This book contains a bumper collection of creative activities organized by popular early years themes. For each theme there are at least three art activities, a painting activity, suggested topics to talk about, a selection of stories, rhymes, action songs and suggested music for dancing along to or accompanying with instruments. The art activities are graded to show the level of difficulty and when some help may be needed. Whether the topic being taught is autumn, the Chinese New Year, the coastline or kings and queens, you can be sure children will find the variety of activities interesting and entertaining and will be encouraged to use their imagination, express themselves creatively, and communicate their ideas. The activities will also develop essential gross and fine motor skills, as well as speaking and listening skills.