Gryphon House Inc : 185 books
by Warren Buckleitner, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Children’s technology guru Warren Buckleitner offers educators and families his expert advice in this valuable guide to making smart choices about technology and young children. Buckleitner’s Guide to Using Tablets with Young Children simplifies the shopping process, describes which apps are...
by Susan A. Miller, EdD
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Preschoolers have a sense of wonder about so many aspects of their world. They enjoy demonstrating their knowledge to others, and they are challenged to use their brains in fascinating new ways every day. Whether they are making clay figures, rolling cars down ramps, experimenting with writing, or...
Bubbles, Rainbows, and Worms
Science Experiments for Preschool Children
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2004
"Why did that happen?", "How does that work?", "What will happen if..?". Young children ask questions about the world around them all day long. They are filled with curiosity and the desire to learn. Bubbles, Rainbows, and Worms teaches children about the world using...
by Susan A. Miller, EdD
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Preschoolers tend to be social beings. Whether they are playing with dolls side by side, building block castles together, or rolling down hills with friends, most young children enjoy the company of others. Playing together comes naturally, but you can help them negotiate turn taking, learn how to...
by Susan A. Miller, EdD
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Whether you see a preschooler laughing or crying, hugging or tugging on a playmate, taking risks or seeking comfort from an adult, you know that they are developing their emotional skills and growing up in so many ways every day. And they need your help! Emotional Development of Three- and Four-Year-Olds shares...
Making Toys for Preschool Children
Using Ordinary Stuff for Extraordinary Play
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
In this series, you'll find more creative ways to use a tube sock, milk carton, and other inexpensive things found around the house than you ever imagined. Create unique toys and props for group time, construction, science, music & movement, art, language & literacy, and math.
Making Toys for School Age Children
Using Ordinary Stuff for Extraordinary Play
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999
In this series, you'll find more creative ways to use a tube sock, milk carton, and other inexpensive things found around the house than you ever imagined. Create unique toys to inspire play through art, outdoor play, dramatic play and more.
Making Toys for Infants and Toddlers
Using Ordinary Stuff for Extraordinary Play
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2002
What do you get when you combine a large appliance box, a garbage bag, tape, a craft knife, and markers? A mini car wash for toddlers, of course! This series is a teacher's dream! You'll find more creative ways to use a tube sock, milk carton, and other inexpensive things found around the house than...
The Weekly Curriculum
52 Complete Themes for Every Week of the Year
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2003
What's your plan? If you're not sure, this great big book has the answer! With 52 weekly plans, it's easy to come up with appropriate learning experiences that children will love. This essential classroom resource covers special holidays, seasonal topics, everyday plans, and other things you've probably never thought of, such as National Pretzel Month or National Pancake Day!
The Values Book
Teaching Sixteen Basic Values to Young Children
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1998
Is a climate of instant gratification affecting young children's characters so that they no longer understand the virtue of patience? This thought-provoking manual offers questions for adult role models and children to ask themselves, ideas for discussion, and easy-to-do activities to foster commitment, loyalty, independence, and other cherished values
Wired to Move
Facts and Strategies for Nurturing Boys in an Early Childhood Setting
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Using the latest brain research to explore and explain differences in how boys and girls learn, this informative resource provides early childhood educators tools to make the way they teach and their classrooms more boy friendly. Grounded in findings from the nonprofit child care and early education...
Thinking BIG, Learning BIG
Connecting Science, Math, Literacy, and Language in Early Childhood
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
BIG activities engage little learners with this complete curriculum for science, math, literacy and language. BIG is powerful. Children want to be BIG. They want to do BIG. They love enormous numbers like a hundred million billion and long words like “tyrannosaurus rex.” They love to spread their...
Time for a Story
Sharing Books With Infants and Toddlers
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
If you’ve ever tried reading with an infant or toddler, it may look something like this: you sit down on the floor and start reading, and the child pats the pages, chews on the book, or toddles away! With all the signs pointing to disinterest, is it even worth it to read to children from infancy...
The Crisis Manual for Early Childhood Teachers
How to Handle the Really Difficult Problems
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1996
Written for teachers of hearing children from birth to age six, Simple Signing with Young Children is the perfect introduction to American Sign Language. Organized by age, there are chapters for infants, toddlers, and preschool children, with age-appropriate signs. The chapter written for teachers...