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Creative teaching as well as teaching creativity are cutting edge issues in psychology today as recent academic and popular media coverage has shown. This volume expands on that interest with chapter authors drawn from interdisciplinary areas. It includes examples of creatively teaching across the...

Learning environments are an important topic as more and more teachers try to make their classrooms into places that support and inspire learning. Using “before” and “after” pictures of real early childhood classrooms, Real Classroom Makeovers shows early childhood teachers step-by-step how...

In this classic of childhood education, Friedrich Froebel identifies the fundamental principles upon which he based his now-ubiquitous kindergarten system. Froebel demonstrates how to channel child's play and integrate it into the development of intelligence and social skills, explaining the vital inner...

Do you have preschool or kindergarten children in your life? Do you wonder how you can effectively teach them Gods Word? Do you want them to develop a close personal relationship with Jesus? You hold in your hands the resource you have been waiting for. Hidden in Their Hearts is a one-of-a-kind activity...

The more than 150 activities in Wild About Literacy feature theme connections, vocabulary, materials and preparation, and extension ideas. Each chapter follows a literacy scope and sequence so teachers can use a targeted approach to help children learn essential literacy skills. With learning centers and story ideas, Wild About Literacy is sure to enrich any curriculum.

Jump into Math is the perfect way to turn children's love of active games into learning opportunities! The activities in each chapter are organized by level of difficulty, and each one incorporates fun, exciting math experiences with movement. Most activities require few or no materials and include...

Technology is rapidly changing the ways we live our lives and interact with the world. It’s also changing how you teach. Technology can enhance your classroom’s complete curriculum and assessment and help you create and capture meaningful experiences, support inquiry, and expand your classroom’s...

When Pre-K Comes to School traces what happens—for institutions and teachers—when a school district and community ECE centers partner to provide public pre-K. Wilinski examines policy implementation across diverse sites—a private part-day preschool, a corporate childcare center,...

Bringing together leading scholars, this book describes proven ways to enhance early literacy skills in 3- and 4-year-olds, especially those from low-income families. Presented are scientifically based methods and approaches that are being applied in Early Reading First programs around the country....

Practicing Sight Words Has Never Been This Easy!Many words don't follow basic decoding rules and are taught in pre-k and kindergarten classrooms as 'sight words,' 'instant words,' 'high frequency words' or 'star words.' A new reader finds sight words very frustrating until they are memorized. A good...

The Instant Curriculum is now completely revised and features over 350 all-new activities! This classic resource is a must-have for preschool teachers, and has activities for every area of the curriculum, including language and literacy, math, science, dramatic play, and music and movement.

Best-selling, award-winning authors Pam Schiller and Clarissa Willis have teamed up to create this collection of 100 literacy lessons, designed to introduce children ages 3-6 to a variety of literacy concepts and build important literacy skills. Each of these simple, fun lessons offers adaptations...

Jump into Literacy combines children's love of active games with over 100 lively literacy activities. Written by a well-known children's movement specialist, these joyful games will engage the whole child in moving and playing as a way to develop the literacy skills needed for reading and writing....

Sensory bins are a simple and inexpensive learning tool that can benefit all children. Whether you are interested in incorporating sensory bins into your home, classroom, preschool, Day Care, or homeschool, this guide will provide you the necessary knowledge and ideas to get started. It includes...