Redleaf Press: 191 books

David Sobel is the environmental education "guru" in the United States. Includes chapter contributions from Patti Bailie, Ken Finch, Erin Kenny, and Ann Stires. Most forest kindergarten books are European. This book is one of the first to be published in the United States and...

Offering an alternative approach to standardization and data-driven mandates, this book puts children at the center of planning your curriculum. Rather than a prescriptive curriculum, by using The Thinking Lens® protocol, teachers can translate educational theories into concrete ideas for working...

Tying together the theory and practice of child guidance and behavior in clear and accessible ways, this book provides educators and caregivers actionable best practices to teach children healthy emotional and social development. Using contemporary brain research, vignettes, and discussion questions,...

Inspiring Wonder, Awe, and Empathy offers a series of thoughtful practices for child care providers to nurture a child’s spiritual development—an extension of social-emotional learning. The book helps educators introduce young children to a system that begins with love and leads to a strong sense...

The first edition of No Biting sold 20,000 copies. Over 50% new content. Author Gretchen Kinnell shows how to record and analyze data to find a reason for the biting. Then how to make a strategy to avoid the biting. A new, comprehensive chapter for infant-toddler specialists helps...

There has been much attention given to the achievement gap between white and minority students, especially African American children. Through research and years of experience, the author breaks down the cultural influences on children's learning styles and provides a practical approach to helping...

Though Maurice Sykes has written for numerous publications (early childhood journals and magazines) and has traveled nationwide inspiring and challenging schools and communities to do the right thing for children, this is his debut book. Doing the Right Thing for Children is a call to leadership...

Relationships play an important role in human development, especially in the first years of life. Bridging the Relationship Gap provides caregivers tools and encouragement to be the strong, positive, and nurturing adult these children need in order to thrive. Learn more about the factors that...

Understanding the development of infants, toddlers, and twos equips caregivers with the tools and best practices needed to guide, teach, and care for them. This foundational approach provides information on theories of early development, components of high-quality, responsive caregiving, and strategies to support children in their earliest years.

For as long as there have been heroes and villains in our books, on our TVs, and in our everyday lives, children have been imitating them in their play. Superhero play remains a wonderful, developmentally appropriate way for children to explore power, experience adventure, and investigate big questions...

The first three years set the stage for a lifetime of learning. This book provides more than eighty activities and experiences to optimize very young children's intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development, as well as strategies that support responsive caregiving.Jean Barbre, EdD,...

This book is for teachers and caregivers of two- and three-year-olds, early Head Start, and college courses in early childhood education. The pushdown of early learning standards into pre-k means that two- and three-year-olds need their own specialized curriculum; this book offers teachers...

An encyclopedic how-to guide for the universal early childhood program problems. Practical Solutions to Practically Every Problem attempts to provide solutions to every possible problem faced by early childhood teachers-before teachers encounter them. This classic resource has been updated...

The second edition to Use Your Words: How Teacher Talk Helps Children Learn Contains more than 20% new content Discusses how adults should talk to children to help children know what is expected of them and understand their world. Includes conversational, accessible, and interesting...