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by Helen Penn
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Understanding Early Childhood is an introductory text for students on early years courses which offers broad and insightful perspectives across a range of themes on the ways in which we understand and study young children.
Get, Set, GO! Fundraising
A step-by-step guide to fundraising for your early years setting
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
Get Set GO! Fundraising is aimed at early years settings and Children's Centres that are new to the world of fundraising. The book offers a wide range of ideas to support you as you venture into the financial world of fundraising. Set out in an easy-to-read style, you can dip into the book at any point, with each page set out in a range of helpful headings to get you going as soon as possible.
The Most Important Year
Pre-Kindergarten and the Future of Our Children
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
An eye-opening look inside pre-K in America and what it will take to give all children the best start in school possible.
At the heart of this groundbreaking book are two urgent questions: What do our young children need in the earliest years of school, and how do we ensure that they all get...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2008
This concise reference offers coaches user-friendly guidelines and evidence-based strategies for promoting literacy initiatives, strengthening content knowledge and coaching skills, and collaborating effectively.
From Parents to Partners
Building a Family-Centered Early Childhood Program
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Build collaborative partnerships with families to help the whole family thrive. This book explores the reasons and methods for developing cooperative partnerships, along with tools and strategies to help build the support network for family-centered care. The new edition includes information on how...
Loose Parts
Inspiring Play in Young Children
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014
Use loose parts to spark children's creativity and innovation
Loose parts are natural or synthetic found, bought, or upcycled materials that children can move, manipulate, control, and change within their play. Alluring and captivating, they capture children's curiosity, give free reign to...
Testing for Kindergarten
Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Ace the Tests for: Public School Placement, Private School Admissions, Gifted Program Qualification
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
Karen Quinn has successfully taught hundreds of parents how to prepare their children for testing, and Testing For Kindergarten is her ultimate, comprehensive guide to having fun while teaching to the underlying abilities every test assesses.
Whether your child is going to a private kindergarten...
by Suzanne Krogh, Kristine Slentz
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2001
Examines the meaning of curriculum, discusses curriculum integration, describes how to plan, create, and evaluate a curriculum, and examines how modern literacy, mathematics, social studies, science, and expressive arts curricula evolved into their present forms. Methods of assessing children's progress through the curriculum are integrated throughout.
Twelve Best Practices for Early Childhood Education
Integrating Reggio and Other Inspired Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In her new book, popular author Ann Lewin-Benham draws on her intimate knowledge and experience with the Reggio Approach to present 12 “best practices” inspired not only by Reggio, but also by play-based and Montessori approaches to early childhood education. These practices are demonstrated,...
Sensory Play
Play in the EYFS
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
Sensory Play draws upon current research findings and observations to present an informative and practical guide to maximising children's sensory play opportunities. This guide enables practitioners to understand the values and benefits of sensory play, incorporating case studies and current research...
Developmentally Appropriate Play
Guiding Young Children to a Higher Level
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Help children participate in purposeful play to promote the development of a number of important skills.
Family Child Care Basics
Advice, Activities, and Information to Create a Professional Program
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Beginning a new business venture can be a daunting task, and setting up an in-home child care program can be especially challenging. After the licenses have been applied for and acquired, what comes next? Now an expert on the subject provides advice, tips, information, and activities for setting up...
Learning at Home Pre K-3
Homework Activities that Engage Children and Families
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2011
Families play a critical role in helping young children develop a solid academic foundation and love of learning. Numerous examples have proven time and again that children’s learning behavior is strongest when reinforced with activities, social interactions, and play. In Learning at Home, PreK3,...
by Alistair Bryce-Clegg
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
This book contains lots of easy-to-introduce activities and techniques that will move your practice towards that outstanding level! Not just when being observed, but all the time. The author, Alistair Bryce-Clegg is known for his original and creative ideas and witty and accessible writing style,...