Nola Larson has spent her entire career in the early childhood field in a variety of positions. She earned a bachelor's degree in child development-kindergarten education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a masters of education degree in professional development with an emphasis in special education, from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. She has taught early childhood education in a nursery school, a day care center, and a Head Start program and also taught in the public schools as a kindergarten teacher. For ten years, Nola was an early childhood instructor at Western Wisconsin Technical College-La Crosse, WI, where she started the program, taught a variety of courses, and supervised student teachers. She was part of a national training and technical assistance network that provided consultation to Head Start programs, specifically in the areas of assessment, disability services, child development, and curriculum. Most recently, she coordinated the development and publication of the New Portage Guide Birth to Six, a developmental assessment and activity planning system for children from birth to six years old. Publications: Transition Magician: Strategies for Guiding Young Children in Early Childhood Programs (Redleaf Press, 1994) Transition Magician 2: More Strategies for Guiding Young Children in Early Childhood Programs (Redleaf Press, 2000) Transition Magician for Families: Helping Parents and Children with Everyday Routines (Redleaf Press, 2001) New Portage Guide Birth to Six, (Portage Project, 2004) Nola presents on early childhood topics, including workshops based on the Transition Magician books she co-authored. She says that it gives her great joy to see how excited people get about our ideas and to actually see positive changes in the classrooms. Website: www.transitionmagician.com

Transition Magician: Strategies for Guiding Young Children in Early Childhood Programs Authors: Nola Larson, Mary Henthorne, Barbara Plum Product Code: 302901 Price: $19.95 Plan transition times so that children aren't hurting each other, toys aren't left all over the place, and you know where everyone is. More than 200 original learning activities. Ideas such as Buddy Buckets, Spider Wands, and Pom-Pom Pals weave smoothness into activity changes. Read a sample chapter of this book! Adobe Reader is required. . Qty:

Transition Magician 2: More Strategies for Guiding Young Children in Early Childhood Programs Authors: Mary Henthorne, Nola Larson, Ruth Chvojicek Product Code: 304901 Price: $25.95 Filled with more than 200 great activities to use for any transition time in the classroom. Features simple tools to help evaluate environments and schedules and prevent problems in developing transitions. Includes new toddler and special needs activities for a complete approach in your program. Read a sample chapter of this book! Adobe Reader is required. . Qty:

Transition Magician for Families: Helping Parents and Children with Everyday Routines Authors: Ruth Chvojicek, Mary Henthorne, Nola Larson Product Code: 532201 Price: $19.95 The newest title in the Transition Magician Series gives early childhood teachers the tools to help parents survive—and even enjoy!—transition times with their children. Transition Magician for Families features over 100 activities for both home and away. Includes instructions for the many easy-to-make, inexpensive activity props; reproducible handouts for the activities described; and outlines for two transitions workshops for parents. Read a sample chapter of this book! Adobe Reader is required. . Qty:

Transition Magician Set Authors: Nola Larson, Mary Henthorne, Barbara Plum Product Code: 414801 Number of Pieces: 2  Price: $40.95 Plan transition times so that children aren't hurting each other, toys aren't left all over the place, and you know where everyone is. More than 400 original learning activities in two volumes. Ideas such as Buddy Buckets, Spider Wands, and Pom-Pom Pals weave smoothness into activity changes. Qty: