Rising Stars! Creativity in a Box sets which include age appropriate activities that offer young children the opportunity to discover the fascinating world of creative problem solving. Some of the activities can be completed in a brief session, or over several weeks, and others throughout a unit of study. Each Rising Stars! Program Kit includes:
The Star Gazer’s Guide
A guide for adults leaders, introducing the concepts of creative behavior, offering support and explanation of the Star Time Actitivty Cards and listing many references and additional resources.
Curriculum Lessons
Turn-key literature based lessons that meet early childhood education developmental standards. Lessons are engaging and hands-on addressing art, geography, manipulatives, logic, and careers.
Tool Kit
Creative and critical thinking Tools build life-long learning and understanding skills that can be applied across many subjects and developmental periods.
STARt-ups
Brief and fun challenges that rapidly engage young teams in creative and cooperative behaviors.
Team Challenge
A multi-faceted challenge for teams to solve over a sustained period of time.
Program Kit III features the use of teamwork and music with young learners. While a new Rising Stars! program kits will be introduced, the material is not year sensitive. Open up the world of creativity to the kids in your life with the Destination ImagiNation, Inc., Rising Stars!TM program. “Creativity in a Box.”
Program Kit III features a music CD with six custom songs that match with Curriculum Lessons and Tools in the kit. This volume takes music and teamwork to the stars and beyond.
Rising Stars! Program Kits have just been featured in Spring 2005 issue of The Early Learner as, "the latest and hottest product in the early childhood market."
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