There is something almost magical about a circle of children. When a group is seated in a circle, there is a wonderful feeling of inclusion. Circle time activities help create feelings of togetherness and build a spirit of cooperation. This book gives you more than 75 motivating activities to teach concepts and skills with the structure of circle time. Contains step-by-step illustrated directions and all the patterns you need. Activity topics and sample activities: classroom calendar (including three pages of reproducible cut-outs) weather and seasonal (including five pages of patterns for a "weather bear" with clothing), circle time math (sorting, patterning, graphing, shapes - all with patterns for easy lesson planning), oral language (finger plays, rhyming, position words - five pages of patterns), phonics games & activities (seven games for active learning), thinking activities (eight learning games, including categories and analogies), social & emotional development (six activities that help develop a feeling of belonging and a sense of community), music & movement, more circle games (nine fun activities including "spin a creature" and directed drawing Fun, instructive illustrations throughout. All 112 pages perforated for easy removal.