press for Kindergarten-2nd grade in Music Education & Reference (Location: ELE-MUSREF) $8.50 (1 in stock)
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	My Book of Easy Telling Time Learning about Hours and Half-Hours from Kumon Publishing for Nursery-Kindergarten in Kumon Basic Skills (Location: PRE-KUM) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	My Book of Measurement: Weight Act Csm Wk from Kumon Publishing for 1st-3rd grade in Kumon Basic Skills (Location: PRE-KUM) $6.76 $5.00 (1 in stock)
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	My First Steps to Reading - 25 volume set by Jane Belk Moncure, illustrated by Linda Hohag from Children's Press for Nursery-Kindergarten in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR) $30.00 (1 in stock)
	Noah's Ark: Pre-School Activity Book by Earl & Bonita Snellenberger from Master Books in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR) $7.19 $6.00 (2 in stock)
	Number Express puzzle and pegs from Patch Products for Preschool-Kindergarten in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR) $10.00 (1 in stock)
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	Numbers Book - 1 by Leigh Lowe from Memoria Press for Preschool-Kindergarten in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR) $16.80 $10.00 (1 in stock)
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	Science Adventures Nature Activities for Young Children by Elizabeth A. Sherwood, Robert A. Williams, Robert E. Rockwell from Gryphon House for Preschool-Kindergarten in Preschool Science (Location: PRE-SCI) $13.00 (1 in stock)
	Shake-it-Up Tales! Stories to Sing, Dance, Drum, and Act Out by Margaret Read MacDonald from August House for Adult in Reading Aloud & Story-telling (Location: LIR-RAST) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Sing for Joy CD from My Father's World for Preschool-Kindergarten in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Slow and Steady, Get Me Ready for Kindergarten 260 Activities To Do With Your Child From Age 0 to 5 by June Oberlander & Hannah J. Oberlander Knecht from Xulon Press for Nursery-Preschool in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR) $24.99 $16.00 (1 in stock)
	Story S-T-R-E-T-C-H-E-R-S Activities to Expand Children's Favorite Books by Shirley C. Raines & Robert J. Canady from Gryphon House for Preschool- 3rd Grade in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR) $9.00 (2 in stock)
	Story S-T-R-E-T-C-H-E-R-S for the Primary Grades Activities to Expand Children's Favorite Books by Shirley C. Raines & Robert J. Canady from Gryphon House for Kindergarten-4th grade in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Stuff That Fun Is Made Of from Emerald Books for Nursery-2nd grade in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Summer Activities by Fiona Watt from Scholastic Inc. for Preschool- 3rd Grade in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR) $2.50 (1 in stock)
	Take Heart, My Child A Mother's Dream by Ainsley Earhardt First Edition from Simon and Schuster for Preschool-2nd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Then and Now An Usborne Talkabout Book by Heather Amery Revised from Usborne for Nursery-1st grade in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR) $3.15 (2 in stock)
	Things People Do by Anne Civardi & Stephen Cartwright from Usborne for Preschool-2nd grade in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR) $8.10 (1 in stock)
	Think and Learn K5 from A Beka Books for Kindergarten in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Through Your Eyes My Child's Gift to Me by Ainsley Earhardt First Edition from Simon and Schuster for Preschool-2nd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Usborne Lift-the-Flap Questions and Answers about your Body by Katie Daynes, illustrted by Marie-Eve Tremblay from Usborne for Preschool-2nd grade in Human Anatomy & Physiology (Location: SCI-ANA) $6.75 (1 in stock)
	Young Child as Scientist by Christine Chaille, Lory Britain 2^nd edition from Allyn and Bacon for Preschool-4th grade in Preschool Science (Location: PRE-SCI) $9.50 (1 in stock)

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