Filled with tips, tools, and strategies, this book is the comprehensive, practical toolbox preschool administrators need to implement early childhood inclusion through systems-level change. This is the how-to book preschool administrators, school leaders, and child care directors need to step up the progress of early childhood inclusion through ......
Offers students and professionals information for developing and improving the quality of early childhood special education. This book focuses on implementation of early childhood education systems. It provides suggestions for setting up a family and child friendly system for evaluating young children.
A Hands-On Guide for Inclusive Early Childhood Classrooms
Provides early childhood educators with an in-depth understanding of how to implement the Project Approach with all students. A practical resource, it is designed with an Implementation Checklist, illustrative videos, training materials, Powerpoints, and downloadable forms to support application in inclusive settings.
Presents an overview of the research and practice of state-funded pre-k programs with implications for future program development and planning. This book captures the information related to both the nature of preschool education and the challenges of implementing preschool education at the state level.
Promising Innovations for Early Childhood Programs
Brings together the biggest ideas and the best thinking from more than a dozen top researchers in the early childhood education (ECE) quality movement. It clearly lays out what we know about quality today, which areas need focused improvement efforts, and what kind of innovative program-level changes will strengthen outcomes for children.
Film and Television from The Magic Lantern To Teen Vloggers
This innovative book gives a historical and geographic perspective on visual cultures of childhood, looking at representation as well as media effects.
Susan Perrow passionately believes that 'stories know the way'. Working with imaginative journeys and the mystery and magic of metaphor, she has developed the art of therapeutic storytelling for children's challenging behaviour and difficult situations. She offers a tried and tested method for creating a unique story for a child.This treasury of ......
This is the Sun that makes the world go round! From the tiniest animal to the tallest tree, everything on Earth is connected through the circle of life. But at the center of it all is a different kind of circle--the Sun! Through a charming story with rhythmic repetition, young children are introduced to the bright Sun that provides energy for all ......
This is the Sun that makes the world go round! From the tiniest animal to the tallest tree, everything on Earth is connected through the circle of life. But at the center of it all is a different kind of circle--the Sun! Through a charming story with rhythmic repetition, young children are introduced to the bright Sun that provides energy for all ......
Young children have a limited understanding of the risks surrounding them: they fall over, bang their heads, scrape their knees and worse. Parents and practitioners can try to create a risk-free environment, but this can reduce children's chances to to learn about risk and how to judge new situations.This bestselling guide shows how adults can ......
A trainer's guide to go along with the second edition of the ""Building Blocks"" book, which provides trainers with a complete package of PowerPoint slides, presentation notes, handouts, and videos to train early childhood educators in implementing the Building Blocks framework for inclusion of preschoolers with special needs.
Playing, Working and Enjoying Adventures in the Open Air - A Handbook for Parents, Carers and Teachers
'An uplifting philosophy on childhood and life, and an absolute treasure trove of information for anyone who believes nature and childhood are perfect companions. Sally Schweizer manages to combine magic with common sense in this wonderful book, which is authentic from cover to cover. What she writes with such lively enthusiasm, she has also ......
The highly anticipated follow-up to Unpacking the Pyramid Model, this one-of-a-kind book is the first to provide a comprehensive, step-by-step overview of the widely used Pyramid Model Practices for infants and toddlers from birth to three. With this accessible training guide, teachers and providers will use research-based practices to meet the ......
For more than a decade, the widely used Pyramid Model for Promoting Social Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children has been helping early educators use research-based practices to boost social-emotional development. Now theres a practical guide that makes it easier than ever to implement.
A Guide to Understanding the Complex, Knotty Challenge of Learning to Re
Despite being the most common learning disability, dyslexia is widely misunderstood. In this book, Sayeski and Chandler translate research from neuroscience, cognitive psychology, linguistics, and education into bite-sized, actionable guidance for teachers and parents to follow to put kids on the path to reading.
Despite being the most common learning disability, dyslexia is widely misunderstood. In this book, Sayeski and Chandler translate research from neuroscience, cognitive psychology, linguistics, and education into bite-sized, actionable guidance for teachers and parents to follow to put kids on the path to reading.