Fruits and Veggies Making Faces

<p>Young children can't help but enjoy these dramatic characters made from parts and pieces of fruits and vegetables designed to help little ones explore feelings and emotions. Watch children react when the characters respond to everyday discoveries and experiences with silly interjections animated expressions and quick rhymes. Capture their attention by reading with dramatic looks and exaggerated tones. Invite them to interact read social cues empathize and mimic faces. What a healthy recipe for self-expression!</p><p><br></p><p>While modeling behavior ask open-ended questions that motivate older children to observe examine and reason. <em>What do you notice? What happened? What if this happened to you? How would you feel? How can you make a face like that?</em> </p><p><br></p><p>Whether you're a fruit and veggie enthusiast or simply a lover of whimsy this book promises to leave you looking for hidden faces and the meaning behind them everywhere you go! </p><p><br></p><p>Researchers at the University of Cambridge in England say that when we make eye contact with a baby we synchronize our brainwaves to theirs. This synchronicity in turn promotes both learning and communication skills. Growth and development in the early years can be advanced significantly by engaging young children (birth through preschool) in creative physical and verbally playful interactions. It's important to stimulate their senses every day. </p><p><br></p><p>Foundation/Domain: Social-Emotional Development</p><p><br></p><p>28 pages | 10 H x 8 W | Available in English and Spanish</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Introduce these unique fruit and vegetable characters in a variety of ways:</strong></p><ol><li>Explore feelings and emotions</li><li>Establish an emotional connection with a shared communicative experience</li><li>Recognize facial features: eyes eyebrows nose ears mouth tongue etc.</li><li>Read and mimic facial expressions</li><li>React to facial and verbal cues</li><li>Imitate verbal responses</li><li>Identify fruits and vegetables</li><li>Name colors</li><li>Count parts and pieces</li><li>Use descriptive words</li><li>Explore positions in space</li><li>Plate food in a visually appealing manner</li></ol><p><strong>?</strong></p><p><strong>Benefits:</strong></p><ol><li>Furthers socio-emotional development: self-expression understanding displays of emotions empathy mimicking facial expressions and interaction with the reader.</li><li>Exposes children to a variety of fruits and vegetables.</li><li>Encourages the creative and appealing presentation of food for dining.</li><li>Provides an opportunity to explore positions in space: over under on top of below etc.</li><li>Promotes the use of descriptive STEM language: wider longer taller smaller thinner etc.</li><li>Supports experimentation with age-appropriate kitchen tools for preparation: utensils peeler knife zester magnifying glass hand juicer ruler etc.</li></ol><p><br></p><p>This book is printed on demand. Please flip through at least one of the books you receive and contact the publisher directly as soon as possible if you have any quality concerns.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Bulk Orders:</strong> This title is available in bulk directly from the publisher for early childhood and nutrition programs conferences non-profit initiatives licensing or grants that promote healthy eating fruits and vegetables gardening farm-to-table STEM initiatives and anti-obesity. Contact the publisher directly for quotes orders and discounted pricing.</p>