Redleaf Press imprint: 181 books
Family Child Care Homes
Creative Spaces for Children to Learn
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2011
Create a warm and inviting place where children feel at home.
Discover the many ways your home can provide comfortable places where children love to learn and love to be. Filled with no- and low-cost ideas, this book demonstrates many unique and practical possibilities for your home's indoor...
The Home Visitor's Manual
Tools and Strategies for Effective Interactions with Family Child Care Providers
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
People who visit home-based child care settings are extensively knowledgeable about regulations and policies. They do not, however, receive the same training on equally important “soft skills” such as communication, modeling, motivation, and assertiveness. This resource provides tools and strategies to develop skills needed to be successful in the profession.
Magic Capes, Amazing Powers
Transforming Superhero Play in the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Heroes, villains and saving the day! Magic Capes, Amazing Powers explores why children are so strongly attracted to superhero and weapons play, and addresses the resulting concerns of parents and teachers. Unique in its approach to this wildly popular type of play, Magic Capes describes how teachers...
Inspiring Young Minds
Scientific Inquiry in the Early Years
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Based in STEM, especially science
Uses research-based principles of inquiry
Provides real-life examples of children using inquiry, and discussion of how to guide and facilitate children exploring their world
Discusses the elements of inquiry-based instruction
Focuses on...
Early Sprouts
Cultivating Healthy Food Choices in Young Children
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Includes ways to adapt the Early Sprouts model to any climate/geographical region 2. Works to establish lifelong healthy eating habits and reduce the prevalence of obesity 3. Contains educational ideas using produce that is homegrown or store-bought 4. This healthy-eating curriculum will benefit not...
Infant-Toddler Social Studies
Activities to Develop a Sense of Self
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
First book to market on infant and toddler social studies
Includes 160 activities, organized by age group
Examines social-emotional development and how to lay the foundation for socialization, which are hot topics in early childhood education
Focuses solely on infants and toddlers
A tool to integrate with existing curriculum
by Cindy Croft
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
This easy-to-use guide gives you a quick overview on many topics related to working with young children with special needs. Learn about inclusion in early childhood programs and disability law, as well as typical vs. atypical development. The quick guide also covers several specific disabilities/special...
Inquiry-Based Early Learning Environments
Creating, Supporting, and Collaborating
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
What does it mean to inquire? Grownups would say it means to question, to search for information, or to finding out about a topic of interest. For children in an early childhood classroom, the definition is no different. From the time of their birth, children want to know how the world works and actively...
by Ingrid Chalufour, Karen Worth
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2005
The trainer’s guide serves as an indispensable handbook for trainers and administrators interested in introducing staff to the Exploring Water with Young Children curriculum—from planning to implementation. From exploring sinking and floating to using books to extend science learning, seven basic...
Everyone Needs Attention
Helping Young Children Thrive
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
Attention seeking is seen as misbehavior in young children, and giving them the attention they need is often times interpreted as reinforcement of bad behavior. Everyone Needs Attention focuses on how we, as adults, manage our emotions when children seek our attention, including a "how-to" chapter...
Embracing Rough-and-Tumble Play
Teaching with the Body in Mind
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Physical play is vital to young children's development. This practical, hands-on resource encourages you to incorporate boisterous physical play into every day and offers concrete advice on how to create spaces for safe play, how to effectively work big body movement into children's daily schedule,...
by Sara Starbuck, Marla Olthof, Karen Midden
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
This book encourages early childhood professionals to garden with children and provides information on why and how to incorporate gardening projects in any learning environment. It also explains the expansive learning opportunities that come with gardening.
This book addresses many childhood...
HOT Skills
Developing Higher-Order Thinking in Young Learners
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Too many teaching and learning activities require students to use only lower-order thinking (LOT), and many of the attempts educators make to promote higher-order thinking (HOT) are misconstrued. Higher-order thinking makes teaching and learning more engaging and intentional, adds intellectual rigor...
Prove It!
Achieving Quality Recognition for Your Early Childhood Program
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Pursuing third-party endorsements and accreditation is a significant undertaking for child care centers and preschools. Prove It! guides practitioners through the process of preparation, connecting criteria to classroom practices—including hygiene practices, quality interactions, quality learning...