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by Rachel Sparks Linfield
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Plan for six weeks of learning for each season with this bumper edition, covering all six areas of learning and development of the EYFS. This bumper edition contains all the material contained in Planning for Learning Through Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter in one value book. Ideal for helping young...
by Olivia N. Saracho
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Play provides young children with the opportunity to express their ideas, symbolize, and test their knowledge of the world. It provides the basis for inquiry in literacy, science, social studies, mathematics, art, music, and movement. Through play, young children become active learners engaged in...
Kids First
Five Big Ideas for Transforming Children's Lives and America's Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
It may "take a village to raise a child," but most American families are struggling, with diminishing social support, to do the job on their own. While parents work longer hours for less and the costs of childcare, healthcare, and college skyrocket, the share of the U.S. budget spent on...
Children's Books for Grown-Up Teachers
Reading and Writing Curriculum Theory
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
Teachers and prospective teachers read children's books, but that reading is often done as a "teacher" – that is, as planning for instruction – rather than as a "reader" engaged with the text. Children’s Books for Grown-Up Teachers models the kind of thinking about teaching...
Understanding Creativity in Early Childhood
Meaning-Making and Children's Drawing
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2010
Do you want to understand young children's development in greater depth? Would you like to see how they view the world around them, and what they think the future might look like?
Creativity in early childhood is an area of fascination for all those working with young children, and this book...
by Louise Derman-Sparks, Patricia G. Ramsey
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this updated edition, two distinguished early childhood educators tackle the crucial topic of what White children need and gain from anti-bias and multicultural education. The authors propose seven learning themes to help young White children resist messages of racism and build identity and skills...
by Rachel Heydon, Luigi Iannacci
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2009
Educators have become increasingly interested in the diverse learning environments of young children and the ways in which children and childhood are positioned within those environments. The documentation and analysis of processes of pathologization and de-pathologization in early childhood may provide...
by Jackie Silberg
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Award-winning author, Jackie Silberg, encourages bonding between you and your baby in the third edition of Games to Play with Babies. With 50 NEW games and all new illustrations, this valuable resource promotes self-confidence, coordination, social skills and much, much more. Build important developmental skills, while enjoying time with your baby.
How Many Ways Can You Make Five?
A Parent's Guide to Exploring Math with Children's Books
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Explore connections between math and everyday life with your child! The activities in How Many Ways Can You Make Five? link popular children's books—which you are probably already reading with your child—with easy, fun-filled activities you can use to explore important math concepts like mapping, following directions, noticing patterns, and finding shapes.
Einstein Never Used Flash Cards
How Our Children Really Learn--and Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2004
Now Available in Paperback!
In Einstein Never Used Flashcards highly credentialed child psychologists, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Ph.D., and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph.D., with Diane Eyer, Ph.D., offer a compelling indictment of the growing trend toward accelerated learning. It's a message that...
Small Talk
How to Develop Your Child's Language Skills from Birth to Age Four
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Give your child the gift of conversation with Small Talk!
You are your child's most valuable resource when it comes to learning to talk. In Small Talk, speech and language therapist Nicola Lathey and parenting journalist Tracey Blake demystify the six stages of language learning, from "Pre-Babble"...
Baby Signing Essentials
Easy Sign Language for Every Age and Stage
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
The ultimate resource in baby sign language basics to get your child "talking" today!
Using trusted American Sign Language (ASL), Baby Signing Essentials is the perfect resource for parents, caregivers, and educators looking to create effective two-way communication. Designed to grow...
by Tricia Shelton, EdD, Mary Renck Jalongo
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
The prevalance of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is growing tremendously in early childhood classrooms. To support students with ASD, educators can draw on strategies that incorporate best practices as well as recognize individual strengths and needs.
Practical Strategies for Supporting Young...
Beyond Behavior Management
The Six Life Skills Children Need
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
The main audience for this book includes early childhood educators and caregivers; suitable for course adoption in the areas of early childhood development
This edition includes two new chapters and new content to reflect state early learning standards, new research, cultural diversity, and...