Do you have a child that loves to build?  Do you want to further inspire that creativity?  

Up! is the perfect resource to help your child’s interest soar.

Up! 30+ Hands-On Learning Projects to Transform Construction Play through Math, Literacy, Science, Art and Play

Kids are natural explorers.  That’s what makes hands-on learning activities so effective.  Whether it’s building a tower with wooden blocks, getting their hands dirty writing spelling words in the sand, or using their imaginations to create a simple pulley system, kids learn best when they are given a chance to explore with their senses.

I know you want to keep that love for learning going as your child gets older.  This book is full of ideas that will bring their love of building, creating, and exploring to a whole new level.

How to get your copy

The ebook costs $14.99 and you can get your copy here.

Why you and your children will love this book:

• Up! will take your child’s love of blocks and building, and take them far and wide across the curriculum.
• With 30+ projects across math, literacy, science, art, and play, Up! shows you how to support passion-led, project-based, hands-on learning. It will help your child make connections, go deeper in their understanding, and encourage their questions and creativity.
• It includes inspiring ideas for block play, mobiles, rockets, airplanes, parachutes, build challenges and more. And it comes with 100 printables.
• All the activities in the book are FUN! Every activity has been tried, tested and approved by kids just like yours.

What you’ll get in this ebook:

• 30+ hands-on projects that invite your child to explore all things Up!
• Guidance on how to support your child’s interests, and how to help them expand their exploration and learning across the curriculum.  This book is all about hands-on, project-based, passion-led learning.
• Multisensory activities for children aged 4 to 10
• Resources for parents and teachers, at home or in the classroom, with ideas for indoor and outdoor learning
• Material lists, step-by-step instructions, and full color photographs of every activity
• Suggestions for variations and extensions so you can adapt the activities to suit your child
• 100 printable pages including shape challenge cards, build challenge cards, and a set of world architecture prints

Up! includes a wide range of learning activities geared towards ages 4-10, including:

• Ideas to set up and develop block play
• Activities that use blocks for math lessons, number games, measuring activities, and shape-building challenges
• Construction play invitations with sensory elements and imaginary play ideas to develop language, spelling, and storytelling, and to promote co-operation and collaboration
• Art projects on the theme of Up! including Caulder-inspired kinetic mobiles and upright weaving
• Prompts that encourage creative thinking and innovation: exploring the possibilities of rocks, ice, marshmallows, customizing blocks with new designs, and using huge cardboard boxes that can build structures bigger than you are
• Science projects that invite your child to think about all the other things that go Up! including homemade rockets, airplanes, parachutes, pulleys, constellations, and this geyser experiment
• 100 printable pages including shape challenge cards, build challenge cards, and a set of world architecture prints.

You can buy it worldwide for instant download!

This is an ebook, which means you will be sent a link that allows you to download a PDF containing the ebook and all the resources. You can save it to your computer or iPad* and then either read it on screen or print some/all of the pages, as you prefer.  

You can buy the ebook wherever you are in the world.  You pay via PayPal, which will take care of any currency conversion for you. The ebook costs US $ 14.99.   

*You can buy the ebook now, on any device, and then download it when you are ready. Depending on the apps you have installed and your operating system, you might be able to download the ebook on your mobile device. However if you have any doubts or problems, I recommend you use a computer to download the book and then share it to your mobile devices. You will be sent download instructions when your purchase the ebook.

 Get the book for * free * when you choose the bonus bundle!

This ebook costs $14.99 and you can buy it here. Or choose our bonus bundle and you can have this book for free.

You’ll receive a copy of ABCs and 123s, and Make Your Mark, along with a free copy of Up!

• ABCs and 123s gives your 40+ hands-on play ideas that will help your child build their letter and math skills. The activities have been carefully chosen to offer a wide range of math and literacy skills, working across the curriculum to incorporate play, imagination, science, sensory, and art.
• Make Your Mark will help your child to make their mark with wonderful projects that help develop a love of writing, creative storytelling, self-confidence, and compassion – along with six sets of bonus printables.

Buy two books at the regular price of $29.98 and you’ll get the third book for free!

Click here to choose the bundle and get ABCs and 123s for free.

The Up! ebook is published and sold by Cathy James at NurtureStore.co.uk. Please direct any customer service queries regarding purchases of the ebook to support@nurturestore.co.uk or refer to the NurtureStore FAQ.

The Up! ebook is protected under copyright © 2016. All rights reserved.

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I am so excited to be able to introduce you to a great new book that I helped co-author — ABCs & 123s: 40+ Hands-On Play Activities to Build Letter, Number, and Shape Skills.  

If you’ve ever googled how to teach my child abc’s and 123’s, than this book is for you.  

The ebook is full of fun hands-on learning activities that have been tried, tested and approved by our children.  

All of the activities are play based, and have been carefully chosen to help your child work on a wide range of math and language skills.

Teaching ABCs & 123s

ABCs & 123s: 40+ Hands-On Play Activities to Build Letter, Number, and Shape Skills is full of activities that your child will enjoy.  It will encourage them to think, question, explore as they learn.  

The pages are set up so they are easy to follow, with a material list and step-by-step instructions for each activity in the book.

What you’ll find in this ABCs & 123s book:

• • 40+  hands-on play ideas that will help your child build their letter and math skills
  • multisensory activities for children aged 2 to 8
  • resources for parents and teachers, at home or in the classroom, with ideas for indoor and outdoor learning
  • material lists, step-by-step instructions and full color photographs of every activity
  • suggestions for variations and extensions so you can adapt the activities to suit your child

Here’s a sneak peek of just some of the fun activities you and your child will find in the book.

ABCs and 123s contains a wide range of learning activities for literacy and math, including:

• learning to recognise and write letters and numbers

• understanding both upper and lower case letters

• drawing shapes and making marks

• working on alphabetic order

• working on spelling of your name, sight words, CVC words and other vocabulary

• developing language skills

• understanding one-to-one correspondence

• learning to count, to add, and subtract

• base-ten understanding and double digit addition  (using these homemade base-ten manipulatives)

Buy it worldwide for instant download.

This is an ebook, which means you will be sent a link that allows you to download a PDF containing the ebook and all the resources.

You can save it to your computer (or depending on the apps you have, a mobile device) and then either read it on screen or print some/all of the pages, as you prefer.  Click to download your copy here. 

You can buy the ebook wherever you are in the world. You pay via PayPal, which will take care of any currency conversion for you.  The ebook costs $14.99 in US currency.     

Get this book for * free * when you choose the bonus bundle!

This ebook costs $14.99 and you can buy it here.  Or choose our bonus bundle and you can have this book for free.

You’ll receive a copy of Up! and Make Your Mark, along with a free copy of ABCs and 123s.

• Make Your Mark will help your child to make their mark with wonderful projects that help develop a love of writing, creative storytelling, self-confidence, and compassion – along with six sets of bonus printables.
• Up! will take your child’s love of blocks and building, and go far and wide across the curriculum. With 30+ projects across math, literacy, science, art, and play, Up! shows you how to support passion-led, hands-on learning. It includes inspiring ideas for mobiles, rockets, airplanes, parachutes, build challenges and more. Includes 100 printables.

Buy two books at the regular price of $29.98 and you’ll get the third book for free!

Click here to choose the bundle and get ABCs and 123s for free.

The ABCs and 123s ebook is published and sold by Cathy James at NurtureStore.co.uk. Please direct any customer service queries regarding purchases of the ebook to support@nurturestore.co.uk or refer to the NurtureStore FAQ.

The ABCs and 123s ebook is protected under copyright © 2016.  All rights reserved.

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