I am disappointed with this book. I am a new teacher and do not find the ideas in this book helpful at all. The ideas presented are not new, and even new teachers would be capable of thinking these thing up on their own. The book presents ideas such as; how to make finger puppets, how to have a puppet show, writing a story about a "building" (whoopee), how to put a timeline on a bulletin board, how to make a seating chart, etc, etc. Not new ideas at all!