From September through June, Young Minds at Play offers everything you need to plan rich learning opportunities for three- and four-year-old children. Included are helpful suggestions for setting up your preschool classroom with a dramatic play area,water and sand tables, and a science mini-museum. Special features in this resource are the group time activities (finger plays, songs, and more) and the related theme activities. This comprehensive curriculum is meant to provide a comfort level foryoung enthusiastic learners in the larger world of school. Written by childhood professionals who embrace the belief that children learn through play, each activity and practical idea has been used and found to be successful in a preschool classroom.