New Books from Overseas
Basics of Developmentally Appropriate Practice: An Introduction for Teachers of Infants & Toddlers
Author(s): Carol Copple, Janet Gonzalez-Mena, Sue Bredekamp (click on the author's name for more titles)
Developmentally appropriate practice is so fundamental to the early childhood field that all new educators need a sound grasp from the very start. This engaging little book describes the core concepts and makes them meaningful to everyday practice for teachers of infants and toddlers.
RRP $49.95
Beyond Behavior Management Second Edition (Due January 2012)
The Six Life Skills Children NeedAuthor(s): Jenna Bilmes (click on the author's name for more titles)
Developed and tested in the classroom, Beyond Behavior Management, Second Edition, is a strength-based approach to guiding and managing young children's behaviour by helping them build and use essential life skills—attachment, collaboration, self-regulation, adaptability, contribution, and belonging—into the daily life of the early childhood classroom.
RRP $78.95
Big Body Play
Why Boisterous, Vigorous, and Very Physical Play is Essential to Children’s Development and LearningAuthor(s): Frances M Carlson (click on the author's name for more titles)
Drawing from evidence-based practice and the latest research, this book explains the multitude of benefits of big body play for young children’s social-emotional, cognitive, and physical development.
RRP $49.95
Big Science for Growing Minds
Constructivist Classrooms for Young ThinkersAuthor(s): Jacqueline Grennon Brooks (click on the author's name for more titles)
Big Science for Growing Minds describes a groundbreaking curriculum that invites readers to rethink science education through a set of unifying concepts or “big ideas.” Using an integrated learning approach, the author shows teachers how to use readily available, low-cost items to create a safe classroom setting that fosters hands-on learning and exploration of real-life problems.
RRP $60.95
Circle of Influence Second Edition
Implementing Shared Decision Making and Participative ManagementAuthor(s): Paula Jorde Bloom (click on the author's name for more titles)
In this book you'll learn that participative management is both a philosophy and a set of behaviors that define your interactions with people. You'll explore techniques for managing the daily business of your center by involving others in critical decisions affecting their professional fulfillment.
RRP $59.95
Complete Daily Curriculum for Early Childhood, The Revised
Over 1200 Easy Activities to Support Multiple Intelligences and Learning StylesAuthor(s): Pam Schiller (click on the author's name for more titles)
This award winning curriculum for three- to six-year-olds offers a complete plan for every learning style. Revised and updated, the new edition of this classic bestseller is full of new activities based on the latest research about how children learn. The comprehensive appendix has been updated and the patterns are now available exclusively online so teachers can easily print them onto any paper at any time!
RRP $89.95
Don't Leave the Story in the Book
Using Literature to Guide Inquiry in Early Childhood ClassroomsAuthor(s): Mary Hynes-Berry (click on the author's name for more titles)
Drawing from 30 years of teaching and professional development experience, this book offers a roadmap for using children’s literature to provide authentic learning. Featuring a “storyteller’s voice,” each chapter includes a case study about how a particular fiction or nonfiction work can be used in an early childhood classroom; a series of open-ended questions to help readers construct their own inquiry units; and a bibliography of children’s literature
RRP $67.95
Environments A Beginnings Workshop Book
Author(s): Bonnie Neugebauer (click on the author's name for more titles)
This collection of articles from the Beginning Workshops section in Exchange – The Early Childhood Leaders’ Magazine features respected authors in the early childhood field such as Jim Greenman, Deb Curtis, Ann Pelo and Rust Keeler. Also included in this inspiring collection of articles are contribution from experienced Australian practitioners Wendy Shepherd and Jennifer Eaton from Mia-Mia Child and Family Study Centre, Macquarie University Sydney
RRP $53.95
Family Child Care Homes
Creative Spaces for Children to LearnAuthor(s): Linda Armstrong (click on the author's name for more titles)
Loaded with colour photographs and architectural illustrations of indoor and outdoor family child care settings, this resource provides plenty of inspiration and practical information to create a comfortable, home-like setting that benefits children of all ages.
RRP $112.95
First Art for Toddlers and Twos
Open-ended Art ExperiencesAuthor(s): MaryAnn F Kohl (click on the author's name for more titles)
In this updated, colour edition of First Art for Toddlers and Twos, you will find more than seventy-five art experiences, with lots of variations that add to the fun and tips for making the activities run smoothly. There’s even a chapter of special adult-made props, such as an Art Baggie Book to display a child’s artwork and a Tabletop Easel made from a pizza box to catch all the drips.
RRP $44.95
Growing Minds
Building Strong Cognitive Foundations in Early ChildhoodAuthor(s): Carol Copple (click on the author's name for more titles)
To cope with the environment they live in, children need to learn about their physical and social worlds; acquire language; regulate their bodies, emotions, and thoughts; and gain competence in literacy, mathematics, science, and other knowledge domains. This collection of readings from books and Young Children articles outlines important dimensions of their early cognitive development and describes approaches for promoting it.
RRP $74.95
Hollyhocks and Honeybees
Garden Projects for Young ChildrenAuthor(s): Sara Starbuck, Marla Olthof, Karen Midden (click on the author's name for more titles)
You will learn everything you need to know about planning, preparation, plant selection, growing zones, and pest control. The authors also show how gardening can be incorporated into learning centers, circle times, and field trips, and provide ways to document children's learning. Other features include sample garden designs, recipes and activities, ideas for parent and community involvement, and a resource list.
RRP $67.95
Is Everybody Ready for Kindergarten?
A Tool Kit for Preparing Children and FamiliesAuthor(s): Angele Sancho Passe (click on the author's name for more titles)
Is Everybody Ready for Kindergarten? provides information and practical advice to help you help children and their families prepare for the transition and then successfully begin kindergarten. Helpful activities, reproducible checklists and handouts, and planning templates are included.
RRP $56.95
Let Them Play (Due March 2012)
An Early Learning CurriculumAuthor(s): Jeff A Johnson (click on the author's name for more titles)
This (un)curriculum is all about fostering children's play, trusting children as capable and engaged learners, and leaving behind boxed curriculums and prescribed activities. Filled with information on the guiding principles that make up an (un)curriculum, learning experience ideas, and suggestions for building strong emotional and engaging physical environments,
RRP $78.95
Living Like a Child
Learn, Live, and Teach CreativelyAuthor(s): Enrique Feldman (click on the author's name for more titles)
Living Like a Child provides inspiration to make stronger connections with children. This handbook addresses the development of self, the many components of growth, and guides the journey to help children reach their full potential.
RRP $44.95
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