Elementary category: 2214 books
Encouraging Learning
How you can help children learn
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
‘I recommend this book to anyone wishing to help children learn. In it you will find some lovely ideas for improving the way we encourage, support and praise all young people.’
Professor Carol Dweck, author of Mindset, Stanford University, USA
‘James has developed a rare skill...
The Confident Teacher
Developing successful habits of mind, body and pedagogy
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
The Confident Teacher offers a practical, step-by-step guide to developing the habits, characteristics and pedagogy that will enable you to do the best job possible. It unveils the tacit knowledge of great teachers and combines it with respected research and popular psychology. Covering topics such...
Developing and Evaluating Multi-Agency Partnerships
A Practical Toolkit for Schools and Children's Centre Managers
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
In recent years government initiatives such as Sure Start, Extended Schools and Every Child Matters have been significant in the promotion of an agenda to create collaborative working environments and introduce multi-agency practice into a range of child-centred settings. Developing and Evaluating...
Jumpstart! Literacy
Key Stage 2/3 Literacy Games
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013
This collection of simple to use, fun, multi-sensory games and creative lesson starters will jumpstart pupils enthusiasm for literacy learning. The `jumpstarts' cover:
Warming up the word - spelling and word games
Syntactic gymnastics - creating sentences and written style
Games to stimulate...
The Power of Words
Learning Vocabulary in Grades 4-9
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
Teachers are intuitively aware of the connection between academic vocabulary and reading comprehension. Unfortunately, despite what we know about active instruction of vocabulary that will be retained by our students, teachers often assign vocabulary but rarely teach it well. The results are akin...
Come and Play
Sensory-Integration Strategies for Children with Play Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
Early intervention is vital in addressing and redirecting play challenges in young children. Each of five common play challenges—children who roam playrooms, play repetitiously, appear anxious, are detached, or are rejected by peers—are highlighted. Also included are sensory integration ideas and activities to promote positive and productive play.
by Diane P. Casale-Giannola, Linda S. Green
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2011
Engage all learners with research-based strategies from acclaimed educators
Research indicates that students of all ages and demographics benefit from active learning methods. Award-winning educators Linda Schwartz Green and Diane Casale-Giannola connect research and application with more than...
The Little Book of Values
Educating children to become thinking, responsible and caring citizens
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009
The Little Book of Values explores twenty-two values that can be taught through schools and indeed the whole community. The book will inspire you by using examples of where values are being used by children and adults in schools already and shares practical tools to stimulate discussion and philosophical...
The Public School Advantage
Why Public Schools Outperform Private Schools
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Nearly the whole of America’s partisan politics centers on a single question: Can markets solve our social problems? And for years this question has played out ferociously in the debates about how we should educate our children. From the growth of vouchers and charter schools to the implementation...
Teacher Proof
Why research in education doesn’t always mean what it claims, and what you can do about it
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
‘Tom Bennett is the voice of the modern teacher.’ - Stephen Drew, Senior Vice-Principal, Passmores Academy, UK, featured on Channel 4’s Educating Essex
Do the findings from educational science ever really improve the day-to-day practice of classroom teachers?
Education...
Cooking Is Cool
Heat-Free Recipes for Kids to Cook
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2013
This book’s audience includes educators; early childhood, school-age, and family child care providers; homeschoolers and parents of children 3–12.
Includes 53 heat-free, classroom-friendly recipes that can be made without a kitchen and do not require any cooking on a stove or in an oven....
The Literacy Cookbook
A Practical Guide to Effective Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening Instruction
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
Proven methods for teaching reading comprehension to all students
The Literacy Cookbook is filled with classroom-tested techniques for teaching reading comprehension to even the most hard-to-reach students. The book offers a review of approaches that are targeted for teaching reading, writing,...
Creating an Emotionally Healthy Classroom
Practical and Creative Literacy and Art Resources for Key Stage 2
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
This practical resource book for Key Stage 2 explores a range of emotions using both original poetry and well-known artworks to stimulate discussion in the classroom.
Based on the extensive teaching experience of Daphne Gutteridge and Vivien Smith as well as current educational initiatives...
by Kristen Ali Eglinton
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
For all involved in teaching young children, this timely book offers the necessary tool with which to develop a broad, creative and inspirational visual arts programme. Presented in two parts, this text covers both theoretical and practical angles:
part one investigates contemporary early childhood...