CD-704141 Games Math Crafts AN essential Creative Kids Zone is designed to educate and Writing source of entertain your kindergartner! Express creativity fun, creativity, in the Craft Zone and solve fun problems in the Storybooks learning! Math Zone. Then, join Ben and Abby in the and Story Zone for three interactive stories. Try simple, Science hands-on experiments in the Science Zone or just have fun in the Game Zone. Creative Kids Zone makes learning essential kindergarten skills exciting! In addition to encouraging creativity, this book includes: • Recognizing and counting numbers 0–20. • Shapes, patterns, and colors. • Time, money, and graphing practice. • Story sequencing and early reading comprehension. • Answer key. • Interactive poster. 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Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or distributed in any form or by any means (mechanically, electronically, recording, etc.) without the prior written consent of Carson-Dellosa Publishing LLC. Brighter Child® is an imprint of Carson-Dellosa Publishing LLC. carsondellosa.com Printed in the USA. All rights reserved. Table of Contents Welcome to Creative Kids Zone . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Craft Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–64 Math Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65–118 Story Zone: “Ben’s Big Play” . . . . . . . . . . 119–124 Story Zone: “Abby’s New Tree” . . . . . . . . 125–130 Story Zone: “Monster Hide and Seek” . . . 131–136 Science Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137–162 Game Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163–230 Answer Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231–256 Introduction Welcome to Creative Kids Zone! Five different exciting zones await your child . Each zone features fun activities designed to stimulate your child’s mind and entertain him or her for hours . The standards-based content in Creative Kids Zone expands on math, science, and reading content being taught in the 21st century, kindergarten classroom . Through interactive stories, crafts, games, math puzzles, and science experiments your child will make connections to learning in exciting ways . Each zone is unique so your child can: Be creative in the Craft Zone! • The Craft Zone features fun clay recipes, painting projects, musical instruments, costumes and masks, nature projects, teddy bears, sand art, bubbles, and more! Get logical in the Math Zone! • The Math Zone features creative counting activities, simple addition and subtraction, colors, shapes, time, and money all while helping Ben and Abby solve problems . Use imagination in the Story Zone! • The Story Zone features three removable story books about Ben and Abby, two fun creative kids in kindergarten! Each story includes open- ended activities that involve your child in the story telling process and interactive comprehension questions . Experiment in the Science Zone! • The Science Zone features interesting learning pages about living and nonliving things, animals, solids and liquids, space, seasons, and the five senses—not to mention, an engaging science experiment for each topic to take the learning off the page! Have fun in the Game Zone! • The Game Zone features mazes, hidden pictures, how to draw, secret codes, dot-to-dots, and more! Everything your child needs to stay entertained, and what seems like a diversion to your child actually reinforces the learning concepts taught in the other zones . Check it out in the Answer Zone! • A complete answer key is included to check your child’s answers . Craft Zone Turn your sock into a monster! Make your monsters any animal or creature imaginable . Be creative! Give your monster a name . Homemade Clay Recipes Pages 7–11 are recipes for making your own easy-to- use clay . Some clays are best for using over and over again . Some clays are for projects you want to keep . Two of the clays can even be eaten! Some clays feel very hard, while others feel very soft . Experiment with all the clays and discover which is the best one for you! Then, turn to pages 12–14 for fun creations you can make using the different clays . There are certain techniques to try when working with any clay . • Rolling the clay is one good way to shape it . You can roll it by moving the clay back and forth on a table, or by holding the clay between your hands and rubbing your hands back and forth like when you are trying to get warm . • You can shape clay with stencils . Press the stencil over flattened clay to imprint the clay . Or, squeeze the solid block of clay through a stencil to form a shape . Try making a stencil on page 15 in the Craft Zone . • Press your thumb into flattened clay . Then, press your pinky into the clay . Compare the shapes and sizes . Try pressing different fingers into the clay . This comes in handy when you want to make eyes or noses for C your creations . R A F T Z O 6 N E Play Clay Play clay stays soft for many, many uses . Roll, twist, pinch, and pull this fun clay to make animals, people, or even you! What you’ll need: • 2 cups sifted flour • 1 cup water • 1 cup salt • Medium sized mixing • 6 teaspoons alum bowl and spoon (found in the baking • Resealable plastic section of most bags or containers grocery stores—it acts • Food coloring as a preservative) (optional) • 2 tablespoons salad oil What to do: 1. Food coloring may be added to the water before mixing, if color is desired . 2. Mix all materials together in the bowl until they are smooth . 3. The play clay will stay soft for weeks if you keep it in a sealed plastic bag or container . Suggestion • Make a bunny and snowman with your play clay! See pages N E 13 and 14 in the Craft O Z Zone to learn how . T F A R 7 C Monster Goopy Goo This goopy, liquid clay is fun to stretch and pull . Try to build a goopy monster! What you’ll need: • 1 cup liquid starch • 2 cups glue • Resealable plastic bag • Food coloring (optional) What to do: 1. Pour the glue and liquid starch into a plastic bag and seal it . 2. Gently knead (press and squeeze) the bag to mix the ingredients . 3. Add food coloring, if desired, and continue kneading the bag for about 20 minutes . If the mixture still seems thin, add more starch . Add glue if it gets too thick . 4. Stack the goopy clay in a pile . 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