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Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2015
Science education in the early years is vital to assist young children to come to know and understand the world around them. In this second edition, Science in Early Childhood has been substantially updated and revised to include comprehensive coverage of the birth-to-eight age group. Drawing on the...
Visionary Women and Visible Children, England 1900-1920
Childhood and the Women's Movement
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
This book addresses the inter-linked lives and fortunes of children and women in the first two decades of the twentieth century in England. This was a time of shifts in thinking and practice about children’s and women’s status, lived lives and experiences. The book provides a detailed explanation...
One Child, Two Languages
A Guide for Early Childhood Educators of Children Learning English as a Second Language, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
Today's early childhood educators are serving more children learning English as a second language than ever—in Head Start alone, nearly 30% of the children speak a language other than English at home.* To support second language learners and put them on the path to academic success, every teacher...
Designs for Living and Learning, Second Edition
Transforming Early Childhood Environments
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
You likely have dreams for your early childhood environment that are greater than rating scales, regulations, and room arrangements. Designs for Living and Learning has been a favorite resource among educators and caregivers for more than a decade, and this new edition is packed with even more ideas...
Philosophy for Young Children
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
With this book, any teacher can start teaching philosophy to children today!
Co-written by a professor of philosophy and a practising primary school teacher, Philosophy for Young Children is a concise, practical guide for teachers. It contains detailed session plans for 36 philosophical enquiries...
What Does a Lion Say?
And Other Playful Language Games
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
What Does a Lion Say? is filled with fun and easy literacy games for parents to play with young children anytime, anywhere. Children play their way into discoveries in the world of letters and reading while building the skills they need for a lifetime of future learning. With alphabet games like “License...
Tunes for Teachers
Teaching....Thematic Units, Thinking Skills, Time-On-Task and Transitions
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011
Play, music and movement are important for a childs cognitive development; Tunes for Teachers will guide you in the use of songs for teaching new concepts and thematic units, the introduction of new vocabulary words, and ways to grab the attention of your students! Based on brain research, Tunes for...
Playing and Learning Outdoors
Making provision for high quality experiences in the outdoor environment with children 3–7
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Playing and Learning Outdoors shows early years practitioners how to get the very best from outdoor playing and learning for the enjoyment, health and education of all children from ages three to five years.
Fully updated to reflect the current status and understandings regarding outdoor provision...
by Karina Sheerin
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Emma the homeless Snail is a touching, bilingual German-English tale of Emma, a Snail, who wants nothing more than to find a new home. Unhappy with her current broken home, she starts a long and adventures journey for a perfect replacement. She finally is able to find the perfect home in the most unlikely place.
by Jim Docking, Michelle MacGrath
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
The original edition of this book made accessible to primary school teachers and student teachers the means of putting many of the Elton Report's findings into practice. The author's philosophy on behavior management still stands, but the ideas have been revised and updated to take account of more...
The Neglected Child
How to Recognize, Respond, and Prevent
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
The Neglected Child provides everything educators and caregivers need to know to identify and intervene in neglectful situations, while also creating a safe, nurturing, and protective environment for young children. From defining the different types and levels of severity of neglect to establishing...
Improving Schools
Productive Tensions Between the Local, the Systemic and the Global
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
This unique book explores school improvement policy – from its translation into national contexts and school networks to its implementation in leader and teacher practices in individual schools and classrooms within this network of schools and its impact on students’ learning. It draws on multiple...
by Piero Frattari, Giuliana Ribolzi
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 6, 2017
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 6, 2017
Questa è la storia delle avventure di “Billy, gatto migrante”.Tantissime sono le chiavi di lettura delle avventure di Billy, tutto in parallelo con la vita degli umani.
• Dalla libertà della campagna, alla semi libertà della città.
• Dall’incontro con la realtà virtuale dei social network...
The Origins of the Common Core
How the Free Market Became Public Education Policy
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2015
Owens provides a historical analysis of the ideological movements and reform efforts leading to the Common Core State Standards, beginning with conservative criticism of public schools in the 1930s and culminating in a convergence of the political right and left in efforts to systemically reform education based on free market principles.