Gryphon House Inc : 185 books
Learning is in Bloom
Cultivating Outdoor Explorations
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
The movement to connect young children with nature continues to grow, as more parents and educators become passionate about bringing learning outdoors and letting children explore outside the bounds of traditional lessons. In the full-color Learning Is in Bloom, teachers and caregivers will find 40...
Simple STEAM
50+ Science Technology Engineering Art and Math Activities for Ages 3 to 6
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
Parents are eager to help their children learn, but teaching young children complicated scientific and mathematical concepts can be intimidating. Simple STEAM helps parents realize they don’t need to be engineers or scientists to support STEAM learning.
Help children explore STEAM concepts...
Simple Signing with Young Children
A Guide for Infant, Toddler, and Preschool Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2007
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...
Preschool Classroom Management
150 Teacher-Tested Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2004
An essential resource that all teachers will appreciate! Written by two experienced teachers, Preschool Classroom Management offers solutions and suggestions to help you tackle behavior issues in the classroom. Chapters include working with challenging behaviors, teaching alternative behaviors, building...
Jump into Science
Active Learning for Preschool Children
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
The perfect way to turn children’s love of active games into learning opportunities! Bring science to life as children learn about their bodies, animals, seasons, and the weather. The activities in each chapter are organized by level of difficulty, and each one incorporates fun, exciting science...
Play Today
Building the Young Brain through Creative Expression
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
When young children are engaged in imaginative play, they are not just having fun; they are developing skills and concepts that are foundational to their learning. Teachers can get the most out of this critical development time with thoughtful preparations that allow the children to freely explore...
Planning for Play
Strategies for Guiding Preschool Learning
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Play is learning! But play in the early years is endangered by the emphasis on push-down academics, mounting parental expectations, and pressures on early childhood teachers to prepare young children for the rigors of kindergarten and beyond. With all of that, gains made by play experiences, including...
The Best for Babies
Expert Advice for Assessing Infant-Toddler Programs
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Caregiver-child interactions are critically important in promoting cognitive, language, and social-emotional learning in young children. With examples and detailed explanations, ***The Best for Babies ***illuminates the behaviors and interactions that teachers or care providers should provide for...
Preschool Art: Clay & Dough
It's the Process, Not the Product
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2001
Excerpted from the national best-seller Preschool Art, MaryAnn Kohl brings you 50 great ways to create with playdough, tissue mâché, yeast dough, peanut butter dough and more. Emphasizing the process of art, not the product, this series encourages children to feel successful, problem-solve, and...
Preparing for Disaster
What Every Early Childhood Director Needs to Know
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Disasters happen without warning. A catastrophic event can destroy an early childhood program, and preparedness is the responsibility of any program director. Based on the authors’ experiences working in Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina, Preparing for Disaster explains the steps directors can...
After the Crisis
Using Storybooks to Help Children Cope
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Children who experience a traumatic crisis cannot process their feelings without adult support, and it can be hard for teachers to know how to help. After the Crisis provides teachers with tools to help children who have been through a trauma, such as homelessness, a natural disaster, or the death...
Socially Strong, Emotionally Secure
50 Activities to Promote Resilience in Young Children
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Now more than ever, adults must help children develop the skills necessary to navigate successfully through life. By focusing on building social and emotional strength, adults increase children's resilience and prepare them to handle the challenges in life. The strategies and activities in Socially...
Lead the Way
24 Lessons in Leadership for After School Program Directors
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Lead the Way provides short, self-guided overviews that both aspiring and practicing after school professionals need to thrive in their roles. The 24 fundamental insights and strategies can be used as professional development topics with after school program staff, laying the foundation for the program to recruit, retain, and grown effective leaders.
by Clarissa Willis, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Easy-to-implement strategies for teaching infants, toddlers, and twos with special needs. Placing children with special needs in environments that include typically developing peers has become commonplace as continuing research confirms that all children benefit and learn from each other as well as...