This large paperback has fun activities that children can do by themselves while learning early building blocks for academics.

Richard Scarry's cheerful illustrations bring 50 Mother Goose nursery rhymes to life in this 96 page collection put together by Golden Books.

I think this is a valuable book for children just learning about numbers and quantities from one to one hundred.

Allowing the toddler and preschooler to learn with as many senses as possible instills new concepts most easily.

Yoga poses and meditation are activities that can be done individually or in a group of different ages or mixed abilities.

List of benefits of yoga practice for kids of all abilities.

Following the sequence within a "quiet time" plan develops memory and the ability to concentrate. This is extremely useful in academic work where the kids are expected to learn new skills every day, and build upon those skills as they progress through the grades.

Learning with as many senses as possible helps instill new concepts.

Reasons it is useful for children to simultaneously learn the one hand alphabet - sometimes called fingerspelling or signing - and written alphabet letters.

Description of a 40 minute kinesthetic lesson plan that is broken up into 5 minute segments, which can stand alone as "sponge activities."