Dinah Zike

Dinah Zike is known for designing hands-on manipulatives that are used nationally and internationally by teachers, parents, and educational publishing companies. She is a frequent keynote speaker and continuing education consultant and she conducts seminars for over 50,000 teachers and parents every year. Dinah conducts staff development inservice for school districts; student teacher programs and continuing education programs through universities; and is a featured speaker and presenter at national conferences.

The Big Book of Books and Activities: An Illustrated Guide for Teacher, Parents, and Anyone Who Works With Kids!

The Big Book of Books and Activities: An Illustrated Guide for Teacher, Parents, and Anyone Who Works With Kids! by Dinah Zike, Dinah-Might Activities

This is a must have book for all homeschoolers! I've used mine every year for 12 years with all my children (and the price is still the same).

A must have for for protfolders, scrapbooking, notebooking and more! Includes the booklets instructions you'll need to createScrapbook Folders. This book won the Learning magazine's Teacher's Choice Award.

It illustrates how to make HUNDREDS of manipulatives and teaching aids using inexpensive materials found in the classroom or at home.

With over 400 black and white photographs and illustrations, this easy-to-use visual guide takes you through the steps for making each student/teacher project that will help convert your schoolroom into a student oriented learning environment. Gives specific examples of their use over a wide range of subjects. $19.95 Click to purchase

How to Use Dinah Zike's Big Book of Books -- Video
In this lively, fact-filled, 60-minute video, Dinah shows how to use the Big Book of Books and Activities. Dinah will show you how to:

Organize, store, and grade the booklets.
Use them as teacher demonstrations.
Use them as activities to replace ditto sheets.
Use them as alternative assessment tools.
Use them as student projects and reports.
And much more!

$12.95 Click to order

The Big Book of Projects

The Big Book of Projects explains how to design, develop, & make projects, from kindergarten through college. Now you can complete quick, easy, creative projects in a very short time using simple, inexpensive materials. The Big Book of Projects explains how to select appropriate project topics, conduct thorough research, organize needed materials, decide on a visual format, and prepare the final project presentation. Over 100 example projects are presented, and there are over 200 photographs and illustrations to visually stimulate your project imagination. This book is a must have for anyone who will ever have to "do a project". 147 pages, $19.95

Customer Reviews

Author: Christinemm
Elementary school teacher Dinah Zike has written this great book to explain ways to make little books by using special folds and/or glue. Many different styles of mini-books can be made quite easily. Children themselves can make many of the little books, with a parent or teacher guiding them. The instructions are easy to follow and you will soon be coming up with many ways to incorporate these little books with learning. Making little books with tidbits of information or with vocabulary words is one way to bring a hands-on element to learning. Children will be happy to have little books that they authored.

The photographs illustrate different ways these books can be used. Some examples are making vocabulary books with flip pages-with the word on the outside and the meaning inside. Other ways are to make themed books to contain information learned such as books about different kinds of dinosaurs. Going further into the book we learn how to make 3-D structures such as a pyramid and little shelf units out of recycled cereal boxes. Mobiles and little stand up holders to prop up papers are shown.

There are dozens and dozens of different types of folds and booklets to make. The book is well written and the instructions and diagrams are easy to follow.

Some people use these little books inside of folders to make a single-themed presentation book that holds all the little books within its' cover. Some people call these lapbooks and you can view many examples online by doing a simple Internet search.

This is a must have for getting your creative juices flowing and for learning new ways to use scraps of paper to make little books!

I also recommend another of her books called "Dinah Zike's Big Book of Projects: how to design, develop & make projects from kindergarten through college".

Author: Sharon
I think every homeschooling Mom should have this book on her resource shelf! It takes the humdrum out of school for students from ages 4 on up! Gives learning new meaning, as boring worksheets are replaced by hands-on activities. The end results are products the students are not only proud of, but can refer to over and over. Reinforces learning in wonderful, creative ways!

Author: Becky Leherst
THE book you need for lapbooking! Heart of Wisdom turned us on to Lapbooking and Scrapbooking to learn and it has changed our homeschooling. The kids (AND ME) are having fun and learning like never before! Its easy following the "hambuger" and "hot dog" and "taco" folds. I've never been crafty or artsy but now my children make beautiful projects and everyone in our support group is amazed at the neat folder project displays. We've done Creation, Egypt, Greece, Rome and Israel, Get this book and turn school into fun. File Folders are FUN!

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