Perfect for pre-service and in-service teacher training, Start Seeing Diversity helps teachers recognize and address bias by illustrating one community’s effort to create a responsive childcare progra
From playground equipment to skyscrapers, structures are everywhere. The second unit in the Young Scientist series, Building Structures with Young Children guides children’s explorations to help deepe
Family childcare homes provide care for hundreds of thousands of children every day. From Babysitter to Business Owner offers tried-and-true strategies for implementing established professional busin
Everyone is talking about signing with infants. Sign to Learn is the first complete introduction to appropriate sign language curriculum for young hearing preschoolers. In this unique resource, teache
Making learning a hands-on experience, Do-It-Yourself Early Learning shows home child care providers how to find and use many of the inexpensive—and often overlooked—building, home-repair, and constru
Filled with fresh and accessible songs anyone can sing, Easy Songs for Smooth Transitions in the Classroom helps teachers use music to show young how to children pitch in, learn, and have fun during t
Unlike any other book on block play, Teaching Numeracy, Language, and Literacy with Blocks helps teachers observe and plan for young children’s play with blocks in order to support the development of
The Parent Newsletter is a comprehensive guide for teachers, directors, and administrators interested in creating attractive and informative parent newsletters. Containing examples of both well-design
Dance, Turn, Hop, Learn! is a sourcebook for early childhood educators who are interested in adding a movement component to their curriculum. The book includes thirty-eight fun and creative movement l
This popular handbook is an updated and expanded second edition for establishing, organizing, and maintaining quality infant and toddler programs. A new, interactive CD-ROM is included for providers t
Field-tested across the country, this comprehensive curriculum expands and extends the role science has traditionally played in the early childhood classroom. The first in a new series, Discovering Na
Routines and Transitions is a complete guide to making the most routine daily activities in a childcare setting (hand washing, snacks, naps) a nurturing learning experience for young children from bi
Offering definitions, activities, examples of model programs, and reproducible forms and checklists, this guide will help early childhood program directors and administrators seeking third-party endor
Educational consultant Bergen has 20-plus years of experience in the field of early childhood education; she is a frequent presenter at national conferences and a recognized expert in training early c
Children can pluck an elastic band to learn about the vibrations that create music, or they can bake a cake to learn measurement and reading skills.Everyday Early Learning provides a myriad of ways to
When teachers consider young children’s individual learning styles, they foster children’s inclinations to learn, explore, and grow. This book investigates the meaning and importance of recognizing an
Conversations take place in every early childhood classroom—between teachers and children, and among children. Are You Listening? asks teachers to examine these conversations and their impact on child
All childcare professionals were children once, and how their parents responded to their emotional expressions affects how they respond to emotional expressions by children in their own care.“D
Written for child care professionals who work with children from military families, this guide uses current child development and early education theories to develop unique strategies for special issu
Don’t throw it away—use it for play! With this book, children can reuse common household items for over one hundred activities that are entertaining and educational. This revised edition of the best-s
