Marty Layne
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Listen to Off To The Sea
I’ve had a lot of fun making these little pipe cleaner based dolls. You’ll learn how to make two basic dolls – one with legs and shoes wearing either pants or a skirt and the other a fairy doll with wings and a skirt. Patterns and step -by-step instructions make it simple to make these little dolls. Basic hand sewing skills are required. The stitches used are illustrated in the book. You can adapt the patterns as you like to suit your taste. Materials required: pipe-cleaners, wooden beads, felt, a bit of polymer clay like Sculpey, and some wool roving are required. The stitches used are illustrated in the book. Patterns are easily adaptable to suit different seasons or professions. Two pages include instructions and patterns for making simpler little fairy dolls like the pink ones above. $5.00 for an illustrated 19 page PDF download.
GAMES TO PLAY WITH LITTLE ONES
Fingerplays and songs that babies, toddlers,and children enjoy and are easy to remember
* 32 pages to print on your choice of paper
* 43 fingerplays, songs and rhymes
* for newborns – 5 years old
* illustrated
* easy-to-follow instructions
* play tested
I developed and taught the Games to Play With Little Ones program for 10 years. This book includes many of the rhymes and songs I used in my classes.
When you purchase Games to Play With Little Ones, you will receive a PDF file to print and staple together. $5.50 CAD
- ideas and suggestions that inspire
- This 15 page PDF book is packed with suggestions to help children express themselves in writing and offers adults a different point of view about children and writing.
Contents:
- Be a Scribe
- Story Starts
- Ideas for homemade books
- Nonfiction writing
- Mechanical skills of writing<form action=”https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr” method=”post” target=”_blank”> <input type=”hidden” name=”cmd” value=”_s-xclick” /> <input type=”hidden” name=”hosted_button_id” value=”TUGK7R28VX2U4″ /> <input type=”hidden” name=”currency_code” value=”CAD” /> <input type=”image” src=”https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_cart_LG.gif” border=”0″ name=”submit” title=”PayPal – The safer, easier way to pay online!” alt=”Add to Cart” /> </form
Just starting to homeschool? unschool? learn at home? For 25 years, Learning At Home: A Mother’s Guide To Homeschooling has been helping parents make the transition from brick and mortar schools to a family-based way of learning.
“This book is more than a how-to-book. It’s filled with wisdom that makes it unique in the field of homeschooling books.”
Intro
- Can I Do This – Teach My Child At Home?
- Creating a Learning Environment
- Helping Your Child Learn to Read
- Inviting Children to Write
5.Mathematics
6.The Arts: Music, Art, Dance, Drama, and Phys. Ed
7.Life As Curriculum: Science and Social Studies
8.Burn Out
9.Beyond Homeschooling
Follow the links to order your copy. Canada Chapters/Indigo * Amazon.ca US amazon.com * Barnes&Noble England amazon.co.uk France amazon.fr Germany amazon.de Japan
The Happy Snow Friends Counting Book
““One happy snow friend was wondering what to do.” And thus begins a short picture book story called The Happy Snow Friends Counting Book – featuring a collection of needle felted snow friends as they gather together on a winter’s day. The book, written and crafted by Canadian author Marty Layne, aims to bring together the joviality of snow people with the early skill of numbers and counting. Written in a lilting style of poetry, this story is also able to be sung. You can find the music notes on the inside of the back page. By the end of the book, you meet 10 ridiculously cute little snow friends of all shapes and styles and sizes…” from a review by Lisa Marie Fletcher.
Take a peek at a few of the pages in this sweet 28 page 5.5″ x 8″ full colour paperback picture book for all ages.
One dollar from the sale of each book goes to Food Bank Canada
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