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 ......
How can early childhood professionals make informed decisions while selecting assessment materials that meet recommended practices? Use the new edition of this essential reference, the only book with professional ratings and reviews of 80 authentic, widely used assessment tools for children aged birth to 8.
Provides tested, easy-to-implement strategies for preventing problem behavior in the classroom and responding effectively when it does occur. This title includes chapters that describe specific steps that K-12 teachers and other school-based professionals can take to develop effective classroom rules and routines.
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.
Monitoring Progress and Improving Intervention for Infants and Young Chi
Bringing complete information on the IGDIs together in one convenient, expertly organized volume, this book gives early childhood professionals specific, in-depth guidance on understanding and using all five of the IGDI tools: communication, cognitive pro
to achieve better outcomes for children and families
The definitive guide to developing leadership skills in early years settings, this book will help you to develop a leadership style tailored to your early years setting.Designed to support existing, new and aspiring leaders, it spans all levels of leadership, from organisational and team leadership to practice. It presents key theories of ......
Facilitating Scientific Ways of Thinking, Talking, Doing, and Understand
To ensure they're meeting state early learning guidelines for science, preschool educators need research-based ways to teach young children about scientific concepts. This title helps children ages 3-5 investigate their everyday world and develop the basics of scientific thinking - skills they apply across subject areas when they enter school.
