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Loose parts are natural or synthetic found, bought, or upcycled materials that children can move, manipulate, control, and change within their play. Daly and Beloglovsky show you how using loose parts can help you capture children's curiosity, give free reign to their imagination, and motivate learning. By developing creative environments, children will be encouraged to explore critical thinking in myriad ways.
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"For decades early childhood educators in high-quality programs have understood that the transition into reading and writing occurs naturally when young children are surrounded by opportunities to interact with print in ways that are meaningful to them"--
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Why do some children succeed while others fail? The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs. But in this book the author argues that the qualities that matter most have more to do with character: skills like perseverance, curiosity, conscientiousness, optimism, and self-control. The book introduces us to a new generation...
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STEAM is a development and extension of the original STEM efforts with the goal to support innate creativity and innovation that all children possess. This book serves as a platform for educators to observe and facilitate infants and toddlers natural curiosities around STEAM concepts. The text discusses tangible, rich STEAM learning environments for children from birth through age two and introduces where this learning can go next as children transition...
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Discover why playing is school readiness with this updated guide. Timely research and new stories highlight how play is vital to the social, physical, cognitive, and spiritual development of children. Learn the seven meaningful experiences we should provide children with every day and why they are so important.
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Parents are eager to help their children learn, but teaching young children complicated scientific and mathematical concepts can be intimidating. Simple STEAM helps parents realize they don't need to be engineers or scientists to support STEAM learning. Help children explore STEAM concepts with fun and engaging activities; discover STEAM learning opportunities in everyday activities and experiences; prepare children for kindergarten; build crucial...
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PowerKids Press
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c2017.
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"Pre-K is a great place to be, as readers will learn in this delightful fiction title. Readers are invited to spend a day at school with a relatable narrator and their friends. Readers join in on the fun as the colorful cast of characters learn, read stories, and play outside. Accessible text makes this text fun to read, while colorful illustrations bring the story to life. This title is perfect for introducing young children to the exciting things...
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Gryphon House
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[2021]
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"Thoughtfully created learning centers are bubbling with opportunities for active learning. Dr. Jean, beloved author of dozens of books and songs, and coauthor Carolyn Kisloski bring you a collection of practical ideas and tips to inspire engagement and spark learning in your classroom centers, and, importantly, keep children coming back for more. Children learn best through play. Discover how you can help them thrive in your learning centers. The...
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Sourcebooks
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2022.
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"The Montessori Book of Words & Numbers is a fun-filled practical book full of inspiration to help your child develop essential language and numeracy skills. Based on sound principles of early childhood development, more than 70 step-by-step home activities in this book equip young children with the tools to begin their journey to reading, writing and math, instilling a love of words and numbers. Through creative play, your child will learn to: make...
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Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
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[2015]
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A set of high-quality, nationally-accepted, academic standards in reading. These learning goals outline what a student should know and be able to do before entering first grade.This third in a series of programs covers weeks nineteen through 27 of kindergarten, where kids build upon the first 50 sight words, already introduced, with 25 more sight words, such as ₁eat,₂ ₁said,₂ ₁read,₂ etc.
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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Organizing for Literacy is a professional development series for implementing a balanced early literacy program based on apprenticeship theory. The series presents a complete early literacy resource, with the option of using individual videos to focus on a specific area of need. The programs illustrate the reciprocal nature of teaching and learning across a range of reading and writing events. Each program is designed to allow you to view it in its...
16) Young at art: teaching toddlers self-expression, problem-solving skills, and an appreciation for art
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The creator of the Anti-Coloring Book series explains how to encourage creativity among preschool-age children, discussing the positive influence of a child's artistic growth on their intellectual and emotional development and offering a variety of age-appropriate activities to facilitate a youngster's artistic skills.
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The Kindergarten Wars is the first narrative nonfiction book ever to take the reader inside all aspects of the private school application process. Eisenstock follows several families across the country from their first school tours until the moment they open their admissions letters. He interviews admissions directors, school heads, teachers, educational consultants, and kindergarten tutors, who coach both parents and kids.
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Redleaf Press
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2021.
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"Transforming Your Outdoor Early Learning Environments invites center and home-based educators to reimagine and reconstruct their image of conventional children's play yards as they know them and to create beautiful outdoor learning spaces on a limited budget with natural elements and loose parts that offer children opportunity for irresistible engaging explorations. Ideas, inspiration, and benefits for changing outdoor environments are provided along...
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This book aims to support EYFS practitioners and other childcare professionals to achieve outstanding, creative provision using teaching ideas that are simple and easy to replicate.
Suitable for those working with children aged 3-5, the book would also be an excellent resource guide for students taking their PGCE course or any early years' childcare course
and EYTS qualification.
It contains detailed photographs of investigation activities, small...
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