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Continue learning with these helpful resources from our lending library. To borrow one of these resources, call 435-797-1552 or email us at childcare.help@usu.edu. 

Title	Author	Description	Genre
¡Hola! Communicating with Spanish-Speaking Parents	Britt, Joni	Helps teachers who speak no Spanish communicate with students' parents who speak only Spanish. Includes 36 reproducible letters in both English and Spanish.	Special Topics and Issues
101 Alphabet Activities	Marier, Lisa Schwimmer	Teach the alphabet using 101 Alphabet Activities for grades PK–1. This 80-page resource features 101 teaching ideas, each related to the theme of its title, and includes activities that span multiple curriculum areas, including math, language development, science, art, and music. This book aligns with state and national standards.	Literacy
101 Things You Can Do for Our Children's Future	Louv, Richard	The acclaimed author of Childhood's Future presents a primer for parents--as well as seniors, nonparents, employers, teachers, and every American--on how to create a better life for children NOW.	Parenting and Relationships
123 Art : Open-Ended Art Activities for Working With Young Children	Warren, Jean	More than 200 "no lose" art activities for young children!	Play and Activities
123 Math : Pre-Math Activities for Working With Young Children	Warren, Jean	All of the hands-on activities are meaningful and non-threatening thus giving children the chance to experiment with these essential skills. Turn ordinary play times into math times with the more than 300 activites found in this book.	Mathematics, Science, Technology
123 Rhymes, Stories, and Songs : Open-Ended Language	Warren, Jean	Open-ended rhymes, stories and songs guaranteed to capture the interest and imaginations of young children.	Music
15 Easy-to-Read Neighborhood and Community Mini-Book Plays	Crawford, Sheryl Ann / Sanders, Nancy I.	Every class will have fun developing reading skills, fluency, and confidence as they read these delightful mini-book plays. Titles include We Bring the Mail, Many Ways to Get Around, Fire Fighters, Follow the Map, Good Neighbors Help, and many more! Rhyme, repetition, predictable text, and irresistible illustrations help make these perfect read-aloud plays for beginning readers. Includes cross-curricular extension activities and literature links. For use with Grades K-2.	Literacy
201 Icebreakers : Group Mixers, Warm-Ups, Energizers, and Playful Activities	West, Edie	Designed specifically for trainers, speakers and group facilitators, this book features activities - games, quizzes, energizers and brain-teasers - to break the ice at the beginning of any meeting, or to recharge participants on the brink of boredom. The activities require little or no preparation and most can be completed in less than five minutes.	Management, Training, and Business
25 Read and Write Mini-Books that Teach Sight Words	Bensinger, Marilyn / O'Quinn, Louise	Teachers can boost students' reading confidence and comprehension with interactive mini-books that give emergent readers the support they need to take on sight words! All 25 cloze-style stories in this collection feature predictable text and engaging illustrations-and give children lots of practice reading and writing high-frequency words within simple, easy-to-complete sentences. Includes reproducible mini-books and word cards, plus skill-building extension activities. For use with Grades PreK-1 .	Literacy
5 Senses : The Scholastic Preschool Cirriculum	Harvey, Pamela Haussner	Open up the world for young children through a multitude of experiences incorporating their sense of touch. This unit provides children with fun activities to help them learn more about different textures, how touching brings people closer together, and what body parts we use for touching.	Play and Activities
A Great Place to Work : Creating a Healthy Organizational Climate	Bloom, Paula Jorde / Hentschel, Ann / Bella, Jill	Early childhood program administrators often have a global impression that things are going well or not so well at their centers, but they lack specific feedback on just what areas of the organization contribute to those impressions. This excellent book helps directors define more precisely how different dimensions of the center contribute to the quality of work life for staff.	Management, Training, and Business
A Guidance Approach for the Encouraging Classroom (Second Edition)	Gartrell, Dan	Part 1 explores the foundation of guidance in early childhood education. Part 2 focuses on building and organizing an encouraging classroom, and discusses such topics as daily schedules, routines, use of thematic instruction, and the importance of working with parents. Part 3 addresses problem solving and challenging behavior, including a practical illustration of how to use and teach conflict management and information about the "five-finger-formula." Highlights of the new edition include standards and video integration, expanded coverage of diversity, and information on current brain research. Throughout, this experience-based resource includes real-life anecdotes that allow professionals to make the shift from conventional classroom to developmentally appropriate guidance.	Child Care and Education
A Guide for Child Care Providers	Holladay, Jeni	Chapters include: Relationships between child care providers and parents, coping with crying and temper tantrums, stages of development, shaken baby syndrome, and identifying and reporting child abuse.	Hot Topics
A Handbook of Interactive Exercises for Groups	Barlow, Constance A. / Blythe, Judith A. / Edmonds, Margaret	This book is for anyone who has ever volunteered to lead a seminar or run a workshop, or for anyone who has ever been cajoled into chairing a meeting or leading a group. Novice facilitators may recognize the anxiety that accompanies the first encounter with an assembled group. Even seasoned veterans often wonder how to excite and engage their audience more effectively and more often. The exercises in this book will deliver these results. Designed to be used in a variety of settings, these exercises will benefit all professional and personal organizations, from business meetings to adult education seminars to therapy groups. They may also be adapted for use with various age groups, ability levels, and diverse backgrounds. In order to meet the needs of busy facilitators, the exercises are written in simple, accessible language, and delineate clear objectives, materials and time required, as well as optimal group size. Even the implementation of just 3-4 exercises will lead to improved group performance and enjoyment. An entire section is also devoted to evaluation, and how to implement creative formats for evaluating groups. Social workers, rehabilitation counselors, criminologists, psychologists, nurses, educators, human resource and business managerial staff,	Management, Training, and Business
A Parent's Guide To: Reading With Your Young Child	Neuman, Susan B. / Wright Tanya S.	A simple and effective guide to maximize reading time with your child! Respected author and educator Susan B. Neuman addresses the importance of reading aloud to young children. This guide is a simple and informative support system that gives parents academically sound advice on how and what to read to their children from birth to age five. Neuman is currently a Professor of Educational Studies at the University of Michigan, specializing in early literacy development. She formerly served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, establishing the Reading First program, the most historic reading reform effort in U.S. history.	Literacy
A Place for Me : Including Children With Special Needs in Early Care and Education Settings	Chandler, Phyllis A.	This encouraging, practical book belongs in the hands of every early childhood educator in the '90s, when many children with special needs, formerly served in separate settings, are being integrated in regular early childhood settings. For such integration to succeed, teachers and caregivers need to do more than accept its goals. They must also be aware of the real challenges that inclusion can present, and they must engage in thoughtful planning and follow-through to make it work.	Hot Topics
A Schoolmarm All My Life	Kinkead, Joyce	A Schoolmarm All My Life is a welcome addition to a growing body of women's studies based on the American frontier experiences of women in all walks of life and circumstance facing common, primitive conditions. A Schoolmarm All My Life is highly recommended for women's studies, western history, and education history reading lists	Hot Topics
A Show of Hands : Using Puppets with Young Children	Crepeau, Ingrid M. / Richards, M. Ann	Puppets are a play-time favorite in countless classrooms. With the ability to capture and nurture a child's imagination, puppets have great untapped potential as creative teaching aids. Disproving the notion that puppets are strictly for play, A Show of Hands presents innovative ways for teachers to use puppets as valuable and developmentally appropriate teaching tools. Drawing from over fifty years of combined experience in the arts and education, the authors—one an award-winning puppeteer, the other an arts educator and writer—illustrate how the use of puppets can support emergent literacy skills, introduce children's literature, manage the classroom, and assist in the development of lesson plans tailored to the specific needs of the teacher and class. An ideal resource for teachers from preschool to early primary, A Show of Hands also includes helpful instructions for designing, constructing, or purchasing your own puppets, as well as how puppets may be used with children diagnosed with autism, ADD/ADHD, or a hearing or vision impairment.	Play and Activities
A Survival Guide for Child Care Providers : Tips From the Trenches	Levine, Karen	This purposeful book of tips, reflections, and quotes is based upon anecdotal observations of educators with years of resourceful experiences to share with others in the teaching profession. Serving as a focus for the book are Seven Guiding Principles that are oriented towards early childhood education. These principles provide educators with unassuming appraisals for defining awarenesses, simplifying, and organizing their lives with respect to issues of education, time management, and relationships with children, parents, and faculty. Enjoyable to read and beautifully illustrated, the book is an inspiration to educators, and enables a sense of camaraderie between all those who seek to keep the joy of teaching young children an enriching life experience.	Child Care and Education
A Trainer's Guide : Caring for Infants and Toddlers	Dodge, Diane Trister / Koralek, Derry	The Trainer's Guide: Caring for Infants & Toddlers is the most comprehensive training program available to help teachers develop the skills and knowledge necessary to obtain a CDA credential. In this first new edition since 1991, the content from all 13 modules is now in the main text, while all of the self-assessments and learning activity forms are in the accompanying Skill-Building Journal. The Trainer's Guide offers specific suggestions for implementing the program and providing feedback to staff. It includes knowledge assessments, answer sheets, observation forms with checklists, and tracking forms.	Management, Training, and Business
A Trainer's Guide : Caring for Preschool Children (Second Edition)	Koralek, Derry / Al-Salam, Debra / Dodge, Trister Diane	This is the Trainer's Guide to Caring for Preschool Children, the most comprehensive training program available to help teachers develop the skills and knowledge necessary to obtain a CDA credential. Caring for Preschool Children can be used for individualized staff development, a college course, or ongoing workshops. The Skill-Building Journal includes activities that help build skills and knowledge as staff work with children every day. The personal, friendly tone and user-friendly format make Caring for Preschool Children practical and easy to use. The Trainer's Guide offers specific suggestions for implementing the program and providing feedback to staff. It includes knowledge assessments, answer sheets, observation forms with checklists, and tracking forms.	Management, Training, and Business
A Trainer's Guide to Caring for Children in School-Age Programs : A Competency-Based Training Program	Koralek, Derry / Al-Salam, Debra	This Trainer's Guide is a companion to "Caring for Children in School-Age Programs", a personalized training program for staff in before-and after-school programs. It shows how the 13 modules in the training program can serve as the focus for workshops, courses, or on-site training and/or mentoring.	Management, Training, and Business
A World of Difference : Readings on Teaching Young Children in a Diverse Society	Copple, Carol	How do we work with young children and their families in ways that are truly responsive to their differences and effective in combating bias? Over the years NAEYC has played a leading role in addressing this question and publishing significant works in the area of anti-bias, culturally responsive education. Now we offer this collection of readings?from Young Children, NAEYC books, and other respected publications. They reflect the strong, continuing current of thoughtful work on teaching young children in a diverse society. Collectively they provide the current knowledge base as well as thought-provoking discussion on a wide range of issues like culture, language, religion, inclusion, socio-economic status, and more, with emphasis on building respect and understanding. Useful both as an independent resource or as collected readings to accompany other course materials.	Child Care and Education
Action Math Games : Help Your Child Have Fun with Math	Bulloch, Ivan	Young childen can acquire essential math skills and have a good time in the process. Action Math contains great activities, superbly photographed, that are based on sound mathematical concepts. While providing hours of enjoyment, these projects put basic math concepts into action!	Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Active Learning for Children with Disabilities : A Manual for Use with the Active Learning Series	Bailey, Pam / Debby, Cryer / Harms, Thelma / Osborne, Sheri / Kniest, Barbara A.	This guide adapts the information in the Active Learning Series for use with children with disabilities.	Hot Topics
Active Learning for Fives	Cryer, Debby / Harms, Thelma / Ray, Adele Richardson	Provides a winning combination of information and activities that help children develop their minds and bodies in a safe and healthy environment. Incorporate "active" learning into the curriculum with ease using the complete planning guide with a clean format describing activities and appropriate materials, and a resource and skills checklist. Plus icons identifying developmental stages and suggestions for language development and interaction help teachers direct student progress. Use the series to update programs, train new staff, or develop teaching units.
Active Learning for Fours	Cryer, Debby / Harms, Thelma / Ray, Adele Richardson	Active Learning for Fours, the fifth book in the Active Learning Series, has over 470 activities for Fours, 48 months old through 60 months old. The activities are easy to read and do with one child or a small group; "Fours Can" lists help teachers, caregivers, or parents choose the right activities for each child. Ideas on planning environments for fours and an easy system for writing plans help set the stage for a developmentally appropriate activity program
Active Learning for Ones	Cryer, Debby / Harms, Thelma / Bourland, Beth	Provides a winning combination of information and activities that help children develop their minds and bodies in a safe and healthy environment. Incorporate "active" learning into the curriculum with ease using the complete planning guide with a clean format describing activities and appropriate materials, and a resource and skills checklist. Plus icons identifying developmental stages and suggestions for language development and interaction help teachers direct student progress. Use the series to update programs, train new staff, or develop teaching units.
Active Learning for Twos	Cryer, Debby / Harms, Thelma / Bourland, Beth	Provides a winning combination of information and activities that help children develop their minds and bodies in a safe and healthy environment. Incorporate "active" learning into the curriculum with ease using the complete planning guide with a clean format describing activities and appropriate materials, and a resource and skills checklist. Plus icons identifying developmental stages and suggestions for language development and interaction help teachers direct student progress. Use the series to update programs, train new staff, or develop teaching units.
Activities for the Spark : Curriculum for Early Childhood (Volume 1)	Lewman, Beverly S. / Fowler, Susan A.	Designed for use with the Implementation Guide, the two Activities volumes detail the story-based activity sets and include send-home story descriptions in English and Spanish for sharing with parents.	Child Care and Education
Activities for the Spark : Curriculum for Early Childhood (Volume 2)	Lewman, Beverly S. / Fowler, Susan A.	Designed for use with the Implementation Guide, the two Activities volumes detail the story-based activity sets and include send-home story descriptions in English and Spanish for sharing with parents.	Child Care and Education
Advancing Equity and Embracing Diversity	Alanis, Iliana / Iruka, Iheoma	Together, the voices of early childhood educators, scholars, and professionals can sound the call to advance the profession toward more equitable educational experiences, systems, and practices for all children.	Child Care and Education
Advancing the Early Childhood Profession : NAEYC Standards and Guidelines for Professional Development	Lutton, Alison	The readings and standards inside this book contribute to the ongoing work of advancing the early childhood profession. They offer a road map for those of us engaged in our own professional development and the development, implementation, and evaluation of training, technical assistance, and education programs in addition to state and national early childhood professional development systems.	Child Care and Education
Advocates in Action : Making a Difference for Young Children	Robinson, Adele / Stark, Deborah R.	This guide offers practical advice on influencing policy and practice to the benefit of young children and the early childhood community.	Child Care and Education
Ages and Stages : Birth Through Eight Years (Revised)	Miller, Karen	Clear account of stages of children's physical, intellectual, and emotional development. Readers reap the benefits of Karen Miller's years of work with young children and families in this insightful and practical introduction to physical and intellectual development. The chapters are organized by age, and each chanpter address the social-emotional, gross motor, fine motor, language, and cognitive development of the particular age group.	Child Care and Education
All The Colors We Are : The Story of How We Get Our Skin Color	Kissinger, Katie	Celebrate the essence of one way we are all special and different from one another—our skin color! This bilingual (English/Spanish) book offers children a simple, scientifically accurate explanation about how our skin color is determined by our ancestors, the sun, and melanin. It’s also filled with colorful photographs that capture the beautiful variety of skin tones. Reading this book frees children from the myths and stereotypes associated with skin color and helps them build positive identities as they accept, understand, and value our rich and diverse world. Unique activity ideas are included to help you extend the conversation with children.	Hot Topics
Alphabet : 30 Instant Centers with Reproducible Templates and Activities that Help Kids Practice Important Literacy Skills Independently	Clarke, Jacqueline	Enrich center time with easy make-and-store kits! These 30 skill-building games and activities help kids practice letter recognition and formation, letter sounds, and more. Each box can be assembled with readily available materials and includes reproducible labels, easy-to-read student directions, and reproducible game boards and worksheets. Connects to district, state, and national language arts standards. For use with Grades PreK-1.	Literacy
Alphabet Art : With A to Z Animal Art and Fingerplays	Press, Judy	With Alphabet Art the alphabet is fun for even the most reluctant learner. Over 80 imaginative ABC experiences are within these pages, making an alphabet zoo, alphabet puzzles, picture hunts, color relays, and silly poems.	Literacy
Amazing Science Experiments with Everyday Materials	Churchill, E. Richard	It's science that's fun, and fun that's science! You get over 60 easy-to-do science experiments that surprise, astound, startle, and bewilder- and can be performed with materials from around your house.	Mathematics, Science, and Technology
An Outline of Piaget's Developmental Psychology	Beard, Ruth M.	The pioneering investigations of the renowned contemporary Swiss psychologist, Jean Piaget, constitute a major source of knowledge about the learning process in children from infanthood through adolescence. His findings furnish a clear picture of the different stages of normal mental growth, with important ramifications in the areas of child-raising and education. Unfortunately, however, though Piaget's name is widely known, much of his thinking has been virtually inaccessible to Americans because of the twin barriers of language and stylistic complexity. The shaping purpose of this guide is to extend understanding of Piaget's findings and theories to the widest possible audience.	Child Development
Animal Piggyback Songs	Warren, Jean	Over 200 animal songs for young children! New songs sung to the tunes of childhood favorites, no music to read, easy for children to learn, easy for parents and teachers, chorded for guitar and autoharp, and great for family or school "sing-a-longs".	Music
Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves	Derman-Sparks, Louise / Edwards, Julie Olsen	This volume offers practical guidance on confronting and eliminating barriers of prejudice, misinformation, and bias and provides tips for helping staff and children respect each other, themselves, and all people. Individual chapters focus on culture and language, racial identity, family structures, gender identity, economic class, different abilities, holidays, and more.	Hot Topics
Are You Listening? : Fostering Conversations that Help Young Children Learn	Burman, Lisa	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 children’s learning. Often, teachers use conversations to impart information to children instead of really listening to children and allowing them to make their own decisions. Grounded in child-centered, relationship-based theory, this book covers topics such as how to create an environment that supports quality conversations, how to encourage conversations that support learning and development, and how to work with children with limited language capabilities.	Child Care and Education
Baby Games : The Joyful Guide to Child's Play from Birth to Three Years	Martin, Elaine	Baby Games provides hundreds of rhymes, songs, finger plays, and games to create magical playtime as a baby grows from infant to toddler to preschooler.	Play and Activities
Bambini : The Italian Approach to Infant/Toddler Care	Gandini, Lella / Edwards, Carolyn Pope	This volume is a timeless contribution to the burgeoning dialogue on the Reggio Emilia approach, and features the work of prominent scholars, policy-makers, researchers, administrators, and practicing teachers who have created and directed the infant-toddler care systems in four cities in Italy. Joined by American educators and researchers (including Ron Lally, Rebecca New, and Jeanne Goldhaber), their work builds upon and extends inclusionary and family-centered philosophies. It combines missions of care and education, and produces innovations in space and environments. This collection is filled with dozens of examples of experiences with dynamic, open systems of organization that support emotional and cognitive development of infants and toddlers―and respect the delicate relationship between parents and their young. Also included are photos, some in color.	Child Care and Education
Basics of Assessment : A Primer for Early Childhood Educators	McAfee, Oralie / Leong, Deborah J. / Bodrova, Elena	Assessment of children's abilities and knowledge, their approaches to learning, and their strengths, needs, and interests is expected in most early childhood programs. However, many early childhood educators are unsure of how to assess young children's development and learning. This straightforward book will help increase understanding of child assessment, including its specialized and often confusing vocabulary. Focusing on children's development and learning, the authors provide an overview of basic assessment concepts. Speaking a shared language of assessment will help early childhood professionals communicate better with other teachers, specialists, administrators, and parents.	Child Care and Education
Basics of Developmentally Appropriate Practice : An Introduction for Teachers of Children 3 to 6	Copple, Carol / Bredekamp, Sue	All early childhood educators need a solid understanding of developmentally appropriate practice. While the basic concepts of DAP aren't difficult or complex, they can be understood wrongly or incompletely―and often are! This engaging little book describes the core concepts and makes them meaningful to everyday practice for preschool teachers. College instructors, directors, and trainers will find this an invaluable tool for introducing learners to the foundation of the early childhood field.	Child Care and Education
Basics of Supporting Dual Language Learners : An Introduction for Educators of Children from Birth through Age 8	Nemeth, Karen N.	This book is designed to help all early childhood educators learn the basics of developmentally appropriate teaching practices for young children who are dual language learners. It covers key points about first and second language development, discusses the importance of supporting the home language, and describes how programs and schools can prepare for a diverse group of children. It is a useful introduction for administrators, monolingual and bilingual teachers and assistants, and social and family workers.	Child Care and Education
Beautiful Stuff! Learning with Found Materials	Topal, Cathy Weisman / Gandini, Lella	Encourage your kids to express their creativity as they discover, collect, sort, arrange, experiment, and think with found and recyclable “stuff.” The real-life experiences of teachers and children will inspire ideas that you can try at home: choose objects and turn them into a display, transform materials into a face, build and glue wood scraps to make constructions. Appropriate for children four years of age and older.	Play and Activities
Beginning with Babies	Kinney, Mary Lou / Ahrens, Patricia Witt	The role a teacher plays in the development of infants today is a crucial one, write authors Kinney and Ahrens. To help teachers provide developmentally appropriate care and learn how to promote the learning of individual infants in their care, the authors have assembled dozens of activities in Beginning with Babies, an easy-to-use guide to things to do with children from birth through fifteen months. Kinney and Ahrens, authors of Tangling with Toddlers, list the materials needed for each activity, how to make the most of interactive development with the activity, as well as "why" the activity is good for the baby. Chapters include development in vision and tactile skills, language and hearing skills, motor skills, and emotional/social growth skills. Beginning with Babies is the perfect book for infant program teachers, family child care providers, and parents who want to make the most of the fun they have with babies!	Parenting and Relationships
Behavioral Challenges in Early Childhood Settings	Smith, Connie Jo	Addresses problems such as aggression, withdrawal, sexual exploration, and cursing.	Hot Topics
Being with Babies : Understanding and Responding to the Infants in Your Care		Being with Babies is a great resource for both beginning and experienced caregivers. Each chapter describes an issue that caregivers face daily, offers scenarios that illustrate the challenge, suggests solutions caregivers can use to address the issue, and concludes with a review of key points. Being with Babies teaches caregivers how to handle everyday challenges while learning about developmental stages. This hands-on resource is perfect for caregivers of children 6 weeks to 18 months old, as well as for staff development and resource libraries. Chapters include information on: Developing relationships with babies Using observation to understand babies Communicating with babies Selecting appropriate toys Setting up safe and effective learning environments for babies Following the Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE) approach and philosophy, the authors of Being with Babies demonstrate that from the day of birth, infants are unique individuals with a capacity to participate in relationships and interact with the people and objects in their environment. Practical and informative, Being with Babies fills an important need in the infant care field.	Child Development
Best Practices for Training Early Childhood Professionals	Bergen, Sharon	Your work as a trainer has a lasting impact on your staff and the young children you all care for. Use the information, tools, and examples in Best Practices for Training Early Childhood Professionals to plan and execute training programs that are effective for your environment and your caregivers. You will find guidance on how to establish a framework for organizing your thinking about training using practices that are developmentally appropriate for adults, design and implement successful programs, and help your staff be the best professionals they can be.	Management, Training, and Business
Beyond Remote-Controlled Childhood : Teaching Young Children in the Media Age	Levin, Diane E.	More and more of children’s attitudes, values, interests, and behavior run the risk of being controlled by their experiences with the popular media culture and screens instead of being actively created by children themselves. That is, childhood is becoming increasingly remote controlled. Learn how to counteract the potentially harmful impact media can have on both the process and content of children’s development and learning, and how to help families make informed decisions about the screen media in children’s lives.	Hot Topics
Beyond the Flannel Board : Story-Retelling Strategies Across the Curriculum	McWilliams, M. Susan	Improve young children’s language, social-emotional, and number sense development with effective developmentally appropriate teaching strategies in story retelling. This book demystifies the story retelling experience for teachers of young children by identifying effective, intentional teaching and learning practices and providing a variety of examples for integrating story retelling activities across the curriculum for building skills in social-emotional development, numbers, STEM, and more.	Literacy
Big Body Play : Why Boisterous, Vigorous, and Very Physical Play Is Essential to Children's Development and Learning	Carlson, Frances M.	"Big body play”―the sometimes rowdy, always very physical running, rolling, climbing, tagging, jumping, grabbing, and wrestling that most children love and many adults try to shut down―can and should be an integral part of every early childhood setting. 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. Learn how to organize the physical environment, set rules and policies, and supervise the play to balance children’s fundamental needs with our responsibility as teachers to keep them safe.	Play and Activities
Big Questions for Young Minds : Extending Children's Thinking	Strasser, Janis / Bresson, Lisa Mufson	Questions are powerful tools, especially in the classroom. Asking rich, thoughtful questions can spark young children’s natural curiosity and illuminate a whole new world of possibility and insight. But what are “big” questions, and how do they encourage children to think deeply? With this intentional approach―rooted in Bloom’s Taxonomy―teachers working with children ages 3 through 6 will discover how to meet children at their individual developmental levels and stretch their thinking.	Child Care and Education
Block Play : The Complete Guide to Learning and Playing with Blocks	MacDonald, Sharon	Every preschool and kindergarten classroom has a block corner. With over 50 great activities, Block Play is a must-have for every teacher. The activities encourage social skills, problem-solving, science, math, language, and more. Create craft-board trees, railroad tracks and skyscrapers, and watch children experience the joy of learning with blocks!	Play and Activities
Blueprint for Action : Achieving Center-Based Change Through Staff Development	Bloom, Paula Jorde	Blueprint for Action provides a framework for understanding early childhood centers as organizations and the dynamics of change within such organizations. It helps directors move beyond a "quick fix" notion of center improvement by serving as a guide for program analysis and action. It details a comprehensive method for assessing program strengths and areas in need of improvement. The heart of this approach is an individualized model of staff development. Woven throughout the text are numerous vignettes connecting the concepts presented to real-life situations experienced by early childhood administrators. The book includes sample forms and assessment tools that directors can adapt for use in their own programs.	Management, Training, and Business
Body Books : Babies	Sandeman, Anna	This book introduces the body to young children. Specially commissioned photographs combine with artwork to clearly illustrate how the inside of the body looks, while the easy-to-read text explains just how it works.	Hot Topics
Book Cooks : 26 Recipes from A-Z Inspired by Favorite Children's Books	Apgar, Cheryl	Help children discover how scrumptious learning can be with the 26 easy-to-follow recipes in Book Cooks. All the recipes are inspired by favorite children's books and include an original poem, chant, or song that helps children learn valuable language skills.	Play and Activities
Brain Rules for Baby : How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five	Medina, John	What’s the single most important thing you can do during pregnancy? How much TV is OK for a baby? What’s the best way to handle temper tantrums? Scientists know. In his New York Times bestseller Brain Rules, Dr. John Medina showed us how our brains really work—and why we ought to redesign our workplaces and schools. Now, in Brain Rules for Baby, he bridges the gap between what scientists know and what parents practice. Just one of the surprises: The best way to get your children into college? Teach them impulse control.	Schools and Teaching
Brain-Based Early Learning Activities : Connecting Theory and Practice	Darling-Kuria, Nikki	“Brain-based” learning activities engage both hemispheres of the brain simultaneously, resulting in stronger, more meaningful learning experiences and permanent brain connections. These activities span language, mathematics, science, art, motor skills, social and emotional, music, and the environment.	Play and Activities
Bubbles, Rainbows, and Worms : Science Experiments for Pre-School Children	Brown, Sam Ed	"Why did that happen?", "How does that work?", "What will happen if..?". Young children ask questions about the world around them all day long. They are filled with curiosity and the desire to learn. Bubbles, Rainbows, and Worms teaches children about the world using hands-on experiments with plants, the environment, air and water, and the senses.	Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Building Literacy with Love : A Guide for Teachers and Caregivers or Children From Birth Through Age 5	Bardige, Betty S. / Segal, Mariyln M.	This practical guide to understanding literacy uses plain language to outline the skills and processes intrinsic to learning to read and write.	Literacy
Building Structures with Young Children	Chalufour, Ingrid / Worth, Karen	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 deepen their understanding of the physical science present in building block structures—including concepts such as gravity, stability, and balance. Looking at science in a new way, this nationally field-tested curriculum supports the early development of important science inquiry skills such as questioning, investigating, discussing, and formulating ideas and theories.	Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Busy Fingers, Growning Minds : Finger Plays, Verses and Activities for Whole Language Learning	Redleaf, Rhoda	Playing with words leads to a love of words! Busy Fingers, Growing Minds is a gold mine of over 300 finger plays, verses and companion activities that surround children with a word- and concept-rich environment. The subjects of the finger plays and verses are 'kid-centric' - dear to a child's heart. These include babies, animals, the circus and birthdays. The original finger plays address more contemporary experiences: a parent traveling, using a credit card or computer, going to child care and moving. The enriching activities connect the finger plays and verses to all areas of the curriculum. Make language development fun!	Literacy
But They Spit, Scratch, and Swear! : The Do's and Dont's of Behavior Guidance with School-Age Children	Whelan, Mary Steiner	A comprehensive book about behavior guidance with school-age children, written especially for you who work in school-age childcare. This book will assist you in the most dynamic and often frustrating part of dealing with children- behavior guidance.	Hot Topics
By the Ages : Behavior and Development of Children Pre-Birth through Eight	Allen, K Eileen / Marotz, Lynn R.	This book is a user-friendly, non-technical guide to a child's development, beginning before birth through age eight. This is an easy-to-use tool for evaluating developmental milestones, growth patterns, daily routines, and activities. These authors are both experienced in teaching, child care issues, and have authored professional references on the topic of child development	Child Development
Cabin Fever Relievers : Hundreds of Games, Activities, and Crafts for Creative Indoor Fun	Koch, Tina / Kamberg, Mary-Lane	Find hundreds of simple ideas for creative fun to beat the bad-weather blues with this easy-to-use resource. Contains ideas for specific rooms in your home, as well as crafts children can make for gifts. Includes important safety tips.	Play and Activities
Calming Your Fussy Baby The Brazelton Way	Brazelton, T. Berry / Sparrow, Joshua D.	Sleepless nights, wailing babies, and defiant toddlers-these are universal issues for new parents. Now beloved pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton and his esteemed colleague the child psychiatrist Joshua Sparrow come to the rescue with these highly effective and affordable guides. Full of empathy, warmth, and wisdom, each book in the Brazelton Way series leads parents step-by-step through these trying struggles. Courtesy of Dr. Brazelton's unparalleled under-standing and experience, parents will emerge from the turmoil relieved, empowered, and full of new pleasure in the strength and progress of their individual child.	Parenting and Relationships
CARA's Kit for Toddlers : Creating Adaptions for Routines and Activities	Campbell, Philippa H. / Milbourne, Suzanne A. / Kennedy, Alexis A.	To make sure all toddlers in your early childhood program are participating, learning, and thriving, you need to master the art of choosing and using effective adaptations. Practical solutions are in CARA's Kit: a guidebook and CD-ROM brimming with step-by-step ideas for adapting environments, activities, and materials for children 18 to 36 months. A follow-up to the bestselling CARA's Kit for Preschoolers, this real-world guide to successful adaptations is aligned with recommended practices in early childhood special education and early intervention.	Hot Topics
Caring for Children in Family Child Care (Volume I)	Koralek, Derry / Colker, Laura J. / Dodge, Diane Trister	A comprehensive, self-instructional training program designed specifically to address the training needs of family child care providers.	Schools and Teaching
Caring for Children in Family Child Care (Volume II)	Koralek, Derry / Colker, Laura J. / Dodge, Diane Trister	A comprehensive, self-instructional training program designed specifically to address the training needs of family child care providers.	Schools and Teaching
Caring for Children in Family Child Care : A Trainer's Guide	Dodge, Diane Trister / Koralek, Derry / Foulks	This book is addressed to individuals who oversee training for family child care providers. Resource and reerral agencies, colleges and universities, child care associations, and Head Start agencies can play a central role in reaching out to providers and involving them in support networks, training, and mentoring programs to help them achieve their professional goals.	Schools and Teaching
Caring for Children in School-Age Programs : A Competency-Based Training Program (Volume II)	Koralek, Derry / Newman, Roberta L. / Colker, Laura J.	A personalized training program for staff in before-and after-school programs.	Management, Training, and Business
Caring for Infants and Toddlers (Volume I)	Dodge, Diane Trister / Dombro, Amy Laura / Koralek, Derry	A comprehensive, self-instructional training program designed specifically to address the training needs of child care programs serving children uner three.	Schools and Teaching
Caring for Infants and Toddlers (Volume II)	Dodge, Diane Trister / Dombro, Amy Laura / Koralek, Derry	A comprehensive, self-instructional training program designed specifically to address the training needs of child care programs serving children uner three.	Schools and Teaching
Caring for Our Children : National Health and Safety Performance Standards (2nd Edition)	American Academy of Pediatrics	National health and safety performance standards: guidelines for out-of-home child care programs	Schools and Teaching
Caring for Preschool Children : Volume I (Second Edition)	Dodge, Diane Trister / Koralek, Derry / Pizzolongo, Peter J.	Based on the training program Teaching Strategies developed for the United States military, Caring for Preschool Children is the most comprehensive training program available to help teachers develop the skills and knowledge necessary to obtain a CDA credential. In this first major upgrade since 1996, the content from all 13 modules is now in one single volume. Each of the modules in this new edition has been completely updated. The accompanying Skill-Building Journal includes learning activities that help build skills and knowledge as teachers work with children every day. The Trainer’s Guide offers specific suggestions for implementing the program and providing feedback to staff. It includes knowledge assessments, answer sheets, observation forms with checklists, and tracking forms.	Schools and Teaching
Caring for Preschool Children : Volume II (Second Edition)	Koralek, Derry / Dodge, Diane Trister / Pizzolongo, Peter J.	Based on the training program Teaching Strategies developed for the United States military, Caring for Preschool Children is the most comprehensive training program available to help teachers develop the skills and knowledge necessary to obtain a CDA credential. In this first major upgrade since 1996, the content from all 13 modules is now in one single volume. Each of the modules in this new edition has been completely updated. The accompanying Skill-Building Journal includes learning activities that help build skills and knowledge as teachers work with children every day. The Trainer’s Guide offers specific suggestions for implementing the program and providing feedback to staff. It includes knowledge assessments, answer sheets, observation forms with checklists, and tracking forms.	Schools and Teaching
Caring for Young Children with Special Needs	Croft, Cindy	This easy-to-use guide gives you a quick overview on many topics related to working with young children with special needs. Learn about inclusion in early childhood programs and disability law, as well as typical vs. atypical development. The quick guide also covers several specific disabilities/special needs and provides definitions, common characteristics, and practical strategies for adaptation.	Hot Topics
Celebrating Likes and Differences	Hodges, Susan	Fun and easy theme units for exploring diversity with young children	Play and Activities
Celebrating Young Children and Their Teachers	Chenfeld, Mimi Brodsky	This delightful collection of new and previously published writings from early childhood education icon Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld sums up with humor and passion her fifty years of teaching, entertaining, and advocating for the importance of play and creativity in children’s lives and learning.	Schools and Teaching
Challenging Exceptionally Bright Children in Early Childhood Classrooms	Gadzikowski, Ann	Support exceptionally bright children with strategies that challenge them to think with more complexity, depth, and creativity. Nearly every group of children includes at least one exceptionally bright child. From the especially creative child to the child who has already mastered learning outcomes to the “twice exceptional” child, exceptionally bright children have a wide range of talents and behaviors. This book will help you understand what it means to be exceptionally bright in preschool and prekindergarten and help you guide children to reach their full potential. It includes three broad strategies—differentiation, conversation, and connection—for creating rich and satisfying learning experiences that meet the needs of all children. Use these techniques to adapt your practices, challenge children to think more deeply, and create opportunities for children to learn from each other throughout your literacy, math, and science curricula. You will also learn assessment methods that can help you identify exceptionally bright children and techniques to support children’s social-emotional development and strengthen your partnerships with families. When exceptionally bright children are supported and challenged, they will be more confident about their abilities to think and learn. And they will go on to make creative contributions to their future classroom communities.	Hot Topics
Child Care that Works : A Parent's Guide to Finding Quality Child Care	Cochran, Eva and Mon	Child care arrangements, whether formal or informal, are a critical part of the family support system and can provide nurturing, loving, and stimulating care for a child. To help parents find the right person or organization and ensure that the care is of top quality, this book tells precisely what to look for, what questions to ask, and how to be assertive and persistent in fitting individual needs. In husband-and-wife team Mon and Eva Cochran, parents will find an advocate, an inspiring and practical voice, invaluable to them as they work to create a partnership of care on behalf of their child.	Parenting and Relationships
Childhood Feeding Disorders : Biobehavioral Assessment and Intervention	Kedesdy, Jurgen H. / Budd, Karen S.	Detailed case studies illustrate individualized assessments, causal analyses, interventions, and outcomes for a range of childhood feeding disorders, including extreme selectivity, food refusal, failure to thrive, developmental feeding disorders, rumination, and obesity. Material on specific disorders reviews terminology, prevalence data, etiological factors, diagnostic criteria, and treatment options. For child health care providers and feeding specialists. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.	Hot Topics
Children and Grief : When a Parent Dies	Worden, J. William	Drawing upon extensive interviews and assessments of school-age children who have lost a parent to death, this book offers a richly textured portrait of the mourning process in children. The volume presents major findings from the Harvard Child Bereavement Study and places them in the context of previous research, providing insights on both the wide range of normal variation in children's experience of grief and the factors that put bereaved children at risk. The book also compares parentally bereaved children with those who have suffered loss of a sibling to death, or of a parent through divorce, exploring similarities and differences in these experiences of loss. A concluding section explores the clinical implications of the findings and includes a review of intervention models and activities, as well as a screening instrument designed to help identify high-risk bereaved children.	Hot Topics
Children as Illustrators : Making Meaning through Art and Language	Thompson, Susan Conklin	Art and literacy experiences can be integrated into the classroom to great effect, and in this book, the author demonstrates that. Interpreting and creating pictorial representations is an important step on the road to literacy, as is experimenting with combinations of symbols and text. When teachers value and support children's symbolic expression and communication, children respond and gain in confidence. This engaging book is a joyous exploration of visual expression combined with writing and reading. Included are instructions for more than two dozen printing, painting, collage, and other techniques that children will enjoy learning and using in their illustrations. The following chapters are included: (1) Understanding Children as Creative Beings; (2) Connecting Children's Art with Literacy and Language Development; (3) Learning from Adult Illustrators and Artists; (4) Extending the Learning through Reflection and Revision; and (5) Illustration Techniques and Activities. Lists of the following resources are also included: references; children's literature cited; websites and organizations; and further reading. Developmental Benchmarks and Stages for Ages 4-8.	Play and Activities
Children of 2020 : Creating a Better Tomorrow	Washington, Valora / Andrews, JD	With over 30 years of experience, Dr. Valora Washington is a recognized authority in early care and education. She has conceptualized, led, facilitated and executed significant change initiatives. She leads the largest credentialing program (CDA) for early educators in the USA. Valora co-founded Voices for Michigan's children, The Early Childhood Funders Collaborative, and the CAYL Institute (a leadership development program for practitioners). Valora holds four honorary Degrees and professional recognition from the Barr Fellowship; Leadership Greater Washington, boston AEYC; NAEYC Black Caucus; Cambridge Resource and Referral; center for Adoption Research; National Association of Black Social Workers; United way of Massachusetts Bay; and others. She was named one of the "25 Most Influential Working Mothers" by Working Mother Magazine and was chosen as one of the "Ten Outstanding Young Women of America" from 62,00 nominations. Valora has authored over 50 publications, including Children of 2010 and Children of 2020.Since coauthoring Ready or Not with Stacie, Valora has co-authored The New Early Childhood Professional and Guiding Principles for the New Early Childhood Professional. She formerly served as Vice President at Antioch College and the Kellogg Foundation and as a tenured faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.	Schools and Teaching
Children, Language, and Literacy : Diverse Learners in Diverse Times	Genishi, Celia / Dyson, Anne Haas	In their new collaboration, Celia Genishi and Anne Haas Dyson celebrate the genius of young children who are learning language and literacy in our diverse times. Despite burgeoning sociocultural diversity, many early childhood classrooms (pre-K to grade 2) offer a one-size-fits-all curriculum in which learning is too often assessed by standardized tests. In contrast, Genishi and Dyson proclaim diversity as the new norm. They feature stories of children whose language learning is impossible to standardize and teachers who do not follow scripts. These master teachers observe, informally assess, respond to, and grow with their students―some of whom are rapid language learners and some of whom become speakers, readers, and writers at “child speed.” Much of this learning, regardless of tempo, is found within the language-rich contexts of play. Chapters focus on children’s ways of communicating through varied modes, including the use of nonverbal expression; languages such as Spanish, English, and the variant of English known as African American Language; and multiple media. Throughout the text there is a resistance to labels such as “at risk” and a much-needed advocacy for child-sensible practices in a world where diversity is indeed the “new norm.”	Literacy
Circle of Influence : Implementing Shared Decision Making and Participative Management	Bloom, Paula Jorde	As the director of an early childhood program, you are in a unique position to influence the decision-making policies and practices at your center. 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. If you want to empower your staff and make them vital partners in achieving centerwide goals, then this book is essential reading.	Management, Training, and Business
Concept Cookery (Pre-K - Grade 2)	Faggella, Kathy	A teacher/parent resource book with hands-on learning activities specifically designed for children pre-k - grade 2.	Cooking and Child Nutrition
Confronting Our Discomfort : Clearing the Way for Anti-Bias in Early Childhood	Jacobson, Tamar	How do our own attitudes get in the way of anti-bias in the classroom? In this practical resource, Tamar Jacobson provides a framework for early childhood teachers and education professors to confront this issue head on. And she knows whereof she speaks. Growing up Jewish in the former colony of Rhodesia, Jacobson is in a unique position to challenge us with her disquiet, move us with her perspective, and change our ideas. What's more, she guides us along the tricky path towards an anti-bias curriculum-showing us how to see our own shortcomings, stop the perpetuation of negatives, and clear the way for children to gain a greater understanding of the world and its possibilities.	Hot Topics
Conscious Discipline : 7 Basic Skills for Brain Smart Classroom Management	Bailey, Becky A.	Conscious Discipline uses daily conflict to teach character development, conflict resolution, social skills, and self control.	Schools and Teaching
Conscious Discipline : Building Resilient Classrooms	Bailey, Becky A.	Conscious Discipline is a leader in brain-based social-emotional learning that builds resilience in children, families, educators and schools. Within these pages you will find skills and strategies that are both scientifically backed and practically applied in daily classroom life. Empower yourself to shift from "Do as I Say" to "Be the change!"	Schools and Teaching
Cooking Art : Easy Edible Art for Young Children	Kohl, MaryAnn F. / Potter, Jean	Transform the classroom into an artist's studio with these easy edible art experiences. Organized by theme, such as Shapes & Forms and Color & Design, Cooking Art combines the familiar area of art exploration with the fascinating world of cooking, including all its wondrous tools, tastes and outcomes. Includes recipes for snacks, sandwiches, drinks, desserts, breads, fruit as well as pet treats.	Cooking and Child Nutrition
Creating Readers	Schiller, Pam	Learn the basic building blocks of reading with Creating Readers, the comprehensive resource that develops a strong foundation for pre-readers. Creating Readers gives teachers and parents the tools to teach pre-reading skills with over 1000 activities, games, fingerplays, songs, tongue twisters, poems, and stories for the letters of the alphabet. This invaluable resource develops the child's desire to read as well as the skills needed to begin reading. Creating Readers starts children ages 3 to 8 towards a future rich with books and reading.	Literacy
Creating Rooms of Wonder : Valuing and Displaying Children's Work to Enhance the Learning Process	Seefeldt, Carol	Display children's artwork with thoughtfulness and care to help benefit children, teachers and families. Using theories of Reggio Emilia, learn how to create rooms of wonder using the basics: color, line, texture, composition, focal points, and rhythm. Then find new ideas for using framing and mounting, boxes, boards, and other materials to value and display children's work.	Schools and Teaching
Creative Activities for Young Children (8th Edition)	Mayesky, Mary	You'll be encouraged to exercise your own creativity, as well as learn how to help young children do the same. Hundreds of activities, up-to-date research, recipes, finger plays, information on how to select children's books, and more make this book an invaluable resource for you and others planning to work creatively with children across the curriculum--and one you'll want to keep for use throughout your professional career.	Play and Activities
Creative Resources for Bulletin Boards in the Early Childhood Classroom	Herr, Judy / Libby, Yvonne	The newest book from the authors of Creative Resources for the Early Childhood Classroom. 50 developmentally appropriate bulletin boards related to familiar early childhood themes. The many interactive bulletin boards encourage children to manipulate and move items in the bulletin board to learn important concepts and skills. For each bulletin board there are easy-to-follow directions for creating the bulletin board, a list of related themes, variations and developmental goals.	Play and Activities
Creative Resources for Infants and Toddlers (2nd Edition)	Herr, Judy / Swim, Terri	Creative Resources for Infants and Toddlers, 2E focuses on the growth of the whole child by including norms for physical, language, and communication, cognitive, social and emotional development from birth to 36 months. It includes up to 300 specially- designed activities for infants and toddlers, and groups experiences by ages and developmental areas. Guidance is given in matters of safety and family involvement, with up-to-date assessment information to enhance the ability of caregivers to meet the growing needs of infants and toddlers. With additional references, web links, on-line resources and expanded appendices, Creative Resources for Infants and Toddlers, 2E provides a wealth of information to parents, caregivers, and educators who seek to build a strong foundation for thinking, interacting, and learning development of the children in their care.	Play and Activities
Daily Preschool Experiences For Learners at Every Level : Complete Developmental Plans for 100 Days	Hastings, Kay / Clemons, Cathy / Montgomery, April	With 100 days of plans, Daily Preschool Experiences has learning center activities for preschool learners at every developmental level. The daily plans are organized by theme into 20 units, each with a 5-day plan.	Play and Activities
Dancing with Words : Signing for Hearing Children's Literacy	Daniels, Marilyn	One of the foremost authorities on the use of sign language with hearing children provides a guide for teachers and parents who want to introduce signing in hearing children's language development. Marilyn Daniels provides a complete explanation for its use, a short history of sign language and its primary role within the Deaf community, an identification of the steps to reading success delineated with suggestions for incorporating sign language, and finally the results of studies and reactions of children, teachers, and parents. She shows how sign language can be used to improve hearing children's English vocabulary, reading ability, spelling proficiency, self-esteem, and comfort with expressing emotions. Signing also facilitates communication, aids teachers with classroom management, and has been shown to promote a more comfortable learning environment while initiating an interest and enthusiasm for learning on the part of students. Sign language is shown to be an effective agent to accelerate literacy in hearing children from babyhood through sixth grade. A comprehensive exploration of the physiological rationale for the educational advantage sign carries is presented. Overlapping integrated brain activities are incited by movement, vision, meaning, memory, play and the hand itself when sign language is used. Recent findings clearly indicate this bilingual approach with hearing children activates brain growth and development.	Literacy
Delicate Threads : Friendships Between Children with and without Special Needs in Inclusive Settings	Staub, Debbie	Looks at examples of friendships between children with and without special needs, and discusses the value of childhood friendships.	Hot Topics
Designs for Living and Learning : Transforming Early Childhood Environments	Curtis, Deb / Carter, Margie	Drawing inspiration from a variety of approaches, from Waldorf to Montessori to Reggio to Greenman, Prescott, and Olds, Designs for Living and Learning outlines hundreds of ways to create healthy and inviting physical, social, and emotional environments for children in child care. You'll find a multitude of simple and practical ideas for creative indoor and outdoor spaces and materials.	Schools and Teaching
Developmental Parenting : A Guide for Early Childhood Practitioners	Roggman, Lori A. / Boyce, Lisa K. / Innocenti, Mark S.	When parents are warm, responsive, encouraging, and communicative—the key elements of developmental parenting—they lay the foundation for young children's school readiness, social competence, and mental health. That's why every early childhood professional needs this comprehensive, practical guide to building a developmental parenting program for the families they serve. Unlike other approaches that limit parents to a "student" role, the proven, the parenting-focused model in this book shows home visitors how to put parents and other caregivers confidently in charge of guiding and supporting their young children's development. This how-to guidebook includes all the support early childhood professionals need to facilitate developmental parenting effectively. Program directors will get step-by-step guidance on supervising and evaluating the program, and professionals who work directly with parents will get easy-to-implement strategies, case studies of successful interactions, and tips and advice from other practitioners. With this research-based and reader-friendly book, early childhood professionals will learn to put parents in charge of guiding their child's development—resulting in strong parent-child bonds, healthy families, and improved school readiness.	Parenting and Relationships
Developmental Screening in Early Childhood : A Guide (5th Edition)	Meisels, Samuel J. / Atkins-Burnett, Sally	Sound developmental screening identifies those children who should receive more extensive assessment to determine whether they need additional support for learning. Developmental Screening in Early Childhood covers the basics of selecting an appropriate instrument and setting up a screening program. New in this edition: - Reviews of six widely used general screening instruments - Discussion of screening specific areas of development - Reviews of five screens for social/emotional or behavioral concerns - An annotated bibliography of reserach and resources.	Schools and Teaching
Developmentally Appropriate Play : Guiding Young Children to a Higher Level	Gronlund, Gaye	Following the new Developmentally Appropriate Practice guidelines from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), this resource helps teachers enhance the depth and richness of children’s play. Chapter topics include identifying and planning purposeful play, incorporating standards into play, and suggestions to reach higher levels of play.	Play and Activities
Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs : Serving Children from Birth through Age 8 (3rd Edition)	Copple, Carol / Bredekamp, Sue	The book Developmentally Appropriate Practice has been an essential resource for the early childhood field since its first edition in 1987. This third edition is the most extensive yet, fully revised to align with the latest research on development, learning, and teaching effectiveness.	Schools and Teaching
Discipline the Brazelton Way	Brazelton, T. Berry / Sparrow, Joshua D.	Sleepless nights, wailing babies, and defiant toddlers-these are universal issues for new parents. Now beloved pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton and his esteemed colleague the child psychiatrist Joshua Sparrow come to the rescue with these highly effective and affordable guides. Full of empathy, warmth, and wisdom, each book in the Brazelton Way series leads parents step-by-step through these trying struggles. Courtesy of Dr. Brazelton's unparalleled under-standing and experience, parents will emerge from the turmoil relieved, empowered, and full of new pleasure in the strength and progress of their individual child.	Parenting and Relationships
Discovering Great Artists : Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters	Kohl, MaryAnn F. / Solga, Kim	Featuring more than 150 activities, this guide teaches the styles, works, and techniques of the great masters—Van Gogh, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and more.	Play and Activities
Discovering the Lifespan (2nd Edition)	Feldman, Robert S.	A modular, manageable, meaningful survey of the life span. Discovering the Life Span provides a broad overview of the entire range of the human life, from the moment of conception through death. Utilizing a flexible, modular organization, author Robert Feldman covers the life span chronologically and focuses on physical, cognitive, and social and personality development within each stage of life. Feldman’s engaging and accessible writing style makes the material meaningful to students, and prepares them to apply content to their personal and future professional lives.	Child Development
Diversity in Early Care and Education : Honoring Differences (5th Edition)	Gonzalez-Mena, Janet	Diversity in Early Care and Education (formerly Multicultural Issues In Child Care) explores the rich diversity encountered in programs and environments for children ages birth to 8, including those serving children with special needs. The emphasis is on the practical and immediate concerns of the early childhood professional and family service worker, though all information has strong theoretical support.	Hot Topics
Do Carrots Make You See Better? : A Guide to Food and Nutrition in Early Childhood Programs	Appleton, Julie / McCrea, Nadine / Patterson, Carla	Do Carrots Make You See Better? is an innovative resource that focuses on practical food learning experiences for children from infancy to age eight. Young children learn about food and nutrition through play, reading, science activities, games and more. Involve children in decision-making about food and watch them develop motor skills practice through rolling, mixing, pouring, and more.	Cooking and Child Nutrition
Do I Have a Daddy? A Story About a Single-Parent Child	Boeller, Cheryl	A single mother explains to her son that his daddy left soon after he was born.	Hot Topics
Doing the Right Thing for Children : Eight Qualities of Leadership	Sykes, Maurice	Maurice Sykes has made advocating for and advancing high-quality early childhood education his life’s work. Through mentorships, presentations, and personal example, Maurice challenges and inspires educators to become effective leaders who make a difference in children’s lives. He does the same in this book as he shares stories of the hills and valleys of his personal and professional journeys throughout the presentation of eight core leadership values: human potential, knowledge, social justice, competence, fun and enjoyment, personal renewal, perseverance, and courage.	Management, Training, and Business
Dollars and Sense : Planning for Profit in Your Child Care Business	Bush, Janet	This invaluable resource is a self-study curriculum designed for small child care businesses. It offers over 50 best practices developed by industry innovators to raise the level of professionalism in this important industry. This invaluable resources covers the fundamentals of sound business practices specifically as they relate to the child care industry. Child care providers learn to design effective business policies, customize contracts, set prices, keep financial and legal records, and market their business. This comprehensive guide offers the child care provider everything they need to run a successful business, including reproducible forms, contracts, ledgers and income statements.	Management, Training, and Business
Don't Get So Upset! : Help Young Children Manage Their Feelings by Understanding Your Own	Jacobson, Tamar	All child care 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. “Don’t Get So Upset!” examines the uncomfortable emotions providers feel—and the inappropriate ways they may respond—when children exhibit strong feelings, especially anger, fear, and grief. The book challenges teachers to reflect on their own emotional histories and to find strategies for responding to children in ways that support children’s emotional health and development. It also examines how gender, culture, and societal roles can impact providers’ responses to children’s emotional expressions.	Hot Topics
Don't Move the Muffin Tins : A Hands-Off Guide to Art for the Young Child	Bos, Bev	A book of art projects for young children.	Play and Activities
Doodles and Oodles of Art : Hands-On, Process-Oriented Art Experiences from Everyday Materials	Siegler, Iris / Torgerson, Kim	Iris and Kim believe it is the process of creating that is important for children, not the product. They have presented their ideas for hands-on, process-oriented art to educators and parents at workshops and conventions across the United States for many years. Now they've compiled their collected wisdom and techniques into this outstanding resource. Over 100 clever and unique art ideas using easy-to-find and inexpensive materials.	Play and Activities
Each and Every Child : Teaching Preschool with an Equity Lens	Friedman, Susan / Mwenelupembe, Alissa	This robust collection of articles from Teaching Young Children offers practical guidance and tips for keeping equity at the forefront of the curriculum and classroom practices. A wide range of diverse voices from the early childhood education field provide insight on various aspects of advancing equity, from supporting family diversity to considering children’s language and culture when planning learning activities. This accessible, concrete guide on hot-button, timely issues helps classroom teachers determine what exactly being equitable means in their everyday context and interactions with children, their families, and colleagues.	Schools and Teaching
Early Childhood Workshops that Work! : The Essential Guide to Successful Training and Workshops	Alexander, Nancy P.	This comprehensive guide illustrates how to design, organize, conduct, and evaluate effective workshop and training seminars. It also includes sections on troubleshooting and designing learning materials. Early Childhood Workshops That Work! shows you how to make your training effective, interactive, and rewarding!	Management, Training, and Business
Early Learning Environments that Work	Isbell, Rebecca / Exelby, Betty	The classroom environment is a vital part of child's learning experience. Early Learning Environments that Work! explores how to manipulate furniture, color, materials, storage, lighting, and more to encourage learning through classroom arrangement. Each chapter gives you detailed illustrations and photographs to help you set up or arrange what you already have in the classroom.	Schools and Teaching
Early Learning Thematic Lesson Plans : 32 Thematic Plans for a Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum	Flora, Sherrill B.	Encourage a love of learning in students in pre-kindergarten through grade 1 with Early Learning Thematic Lesson Plans! This 160-page resource engages young learners with 32 weekly themes and more than 600 developmentally appropriate activities. All of the research, planning, and scheduling has already been done. Just open the book, choose a theme, and start teaching! The book includes reproducible pattern and student activity pages, morning circle activities, a guide to children's literature, and integrated activities. This book supports NCTE, NCTM, NCSS, and NAEYC standards. Key Education products are intended to engage and educate young and special learners, as well as assist teachers in building a strong and developmentally appropriate curriculum for these children. The product line―comprised of teacher/parent resource books, photographic learning cards, and other activity- and game-oriented materials―is designed to assist in “Unlocking the Potential in Every Child.”	Play and Activities
Education for a Civil Society : How Guidance Teaches Young Children Democratic Life Skills	Gartrell, Dan	Today’s early childhood educators are looking for education models for the twenty-first century―models that tap into each child’s full learning potential and educate all children toward active participation in democracy. Tracing the historical roots of progressive education, and using anecdotes and case studies, Dan Gartrell argues that best practices in early childhood education, which include family-teacher partnerships, developmentally appropriate curriculum and assessment, and guidance, provide the framework for what the new education model for all levels of schooling should be: educating children for civil participation in society. Through the use of guidance, Gartrell explains, teachers empower children to progress toward the five democratic life skills. These skills give young children the tools they need to function intelligently and ethically amidst the complexity and diversity of modern human life―and to ensure and sustain civil society into the next century.	Schools and Teaching
Effective Communication Techniques for Child Care	Arnold, Mary	This text is an exemplary communication instruction manual for the entire spectrum of child care professionals, from directors and owners to teachers and other staff. Students will learn how to make the most of staff meetings and ensure that the lines of communication remain open between the center management and staff. The text also includes a step-by-step plan for designing family friendly newsletters, handouts and other forms of written communication--all aimed at improving relationships within the center and between the center and families. Plus, a family handbook template can be customized to create a valuable communications vehicle and marketing tool. To aid the reader in applying these many communication concepts to real-life situations, the author has included more than 25 role-playing exercises and examples of effective communication in action.	Management, Training, and Business
Einstein Never Used Flash Cards : How Our Children Really Learn - And Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less	Hirsch-Pasek, Kathy / Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick	In Einstein Never Used Flashcards highly credentialed child psychologists, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Ph.D., and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph.D., with Diane Eyer, Ph.D., offer a compelling indictment of the growing trend toward accelerated learning. It's a message that stressed-out parents are craving to hear: Letting tots learn through play is not only okay-it's better than drilling academics! Drawing on overwhelming scientific evidence from their own studies and the collective research results of child development experts, and addressing the key areas of development-math, reading, verbal communication, science, self-awareness, and social skills-the authors explain the process of learning from a child's point of view. They then offer parents 40 age-appropriate games for creative play. These simple, fun--yet powerful exercises work as well or better than expensive high-tech gadgets to teach a child what his ever-active, playful mind is craving to learn.	Child Development
Emergent Curriculum in the Primary Classroom : Interpreting the Reggio Emilia Approach in Schools	Wien, Carol Anne	How is a compelling, exemplary curriculum created in schools in spite of the pressures to implement a standardized one? In this book, teachers and principals share their experiences with emergent curriculum, and with the creative practices they’ve developed in urban classrooms kindergarten to 3rd grade. We learn what they were trying to do, how they began the process, the challenges they faced, the decisions they made, and what happened to the children. All chapters are written by teachers who have found ways of interpreting the Reggio approach to enrich their teaching within the confines of traditional schools. This book is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand emergent curriculum and for all who hope to nurture an enlivening, energizing way to learn in classrooms.	Schools and Teaching
Empowering Children to Cope with Difficulty and Build Muscles for Mental Health	Dlugokinski, Eric L. / Allen, Sandra F.	Providing a conceptual understanding and practical suggestions for educating children in skills that can promote their mental health, this text presents principles for effective delivery of suggested intervention techniques. Chapters in the first section of the text focus on helping children to deal with problem situations. The second section provides Information To Promote Emotionally Healthy Children, Including A knowledge of self, a respect for self and others, healthy habit strength, and a balance between work and play. Suggestions are also provided for enhancing intervention efforts and principles proven effective in mental health education.	Hot Topics
Enthusiastic and Engaged Learners : Approaches to Learning in the Early Childhood Classroom	Hyson, Marilou	Of all the school readiness domains, approaches to learning is perhaps the least understood but the most important. Research shows that positive approaches to learning improve both social–emotional and academic outcomes. This new resource will help early childhood professionals implement strategies to support young children’s positive approaches to learning―their enthusiasm (interest, joy, and motivation to learn) and their engagement (attention, persistence, flexibility, self-regulation, and other essential learning behaviors). Along with extensive research, the text includes images of practice in early education programs in culturally, economically, and linguistically diverse settings. This book will help teachers, future teachers, and other early childhood stakeholders to: Understand how children acquire positive approaches to learning. Know what research says about why approaches to learning are so important. Recognize what supports and what undermines children’s enthusiasm and engagement in learning. Identify and plan specific strategies for the classroom. Use culturally sensitive assessments to plan interventions. Select and modify curriculum and teaching practices. Access resources to help every child enter school with positive approaches to learning. Influence educational policies and decision making.	Schools and Teaching
Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood	Project Learning Tree	Developed with preschool educators and early childhood specialists, PLT’s “Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood” guide is specifically designed for educators who work with children ages 3 to 6. The activities help teach reading, writing, science, math, and motor skills to young learners. They are correlated to NAEYC Standards and Head Start Child Outcomes Framework. This early childhood e-guide contains over 130 experiences that engage young children in outdoor play and exploration.	Children and Nature
Essential Touch : Meeting the Needs of Young Children	Carlson, Frances M.	Learn how to safely incorporate touch in the early childhood setting and how to prepare children to confront troubling touch-related situations that may arise outside your setting. Following Acknowledgments, the book includes the following six chapters: (1) Taking a Look at Touch; (2) The Importance of Touch in Development and Learning; (3) Nurturing Children through Touch; (4) Teaching Children about Touch; (5) Concerns about Touch in Early Childhood Settings; and (6) When Children Have Touch-Related Special Needs. References, Resources and Appendixes are included.	Child Development
Ethics and the Early Childhood Educator : Using the NAEYC Code	Feeney, Stephanie / Freeman, Nancy K.	Do you need support and guidance to help you navigate tough ethical issues in your work? The NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct is every early childhood educator’s foundation for moral practice, and this third edition of Ethics and the Early Childhood Educator shows you how to use the Code to guide your actions and responses to challenging situations in the workplace. Here, you’ll find real cases from early childhood programs that illustrate the process of identifying and addressing ethical issues by applying the NAEYC Code. Reflection questions encourage you to think deeply about how your own experiences relate to the examples. Ethical conduct is critical, and the Code and this book are resources you can turn to again and again as you seek to make the right decisions for young children and their families.	Schools and Teaching
Evaluating and Supporting Early Childhood Teachers	Passe, Angele Sancho	There's a lot of conversation in the early childhood community on evaluating teachers to improve their performance. Raising the quality of early care and education is a priority for policymakers and practitioners on local, state, and federal levels. As a result, much attention is being focused on early childhood educators to ensure that they do a good—and better—job teaching young children. This book provides accessible information, guidance, techniques, and tools to aid directors, coaches, principals, and others leaders as they evaluate and support teachers in a way that encourages and enables them to do their best work with children.	Management, Training, and Business
Everybody Has a Body : Science from Head to Toe	Rockwell, Robert E. / Williams, Robert A. / Sherwood, Elizabeth A.	Children discover the magic of science as they learn about their bodies. Over 280 instantaneous activities and ideas promote skills such as observation, inference and prediction. A vital resource for developing a basic foundation in scientific concepts.	Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Everybody Wins : 393 Non-Competetive Games for Young Children	Sobel, Jeffrey	Offers parents a selection of 350 non-competitive children's games, suited for both indoor and outdoor activity, that are designed to promote a spirit of cooperation, enjoyment, and creativity	Play and Activities
Everyday Literacy : Environmental Print Activities for Children 3 to 8	Mueller, Stephanie	Teachers can use a collection of cereal boxes and take-out menus as essential literacy tools! The activities in Everyday Literacy integrate environmental print - words, letters, and symbols found in everyday life - into a curriculum that makes it easy to encourage children's literacy every day. Young children develop literacy through direct involvement in meaningful experiences with print. Everyday Literacy provides hands-on ideas for turning newspapers, signs and signals in the community, and catalogs and magazines into literacy experiences.	Literacy
Experiencing Nature With Young Children : Awakening Delight, Curiosity, and a Sense of Stewardship	Honig, Alice Sterling	There’s a whole world outdoors waiting to embrace young children―with their curiosity, imagination, and enthusiasm―and to impart its treasures. Experiencing Nature With Young Children invites you to explore this world with children from birth to age 8 in ways that will: - Awaken their enjoyment and appreciation of nature - Nurture their emotional development - Enhance their cognitive growth - Spark their creativity - Help them discover how we all―people, animals, plants―are connected - Engage families and communities in preserving nature Along the way, children will learn to love nature and its inhabitants. And in learning to love, they will learn to care―helping to ensure that our natural environment will be well looked-after by the next generation. Part ballad to nature, part irresistible invitation to teachers, this book will awaken and renew your own joy in nature―and move you to experience it with young children.	Children and Nature
Exploring Lifespan Development (2nd Edition)	Berk, Laura E.	An engaging writing style, exceptional multicultural and cross-cultural focus, rich examples, the most up-to-date research, and practical applications that help students relate the subject to their personal and professional lives.	Child Development
Exploring Math and Science in Preschool	Teaching Young Children	Engage Preschoolers in Counting, Comparing, and Discovering Their Way to Learning	Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Expressing Creativity in Preschool	Teaching Young Children	Engage Preschoolers in Counting, Comparing, and Discovering Their Way to Learning	Play and Activities
Extending the Dance in Infant and Toddler Caregiving : Enhancing Attachment and Relationships	Raikes, Helen H. / Edwards, Carolyn Pope	Secure attachment between child and parent is one of the most important factors in early learning and development—and for children in infant-toddler programs, teachers are a critical third partner in this relationship dance. That's why child care administrators and educators need this warm and practical program guide.	Parenting and Relationships
Fabulous Food : 25 Songs and Over 300 Activities for Young Children	Schiller, Pam	From "Sipping Cider Through a Straw" to "Apples and Bananas," children will sing and learn about a variety of foods while exploring nutrition and traditions. The enclosed CD features 25 fun songs-old favorites and originals-and the book offers more than 300 activities that help children appreciate the fabulous food we enjoy every day.	Music
Faculty Guide to Accompany The Whole Child : A Caregiver's Guide to the First Five Years	Weissman, Patricia / Kaminsky, Judith Allen / Hendrick, Joanne	A caregiver's guide to the first five years.	Schools and Teaching
Families are Different	Pellegrini, Nina	Nico doesn't look like her mom and dad. That’s because she's adopted. Nico looks around and realizes she's like everyone else- she's different!	Hot Topics
Family Child Care Business Planning Guide	Copeland, Tom	Helps new and established family child care providers give their business solid footing for the future.	Management, Training, and Business
Family Child Care Cirriculum : Teaching Through Quality Care	Woodward, Sharon	A successful family child care (daycare) program promotes the healthy development of infants, toddlers, and preschool children in a caring, nurturing environment. Enrich your program and support children's early learning with best practices and activities designed specifically for family child care professionals. Family Child Care Curriculum includes a wealth of creative and inclusive activities that meet age-appropriate developmental objectives. Activities are organized both by age and developmental domain—physical and motor, cognitive, communication and language, and social and emotional—and complement the overall goals of a quality family child care program. These activities can be used with multiage groups of children and are easily implemented in your daily routine. This complete curriculum also includes Four developmental milestone charts describing typical development from birth through age five Tips to provide quality learning environments and twenty-nine evaluation questions to improve your program Suggestions to create successful partnerships with families Additional resources to help you develop a well-rounded program, including safety information and daily schedules	Schools and Teaching
Family Child Care Contracts and Policies (3rd Edition)	Copeland, Tom	The completely revised and expanded version of this best-selling business classic gives home-based child care providers the most updated tools needed to establish and enforce contracts and policies, build trust between provider and parent, and demonstrate provider professionalism. This new edition includes a CD-ROM with customizable worksheets and forms for creating a policy handbook and contracts designed specifically for your business.	Management, Training, and Business
Family Child Care Inventory-Keeper	Copeland, Tom	The complete log for depreciating and insuring your property.	Management, Training, and Business
Family Child Care Legal and Insurance Guide	Copeland, Tom / Millard, Mari	This easy-to-read guide takes the intimidation out of running a family child care business through legal and insurance planning. From researching and purchasing homeowner’s, liability, auto and disability insurance to protecting against lawsuits, the Family Child Care Legal and Insurance Guide details the many practical ways business owners can maximize their knowledge about the safeguards needed to ensure the health and prosperity of their businesses.	Management, Training, and Business
Family Child Care Marketing Guide	Copeland, Tom	Filled with information to effectively market a family child care program and maximize enrollment and income, Family Child Care Marketing Guide provides dozens of marketing tips and inexpensive ideas.	Management, Training, and Business
Family Child Care Money Management and Retirement Guide	Copeland, Tom	Helps family child care providers gain more financial control over their lives.	Management, Training, and Business
Family Child Care Record-Keeping Guide	Copeland, Tom	For home-based family child care (daycare) providers, taking care of the children is only half of the job. The other half is taking care of the business—tracking expenses, being profitable, filing taxes, and meeting government requirements. This resource covers everything family child care providers need to keep accurate business records. If a family child care provider pays close attention to the recommendations in this book, he or she will be able to claim the maximum allowable deductions and pay the lowest possible federal taxes.	Management, Training, and Business
Family-Friendly Communication for Early Childhood Programs	Diffily, Deborah / Morrison, Kathy	This resource offers 93 brief messages for parents on topics ranging from biting to developing children's literacy--all ready for teachers to tailor to their individual programs' needs or to use as is to strengthen communication between programs and families. Each message can also be adapted for newsletters, family packets, parent-teacher conferences, bulletin boards, or parent handouts. Includes dozens of innovative strategies for bringing parents on board in your program.	Schools and Teaching
Fee, Fie, Phonemic Awareness : 130 Prereading Activities for Preschoolers	Hohmann, Mary	High/Scope distributed product-Endorsed by the High/Scope Early Childhood Reading Institute, this book focuses on phonemic awareness-the ability to recognize the smallest sound units that make up words-identified by reading experts as an essential skill that prepares children for reading. The 130 phonemic awareness activities included in the book are suitable for small-group learning in preschools, prekindergarten programs, Head Start programs, child care centers, and home-based programs. The activities are based on the latest scientific evidence about what children need to become confident and successful readers and writers. They also reflect the research-based, classroom-tested, and internationally recognized teaching strategies of the High/Scope early childhood approach. The activities fall into five content categories: identifying sounds, building rhyme awareness, building alliteration awareness, recognizing letters, and developing letter-sound awareness. The book offers more than enough activities to meet the standard of 20 hours of phonemic awareness practice recommended for all preschool children by the National Reading Panel and endorsed by the U. S. Department of Education.	Literacy
Feeding the Brazelton Way	Brazelton, T. Berry / Sparrow, Joshua D.	Nursing newborns, picky toddlers, four-year-olds with bizarre food preferences-at every age, parents are concerned with what their children eat. In this indispensable, straight-to-the-point guide, Brazelton and Sparrow follow the same approach of the earlier three very successful books in this series. First they apply the Touchpoints philosophy to feeding (watch for the setbacks that often come before a leap of progress), then they follow feeding progress age by age, and finally they deal with the most common issues: breast or bottle, weaning, basic nutritional needs, the over-involved parent, food battles, adolescent overeating, and the roots of eating disorders. Mealtimes can be fun, healthy, family times-the Brazelton Way.	Cooking and Child Nutrition
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome : A Guide for Families and Communities	Streissguth, Ann	Readable and easy to understand, this book conveys urgent information about medical and social issues surrounding fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Compassionately written by the expert psychologist who conducted some of the earliest examinations of children with FAS more than 20 years ago, this guidebook presents an overview of FAS and explains how to identify the disorder, how to work with children (and adults) who have it, how to talk to parents about it, and how to prevent its occurrence through sensitive education of prospective mothers and society at large. Photographs and case studies lend personal perspective while revealing the physical and behavioral manifestations of FAS, particularly in children. For parents, families, educators, pediatricians, psychologists, adoption workers, lawyers, judges, social workers, nurses, and child care providers, this timely work speaks to everyone, promoting understanding and awareness of the challenges faced by the children who have this entirely preventable disability.	Hot Topics
Finding Your Smile Again : A Child Care Professional's Guide to Reducing Stress and Avoiding Burnout	Johnson, Jeff A.	Using warmth and humor, this book offers techniques for dealing with the everyday stress of being a childcare professional. Written by a caregiver who’s been there, it describes the symptoms and causes of burnout, with advice to get through each challenge.	Schools and Teaching
First Art : Art Experiences for Toddlers and Twos	Kohl, MaryAnn F.	Discover the natural curiosity and enthusiasm of toddlers and twos as they explore creative art experiences designed just for them. In this updated, color edition of First Art, 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. First Art for Toddlers and Twos starts children on a journey full of exploration and creativity!	Play and Activities
Fostering Children's Social Competence : The Teacher's Role	Katz, Lilian G. / McClellan, Diane E.	On an essential topic, this book is both authoritative and accessible to early childhood professionals. Drawing from research and expert practice, Katz and McClellan explain developmental factors in social competence, positive and negative influences on disposition (including negative classroom influences that may surprise you), and suggest principles and strategies for teachers to understand and foster social competence.	Schools and Teaching
From Babysitter to Business Owner : Getting the Most Out of Your Home Child Care Business	Dischler, Patricia	On an essential topic, this book is both authoritative and accessible to early childhood professionals. Drawing from research and expert practice, Katz and McClellan explain developmental factors in social competence, positive and negative influences on disposition (including negative classroom influences that may surprise you), and suggest principles and strategies for teachers to understand and foster social competence.	Management, Training, and Business
From Conflict to Peace Building : The Power of Early Childhood Initiatives	Connolly, Paul / Hayden, Jacqueline	This book contains stories of hope and encouragement and of just what early childhood practitioners can do and achieve in the face of adversary. It shows us that it is possible to make a real difference in the lives of children and families in societies affected by conflict.	Hot Topics
From Lullabies to Literature : Stories in the Lives of Infants and Toddlers	Birckmayer, Jennifer / Kennedy, Anne / Stonehouse, Anne	The ability to use language (speak, read, write) is not something that children suddenly or automatically develop. It is a culmination of experiences with language that begin at birth. Sharing stories (oral storytelling, books) and other “story experiences” (conversations, songs, poems, rhymes) with infants and toddlers is critical to building their emerging literacy skills. At the same time, it expands their experience and understanding of the world and is a wonderful opportunity for fostering close relationships between child and adult. Sprinkled with helpful and delightful vignettes and ideas for stories to share, From Lullabies to Literature explains how the many types of stories are best used with very young children, with a particular focus on using books, and how caregivers can plan and provide story experiences most effectively, including by partnering with families.	Literacy
From Neurons to Neighborhoods : The Science of Early Childhood Development	Shonkoff, Jack P. / Phillips, Deborah A.	How we raise young children is one of today's most highly personalized and sharply politicized issues, in part because each of us can claim some level of "expertise." The debate has intensified as discoveries about our development-in the womb and in the first months and years-have reached the popular media. How can we use our burgeoning knowledge to assure the well-being of all young children, for their own sake as well as for the sake of our nation? Drawing from new findings, this book presents important conclusions about nature-versus-nurture, the impact of being born into a working family, the effect of politics on programs for children, the costs and benefits of intervention, and other issues. The committee issues a series of challenges to decision makers regarding the quality of child care, issues of racial and ethnic diversity, the integration of children's cognitive and emotional development, and more. Authoritative yet accessible, From Neurons to Neighborhoods presents the evidence about "brain wiring" and how kids learn to speak, think, and regulate their behavior. It examines the effect of the climate-family, child care, community-within which the child grows.	Child Development
From Parents to Partners : Building a Family-Centered Early Childhood Program	Keyser, Janis	Build collaborative partnerships with families to help the whole family thrive. This book explores the reasons and methods for developing cooperative partnerships, along with tools and strategies to help build the support network for family-centered care. The new edition includes information on how to: -Use technology to increase the effectiveness of communication with families -Interact with a more diverse population -Build your program for continued success. This book offers a theoretical background on why it is important to talk with families and how to efficiently and effectively communicate observations and reflections. Overcome common challenges, and create more avenues to include families in your program.	Parenting and Relationships
Games Babies Play : From Birth to Twelve Months	Lansky, Vicki	A collection of games and activities to keep pace with your baby's changing abilities during the first year of life.	Play Activities
Games Trainers Play	Newstrom, John W. / Scannell, Edward E.	Get any training session off the ground fast­­or jumpstart one whenever it lags­­with the more than 400 proven activities in the bestselling Games Trainers Play series. Their names may range from ``Tombstone Planning'' to ``The `Nobel' Prize Winner,'' but these brilliant offbeat, unexpected, disarming, fully reproducible games have one serious mission: to coax even the most reluctant groups to talk, laugh, think, and work together. Page after page of fun, easy-to-plant tearout exercises help you: break the ice and get particpants acquainted; shake up outworn habits and perceptions; challenge with thought-provoking brainteasers; test learning and retention; develop communication and listening skills; bring out and involve particpant-leaders; win back lethargic, distracted, low-energy groups; encourage creative problem-solving; boost or reinforce a group's self-image; forge cohesive work teams that value group effort; facilitate transfer of training to the job.	Management, Training, and Business
Gardening with Young Children : Infants Through 3rd Grade	Starbuck, Sara / Olthof, Marla / Midden, Karen	Gardens are where children’s imaginations engage nature, and the result is joyful learning. Gardening helps children develop an appreciation for the natural world and build the foundation for environmental stewardship. This book is packed with information and inspiration to help you immerse children in gardening and outdoor learning experiences—green thumb or a perfect plot of land not required. Learn how a gardening curriculum supports learning and development across all domains. You’ll also find heaps of suggestions for planning, planting, and caring for a garden suited to your unique setting, such as container gardens, raised beds, in-ground gardens, gardens grown vertically on a wall or fence, and even rooftop gardens. Cultivate children’s wonder and appreciation for nature. This book provides More than 60 hands-on learning activities for children of all ages to explore plants and garden creatures.	Children and Nature
Get Ready to Read! : Making Child Care Work for You	Moomaw, Sally	When are young children ready to learn to read? Odds are, they've already started.	Literacy
Getting Along : Teaching Social Skills to Children and Youth	Ollhoff, Jim / Ollhoff, Laurie	Full of examples, case studies, and practical helps, this hands-on book digs into the question of "how do you teach social skills to children and youth?" Designed for the adult professional in out-of-school time settings, this book is meant to give professionals help in their understanding and practice of teaching social skills. If you work with kids, this book will help you see what kids need and how to give them the gift of social skills. Social skills are gifts that will truly last a lifetime.	Hot Topics
Getting it Right for Young Children from Diverse Backgrounds : Applying Research to Improve Practice	Espinosa, Linda	After thirty years of working with children from diverse backgrounds, the author has seen first hand the consequences of inadequate training, misguided practices, neglect, misunderstanding, and even outright bigotry on the life forces of bright, curious, and highly verbal children who happen to have been born into poverty.  Their eagerness to learn and to participate in a social community, their youthful quirkiness and delight in the mysteries of the world—these can all be muted before they ever begin formal schooling.  However, well-crafted early education programs staffed by qualified and caring educators can successfully partner with families who speak little English and joyfully educate young children and prepare them for the rigors of formal academic instruction.  This book draws on the author’s experience to provide all practitioners with research-based strategies and practices that they need to educate ALL children successfully.	Hot Topics
Getting Ready to Read : Independent Phonemic Awareness Centers for Emergent Readers	Fitzpatrick, Jo	Getting Ready to Read directly addresses the phonological needs of preschool students, emergent readers, English-language learners, and other students who have limited exposure to oral language. This resource includes 40 independent center activities that will help students learn how to analyze and apply the five levels of phonemic awareness (rhythm and rhyme, parts of a word, sequence of sounds, separation of sounds, and manipulation of sounds) in isolation before applying the levels to written language. Each easy-to-prepare activity is presented pictorially for children to follow and in written form for parents when you send the activity home for extra practice.	Literacy
Ghosts from the Nursery : Tracing the Roots of Violence	Karr-Morse, Robin / Wiley, Meredith S.	This new, revised edition incorporates significant advances in neurobiological research over the past decade, and includes a new introduction by Dr. Vincent J. Felitti, a leading researcher in the field. When Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence was published in 1997, it was lauded for providing scientific evidence that violence can originate in the womb and become entrenched in a child’s brain by preschool. The authors’ groundbreaking conclusions became even more relevant following the wave of school shootings across the nation including the tragedy at Columbine High School and the shocking subsequent shootings culminating most recently in the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Following each of these media coverage and public debate turned yet again to the usual suspects concerning the causes of violence: widespread availability of guns and lack of mental health services for late-stage treatment. Discussion of the impact of trauma on human life—especially early in life during chemical and structural formation of the brain—is missing from the equation. Karr-Morse and Wiley continue to shift the conversation among parents and policy makers toward more fundamental preventative measures against violence.	Hot Topics
Giving it Some Thought : Cases for Early Childhood Practice	Rand, Muriel K.	Precepts of good early childhood practice seem so straightforward when we learn them in a course, but real life is more complex. Decisions are murky. In this casebook, Muriel Rand offers 49 real examples to help teacher-in-training start thinking as decision makers.	Schools and Teaching
Go Green Rating Scale for Early Childhood Settings	Boise, Phil	Everything you need to assess your program's environmental health.	Schools and Teaching
Great Afterschool Programs and Spaces that Wow!	Armstrong, Linda J. / Schmidt, Christine A.	This book is filled with hundreds of ideas—from setting up a quiet reading nook to tackling clutter—reflecting the authors’ years of experience and hundreds of visits to a variety of school-age programs. It takes you through all of the considerations that affect your program and then lays out a process to help you improve the three dimensions of a school-age environment.	Schools and Teaching
Green Thumbs : A Kid's Activity Guide to Indoor and Outdoor Gardening	Carlson, Laurie	With a few seeds, some water and soil, and a bunch of great activities, kids can discover the pleasure and the importance of working with nature.	Children and Nature
H20 Science : Science Lessons and Experiments Using Water	Stangl, Jean	Whether or not you consider science your area of strength in the classroom, h20 science will provide you with discussion information, a list of simple materials, and reproducible lab sheets for over 25 fascinating science activities.	Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Handbook of Early Literacy Research	Neuman, Susan B. / Dickinson, David K.	Building crucial bridges between theory, research, and practice, this volume brings together leading authorities on the literacy development of young children. The Handbook examines the full range of factors that shape learning in and out of the classroom, from basic developmental processes to family and sociocultural contexts, pedagogical strategies, curricula, and policy issues.	Literacy
Hands Around the World : 365 Creative Ways to Build Cultural Awareness and Global Respect	Milord, Susan	Presents a variety of games and other activities to promote awareness of different cultures around the world.	Play and Activities
Hands-On Learning : More Than 1,000 Activities for Young Children Using Everyday Objects	Kaltman, Gwen Snyder	Plan lessons from a child-centered perspective!	Play and Activities
Hands-On Science and Math : Fun, Fascinating Activities for Young Children	Davis, Beth R.	Encourage young investigators to feel, listen, smell, taste, and see their way to discovery by seamlessly infusing math and science throughout the school day!	Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Healthy Cooking for Your Kids : 70 Great Tasting Recipes for Healthy Food that Kids will Love to Eat	Banbery, Sarah	This is a book that provides 70 great-tasting recipes for healthy food that kids will love to eat. It covers nutrition for kids, breakfast, lunches and lunchboxes, parties, family meals and treats.	Cooking and Child Nutrition
Healthy Me : Fun Ways to Develop Good Health and Safety Habits : Activities for Children 5 to 8	O'Brien-Palmer, Michelle	Kids 5 to 8 learn all about health and safety through more than 70 fun and creative experiments, project, and recipes!	Cooking and Child Nutrition
Healthy Sexuality Development : A Guide for Early Childhood Educators and Families	Chrisman, Kent / Couchenour, Donna	Children learn about sexuality the same way they learn about everything else- through words, actions, interactions, and relationships.	Hot Topics
Healthy Treats and Super Snacks for Kids	Warner, Penny	More than 200 quick, easy recipes for nutritious meals, beverages, treats, and munchies that kids will love!	Cooking and Child Nutrition
HELP! What Do I Do About...? : Biting, Tantrums, and 47 Other Everyday Problems	Mitchell, Grace	A compilation, in question and answer form, of seven years' worth of "Classroom Clinic" columns on child behavior from Scholastic's magazine for early childhood development, Pre-K Today.	Hot Topics
Helping Children Grieve When Someone They Love Dies	Huntley, Theresa	Children are bewildered and full of questions when a grandparent, friend, or someone they love dies. We want to help, and yet the needs of a five year old are very different from those of an older child. Theresa Huntley shows how children at various ages understand death and offers positive ways for parents and other caring adults to help them grieve.	Hot Topics
Helping Young Children Understand Peace, War, and Nuclear Threat	Carlsson-Paige, Nancy / Levin, Diane E.	Adults cannot look to children as the future hope for solving the problems in today's world. The responsibility for the peaceable resolution of international conflicts lies with the adult members of society. Children need first to feel safely entrusted to a society which can care for them.	Hot Topics
Honk, Honk, Rattle, Rattle : 25 Songs and Over 300 Activities for Young Children	Schiller, Pam	From "The Wheels on the Bus" to "A Bicycle Built for Two," children will sing and learn about different types of transportation. The enclosed CD features 25 songs-old favorites and originals-and the book offers more than 300 activities that creatively expand on the transportation theme.	Music
Hope and Healing : A Caregiver's Guide to Helping Young Children Affected by Trauma	Fitzgerald, Kathleen / Groves, Betsy McAlister	The US Department of Health and Human Services reports that close to 1 million children a year are identified as victims of maltreatment. In addition, the National Clearinghouse of Child Abuse and Neglect estimates that between 3 and 10 million children a year witness the abuse of a parent or caregiver. In recent years, therapists, educators and researchers have learned a great deal about children and trauma. Findings suggest that recovery often depends on early childhood professionals who understand children and trauma and have the skills to help children and support families. Hope and Healing is a guide for early childhood professionals who care for children in a variety of early care and education settings. The authors define trauma and help readers recognize its effects on young children. They also offer tips, resources, and proven intervention strategies for working with traumatized children and their families and for managing stress.	Hot Topics
How to Handle Hard-to-Handle Parents	Applebaum, Marlyn	Creating successful relationships with all parents, including the most hard-to-handle ones, can be challenging for any educator. This book provides sample forms, letters, scenarios, and vignettes, plus techniques for involving families whose first language is not English.	Hot Topics
How to Handle Hard-to-Handle Preschoolers	Applebaum, Marlyn	Early childhood educators know all too well how challenging and demanding pre-K children can be. But couple that with learning or behavioral disorders and teaching kids in the classroom can be even more of a challenge. How to Handle Hard-to-Handle Preschoolers is a user-friendly guide that provides early childhood teachers and administrators with a comprehensive overview of the most common kinds of behavioral disorders and learning disabilities in children ages two to five. This handy guide boasts hundreds of easy-to-implement strategies, tips, and techniques for managing behavioral disorders, from ADHD and biopolar disorder to Asperger syndrome and bullying tendencies. Each chapter covers one or more disorders and includes checklists to help educators better understand and manage hard-to-handle children.	Hot Topics
How to Talk so Kids will Listen and Listen so Kids will Talk	Faber, Adele / Mazlish, Elaine	Enthusiastically praised by parents and professionals around the world, the down-to-earth, respectful approach of Faber and Mazlish makes relationships with children of all ages less stressful and more rewarding.	Parenting and Relationships
I Love You Rituals	Bailey, Becky A.	This book offers more than seventy delightful rhymes and games that send the message of unconditional love and enhance children's social, emotional, and school success.	Literacy
Imaginative Events for Training : A Trainer's Sourcebook of Games, Simulations, and Role-Play Exercises	Jones, Ken	The most innovative methods ever devised for training your employees to think creatively!	Management, Training, and Business
Including One, Including All : A Guide to Relationship-Based Early Childhood Inclusion	Roffman, Leslie / Wanerman, Todd	Inclusive early childhood settings benefit all children, whether or not they have identified special needs. Including One, Including All provides theoretical, conceptual, and practical information on relationship-based, inclusive practices for early childhood classrooms, an approach that strengthens every child and supports the child’s behavioral, emotional, social, and learning challenges. Written by a team of professionals who are known for their successful work using this model, Including One, Including All includes blueprints for organizing this important work with children and their families and addresses the challenges and rewards of inclusion in early childhood classrooms, and chronicles the experiences of two children with special needs in early childhood settings.	Hot Topics
Inclusive Child Care for Infants and Toddlers : Meeting Individual and Special Needs	O'Brien, Marion	This educational book gives child care providers the practical guidance they need to serve infants and toddlers with and without disabilities in inclusive settings. It offers information and helpful advice on handling daily care tasks, teaching responsively, meeting individual needs, developing rapport with parents, understanding toddlers' behavior, working with IFSPs, and maintaining high standards of care. Suggested play activities and intervention approaches help promote healthy development in all children. Ready-to-use quality check forms, parent report forms, and feeding/play schedules target skills in areas in which infants and toddlers need the most help. Students preparing for careers in child care and professionals working in settings that welcome children of all abilities will find this resource to be a valuable tool for providing high quality services to their young clients.	Hot Topics
Increasing the Power of Instruction	Schickedanz, Judith A.	Judith A. Schickedanz is Professor of Education at Boston University. She has been a preschool teacher and has worked closely with practicing preschool teachers throughout her career. Currently, she is a member of the Early Literacy Committee within the International Reading Association and is coeditor of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education. Among her publications are Writing in Preschool, with Renée M. Casbergue (International Reading Association, 2004); Much More Than the ABCs (NAEYC, 1999); and Curriculum in Early Childhood (Allyn & Bacon, 1997). She received her doctorate in early childhood education from the University of Illinois.	Schools and Teaching
Infants and Children : Prenatal Through Middle Childhood	Berk, Laura E.	A best-selling, chronologically organized child development book, Berk and Meyers’ Infants and Children: Prenatal Through Middle Childhood is relied on worldwide for its clear, engaging writing style, exceptional multicultural and cross-cultural focus, rich examples, and long-standing commitment to presenting the most up-to-date scholarship while also offering readers research-based, practical applications that they can relate to their personal and professional lives. The authors takes an integrated approach to presenting development in the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social domains; emphasize the complex interchanges between heredity and environment; and provide exceptional attention to culture.	Child Development
Inspiring Spaces for Young Children	Deviney, Jessica / Duncan, Sandra / Harris, Sara	The classroom environment is an essential component for maximizing learning experiences for young children. Inspiring Spaces for Young Children invites teachers to enhance children’s educational environment in a beautiful way by emphasizing aesthetic environmental qualities that are often overlooked in early childhood classrooms, such as nature, color, furnishings, textures, displays, lighting, and focal points.  Step-by-step instructions and lush photographs take educators through the process of transforming ordinary classrooms into creative, beautiful learning spaces, providing children with an environment where they can learn and grow.   With easy-to-implement ideas that incorporate nature, children’s artwork, and everyday classroom materials, the photographs and ideas in this book promote creativity, learning, and simple beauty.	Schools and Teaching
Irresistible ABCs : 50 Easy, Fun Multisensory Activities to Help All Kids Explore and Learn the Alphabet	Novelli, Joan	Learning the ABCs is fun with this easy-to-use collection of winning ideas from early-childhood teachers across the country!	Literacy
Jump, Wiggle, Twirl and Giggle! : 25 Easy and Irresistible Movement Activities that Teach Early Concepts and Connect with your Favorite Themes	Altman, Roberta	Roberta Altman is the Creative Movement Specialist at the Bank Street School for Children and has more than 30 years of teaching experience. She also teaches graduate courses and presents workshops at educational conferences across the United States on using creative movement in the curriculum. In addition, Roberta serves as Learning Coordinator in the American Museum of Natural History's After-School Enrichment Program and has served on the task force to create the New York State Standards in Dance K-12. She is currently working on her EdD in Arts Education at Columbia University Teachers College. Roberta lives in New York, New York.	Play and Activities
K Today : Teaching and Learning in the Kindergarten Year	Gullo, Dominic F.	Praise from the field for K Today: "Finally, a comprehensive resource filled with stat-of-the-art information that links theory with best practice! This book gives teachers and administrators the support they need to get back to intentionally 'doing what is best' for America's kindergarten children. As a classroom teacher, I applaud this publication." -Kim Hughes Wake County Schools 1999 North Carolina Teacher of the Year	Schools and Teaching
Keeping Your Smile : Caring for Children with Joy, Love, and Intention	Johnson, Jeff A.	Filled with warmth, humor, and honesty, Keeping Your Smile is a resource for anyone who cares for children and who wants to manage their own stress, tension, or anxiety before burnout becomes an overarching obstacle in their daily interactions with children. Jeff A. Johnson, a child care professional who wrote about his own burnout in Finding Your Smile Again, offers strategies, activities, tips, and tools help caregivers and educators work with children with passion and maintain a satisfying career in the field. Included are profiles of several professionals who have experienced burnout and survived to become stronger, better care providers.	Schools and Teaching
Kids' Crazy Concoctions : 50 Mysterious Mixtures for Art and Craft Fun	Hauser, Jill Frankel	Mix it, stretch it, knead it--however it's done, kids are bound to enjoy endless hours of creative art and craft inspiration. The author captures the imagination of kids of all ages in creative play filled with tangible results. Fun is the theme with lots of learning along the way.	Play and Activities
Kids' Fun and Healthy Cookbook : Over 100 Step-By-Step Recipes	Graimes, Nicola	Think healthy food can't be fun? Think again! Enjoy more than 100 recipes that put the fun back into healthy eating.	Cooking and Child Nutrition
Kids Make Music : Clapping and Tapping from Bach to Rock!	Hart, Avery / Mantell, Paul	Presents a variety of activities based on music, including singing and dancing, improvisation, and making homemade instruments.	Music
Kitchen Chemistry : Creating Mixtures, Solutions, and Reactions	Bath, John B. / Mayberry, Sally C.	Topics include: creating mixtures, solutions, and reactions, mixing and separating colors, and growing crystals.	Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Language in Early Childhood Education	Cazden, Courtney B.	What do we know about children's language development? Language in early childhood education offers parents and teachers a research-based approach to helping children acquire language. Contributors to this best-selling book discount myths and offer practical suggestions on a variety of current issues in language development and learning.	Literacy
Last Child in the Woods : Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder	Louv, Richard	As children’s connections to nature diminish and the social, psychological, and spiritual implications become apparent, new research shows that nature can offer powerful therapy for such maladies as depression, obesity, and attention deficit disorder. Environment-based education dramatically improves standardized test scores and grade-point averages and develops skills in problem solving, critical thinking, and decision making. Anecdotal evidence strongly suggests that childhood experiences in nature stimulate creativity. In Last Child in the Woods, Louv talks with parents, children, teachers, scientists, religious leaders, child-development researchers, and environmentalists who recognize the threat and offer solutions. Louv shows us an alternative future, one in which parents help their kids experience the natural world more deeply—and find the joy of family connectedness in the process.	Children and Nature
Leading Anti-Bias Early Childhood Programs : A Guide for Change	Derman-Sparks, Louise / LeeKeenan, Debbie / Nimmo, John	With a focus on the leader’s role in initiating and sustaining anti-bias education in programs for young children and their families, this book is both a stand-alone text and a perfect companion for Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves. It emphasizes that this work is not only about changing curriculum, but requires thoughtful, strategic, long-term planning that addresses all components of an early childhood program. With a powerful combination of conceptual frameworks, strategies, and practical tools, Louise Derman-Sparks, renowned expert on anti-bias education, together with experienced early childhood directors Debbie LeeKeenan and John Nimmo, explain the structural and individual changes leaders must foster. Featuring the authors’ extensive experience in the field, supplemented with insights from other anti-bias educators, they build on and expand current thinking about best early childhood leadership practices. This is an essential resource for anti-bias education leaders engaged in change in the wide range of early childhood care and education settings. Book Features: The principles, guidelines, and strategies needed for school- and program-wide transformation. Activities for working with teachers and families to integrate an anti-bias approach. Strategies for supporting and strengthening the leader’s ability to initiate and sustain anti-bias education change, including resources to increase staff skills for implementing anti-bias education with children. Tools for assessing anti-bias education progress and managing mandated standards and assessments.	Schools and Teaching
Leading from the Roots : Nature-Inspired Leadership Lessons for Today's World	Allen, Kathleen E.	In a time of volatile and complex uncertainty, it is time to learn the lessons that nature has compiled from 3.8 billion years of research and development. Nature is an interdependent, dynamic and living system – just like today’s organizations and communities. Kathleen Allen uses nature as a model, mentor, and muse to rethink how leadership is practiced today. Leading from the Roots takes nature as a source of inspiration to help organizations see a new way of leading and designing workplace structure, applying the generous framework found in mature ecologies to human organizations.	Management, Training, and Business
Learn and Play the Green Way : Fun Activities with Reusable Materials	Redleaf, Rhoda	Turn items headed for the trash into fun, educational, and safe toys and activities for young children. Find one hundred creative and clever ideas repurposing common household objects—including shoeboxes, fabric scraps, plastic lids, and buttons—into entertaining playthings. The toys benefit children’s early learning by promoting sensory perception and development in physical; social and emotional; cognitive; and language and communication areas.	Play and Activities
Learn and Play the Recycle Way : Homemade Toys that Teach	Redleaf, Rhoda / Robertson, Audrey	Dont throw that away! Recycle and Play! Turn items headed for the trash into safe and fun toys for teaching. Learn and Play the Recycle Way contains the best activities from the best-selling Teachables from Trashables series as well as new ways to make learning fun with homemade toys. Over 100 homemade teaching tools were designed by authors Rhoda Redleaf and Audrey Robertson and solicited from centers, homes, and trainers. Children will love helping to make fun things like drums from coffee cans, cactus gardens from peanut butter jars, and planters from plastic bottles. Learn and Play the Recycle Way is organized by age group with sections for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-agers. Each activity is illustrated and contains a list of materials needed, descriptions of how to use the homemade toy, and ideas for teaching with the item thats being recycled. Detailed instructions will make it easy to focus on the fun in creating toys with children.	Play and Activities
Learning About Language and Literacy in Preschool	Teaching Young Children	What every preschool teacher needs! Filled with practical strategies and useful information on language and literacy, this book offers: • Learning center ideas • Engaging activities • Practical suggestions that are easy to implement • Ideas that support the development and learning of every preschooler • Children’s book recommendations This excellent resource of engaging learning experiences for preschoolers was developed for you by the editors of Teaching Young Children.	Literacy
Learning Through Play : Art : A Practical Guide for Teaching Young Children	Hereford, Nancy-Jo / Schall, Jane	Topics include: fostering creative expression in young children, learning and growing with creative art, setting up your art center, a materials list, extending art to children with special needs, and talking about creative art with families.	Play and Activities
Learning Through Play : Blocks : A Practical Guide for Teaching Young Children	Church, Ellen Booth / Miller, Karen	Topics include: how children grow through block play, your role in block play, learning and growing with blocks, using blocks with children who have special needs, and talking to parents about block play.	Play and Activities
Learning Through Play : Cooking : A Practical Guide for Teaching Young Children	Feeney, Lisa	Topics include: safety by age, cooking with mixed-age groups, managing cooking experiences, encouraging cooking with special-needs children, setting up for cooking, and talking with families about cooking.	Play and Activities
Learning Through Play : Dramatic Play : A Practical Guide for Teaching Young Children	Hereford, Nancy-Jo / Schall, Jane	Topics include: learning and growing with dramatic play, dramatic play with children who have special needs, talking with families about dramatic play, learning through dramatic play, and setting the stage for dramatic play.	Play and Activities
Learning Through Play : Language : A Practical Guide for Teaching Young Children	Miller, Susan	Topics include: your role in fostering language development, choosing books for your children, setting the stage for language learning, language development with mixed ages, and encouraging language in children with special needs.	Literacy
Learning Through Play : Math : A Practical Guide for Teaching Young Children	Waite-Stupiansky, Sandra / Stupiansky, Nicholas G.	Topics include: your role in fostering math learning, hands-on skills for young math thinkers, making time concepts meaningful, learning aand growing with math, setting up for math learning, and engaging children with special needs in math.	Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Learning Through Play : Music and Movement : A Practical Guide for Teaching Young Children	Church, Ellen Booth	Topics include: fostering spontaneous music and movement, your role, music and movement in family day-care homes, music with young children, music with infants and toddlers, movement with young children, and music and movement with special-needs children.	Music
Learning Through Play : Problem Solving : A Practical Guide for Teaching Young Children	Church, Ellen Booth	Topics include: steps to problem solving, your role, encouraging problem-solving in children with special needs, arranging your setting, learning and growing with problem solving, and talking to families about problem solving.	Schools and Teaching
Learning Through Play : Sand, Water, Clay and Wood : A Practical Guide for Teaching Young Children	Miller, Susan	Topics include: encouraging tacticle play in family child-care settings, preserving, sharing displaying, recording, accessories and props to add to the fun, learning and growing with sand, water, clay, and wood, and talking with families about sand, water, clay and wood.	Play and Activities
Learning Through Play : Science : A Practical Guide for Teaching Young Children	Kleinsinger, Susan Bromberg	Topics include: your role in fostering science discovery, exploring science, field-trips, learning and growing through science, exploring science with special-needs children, and setting up for science.	Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Learning to Listen, Listening to Learn	Jalongo, Mary Renck	Children’s listening habits and skills are a good predictor of oral language profi ciency, reading and writing skills, and later school success. Good listening skills do not simply develop naturally―they must be taught and practiced―yet many teachers do not get training on how to teach children to listen. Using clear language and real-life examples, Mary Renck Jalongo explains why being an effective listener is a challenge―for adults as well as children―and provides research based suggestions for improving listening in the classroom and at home. Learning to Listen, Listening to Learn will help teachers to: • understand the components of listening • discover why children do or do not listen • actively listen to children and other adults • provide a rich oral language environment • help parents support their children’s listening learning Children, especially in the preschool years, are ready to learn about becoming good listeners. This book is a welcome resource for teachers who wish to help them to do so.	Schools and Teaching
Learning to Read and Write : Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Young Children	Neuman, Susan B. / Copple, Carol / Bredekamp, Sue	The International Reading Association/National Association for the Education of Young Children joint position statement on developmentally appropriate ways of teaching children to read and write comes to life here with photographs, concrete guidelines, and exciting ideas for the classroom. Experiences commonplace in many homes and early childhood settings―such as adults reading to children―are key in laying the foundation for literacy. Yet these experiences are far from universal. To ensure that all children learn to read and write by the end of third grade, early childhood educators need to know more and do more to promote literacy in effective, developmentally appropriate ways.	Literacy
Lens on Outdoor Learning	Banning, Wendy / Sullivan, Ginny	Nature sets the stage for endless opportunities of discovery, exploration, and appreciation when children's innate curiosity is encouraged.	Children and Nature
Lessons for Literacy : Promoting Preschool Success	Hansen, Harlan S. / Hansen, Ruth M.	Preschoolers need a strong educational foundation for kindergarten and beyond. This book is a comprehensive program that promotes positive literacy growth using developmentally appropriate activities and helps educators identify, assess, and facilitate the development of preschoolers' early literacy skills over time.	Literacy
Lessons from Turtle Island : Native Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms	Jones, Guy W. / Moomaw, Sally	How do you help young children learn more about Native Americans than the cultural stereotypes found in children's books and in the media? Lessons from Turtle Island is the first complete guide to exploring Native American issues with children. The authors—one Native, one white, both educators—show ways to incorporate authentic learning experiences about Native Americans into your curriculum. This book is organized around five cross-cultural themes—Children, Home, Families, Community, and the Environment. The authors present activities, from children's books they recommend, to develop skills in reading and writing, science, math, make-believe, art, and more. The book provides helpful guidelines and resource lists for selecting appropriate toys, children's books, music, and art, and also includes a family heritage project.	Play and Activities
Let's All Play : A Group Learning (Un)Curriculum	Johnson, Jeff A. / Dinger, Denita	Let children experience the learning power of play—together! Let's All Play provides all-new adventures that support children's social skill development through thoughtful group play, interaction, and conversation. These play experiences help children engage with each other and the world around them, all of which leads to rich learning. This book also encourages adults to reflect on the value of children's play through deep thinking activities.	Play and Activities
Let's Build : Strong Foundations in Language, Math, and Social Skills	Phelps, Pamela C.	Blocks are a key teaching tool in any early childhood program. Through well-planned, teacher-supported block play experiences, young children can build math, language, and social skills. Let's Build provides educators of young children with guidance in how to create early childhood environments that support children's natural need to play. It includes strategies for creating and scaffolding the block play experience, recommends children's books that support the learning, and outlines ways to match behaviors, content, and concepts to learning standards. More than just a collection of activities, lesson plans are based on ten broad themes including: Large Buildings Around the World, Wild Animals, Ways to Travel, and Our Families and Ourselves.	Play and Activities
Lifespan Development (Examination Copy, 6th Edition)	Boyd, Denise / Bee, Helen	Provides strong applications, and integrated learning objectives and assessment. Students who want to know "What does current research say?" and "Why is this important?" will appreciate both the applied nature of this text and the clarity and rigor of the authors' presentation of current research.  An exceptional pedagogical package that ties the textbook to online MyDevelopmentLab study tools complements the student-centered approach of the book and offers students the benefit of frequent self-assessment.	Child Development
Literacy Bags : Make-and-Take Mini-Units from A to Z	Howell, Kathy / Webb, Alisa	Dozens of ideas for organizing 26 thematic mini-units from A-Z. Each letter of the alphabet is presented as a mini-unit designed to give children practice with fundamental language, math, science, social studies, writing, and thinking skills. Developmentally appropriate games and activities, as well as books, props, snacks, and other items that relate to the theme, are stored in one of several inviting bags or containers that you create from simple, easy-to-find items. Containers can be sent home for children to share with their families.	Literacy
Little Kids, Big Worries : Stress-Busting Tips for Early Childhood Classrooms	Honig, Alice Sterling	Research shows that stress in the crucial early years of a child's life can pose dramatic, lasting challenges to development, learning, and behavior. This is the practical book early childhood professionals need to recognize stress in young children—and intervene with proven relief strategies before pressures turn into big problems. Developed by celebrated early childhood expert Alice Sterling Honig, this guidebook helps readers address the most common causes of stress in a young child's life, including separation anxiety, bullying, jealousy, and family circumstances.	Hot Topics
Little Math Stories : Grades K-2	Williams, Rozanne Lanczak	Build literacy with beginning readers by inviting them to make their own books! Charming stories will delight young readers with simple, repetitive, and predictable text, rhyme, rhythm, and motivating illustrations. Children are actively engaged as they create their own illustrations and complete sentence frames, making the books truly their own.	Literacy
Lotions, Postions, and Slime : Mudpies and More!	Blakey, Nancy	Electric Jell-O, Monstercide, Travelling Toothpicks, Homemade Icebergs, Feel-Good Foot Paint, Crash Cookies. . . . Every activity, craft, or recipe in Nancy Blakey's third Mudpies book features a wet or gooey stage—but don't let that deter you! This may be the best Mudpies book yet. (There's nothing wrong with getting the kids to help clean up.)	Play and Activities
Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood : Practical Parenting for Birth to Six Years	Fay, Jim / Fay, Charles	Parenting little ones can be exhausting...until you discover Love and Logic. Take the exhaustion out and put the fun into parenting your little one. If you want help with: Potty training. Temper tantrums. Bedtime. Whining . Time-out. Hassle-free mornings. and many other everyday challenges, then this book is for you! This book is the tool parents of little ones have been waiting for. America's Parenting Experts Jim and Charles Fay, Ph.D., help you start your child off on the right foot. The tools in Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood will give you the building blocks you need to create children who grow up to be responsible, successful teens and adults. And as a bonus you will enjoy every stage of your child's life and look forward to sharing a lifetime of joy with them.	Parenting and Relationships
Love to Read : Essays in Developing and Enhancing Early Literacy Skills of African American Children	Bowman, Barbara	Topics include: the black-white achievement gap in early reading skills, ensuring reading success for african american children, bridging the gap for african american children, and reflections.	Literacy
Make Early Learning Standards Come Alive : Connecting Your Practice and Curriculum to State Guidelines	Gronlund, Gaye	Make Early Learning Standards Come Alive provides a focused and easy-to-understand look at the most common early childhood learning standards, including what they are, how current classroom practices support them, and how teachers can plan curriculum with their state’s learning standards in mind. Written by Gaye Gronlund, an early childhood consultant with experience working with teachers and directors around standards, this timely resource focuses specifically on math, science, literacy, social studies, social/emotional development, and physical development standards, and on how teachers can implement these standards in a way that is deveopmentally appropriate and good for children.	Schools and Teaching
Make Way for Literacy : Teaching the Way Young Children Learn	Owocki, Gretchen	Make Way for Literacy! starts with a brief explanation of how literacy begins to develop, first in a child's home and neighborhood. Owocki points out the various individual traits, family activities, and basic literacy practices that can be so influential - and then focuses on preschool, kindergarten, and the primary grades. Next, the book offers four key principles for understanding and facilitating literacy, along with easy-to-follow techniques for starting - or refining - teacher research and inquiry in the classroom. The bulk of the text is devoted to practical, curriculum-enhancing literacy engagements. For each type of engagement, Owocki explains how it fosters language and literacy development; provides ideas for instruction, assessment, evaluation, and teacher research; offers practical methods and materials for getting the engagement started; suggests related activities involving art, drama, movement, writing, drawing, talk, or play; and includes actual teaching and learning examples from classrooms.	Literacy
Making Make-Believe : Fun Props, Costumes, and Creative Play Ideas	Kohl, MaryAnn F.	Unlock the power of imagination! Using easy-to-follow instructions and materials that can be found around the house, Making Make-Believe offers over 125 projects and activities sure to foster children’s creativity. Little ones will learn to see the world in a new way as they transform things like old sheets, rubber gloves, egg cartons, and pebbles into toys, costumes, forts, and storytelling games.	Play and Activities
Managing Emotional Mayhem : The Five Steps for Self-Regulation	Bailey, Becky A.	The way adults handle emotional upset when children are throwing fits, backtalking, name-calling, being defiant and withdrawing will either foster or inhibit their ability to develop self-regulation. Managing Emotional Mayhem lays a conceptual foundation, explores limiting beliefs, presents new adult skills and teaches us how to coach children in this transformative self-regulation process. 168 pages.	Hot Topics
Managing Infectious Diseases in Child Care and Schools : A Quick Reference Guide	Aronson, Susan S. / Shope, Timothy R.	Content from AAP's premier source of information on infectious diseases, the Red Book Quick reference fact sheets on more than 50 common infectious diseases and symptoms that occur in children in group settings Easy-to-read explanations on how infectious diseases spread Strategies for limiting the spread of infection When exclusion is indicated and not indicated Guidance about which situations require immediate help Immunization schedules Ready-to-use sample letters and forms for parents or referrals	Hot Topics
Managing Legal Risks in Early Childhood Programs : How to Prevent Flare-Ups from Becoming Lawsuits	Bruno, Holly Elissa / Copeland, Tom	Can my child care program be sued? If you have ever asked yourself this question, you are not alone. This guide will help you prevent and manage problems with potential legal consequences, reduce the risk of a lawsuit, and assist you in preparing a strong defense should your program be sued. This practical book covers a wide range of topics, including privacy issues, accusations of discrimination, employee hiring/firing practices, and insurance coverage. The authors offer clear advice and examples of specific policies and procedures that will help you keep children safe while improving communication with parents, regulators, insurance agents, and lawyers.	Management, Training, and Business
Marshmallow Math : Early Math for Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Primary School Children	Schindler, Trevor	A fun and novel way to teach your child the fundamentals of math.	Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Mastering Anger and Aggression the Brazelton Way	Brazelton, T. Berry / Sparrow, Joshua D.	How to react when your toddler bites his playmate or your kindergartner confronts a bully? Drs. Brazelton and Sparrow bring their much-admired insight and support to this crucial, and ever more timely, childrearing challenge. From an early age, babies and toddlers need to assert themselves in a daunting world, yet eventually learn to do this without hurting others. After showing how aggression emerges at each age, Brazelton and Sparrow offer practical, wise advice on anger, fights, self-defense, the fears and nightmares that arise when children become aware of their own and others -- aggression, the effects of TV and video games, and of experiencing real life violence. They offer specific, effective ways to help children understand their own aggressive feelings and channel them into healthy self-assertion in schoolwork, games, and sports.	Hot Topics
MathArts : Exploring Math through Art for 3 to 6 Year Olds	Kohl, MaryAnn F. / Gainer, Cindy	Contains a wealth of easy-to-do, creative art experiences that encourage children's natural development of math concepts. Using everyday materials and hands-on activities, children learn the essential math skills of sorting, matching, one-to-one correspondance, patterning, counting, measuring, number values and more.	Play and Activities
Me, My Family and Friends : 26 Songs and Over 300 Activities for Young Children	Schiller, Pam	From "Make New Friends" to "Skidamarink," children will sing and learn about the people that matter most in their lives. The enclosed CD features 26 songs-old favorites and originals-and the book offers more than 300 activities that teach children about family, friends, and feelings	Music
Me, You, Us : Social-Emotional Learning in Preschool	Epstein, Ann S.	Me, You, Us explores 11 separate areas of social-emotional learning and offers numerous teaching strategies and suggestions for professional development. This book helps educators chart a path for young children towards the development of the social-emotional skills they need to succeed in school and in life.	Child Development
Mind in the Making : The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs	Galinsky, Ellen	There are hundreds of books that give parents advice on everything from weaning to toilet training, from discipline to nutrition. But in spite of this overwhelming amount of information, there is very little research-based advice for parents on how to raise their children to be well rounded and achieve their full potential, helping them learn to take on life's challenges, communicate well with others, and remain committed to learning. These are the "essential life skills" that Ellen Galinsky has spent her career pursuing, through her own studies and through decades of talking with more than a hundred of the most outstanding researchers in child development and neuroscience. The good news is that there are simple everyday things that all parents can do to build these skills in their children for today and for the future. They don't cost money, and it's never too late to begin. In Mind in the Making, Ellen Galinsky has grouped this research into seven critical areas that children need most: (1) focus and self control; (2) perspective taking; (3) communicating; (4) making connections; (5) critical thinking; (6) taking on challenges; and (7) self-directed, engaged learning. For each of these skills, Galinsky shows parents what the studies have proven, and she provides numerous concrete things that parents can do—starting today—to strengthen these skills in their children. These aren't the kinds of skills that children just pick up; these skills have to be fostered. They are the skills that give children the ability to focus on their goals so that they can learn more easily and communicate what they've learned. These are the skills that prepare children for the pressures of modern life, skills that they will draw on now and for years to come.	Child Development
Mentoring Matters : A Practical Guide to Learning-Focused Relationships	Lipton, Laura / Wellman, Bruce	An invaluable reference for mentors of beginning teachers, this guide offers structures, strategies and tools for developing expertise in teaching. Sections include specific information about the mentor's role, the needs of beginning teachers and the attributes of effective mentor-protégé relationships. Tips for maximizing time and attention, an extensive resource section and blackline masters to support developmental interactions make this book a must-have for mentors.	Management, Training, and Business
Month-by-Month : 50 Instant and Engaging Morning Meeting Activities and Games that Build Skills All Year Long	Church, Ellen Booth / Perline, Linda	Build classroom community AND give each child a chance to shine with these engaging, cross-curricular circle time activities. You’ll make the most of your morning meeting when you use these interactive, multi-sensory ideas and activities that teach kids to listen and share. Includes skill-building activities in language and literacy, music and movement, and more. For use with Grades PreK-1.	Play and Activities
Month-By-Month : Reading and Writing for Kindergarten	Hall, Dorothy P. / Cunningham, Patricia M.	This Month-by-Month book explains how to help ALL kindergarten children learn to read and write through systematic, multilevel instruction. It includes detailed, easy-to-follow activities that instill the desire to learn to read and write, develop phonemic awareness, encourage letter and sound recognition, teach essential language and print concepts, and extend vocabulary. See results in your own classroom each month using this successful, balanced literacy program.	Literacy
More Piggyback Songs : New Songs Sung to the Tune of Childhood Favorites	Warren, Jean	185 more songs you won't forget! New songs sung to the tunes of childhood favorites, no music to read, easy for children to learn, easy for parents and teachers, chorded for guitar and autoharp, and great for family or school "sing-a-longs"	Music
More Story Stretchers : More Activities to Expand Children's Favorite Books	Raines, Shirley C. / Canady, Robert J.	450 all-new teaching ideas using 90 more of the most popular children's books. 18 different curriculum units have been created, including Classics; Cats, Dogs, and Other Pets; Transportation; and Tall and Funny Tales--all designed to install a love of learning and fondness for good books.	Literacy
More Than Counting : Whole Math Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten	Moomaw, Sally / Hieronymus, Brenda	Math is so easy, a child can do it ... all we have to do is let them! By starting young and building math confidence, we can create a world of checkbook balancers, computer wizards, small-business owners, and yes, even mathematicians. More than 100 ideas for unusual new manipulatives, collections, grid games, path games, graphing, and gross-motor play that combine to make a complete math experience for children.	Mathematics, Science, Technology
More Than Moccasins : A Kid's Activity Guide to Traditional North American Indian Life	Carlson, Laurie	Here are more than 100 illustrated crafts and activites that encourage kids to have fun and be creative as they learn about native american life and values.	Play and Activities
Move and Learn Early Concepts : 20 Easy and Irresistable Movement Activities for All Learners That Teach Colors, Shapes, Letters, Numbers, and More	Lipton, Beth	Liven up learning with easy movement activities that teach early concepts in engaging, effective ways.	Play and Activities
Move and Learn Math Activities : 30 Easy and Irresistable Moment Activities that Teach Essential Math Concepts to All Learners	Robinson, Helja / Wolffe, Robert / Grant, Jean Marie	Help students learn math skills and concepts in effective, concrete ways with easy movement activities such as beanbag-toss addition and giant-stretch subtraction.	Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Much More Than The ABCs : The Early Stages of Reading and Writing	Schickedanz, Judith A.	Long before children enter school, literacy-related learning begins, with caregivers, parents, and early childhood teachers playing key roles.	Literacy
Mudworks : Creative Clay, Dough, and Modeling Experiences	Kohl, MaryAnn F.	Discover chapters on playdough, bread dough, plaster of paris, papier mache, edible art dough, modeling, mixtures and more.	Play and Activities
Multicultural Issues in Child Care	Gonzalez-Mena, Janet	This book focuses on cultural differences relevant to all caregiving settings, including day care, nursery, and preschool programs. Based on respect for cultural pluralism, this concise supplementary text is designed to increase caregiver sensitivity to different cultural child care practices and values and improve communication and understanding vetween the caregiver and parents.	Hot Topics
Nailing Jelly to the Wall : Defining and Providing Technical Assistance in Early Childhood Education	Alexander, Nancy P.	For experts in the field of early care and education, defining and providing technical assistance can be as difficult as nailing jelly to the wall. Learn to effectively coach, mentor, and train early childhood teachers and administrators with guided experiences, strategies, and activities to provide technical assistance in specific program areas like parent involvement, science, outdoor play, music, and art. Nailing Jelly to the Wall is written for: early childhood consultants offering an objective, outside view of what is needed to improve a program; mentors serving as a role model for others who are building a career in early childhood; coaches helping others in the field of early childhood improve their skills and knowledge by providing resources, demonstrations, and guidance; and program administrators working with their own staff to provide professional development and guidance	Schools and Teaching
New Strategies and Proven Ideas to Enhance Student Success in Your Child-Centered Preschool Program	Bos, Bev / Leeman, Michael	Miscellaneous	Miscellaneous
No Biting : Policy and Practice for Toddler Programs	Kinnell, Gretchen	Biting is one of the most frustrating and widespread issues childcare providers and parents face.	Schools and Teaching
Number Art	McKinnon, Elizabeth	Number Art is a unique blend of math and art activities. What better way to reinforce beginning math concepts than through hands-on art activities? Included in this book are art ideas for the numbers 1-12. Learning about the number 3 is more fun with the three bears, and learning about 5 is a snap when you trace around your own five fingers. You'll love this great resource!	Mathematics, Science, Technology
Oh, Yuck! : The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty	Masoff, Joy	Kids love stuff that's gross. From the liquids, solids, and gases--especially the gases!--or their own bodies to the creepy, crawly, slimy, slithery, fetid, and feculent phenomena in the world at large, kids with a curious bent just can't get enough. Oh, Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty brings together, in one book, all the good things about some of the baddest things on Earth.	Mathematics, Science, Technology
On Stage : Theater Games and Activities for Kids	Bany-Winters, Lisa	Lights, camera, play! With this second edition of On Stage: Theater Games and Activities for Kids, budding thespians will have fun under the footlights as they choose from more than 125 theater games that spark creativity, boost confidence, and encourage collaboration. They’ll learn all about how to make a stage performance great with improvisational games such as Freeze, Party Quirks, the Yes Game, and Gibberish; they’ll make puppets, discover makeup secrets, and design and build a set. This revised and expanded edition features 35 new improvisational games and ready-to-use monologues, scenes, and short plays. Whether playing alone or in a group, everyone can have theater fun with On Stage!	Play and Activities
Open a World of Possible : Real Stories about the Joy and Power of Reading	Bridges, Lois	True stories by some of America’s leading literacy advocates, authors and poets that celebrate the joy and power of reading.	Literacy
Open the Door Let's Explore More! : Field Trips of Discovery for Young Children	Redleaf, Rhoda	Filled with activities to do before, during, and after field trips to reinforce learning. With original songs, fingerplays, a resource list, and beautiful illustrations.	Children and Nature
Our Inquiry, Our Practice : Undertaking, Supporting, and Learning from Early Childhood Teacher Research	Perry, Gail / Henderson, Barbara / Meier, Daniel R.	Young children have great capacity for creativity that thrives when it is nurtured. Early childhood teachers have the opportunity to inspire children’s innovative thinking and doing by - Including creative opportunities across all domains of learning - Designing a beautiful space that encourages children’s experimentation and play - Extending children’s learning and challenging their thinking - Documenting children’s thought processes and displaying their work - Involving families and the community in children’s creative endeavors - Reflecting on your beliefs and practices about creativity and nurturing your own creativity Learn how to support children as they problem-solve, explore and share new ideas, and collaborate with others, and watch their confidence and capableness grow.	Schools and Teaching
Our Program for Infants, Toddlers and Twos : A Parent's Guide (Second Edition)	Dodge, Diane Trister	Leaving a child under age 3 in child care can be difficult for parents. You can help them feel reassured by sharing information about how you provide a high-quality program where children are safe, healthy, and happy. Our illustrated booklet shows parents how warm and responsive care-in child care and at home-shapes the social/emotional, physical, and cognitive development of infants, toddlers, and twos and their ability to learn.	Parenting and Relationships
Outdoor Art	Peterson, Durby	Outdoor Art is the perfect book for natural art experiences. You'll discover more than 60 open-ended art ideas that feature nature items and outdoor settings. Each hands-on activity provides a rich, sensory experience for young children. Children are encouraged to use their nature collections for creative projects without concern for the mess. Outdoors is where the art is!	Children and Nature
Parent-Friendly Early Learning : Tips and Strategies for Working Well with Families	Powers, Julie	Offering insight into the parents’ perspective, Parent-Friendly Early Learning is a thoughtful and practical resource for classroom teachers seeking to create positive relationships with the parents of young children.	Parenting and Relationships
Partnering with Parents : Easy Programs to Involve Parents in the Early Learning Process	Rockwell, Bob / Kniepkamp, Janet Rockwell	At last! A book has finally arrived that takes the worry out of parent-teacher communication. This innovative and original guide makes it easy for preschool teachers to connect with parents and involve them in the learning process using family meetings. Offering a complete plan for every meeting, Partnering With Parents is bursting with helpful tips, strategies, and creative ways to build a connection between home and school. Each meeting begins with an icebreaker, allowing families to mix and mingle, and then continues with multiple activities that give parents the opportunity to experience first-hand what their child is learning. The suggested meetings address a variety of topics, with enticing titles such as "Are You Hungry for Fun?" and "Magical Art Mixtures." Teachers, parents, and children alike will treasure each meeting as they build relationships and form a community of learners.	Parenting and Relationships
Partners in Play : Creative Homemade Toys for Toddlers	Anderson, Rita / Neumann, Linda	Offers instructions for using common materials to create more than forty simple toys and activities for toddlers that help them develop age-appropriate motor skills	Play and Activities
Picture Book Activities : Fun Games for Preschoolers Based on 50 Favorite Children's Books	Kuffner, Trish	This book helps preschoolers discover how much fun it is to read. Trish Kuffner shows parents how to make fifty favorite picture books come alive for children by providing a variety of activities that tie into the themes, characters, and plots of the books: discussion topics arts and crafts rhymes and finger plays fun and games imaginative play ideas recipes music and movement learning activities outdoor adventures This book will help you make reading with your child a favorite part of the day.	Literacy
Piggyback Songs : New Songs Sung to the Tune of Childhood Favorites	Warren, Jean	This book contains 185 more songs you won't forget!	Music
Piggyback Songs for School	Warren, Jean	Adults and children will love these original, easy-to-sing ,songs for all occasions. Chorded for guitar or autoharp.	Music
Pillsbury Kids Cookbook : Food Fun for Boys and Girls	Pillsbury	Bunny Rabbit Pancakes? Hot Diggity Dog Pizza Boats? Jiggly Fruit Salad? Now you can make them all--and lots more! This fun and friendly cookbook is bursting with great eats everybody will love, plus all the basic how-to's and tips every young cook needs.	Cooking and Child Nutrition
Play, Projects, and Preschool Standards : Nurturing Children's Sense of Wonder and Joy in Learning	Jacobs, Gera / Crowley, Kathy	The authors help readers create well-planned projects and activities that capture children′s interest and develop the critical social and pre-academic skills identified in state standards.	Play and Activities
Playful Activities for Powerful Presentations	Williamson, Bruce	Spice up your presentations with healthy laughter as you get your audience involved. No matter what your subject, the 40 creative energizers outlined in Playful Activities for Powerful Presentations will enhance learning, stimulate communication, promote teamwork, and reduce resistance to group interaction. Participants will effortlessly absorb your message as they relax and experience spontaneity, wonder, discover, delight, laughter, and play.	Management, Training, and Business
Playful Reading : Positive, Fun Ways to Build the Bond Between Preschoolers, Books, and You	Munson-Benson, Carolyn	Emphasizes early literacy skills, reading for pleasure, and the eight asset categories as ways to create memorable moments between children and the adults who read to them.	Literacy
Playing to Learn : Activities and Experiences that Build Learning Connections	Seefeldt, Carol	Create meaningful experiences and engage children in learning through play. Playing to Learn gives you hundreds of activities to make learning fun through games, small group activities, stories, and more. These games and activities promote learning every day of the week, every week of the year. Sure to become a classroom favorite, Playing to Learn has everything you need to create wonderful learning experiences for young children.	Play and Activities
Practical Solutions to Practically Every Problem : The Survival Guide for Early Childhood Professionals (Third Edition)	Saifer, Steffen	Practical Solutions to Practically Every Problem attempts to provide solutions to every possible problem faced by early childhood teachers—before teachers encounter them. This classic resource has been updated to focus on current issues faced by educators, including teaching twenty-first century life skills, technology, and cultural responsiveness. This easy-to-use guide gives you quick practical help, now!	Schools and Teaching
Preparing Early Childhood Professionals : NAEYC's Standards for Programs	Hyson, Marilou	This comprehensive guide offers NAEYC's latest standards for the higher education programs that will prepare the next generation of our society's teachers of young children.	Schools and Teaching
Preschool Art : Collage and Paper	Kohl, MaryAnn F.	Children are encouraged to experience exploration and discovery of art with this collection of 50 activities creating with paper, feathers, buttons, and other easy-to-find materials. Illustrations.	Play and Activities
Preschool Art : Drawing	Kohl, MaryAnn F.	Children are encouraged to experience exploration and discovery of art with this collection of 50 activities creating with paper, feathers, buttons, and other easy-to-find materials. Illustrations.	Play and Activities
Preschool Art : It's the Process, Not the Product	Kohl, MaryAnn F.	Anyone working with preschoolers and early primary age children will want this book. Over 200 activities teach children to explore and understand their world through open-ended art experiences that emphasize the process of art, not the product. Activities are included for painting, drawing, collage, sculpture and construction.	Play and Activities
Preschool Art : Painting	Kohl, MaryAnn F.	Encourage children to experience the joy of exploration and discovery with this new series by award-winning author MaryAnn Kohl.	Play and Activities
Preschool Classroom Management : 150 Teacher-Tested Techniques	Warner, Laverne / Lynch, Sharon Anne	An essential resource that all teachers will appreciate! Written by two experienced teachers, Preschool Classroom Management offers solutions and suggestions to help you tackle behavior issues in the classroom. Chapters include working with challenging behaviors, teaching alternative behaviors, building a caring community in the classroom, teacher tips and techniques, and dealing with daily routines and schedules.	Schools and Teaching
Preschool Readers and Writers : Early Literacy Strategies for Teachers	Ranweiler, Linda	This book explains how children's reading and writing develop in the preschool years and what adults can do to encourage these processes. It is full of timely tips, activity ideas, materials lists, photos, and classroom examples. Covering both the whys and hows of early literacy learning, this guide focuses on eight key dimensions of early literacy identified by professional organizations in the reading and early childhood fields.With this book in hand, teachers of young children will have the specifics they need to support children's emerging literacy.	Literacy
Project Spectrum : Early Learning Activities	Chen, Jie-Qi	Project Spectrum is a collaborative research and development project that offers an alternative approach to assessment and curriculum development for preschool and early primary years. The project, based on Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences theory and David Henry Feldman's nonuniversal development theory, emphasizes observing children closely, identifying children's areas of strength, and using those strengths as the basis for an individualized educational program. This curriculum resource guide provides enriching activities from the project in a wide variety of disciplines, including mechanics and construction, movement, and music. The guide begins with an overview of Project Spectrum, describes the project's conceptual framework, and discusses its application in the classroom.	Play and Activities
Promoting Meaningful Learning : Innovations in Educating Early Childhood Professionals	Yelland, Nicola J.	Teacher educators from Australia and United States describe experiances and innovative approaches in educating early childhood professionals in the university and other contexts. In this rich collection of ideas and innovations, preservice and inservice teachers are involved in a wide range of meaningful experiances. Participating in early childhood settings and the larger community, actively discussing issues, and collaborating with others, tomorrow's early childhood educatiors experiance learning that can make a lasting difference in their teaching and professional lives.	Schools and Teaching
Quick and Fun Learning Activities for 1 Year Olds	McGhee, Marla Pender	Quick and Fun Learning Activities for 1 Year Olds offers busy parents quick, inexpensive, and exciting activities to do with their child. Each activity is specifically designed to be appropriate for the developmental stage of your one year old.	Play and Activities
Quick and Fun Learning Activities for Babies	Levin, Ina	"Why don't babies come with instructions?" Well now they do! This practical book offers busy parents and care givers quick, inexpensive, and exciting activities to do with their children. Each activity is specifically designed to be appropriate for the developmental stage. A bibliography of resources, books, and music is also included.	Play and Activities
Quiet Times : Relaxation Activities for Young Children	Scott, Louise Binder	Natural images are used to create special times for children - a time for imagining, visualizing, and relaxing. As feelings of tension and restlessness dissipate, a calmness is evident.	Play and Activities
Ramps and Pathways : A Constructivist Approach to Physics with Young Children	DeVries, Rheta / Sales, Christina	If you think the words young children and physics don’t belong together, think again. Based on the theories of Piaget and the work of DeVries and Sales, this book successfully makes the case for building a constructivist approach to physical science learning in the early childhood classroom.	Mathematics, Science, Technology
Reaching Standards and Beyond in Kindergarten : Nurturing Children's Sense of Wonder and Joy in Learning	Jacobs, Gera / Crowley, Kathy	This book shows teachers how to help young children reach standards in literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, and the arts through creative play activities that ignite their enthusiasm to learn. The authors also offer suggestions for promoting healthy physical and social-emotional development.	Schools and Teaching
Reading Games for Young Children	Silberg, Jackie	Reading Games follows the tradition of successful books by the veteran early childhood author Jackie Silberg. The games in the book are designed to enrich three- to six-year-olds' pre-reading skills and prepare them to be successful readers. Eleven chapters are organized by elements of literacy, such as alliteration, alphabet, letter sounds, and rhyming. The book also provides research-based information on the importance of literacy development in young children. These games will develop a love for language and joy of reading. Each activity in the book is engaging and creative, and notes the specific skills addressed by the activity. Teaching literacy and pre-reading skills is very important to parents and teachers, and Reading Games makes learning fun. These games require little preparation and few materials.	Literacy
Relationships, The Heart of Quality Care	Baker, Amy C. / Manfredi-Petitt, Lynn A.	Children's interactions with their special grown-ups affect everything in their lives, especially in their earliest years. And the relationships between those special people matter, too. When adult connections are caring and strong, parents, caregivers, and directors are motivated and empowered to work together to help children thrive. The book describes this concept of "relationship-based child care," what understandings and attitudes support such care, and the policies required to enact it in a center setting. High-quality family child care homes and a growing numbers of enlightened centers are already using the model. As this book's many personal stories make clear, everyone benefits from relationship-based care.	Parenting and Relationships
Resources for Dramatic Play	Brokering, Lois	Children love to play! And for young children, play is learning. Through spontaneous and unstructured play, young children develop intellectually, socially, emotionally, and physically.	Play and Activities
Room for Loving, Room for Learning : Finding the Space You Need in Your Family Child Care Home	Osborn, Hazel	Time-saving, sanity-saving, innovative ideas for the new and veteran provider alike.	Schools and Teaching
Roots and Wings : Affirming Culture in Early Childhood Programs (Revised Edition)	York, Stacey	Use the updated activities, examples, and research to improve your anti-bias and multicultural education programs. This clear and practical guide includes expanded information on English language learners, family engagement, culturally responsive teaching, and staff training.	Hot Topics
Roots, Shoots, Buckets and Boots : Gardening Together with Children	Lovejoy, Sharon	The simple act of connecting children to nature through gardening is Sharon Lovejoy's special purpose and joy. Easy-to-implement ideas for theme gardens that parents and kids can grow together.	Children and Nature
Sand and Water Play : Simple, Creative Activities for Young Children	West, Sherrie / Cox, Amy	Learn creative new ways to help children think and discover on their own, with over 70 sand and water table ideas. Designed for children ages three to six, Sand and Water Play introduces fun materials like aquarium rocks, bird seed, mud, rock salt, and more to engage children's minds and hands. A must for anyone with a sand and water table!	Play and Activities
Scaffolding Children's Learning : Vygotsky and Early Childhood Education	Berk, Laura E. / Winsler, Adam	Both scholarly and highly readable, this timely volume will be welcomed by early childhood educators, teachers, and students. Vygotsky and his theories emphasizing social, cultural, and societal development are clearly and comprehensively introduced with practical ideas for turning theory into practice. Includes discussion of key concepts such as play, language, assessment, development, special needs, and more.	Hot Topics
School Days : 28 Songs and Over 300 Activities for Young Children	Schiller, Pam	From "The Alphabet Song" to "The Nursery Rhyme Rap", children will sing and learn about a place they spend much of their time: school. The enclosed CD features 28 fun songs-old favorites and originals-and the book offers more than 300 activities that teach children about starting school.	Music
School Readiness and Social-Emotional Development : Perspectives on Cultural Diversity	Bowman, Barbara / Moore, Evelyn K.	Social-emotional development, school readiness, teacher-child relationships, diversity, resilience	Hot Topics
Science Activities : A to Z	Matricardi, Joanne / McLarty, Jeanne	Science Activities A to Z gives teachers and parents a detailed lesson plan format of process-oriented science activities for young children ages one and up. The easy-to-understand, hands-on activities promote the development of problem solving and the ability to make predictions. Each section helps teachers and parents in finding science activities for a theme-based curriculum, to incorporate a letter of the week, or to provide a spur-of-the-moment filler idea. Many activity choices are given for each targeted alphabet letter. The "Helpful Hints" section shares techniques for carrying out the activities-all based on the authors many years experience working with young children.	Mathematics, Science, Technology
Science Arts : Discovering Science Through Art Experiences	Kohl, MaryAnn F. / Potter, Jean	"ScienceArts" builds upon natural curiosity as children experience and explore basic science concepts as they create over 200 beautiful and amazing art experiments. Projects use common household materials and art supplies. The art activities are open-ended and easy to do with one science-art experiment per page, fully illustrated and kid-tested. The book inclues three indexes and an innovative charted Table of Contents. Suitable for home, school, museum programs, or childcare, all ages. Kids call this the "ooo-ahhh" book.	Mathematics, Science, Technology
Science Fairs and Projects : Grades 7-12	National Science Teachers Association	A collection of articles reprinted from 'Science and Children', 'Science Scope' and 'The Science Teacher' to help 7-12 graders with science fair ideas and projects.	Mathematics, Science, Technology
Science for All Seasons : Winter : Easy-to-Do Thematic Science Activities	Henry, Lucia Kemp / Moore, Suzanne	Come Explore a season of science with your little ones! Examine winter weather, investigate ice, and warm up with winter foods. In this seasonal book, you'll find 12 popular winter themes to help you tap into the natural science curiosity of preschoolers and kindergartners.	Mathematics, Science, Technology
Science Play : Beginning Discoveries for 2-6 Year Olds	Hauser, Jill Frankel	Contains sixty-five activities that introduce readers to scientific exploration, including such subjects as weather, soil science, plants, color, and light.	Mathematics, Science, Technology
Scribble Art : Independent Creative Art Experiences for Children	Kohl, MaryAnn F.	Enter the world of creativity where children's imaginations soar with this broad spectrum of over 240 open-ended art activities and ideas. These projects allow each child to participate in an individual and unique art experience using common household items and ordinary art supplies.	Play and Activities
Seasons of Play : Natural Environments of Wonder	Keeler, Rusty	Create natural play environments that allow children to explore, learn, and grow while they play in nature.	Children and Nature
Secure Relationships : Nurturing Infant/Toddler Attachment in Early Care Settings	Honig, Alice Sterling	For healthy adjustment in childhood and later in life, infants and toddlers need secure attachments to the adults who care for them. Loving, responsive, and consistent care from primary caregivers is key to young children learning to form relationships. Alice Honig, with her vast experience and deep knowledge of research and theory, distills key points needed in understanding and building attachment. Vital information and sound advice for caregivers and parents too.	Parenting and Relationships
Setting Up For Infant Care : Guidelines for Centers and Family Day Care Homes	Goodwin, Annabelle / Schrag, Lorraine	This book details what a caregiver needs to do to provide a physically and emotionally healthy family day care or child care center experience for babies and run-abouts. It discusses all sorts of things directors want to know to develop the best possible staff and program.	Schools and Teaching
Simple Kitchen Experiments : Learning Science with Everyday Foods	Mandell, Muriel	Experiments involving food and cooking principles examine such questions as the effects of heat on different foods, the difference between baking powder and baking soda, and the role of salt.	Mathematics, Science, Technology
Sing Through the Seasons : 73 Songs for Children	Swinger, Marlys	Songs gathered from dozens of countries - including Finland, Japan, Sweden, Jamaica, Poland, China, Russia, Germany, England, and Peru - that represent a broad spectrum of traditions that will suit the multi-cultural sensibilities of almost any home or school.	Music
Sleep The Brazelton Way	Brazelton, T. Berry / Sparrow, Joshua D.	Sleepless nights, wailing babies, and defiant toddlers-these are universal issues for new parents. Now beloved pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton and his esteemed colleague the child psychiatrist Joshua Sparrow come to the rescue with these highly effective and affordable guides. Full of empathy, warmth, and wisdom, each book in the Brazelton Way series leads parents step-by-step through these trying struggles. Courtesy of Dr. Brazelton's unparalleled understanding and experience, parents will emerge from the turmoil relieved, empowered, and full of new pleasure in the strength and progress of their individual child.	Parenting and Relationships
Snail Trails and Tadpole Tails	Cohen, Richard / Tunick, Betty Phillips	Bring exciting and innovative science to your program. These projects are uncomplicated and easy to do. Includes five comprehensive units, each focused on caring for a small creature throughout its life cycle: worms, tadpoles, silkworms, praying mantises, and snails. Stimulating suggestions for connecting the units with all parts of the curriculum. Includes stories of what happened in actual classrooms. Inspire children to learn about small creatures.	Children and Nature
So Much More than the ABCs : The Early Phases of Reading and Writing	Schickedanz, Judith A. / Collins, Molly F.	The foundation for success in learning to read and write begins in infancy As early childhood professionals, we have both the opportunity and the privilege to shape the progress young children make in acquiring the literacy skills, oral language skills, and background knowledge vital to their later success in learning to read and write. By engaging infants, toddlers, and preschoolers in experiences that foster oral language and content knowledge, literacy skills, and cognitive ability, we build a foundation for children’s later academic success. Promoting children’s desire to read and write is as important as helping children develop the necessary understandings and skills essential for learning how to read and write. Without motivation, children will read and write relatively little and only what and when they must. This book addresses four main points: 1. What children need to learn in these early years 2. The strategies that teachers can use to help children acquire these foundations 3. The features of emergent literacy and language understandings and skills 4. How to design the physical environment in early childhood classrooms to support language and literacy learning This book will help early childhood professionals and families support young children in acquiring the understandings, knowledge, and skills needed for later success in learning to read and write.	Literacy
So This is Normal Too? (Second Edition)	Hewitt, Deborah	Effective and practical solutions to respond to common skill lags and behavior challenges During the preschool years, children are beginning to gain cognitive skills and developing internal controls to regulate their emotions. While some young children may quickly learn these skills, other children may lack interest, find them difficult to perform, or exhibit challenging behaviors. Lags in skill development and challenging behaviors are normal but can still be improved upon. This book will help you identify and set goals for children who need more specific planning and support. New to this second edition: Early learning standard links to common skill lags and challenging behaviors Research on brain development Ideas for working with dual-language learners Information on the impact of stress on children An updated planning form to help you work with families to develop goal statements and a course of action Revised reproducible handouts for parents that include suggestions for skills and behaviors children need to develop to ensure future learning and success	Schools and Teaching
So This is Normal Too? Teachers and Parents Working Out Developmental Issues in Young Children	Hewitt, Deborah	What is normal behavior for a preschool child? Where do difficult behaviors come from? Why does it seem like everyone elses children are so well behaved and mine so unruly? In this practical, highly useful book for providers, teachers and parents, Deborah Hewitt examines sixteen challenging behaviors, each with its own chapter, such as: separating from mom, lying, sexual curiosity, toilet training. In each chapter, the author looks at each behavior through the eyes of both the provider or the teacher and the parent and provides a method for all to focus on the behavior and jointly develop a plan for teaching the behavior skills the child needs. In 'So This is Normal Too?'. the author also shows us how to set aside our emotions and value judgments which cloud objectivity as she facilitates much needed communication between providers in this sensitive area.	Schools and Teaching
Spanish Piggyback Songs : Easy Songs with Spanish Phrases Sung to Childhood Favorites	Kranwinkel, Sonya	Adults and children will love these original, easy-to-sing, songs for all occasions. Chorded for guitar or autoharp.	Music
Spark : Curriculum for Early Childhood (Implementation Guide)	Lewman, Beverly S. / Fowler, Susan A.	The literacy-based Spark Curriculum uses the creative arts to introduce important developmental and school readiness skills to young children.	Schools and Teaching
Start Smart : Building Brain Power in the Early Years	Schiller, Pam	Did you know that emotions boost our memory? Or that small muscle exercises help the brain develop? Early experiences contribute to the structure of the brain and its capacities. The quality, quantity, and consistency of stimulation will determine, to a large extent, the number of brain synapses that are formed and how those connections will function. This is true for both cognitive and emotional development, and the effect is lifelong. Start Smart offers simple, straightforward ways to boost brain power with active exploration, repetition, sensory exploration, and direct experience. Revised to reflect the latest research about how children learn, the new edition of this classic bestseller offers explanations on how and why these activities help the brain develop. The layout has been updated, and the illustrations are now in color.	Schools and Teaching
Starting Out Right : A Guide to Promoting Children's Reading Success	Committee on the Prevention of Reading Difficulties in Young Children	A devastatingly large number of people in America cannot read as well as they need for success in life. With literacy problems plaguing as many as four in ten children in America, this book discusses how best to help children succeed in reading. This book identifies the most important questions and explores the authoritative answers on the topic of how children can grow into readers.	Literacy
Starting With Science : Strategies or Introducing Young Children to Inquiry	Edson, Marcia Talhelm	Young children arrive at school with unrestrained curiosity and wonder about the world. A fact-based, hands-on activity approach to teaching science, however, is not enough to help them deepen their scientific thinking or discoveries. In Starting with Science: Strategies for Introducing Young Children to Inquiry, Marcia Talhelm Edson explores the big ideas surrounding inquiry-based science; she helps teachers thoughtfully plan for and implement a conceptual approach to teaching and learning science so students can engage in observation, questioning, predictions, collaboration, data collection, and a deeper understanding of topics important to their lives. Through numerous examples from classroom discussions, teacher commentary, and children's work samples, Starting with Science provides practical suggestions and models for beginning teachers as well as those who are fine-tuning their practice. Four key questions underlie the book: What is inquiry-based science? How can pre-K, kindergarten, and primary-grade teachers incorporate inquiry-based science when faced with limited science background, insufficient time, and lack of resources? What roles do the children, the teacher, and the environment play in an inquiry-based science program? What instructional strategies are effective in implementing inquiry-based science? In answering these questions, Edson provides a framework from which teachers can devise their own in-depth inquiry investigations based on district requirements and students' own interests. She also integrates literacy opportunities as well as explicit suggestions for effective assessment of inquiry-based science. Starting with Science shows us what inquiry looks like in an early childhood classroom and introduces strategies teachers can employ to confidently and competently teach science to students in grades pre-K–2. Children will gain skills for problem solving and an attitude about learning that they will carry with them not just to the next grade but throughout their lives.	Mathematics, Science, Technology
Still Teaching in the Key of Life : Joyful Stories from Early Childhood Settings	Chenfeld, Mimi Brodsky	Early childhood educators face many challenges and stresses today. This heartwarming collection of 20 stories by Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld will help you remember why you became a teacher and why what you do every day is so important in the lives of young children. You’ll read about classrooms filled with joy, laughter, love, and a celebration of learning.	Schools and Teaching
Story Making : Using Predictable Literature to Develop Communication	Peura, Robin E. / DeBoer, Carolyn J.	This book provides a series of activities to foster communication in children from preschool through grade three who are developing literacy and language.	Literacy
Story Stretchers : Activities to Expand Children's Favorite Books	Raines, Shirley C. / Canady, Robert J.	It's original. It's fun. It's 450 terrific teaching ideas that are based upon the latest research on how young children become good readers. It connects 90 of the best children's books to early learning centers--science, nature, math, art, music, movement, cooking and circle time. Each book is "s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d" five ways with lively learning activities that heighten reading readiness and sharpen comprehension skills, too. And it's so easy to use!	Literacy
Strengthening and Family-Professional Partnership in Services for Young Children	Roberts, Richard N. / Rule, Sarah / Innocenti, Mark S.	When each level of service delivery moves toward partnering with families, people at every level of the system -local, community, state, and federal- reap the rewards of improved outcomes and increased cultural competence. This empowering book gives students and professionals practical advice for developing truly collaborative relationships with families. All the while, it relays concrete ways to establish mutual respect between families and service providers.	Parenting and Relationships
Stress-Free Potty Training : A Commonsense Guide to Finding the Right Approach for Your Child	Au, Sara / Stavinoha, Peter L.	Successful potty training begins with the approach that is right for your child. Is your toddler frightened of the process, afraid even to go near the bathroom? Or does he or she seem to know when it's time to go, but can't quite make it there in time? This insightful guide helps take the stress out of the situation. The book distinguishes between common childhood personality types, providing simple strategies tailor-fit for your child, whether he or she is sensitive or stubborn, cautious or impulsive, goal-oriented or clinging to diapers. A quick quiz helps you pinpoint which method will work best. You'll learn how to: Determine your child's readiness * Build on each success-without adding undue pressure * Handle accidents and temporary setbacks * And more Now in its second edition, Stress-Free Potty Training also provides targeted techniques for challenges including toilet training resistance and refusal to poop as well sensory issues. Filled with straight talk and practical advice, it takes the worry out of this important life transition.	Hot Topics
Successful Kindergarten Transition : Your Guide to Connecting Children, Families, and Schools	Pianta, Robert C. / Kraft-Sayre, Marcia	A smooth transition to kindergarten is an essential part of a child's early academic experience—and now there's a how-to handbook with field-tested methods to help schools and programs make it happen. Perfect for preschool and kindergarten teachers, administrators, and family support specialists, this practical guide is built around a model that has been adopted in many diverse schools and communities. Step by step, the book helps professionals and caregivers Develop a solid transition plan. Readers will learn how to form a collaborative team; foster strong social connections among children, families, and professionals; create a menu of transition activities that can be tailored to each child's needs; and establish a timeline for putting the transition plan into action. Implement the plan. Readers will discover how to anticipate barriers; keep families involved; and conduct ongoing assessment, evaluation, and revision of transition activities. Appendices include photocopiable forms such as brainstorming sheets, parent interview forms, timeline worksheets, and questionnaires for teachers, principals, and family workers. Stay motivated and inspired. Readers will learn from the experience of others with insight from real families, educators, and school personnel, plus sample menus of activities they can use in their own homes and classrooms. A must-read for everyone involved in early education, this hands-on resource can help make the transition to kindergarten smoother—for young children and the professionals and families who care about them.	Schools and Teaching
Summer Program Tips, Strategies and Activities for School-Agers 5-14 Years-Old	Scofield, Rich	Full of articles, tips and strategies edited from 20 years of School-Age NOTES newsletters, this easy-to-use resource covers the planning steps from January to May and the programming approaches from field trips to themes. An A to Z of how to do summer programs. Includes: marketing, scheduling, staffing, safety, model programs, older kids, checklists, skill outcomes, discipline, PLUS over 500 activity ideas.	Play and Activities
Sunny Days and Starry Nights	Castaldo, Nancy Fusco	Explores the outdoors and teaches about a variety of plants and animals with over sixty suggested activities.	Children and Nature
Super Skills for Supervisors : A Narrative Approach to Developing Supervisory Skills	Bucher, Frank	Frank Buchar has written Super Skills for Supervisors to make supervisory skills as accessible as possible to both new and experienced supervisors. His work with thousands of supervisors and managers in his professional consulting career has given him special insights into the supervisory role. The supervisors depicted in these pages are based on real-life individuals though the names and circumstances have been altered slightly to illustrate the concepts.	Management, Training, and Business
Supervision in Early Childhood Education : A Developmental Perspective (Third Edition)	Caruso, Joseph J.	Every early care and education program deserves a qualified and competent supervisor. This pioneering text continues to address the special needs of administrators and staff to help them expand and improve their supervisory skills. The first to provide guidelines and practical suggestions for staff training and development in early childhood settings, this classic volume is still the best choice for those supervising staff from a wide variety of educational and cultural backgrounds.	Management, Training, and Business
Supporting Students, Meeting Standards : Best Practices for Engaged Learning in First, Second, and Third Grades	Jacobs, Gera / Crowley, Kathy	Teaching Enthusiastic, Independent Learners This resource for first, second, and third grade teachers describes best practices for promoting learning and development while helping students meet standards. You will find information, ideas, experiences, and activities that - Promote positive approaches to learning and foster students’ social and emotional development - Help students meet standards in English language arts, math, science, and social studies - Support authentic assessment to scaffold student progress and improve instruction Filled with research-based strategies, this book offers assistance for the many decisions teachers make every day.	Schools and Teaching
Supporting Teachers as Learners : A Guide for Mentors and Coaches in Early Care and Education	Whitebook, Marcy / Bellm, Dan	Mentoring is a key strategy for supporting educators at any stage in their careers—and for improving teacher practice. This guide is an effective, activity-based way to reflect on, practice, and sharpen your skills as a mentor, coach, or technical assistance provider, and it can be adapted to a wide variety of early care and education settings.	Management, Training, and Business
Take a Look : Observation and Portfolio Assessment in Early Childhood (Second Edition)	Martin, Sue	Take A Look has been praised for its practical approach, clarity, and ease of use.  Its detailed coverage of observation methods will help you to develop skills in seeing, recording, and understanding the development of young children.	Schools and Teaching
Teachers : Jokes, Quotes, and Anecdotes	McMeel, Andrews	This compact compendium honors our nation's 6.2 million educators by collecting more than 150 jokes, quotes, and anecdotes in honor of those who educate. With this little book, students and parents can show their appreciation for these special people in their lives.	Schools and Teaching
Teaching Adults : An Active Learning Approach	Jones, Elizabeth	Follow master educator Elizabeth (Betty) Jones as she teaches an introductory course in early childhood education. She actively engages the students, encouraging them to make decisions, ask questions, and engage in collaborative problem solving--herself modeling the behaviors that should be practiced by adults working with young children. Successor to her highly respected Teaching Adults (NAEYC, 1986), this new work reflects Betty Jones's ever-evolving wisdom and insights into teaching teachers, as well as the diversity of perspective that adults learners bring to college classrooms.	Management, Training, and Business
Teaching by Heart : For Teachers and Others Who Follow Their Hearts	Chenfeld, Mimi Brodsky	This book moves beyond the pressures of standardized education to boldly reclaim the creativity, spontaneity, and joy of teaching—and loving—children. Features the stories of amazing teachers, the children they inspire, and the infinite possibilities of the creative classroom.	Schools and Teaching
Teaching Math and Science Through Nursery Rhymes	Guckian, Mara Ellen	Use famous nursery rhymes as springboards for standards-based lessons. Watch students learn math and science...and enjoy every minute of it!	Mathematics, Science, Technology
Teaching Montessori in the Home : The Preschool Years	Hainstock, Elizabeth G.	Adapts the sucessful Montessori education methods and activities to the home environment.	Schools and Teaching
Teaching STEM in the Early Years : Activities for Integrating Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Moomaw, Sally	More than 85 activities that support and extend children’s learning in the four STEM disciplines Stimulate and engage children’s thinking as you integrate STEM experiences throughout your classroom. These engaging, developmentally appropriate activities maximize children’s learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Each experience combines at least two STEM disciplines and incorporates materials and situations that are interesting and meaningful to children. Use this book to discover the many possibilities for teaching STEM to young children, including ideas for: Learning centers Cooking, art, music, block play, and sensory table activities Outdoor time Project-centered curriculum Quick activities that require minimal preparation on your part Field trips With the growing focus on early childhood mathematics and science, this book is a much-needed resource for every early childhood classroom. It will encourage you to think differently about STEM education, and you will see how easy it is to accommodate curriculum goals and learning standards in math and science activities.	Mathematics, Science, Technology
Technology and Digital Media in the Early Years : Tools for Teaching and Learning	Donohue, Chip	Technology and Digital Media in the Early Years offers early childhood teacher educators, professional development providers, and early childhood educators in pre-service, in-service, and continuing education settings a thought-provoking guide to effective, appropriate, and intentional use of technology with young children. This book provides strategies, theoretical frameworks, links to research evidence, descriptions of best practice, and resources to develop essential digital literacy knowledge, skills and experiences for early childhood educators in the digital age.	Mathematics, Science, Technology
Tema 3 : Test o Early Mathematics Ability (Third Edition)	Ginsburg, Herbert P.	Assessment probes and instructional activities	Mathematics, Science, Technology
Tender Care and Early Learning : Supporting Infants and Toddlers in Child Care Settings	Post, Jacalyn / Hohmann, Mary	This book is a guide to providing high-quality care for infants and toddlers in child care centers and homes. It describes High/Scope's active learning aproach for very young children who are in the sensory-motor stage of development- the stage when children learn with their whole body and all their senses, and when they rely on trusted adults to support their learning adventures.	Schools and Teaching
Terrific Connections with Authors, Illustrators, and Storytellers	Buzzeo, Toni / Kurtz, Jane	Exciting, productive connections with authors, illustrators, and storytellers are at your fingertips with this resource. Unlike other author visit guides, this book goes beyond nuts-and-bolts planning to how to create the best possible encounters between students and authors. Successful visits in real space and in cyberspace are described, giving you specific ideas of the many ways to connect with and create meaningful links between bookpeople and children. Choosing the right guest, guidelines for successful visits, making curriculum connections, using e-mail to connect with bookpeople, live chats in virtual space, taking advantage of ITB and satellite technology, and using such props as realia and curriculum guides are some of the topics covered. Lists of author/illustrator web pages and managed Internet sites for author interaction are included.	Literacy
The Bottom Line for Children's Programs : What You Need to Know to Manage Money	Morgan, Gwen G. / Emanuel, Bess R.	This essential financial handbook tells you, clearly and simply, what you need to know to manage the money in a program for children.	Management, Training, and Business
The Budding Gardener	Rein, Mary B.	Curious kids will delight in the fifty fun-filled gardening activities in The Budding Gardener! The Budding Gardener offers great ways for parents and their budding gardeners, ages three to six, to create memories together as they plant a seed and watch it grow, create a garden marker, make a spider web out of sweet pea seeds and bamboo, and beautify the garden with a stone path or rock tower. This kid-friendly introduction to gardening features easy-to-follow instructions and easy-to-find materials that help parents share their love of the outdoors with their children in imaginative new ways. With a little dirt, some water, and a few tools, these activities bring parents and children together to share magical moments!	Children and Nature
The Budding Scientist	Roselli, Stephanie	Curious kids will delight in the joy of scientific discovery through the fifty fun activities in The Budding Scientist! This book is filled with great ways for you and your child to learn about how our world works. Create memories together as you make invisible ink, explore ice crystals, and investigate magnets. Perfect for children ages three to six, this fun-filled introduction to science features easy-to-follow instructions and easy-to-find materials that will help you satisfy your child’s natural curiosity.	Mathematics, Science, Technology
The Child Care Director's Complete Guide : What You Need to Manage and Lead	Schmidt, Christine A.	Use this step-by-step guide to becoming an effective and successful child care director or administrator in today’s early childhood education environment. With interviews gathered from program thirty-two directors across the country, this book is a comprehensive guide to becoming the best director you can be. Combined with current research and best practices you will find realistic real-time solutions to address the most common struggles faced by program administrators today.	Management, Training, and Business
The Colors of Learning : Integrating the Visual Arts Into the Early Childhood Curriculum	Althouse, Rosemary / Johnson, Margaret H. / Mitchell, Sharon T.	Unique in its creativity and depth of understanding, The Colors of Learning will change the way that teachers think about and react to children’s artwork. Promoting the integration of visual art into all early childhood curriculum areas, this volume will help early childhood professionals present in-depth art experiences to children so that they become engrossed in expressing their ideas and newly learned concepts through art media. This user-friendly volume features actual classroom dialogue throughout the text and many illustrations of children’s art, including some in full color.	Schools and Teaching
The Complete Book of Activities, Games, Stories, Props, Recipes, and Dances for Young Children	Schiller, Pam / Silberg, Jackie	Trying to play a game but can’t remember the rules? Looking for your favorite no-bake cookie recipe? It’s all right here! This book is chock-full of more than 500 ways to enhance any curriculum.	Play and Activities
The Complete Resource Book for Infants : Over 700 Experiences for Children from Birth to 18 Months	Schiller, Pam	The Complete Resource Book for Infants is a collection of experiences and activities that maximize learning and development for children from birth to eighteen months. The ideas are organized by developmental area: language, social-emotional, physical, and cognitive, which are the essential building blocks of infant development. The appendix is chock-full of songs, rhymes, recipes, sign language, recommended books and toys, and family connection resources.	Play and Activities
The Complete School-Age Child Care Resource Kit	Bergman, Barry / Greene, William	Practical guidelines, materials and activities for implementing a qualiting SACC program	Play and Activities
The Cooking Book : Fostering Young Children's Learning and Delight	Colker, Laura J.	Here is a book that invites teachers to the table - even those of us who don't see ourselves as cooks - to create tasty, wholesome projects with children.	Cooking and Child Nutrition
The Creative Curriculum for Early Childhood (Third Edition)	Dodge, Diane Trister / Colkler, Laura J.	Interest areas include blocks, house corner, table toys, art, sand and water, library, music and movement, cooking, computers, and outdoors.	Play and Activities
The Creative Curriculum for Family Child Care	Dodge, Diane Trister / Colker, Laura J.	The only comprehensive, developmentally appropriate curriculum for family child care. Curriculum that promotes children's development and learning and addresses the unique challenges of home base early childhood educators.	Play and Activities
The Crisis Manual for Early Childhood Teachers : How to Handle the Really Difficult Problems	Miller, Karen	The only source book you'll need to face those really difficult issues in the classroom. Learn effective strategies for addressing the most challenging problems you may encounter as a teacher, such as the death of a family member, domestic violence, substance abuse, sex abuse, homelessness, natural disasters and children with HIV/AIDS. Chapters for each crisis include describing the problem, insights from child development, when to seek help, how to respond, and suggestions of organizations and individuals you can turn to for help.	Hot Topics
The Early Childhood Coaching Handbook	Rush, Dathan D. / Sheldon, M'Lisa L.	Evidence-based and highly effective, coaching helps early childhood practitioners support other professionals and families as they enhance existing knowledge, develop new skills, and promote healthy development of young children. This hands-on guide shows professionals how to conduct skillful coaching in any setting—home, school, or community. An expanded, more practical follow-up to the groundbreaking Coaching Families and Colleagues in Early Childhood, this is the guidebook that walks professionals step by step through the coaching process and shows them explicitly what best practices look like. Developed by the foremost authorities on coaching and informed by the authors' staff development and technical assistance activities with other professionals, this book directly addresses the real-world challenges of coaching and gives readers concrete guidance on successful strategies and interactions.	Management, Training, and Business
The Early Childhood Teacher's Manual : Practical Solutions to Practically Every Problem (Revised Edition)	Saifer, Steffen	Find solutions quickly and easily! This revised classic offers hundreds of updated tested solutions for the tricky problems, questions, and concerns that arise throughout the early childhood teacher’s day. Based on sound developmentally appropriate theory, this how-to book on classroom management techniques enables beginning and experienced teachers alike to run effective, successful programs.	Schools and Teaching
The Early Years Matter : Education, Care, and the Well-Being of Children, Birth to 8	Hyson, Marilou / Tomlinson, Heather Biggar	This accessible and engaging work introduces current and future teachers, child care providers, and others interested in early childhood education to the importance of the early years in children’s well-being and success. It summarizes the research on the value of high-quality services for young children, families, and society, showing why early education matters both today and into the future. Emphasizing the need to understand and respect young children’s strengths and unique characteristics, the authors offer inspiration for working in the field, as well as addressing the realistic challenges of implementing developmentally appropriate care and education. Each chapter begins with an introductory vignette focused on one child whose experiences are typical of other children in the same age group or life circumstances, using that child’s experiences to draw out what the best research tells us about why early care and education matters for that group of children. The book also features first-person narratives by early childhood professionals working in a range of positions who offer insight into the complexity and joys of working with or on behalf of young children. Suggestions for further reading and concluding questions for reflection, dialogue, and action make The Early Years Matter a perfect resource for courses and professional development.	Schools and Teaching
The Emotional Development of Young Children : Building an Emotion-Centered Curriculum (Second Edition)	Hyson, Marilou	The last 20 years have witnessed a remarkable revival of interest in the study of emotions and of early emotional development, subjects that had been virtually ignored in previous decades. Bringing this popular resource completely up to date, Marilou Hyson offers a solid foundation for building an emotion-centered early childhood curriculum, linking emotional competence to school readiness and to a broad range of important child outcomes. She also provides educators with real-life examples and evidence-based teaching strategies to advance children’s understanding and appropriate expression of their emotions.	Schools and Teaching
The Essentials : Supporting Young Children with Disabilities in the Classroom	Brillante, Pamela	Every year, the number of children with developmental delays or disabilities in early childhood programs and classrooms is increasing. What do you need to know to support them? This guide is filled with practical information that will help educators who work with children ages birth through 8 teach children with disabilities alongside their peers.	Hot Topics
The First Years : A Parent and Caregiver's Guide to Helping Children Learn	DK Publishing	The first three years of a child's life are a crucial time for development of healthy self-esteem and a positive attitude towards learning. This guide can help you make the most of those precious early years. Its unique blend of practical advice on daily concerns and insights on social and emotional development can help everyone who cares for a little one -- from first-time parents to professional caregivers. What causes colic? when do babies begin talking. How can I prevent tantrums? The First Years answers these questions and offers suggestions on how to most effectively encourage and praise your little one as he or she tackles the challenges of growing into a healthy toddler. In language that is easy to understand, the authors describe the stages of language acquisition, play styles, emotional and physical needs, and other developmental milestones. The book also provides over 75 full-color photographs illustrating the techniques discussed, over 25 special boxes with useful tips, 25 boxes with expert advice, and a thorough list of resources to contact for special concerns. Drawing from professional expertise and personal experience, the authors help you encourage your child's good eating and exercise habits, emotional growth, and communication skills. All information has been reviewed by the I Am Your Child Foundation, a national organization devoted to raising public awareness about the importance of learning in a child's first years of life.	Parenting and Relationships
The Giant Encyclopedia of Monthly Activities for Children 3 to 6	Charner, Kathy	With over 600 activities, The GIANT Encyclopedia of Monthly Activities is the result of a nationwide search for the most unique, fun, developmentally appropriate, and educational experiences for children. The activities included were selected as the best-of-the-best, and are organized by month for easy use by teachers. Teachers will love the creative ideas that span the traditional areas of the curriculum such as science, math, art, and music and movement, as well as the additional experiences including field trips, cooking, and holidays. Each activity includes instructions and a list of materials, plus possibilities for extending the activity further into the curriculum. Many also include lists of related children's books to further both literacy and imaginative play. Loved by children because they're fun, and by teachers because they are developmentally appropriate, the ideas in The GIANT Encyclopedia of Monthly Activities will captivate children's imaginations and create wonderful opportunities for learning.	Play and Activities
The Giant Encyclopedia of Science Activities for Children 3 to 6	Charner, Kathy	Leave your fears of science behind! Respond to children's natural curiosity with over 600 teacher-created, classroom-tested activities guaranteed to teach your children all about science while they are having fun. The result of a nationwide contest, the GIANT Encyclopedia of Science joins our bestselling GIANT Encyclopedia series.	Mathematics, Science, Technology
The Great Outdoors : Advocating for Natural Spaces for Young Children	Rivkin, Mary S.	New delights and opportunities for learning await each time children venture outdoors. This updated and expanded edition of The Great Outdoors will inspire teachers to make it possible for children to spend more time outdoors, have safe environments, and be free to learn through exploration.	Children and Nature
The Great Outdoors : Restoring Children's Right to Play Outside	Rivkin, Mary S.	Intended for all who are responsible for children in the primary grades, this booklet notes the necessity of play for children's physical, social, and cognitive development, and the increasingly limited opportunities available to children for outdoor play. The booklet makes the case to teachers, administrators, and park and recreation planners to improve outdoor recreation and "kidspace" with children in mind.	Children and Nature
The Grieving Child : A Parent's Guide	Fitzgerald, Helen	Explaining death to a child is one of the most difficult tasks a parent or other relative can face. This book offers practical, compassionate advice for helping a child cope with the death of a parent or other loved one.	Hot Topics
The Idea Magazine for Teachers Mailbox : Kindergarten-Grade 1	The Education Center, INC	Arts and crafts, literacy, science and more teacher ideas.	Play and Activities
The Idea Magazine for Teachers Mailbox : Preschool	The Education Center, INC	Arts and crafts, literacy, science and more teacher ideas.	Play and Activities
The Inclusive Learning Center Book for Preschool Children with Special Needs	Isbell, Christy / Isbell, Rebecca	This book invites all children to learn and play in learning centers. Research has clearly shown that play in centers helps young children learn language, develop social skills, and enhance cognitive understanding. Children with special needs can actively participate and use materials that interest them. This stimulates brain connections in young children.	Hot Topics
The Intentional Teacher : Choosing the Best Strategies for Young Children's Learning	Epstein, Ann S.	The Intentional Teacher guides teachers to balance both child-guided and adult-guided learning experiences that build on children’s interests and focus on what they need to learn to be successful in school and in life.	Schools and Teaching
The Irreducible Needs of Children : What Every Child Must Have to Grow, Learn, and Flourish	Brazelton, T. Berry / Greenspan, Stanley I.	What do babies and young children really need? This impassioned dialogue cuts through all the theories, platitudes, and controversies that surround parenting advice to define what every child must have in the first years of life. The authors, both famed advocates for children, lay out the seven irreducible needs of any child, in any society, and confront such thorny questions as: How much time do children need one-on-one with a parent? What is the effect of shifting caregivers, of custody arrangements? Why are we knowingly letting children fail in school? Nothing is off limits, even such an issue as whether every child needs or deserves to be a wanted child. This short, hard-hitting book, the fruit of decades of experience and caring, sounds a wake-up call for parents, teachers, judges, social workers, policy makers-anyone who cares about the welfare of children.	Schools and Teaching
The Kids Multicultural Art Book : Art and Craft Experiences from Around the World	Terzian, Alexandra	Come explore the roots, rhythms, designs, and traditions found in the art and artifacts from the far corners of the earth! While creating your own wonderful arts and crafts, grow to understand one another by experiencing the unique artistic expressions nurtured in cultures different from your own. In this hands-on multicultural experience, children make ceremonial art to display, as well as practical artificats to wear and use.	Play and Activities
The Kids Nature Book : 365 Indoor/Outdoor Activities and Experiences	Milord, Susan	Shore to desert, country to city,exciting nature activities await discovery from beneath th smallest rock to the vast sky above. With a full year of "nature-nurturing" activities, Milord lauches kids on a lifelong love affair with the natural world.	Children and Nature
The Kindness Curriculum : Stop Bullying Before it Starts	Rice, Judith Anne	94 character-building activities for a peaceful and supportive learning environment Help preschoolers develop compassion for others with this collection of classroom and at-home activities. These simple but powerful lessons help children practice loving values as they contribute to a supportive learning environment—a place where all children seek out the goodness in themselves and others. The Kindness Curriculum, Second Edition, provides a variety of new and revised experiences that strengthen the building blocks of positive character development. Children will enjoy the expression the activities encourage and the playfulness they provide as they learn about love, feelings and empathy, gentleness, self-control, respect, friendship, and conflict resolution. This edition includes activities that aim to prevent bullying before it starts by teaching young children about pro-social values in a peaceful classroom community. This comprehensive collection of activities helps foster an atmosphere of acceptance, empowerment, and love. It also supports the important lesson that a little kindness can go a long way.	Play and Activities
The Little Hands Big Fun Craft Book : Creative Fun for 2-6 Year Olds	Press, Judy	Presents over seventy-five simple arts and crafts activities related to holidays, school, occupations, travel, nature, home, and friendship	Play and Activities
The MindUp Curriculum : Brain-Focused Strategies for Learning and Living - Grades 3-5	The Hawn Foundation	This research-based curriculum features 15 lessons that use the latest information about the brain to dramatically improve behavior and learning for all students. Each lesson offers easy strategies for helping students focus their attention, improve their self-regulation skills, build resilience to stress, and develop a positive mind-set in both school and life. The lessons fit easily into any schedule and require minimal preparation. Classroom management tips and content-area activities help you extend the benefits of MindUP throughout your day, week, and year!	Schools and Teaching
The MindUp Curriculum : Brain-Focused Strategies for Learning and Living - Grades Pre-K-2	The Hawn Foundation	This research-based curriculum features 15 lessons that use the latest information about the brain to dramatically improve behavior and learning for all students. Each lesson offers easy strategies for helping students focus their attention, improve their self-regulation skills, build resilience to stress, and develop a positive mind-set in both school and life. The lessons fit easily into any schedule and require minimal preparation. Classroom management tips and content-area activities help you extend the benefits of MindUP throughout your day, week, and year!	Schools and Teaching
The New Early Childhood Professional : A Step-By-Step Guide to Overcoming Goliath	Washington, Valora / Gadson, Brenda / Amel, Kathryn L.	For today’s early childhood educator, change is a non-negotiable reality. While the size, force, and direction of change can often seem overwhelming, this book shows the way toward overcoming these gigantic odds or “Goliaths.” The New Early Childhood Professional presents some of the heroic experiences and strategic approaches used by early childhood educators (participants in the CAYL Institute Fellowship programs) to deal with change. The authors share a specific framework with concrete steps to help educators become positive change-makers in the field of early care and education. Complete with resources, tools, and questions for reflection, this handbook takes readers through four progressive paths toward becoming an architect of change:	Schools and Teaching
The New Read-Aloud Handbook : Including a Giant Treasury of Great Read-Aloud Books	Trelease, Jim	Recommended by "Dear Abby" upon its first publication in 1982, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Trelease's beloved classic for more than three decades to help countless children become avid readers through awakening their imaginations and improving their language skills.	Literacy
The Ooey Gooey Handbook : Identifying and Creating Child-Centered Environments	Murphy, Lisa	With over sixty-five hands-on art, science, and outside play activity ideas for creating engaging environments both at home and in early childhood and school-age care programs, The Ooey Gooey® Handbook is a must-have resource for everyone who spends time with children. For early childhood educators or parents who are just beginning their Ooey Gooey® journey, this is a great starting point. It includes an informational overview of how The Ooey Gooey Lady® started her work and is loaded with activities to get your gooey juices flowing. Each activity includes concept words to explain what children are learning.	Play and Activities
The Out-of-Sync Child : Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction	Kranowitz, Carol Stock	"Difficult." "Picky." "Oversensitive." "Clumsy." "Unpredictable." "Inattentive." Children who have been labeled with words like these may actually be suffering from Sensory Integration Disorder-a very common, but frequently misdiagnosed, condition that can manifest itself in excessively high or low activity levels, problems with motor coordination, oversensitivity or undersensitivity to sensations and movements, and other symptoms. This guide, written by an expert in the field, explains how SI Dysfunction can be confused with ADD, learning disabilities, and other problems, tells how parents can recognize the problem-and offers a drug-free treatment approach for children who need help.	Hot Topics
The Parent Newsletter : A Complete Guide for Early Childhood Professionals	Reichel, Sylvia	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-designed and poorly designed newsletters, this one-of-a-kind resource explores in detail the various layouts, sizes, and elements of a newsletter, as well as how to write articles that make them more relevant and useful as a parent communication tool.	Schools and Teaching
The Power of Emergent Cirriculum : Stories from Early Childhood Settings	Wien, Carol Anne	Learn About the Power of Emergent Curriculum This remarkable collection of stories from early childhood settings illustrates what is possible when using an emergent curriculum approach. The stories tackle unusual topics, such as assessing the need for program rules, addressing the impact of a hurricane on classroom design, observing the empathy of toddlers, exploring children’s ideas about sculpture, and appreciating a long-term, multiage project in an after-school program. Overall, what readers witness is a rise in the quality of practice that results when responding to emerging topics. Responses to each chapter, written by educators whose interests and experiences relate to the topics addressed, add to the content and impact of these stories on the depth of learning that takes place when teachers and children engage in emergent curriculum.	Schools and Teaching
The Power of Guidance : Teaching Social-Emotional Skills in Early Childhood Classrooms	Gartrell, Dan	Childcare providers and teachers in preschool and primary grade settings will greatly value the collection of writings in The Power of Guidance: Teaching Social-Emotional Skills In the Early Childhood Classroom. The writings provide a concise yet multi-faceted overview of the guidance approach used with this age group. The book examines the differences between patience and understanding and between misbehavior and mistaken behavior, important distinctions that must be made in order to understand and deal with various behaviors using the guidance approach. Readers also will learn the components of an encouraging classroom and strategies for maintaining it, leading to non-punitive approaches for classroom management. One chapter puts particular focus on intervention strategies with boys, a topic readers often seek out. The book has the distinction of being selected as a comprehensive member benefit for the NAEYC for 2003.	Schools and Teaching
The Power of Observation : For Birth Through Eight (Second Edition)	Jablon, Judy R. / Dombro, Amy Laura / Dichtelmiller, Margo L.	The Power of Observation explores the vital connection between observation and effective teaching. Much more than a set of skills, observation is a mind-set of openness and wonder that helps teachers and caregivers learn more about each child in their care. The link between observation and relationship building is an important theme of this book.	Schools and Teaching
The Power of Projects : Meeting Contemporary Challenges in Early Childhood Classrooms	Helm, Judy Harris / Beneke, Sallee	This timely volume will help teachers on the front line to tackle the challenges they face in today’s classrooms with children ages 3–8. The authors show how good project work can provide solutions to problems that seem overwhelming to many teachers of young children. They offer practical strategies with examples to maximize the benefits of project work in classrooms where teachers face these 5 key challenges: Overcoming the ill effects of poverty Moving young children towards literacy Responding to children’s special needs Helping children learn a second language Meeting standards effectively.	Schools and Teaching
The Practical Guide to Quality Child Care	Schiller, Pam / Dyke, Patricia Carter	The Practical Guide to Quality Child Care is a uniquely comprehensive manual for administrators who manage child care facilities. This clear and easy-to-read handbook provides specific guidelines for virtually every aspect of early childhood administration. Its sample criteria, procedures for program development, schedules and applications and evaluation forms are invaluable tools for every child care facility manager.	Management, Training, and Business
The Preschool Inclusion Toolbox : How to Build and Lead a High-Quality Program	Barton, Erin E. / Smith, Barbara J.	Inclusion is clearly related to better outcomes for young children—but reports from the US Department of Education show the practice has grown by just 5% over the past 27 years. This is the how-to book preschool administrators, school district leaders, child care directors, and faculty need to step up the progress of early childhood inclusion through big-picture, systems-level change. Shaped by feedback from a nationwide survey of IDEA Part B Preschool Coordinators and local school district leaders who shared their real-life inclusion challenges, this is your comprehensive toolbox of problem-solving tips, evidence-based practices, and practical checklists and handouts. You'll learn how to overcome the challenges to a high-quality inclusive preschool program, and you'll create a solid action plan for building and maintaining a successful program where all children learn and grow together. GET THE TOOLS YOU NEED TO: solve common challenges to inclusion through new policies and procedures establish a strong inclusion team to make collaborative decisions implement an action plan for inclusion—and measure its effects increase access, participation, and supports for children with disabilities help teachers use evidence-based practices like RTI and differentiated instruction develop effective teacher professional development practices make sound decisions about placement for each individual child	Hot Topics
The Right Stuff for Children Birth to 8 : Selecting Play Materials to Support Development	Bronson, Martha B.	Offers an overview of motor, social-linguistic, and perceptual-cognitive skills and appropriate play materials to engage and enhance abilities for children birth through 8. Includes safety, cost, and health considerations.	Schools and Teaching
The Scholastic Book of Early Childhood Learning Centers	Diffily, Deborah / Donaldson, Elizabeth / Sassman, Charlotte	Create kid-pleasing learning centers with this book filled with ideas, tips, and activities that will get young children excited and eager to read, write, and more. Easy-to-implement tips help you spruce up your traditional learning centers, such as blocks, listening, and art centers. In addition, you’ll find ideas for setting up innovative learning centers, such as dinosaurs, bugs, art museum, and more.	Schools and Teaching
The Synergetic Classroom : Joyful Teaching and Gentle Discipline	Charles, C. M.	Whether this is your first year or your twentieth in the classroom - even if your student teaching is still ahead of you - this book will show you how to make every day of teaching a celebration!	Schools and Teaching
The Ultimate Book of Kid Concoctions	Thomas, John E. / Pagel, Danita	A collection of TOP SECRET instructions for creating home made versions of popular toy store items including: Gooey Gunk, Funny Putty, Sidewalk Chalk, Creepie Crawlers, Treasure Stones, Lip Gloss, Grass Head Guys, Shake & Make Ice Cream, Squeeze Rockets and many more. All of the projects are created in minutes using kitched cupboard items. Kid Concoctions projects promote science, art, math, recycling and basic life skills.	Mathematics, Science, Technology
The Whole Child : A Caregiver's Guide to the First Five Years	Weissman, Patricia / Kaminsky, Judith Allen / Hendrick, Joanne	N/A	Schools and Teahing
The Young Child and Mathematics (First Edition)	Copley, Juanita V.	Juanita Copley shows us how to make preschool and primary classrooms into exciting mathematical worlds for children. Based on NAEYC guidelines and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematical standards, this book offers classroom vignettes and teacher-tested activities and strategies that will inspire early childhood teachers to roll up their sleeves and do great things wtih math!	Mathematics, Science, Technology
The Young Child and Mathematics (Second Edition)	Copley, Juanita V.	This second edition of The Young Child and Mathematics reflects on recent developments in math education through vignettes, activity ideas, and strategies for teaching young children about math processes and concepts. Using standards and guidelines from NCTM) and NAEYC, Juanita Copley shows how teachers can readily and enjoyably make mathematics an integral part of their classrooms all day, every day. Includes a DVD of print and video resources, including clips of the author in action in real classrooms, engaging young children in math thinking and learning.	Mathematics, Science, Technology
Their Name is Today : Reclaiming Childhood in a Hostile World	Arnold, Johann Cristoph	There’s hope for childhood. Despite a perfect storm of hostile forces that are robbing children of a healthy childhood, courageous parents and teachers who know what’s best for children are turning the tide. Johann Christoph Arnold, whose books on education, parenting, and relationships have helped more than a million readers through life’s challenges, draws on the stories and voices of parents and educators on the ground, and a wealth of personal experience. He surveys the drastic changes in the lives of children, but also the groundswell of grassroots advocacy and action that he believes will lead to the triumph of common sense and time-tested wisdom. Arnold takes on technology, standardized testing, overstimulation, academic pressure, marketing to children, over-diagnosis and much more, calling on everyone who loves children to combat these threats to childhood and find creative ways to help children flourish. Every parent, teacher, and childcare provider has the power to make a difference, by giving children time to play, access to nature, and personal attention, and most of all, by defending their right to remain children.	Schools and Teaching
Theories of Childhood : An Introduction to Dewey, Montessory, Erikson, Piaget and Vygotsky	Mooney, Carol Garhart	A look at the ideas of five educational theorists in relation to early childhood care. An easy-to-learn overview of the theorist opens each chapter. The author then distills the theorists’ work to reveal how it relates to child care and children.	Schools and Teaching
There's Got To Be a Better Way : Discipline that Works for Parents and Teachers	Bailey, Becky	This book provides readers with a humorous and enlightening way to uncover damaging beliefs that adults hold about themselves and children. With this new understanding, readers are guided through specific examples, situations and interactive discipline skills. The book is based on love and acceptance instead of fear and control. Step-by-step, readers learn how to teach children to meet their needs in socially acceptable ways without adults being too controlling or permissive. This book is for every parent or teacher who wants to create an environment of problem solving where children "choose" to be participate and cooperate. There is a better way!	Parenting and Relationships
This Is Play : Environments and Interactions that Engage Infants and Toddlers	Luckenbill, Julia / Subramaniam, Aarti / Thompson, Janet	Slow down, tune in, and discover the very purposeful play of infants and toddlers. Addressing considerations like choosing interesting materials, setting up safe and inviting environments, and why you are the most important element of play for very young children, the authors come alongside to help you Better understand what play means for infants and toddlers Read children’s cues and respond to their needs for more challenge, a break from interaction, or a play partner Support children’s physical, social and emotional, language, and cognitive development Adapt the way you play with children and what materials you offer based on individual abilities, interests, and needs Look at toddler behavior in new ways and use proven strategies to help children navigate play situations with peers This book is a delightful, easy read, full of insights like how to provide play choices for even very young children and why sportscasting is not just for TV but for infant and toddler classrooms, too. With its spot-on ideas and delightful anecdotes, you’ll gain a new appreciation for infants’ and toddlers’ competence and curiosity and how important your role is in the birth-to-3 adventure. This is play for very young children and for you. Come and explore.	Play and Activities
Tips and Tidbits : A Book for Family Child Care Providers	Gonzalez-Mena, Janet	Even the busiest family child care provider or center-based educarer can find time to read and apply these bits of wisdom. They have been established by almost a century of early childhood education practice in this and other countires. These recommendations are not fly-by-night fads; they are the basics of our business: giving children good care.	Schools and Teaching
Tips From Tina : Help Around the House	Koch, Tina / Kamberg, Mary-Lane	Written especially for the family child care provider, this book offers over 500 practical, hands-on ideas to make family child caring easier and more fun. Each chapter contains tips for a specific room in the house, with additional chapters for the basement, garage, and yard. There is also a chapter for the "Room In Your Heart" with additional ways to show love for children plus parent communication suggestions. There is a chapter designed specifically for providers who participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Each chapter also includes a "Just for Your" tip, a way for providers to take care of themselves or take a mini-break while the children are still there.	Schools and Teaching
Toilet Training : The Brazelton Way	Brazelton, T. Berry	Parents will welcome Brazelton's uniquely empathetic, wise, and helpful approach to this inevitable and often trying issue. Toilet training is a job for the child and not the parent, and by trying to force the issue or even encourage too hard, parents can set the stage for trouble. By "listening to the child," parents will know when their child is ready, and by guiding children in a series of gentle small steps, parents can help them make the accomplishment their own. A generation and more of children have been trained "the Brazelton way," and now he and Dr. Sparrow have distilled this advice into one priceless little guide. They first lay out the Touchpoints approach to the issue (a "mistake" can mean the child is making progress on some other front), then discuss the timing of this big achievement, and finally deal with how to respond if problems occur. For parents who want to get past this issue cheerfully, with the least fuss and turmoil, this is the one and only book to get.	Hot Topics
Touchpoints : Birth to Three	Brazelton, T. Berry	All over the U.S. and in over twenty countries around the world, Touchpoints has become required reading for anxious parents of babies and small children. T. Berry Brazelton's great empathy for the universal concerns of parenthood, and honesty about the complex feelings it engenders, as well as his uncanny insight into the predictable leaps and regressions of early childhood, have comforted and supported families since its publication in 1992. In this completely revised edition Dr. Brazelton introduces new information on physical, emotional, and behavioral development. He also addresses the new stresses on families and fears of children, with a fresh focus on the role of fathers and other caregivers.	Child Development
Touchpoints : The Essential Reference	Brazelton, T. Berry	From pregnancy to first grade, all the concerns and questions that parents have about their child's behavior, feelings, and development are anticipated and answered in both chronological and reference form. Underlying this guidance is the touchpoints concept that has shaped Dr. Brazelton's office practice and research for over three decades. "Touchpoints" are the universal spurts of development and the trying periods of regression that accompany them throughout childhood. In this book - as in his office - Brazelton uses them as windows to help parents understand their child's behavior and prevent future problems. Part One of this comprehensive book follows each of these touchpoints from the prenatal visit through the first three years, explaining the characteristic achievements and calming the inevitable worries at each stage. Every chapter ends with a section on "Looking Ahead." Part Two covers the first six years, with all the common behavioral and emotional challenges, in alphabetical order, from allergies to toilet training. Dr. Brazelton reveals how to understand these as the child's issues, warding off parent-child conflict. Part Three explains the vital role of all the important people in a child's life. Touchpoints is a priceless reference. Longer than a housecall, more objective than a grandmother, it puts a brilliant and beloved pediatrician into every home.	Child Development
Touchpoints : Three to Six	Brazelton, T. Berry / Sparrow, Joshua D.	For decades, new parents have relied on Dr. Brazelton's wisdom. But all "Brazelton babies" grow up. Now at last, the internationally famous pediatrician, in collaboration with an eminent child psychiatrist, has brought his unique insights to the "magic" preschool and first-grade years.Through delightful profiles of four very different children, the authors apply the touchpoints theory (following the pattern of growth-new challenge-reegression-recharging-and renewed growth) to each of the great cognitive, behavioral, and emotional leaps that occur from age three to six. In the second, alphabetical, half of the book they offer precious guidance to parents facing contemporary pressures and stresses, such as how to keep a child safe without instilling fear, countering the electronic barrage of violent games and marketing aimed at children, coping successfully with varied family configurations, over-scheduling, competition, and many other vital issues today.	Child Development
Training New After-School Staff : Welcome to the World of School-Age Care!	Newman, Roberta L.	An easy-to-use tool for school-age program directors with limited time and resources to help new staff "get up and running quickly" with their responsibilties. Each section of the handbook provides interactive questions and scenarios which staff can work through independently, along with an Answer Guide that provides possible answers and ideas for responding to scenarios. The book also includes 13 Characteristics of School-Age Staff with the Right Stuff, 22 Things Staff Should Know About Their Job and Program, 10 Ways to Help Kids Follow the Rules, 13 "Back Pocket" No-Prop Activities, 12 Techniques to Diffuse or Reduce Conflict and MORE!	Management, Training, and Business
Transition Magician : Strategies for Guiding Young Children in Early Childhood Programs	Larson, Nola / Henthorne, Mary / Plum, Barbara	Plan transition times so that children aren't hurting each other, toys aren't left all over the place, and you know where everyone is! This book features more than 200 original learning activities to help guide children through smooth transitions.	Play and Activities
Transition Magician 2 : More Strategies for Guiding Young Children in Early Childhood Programs	Henthorne, Mary / Larson, Nola / Chvojicek, Ruth	Imagine having fun getting from circle time to lunch, or from outdoors to indoors. The children will learn new skills and you'll be able to stay calm and focus on your teaching. This book is filled with great activities for caregivers to use for the times between planned activities. Features simple tools to help evaluate environments and schedules and prevent problems in developing transitions. Transition Magician 2 includes new toddler and special needs activities for a complete approach in your program.	Play and Activities
Understanding Sibling Rivalry The Brazelton Way	Brazelton, Berry T. / Sparrow, Joshua D.	The teasing, squabbling, competition, and ferocious fights of brothers and sisters can drive any parent to frantic desperation. At the same time, Drs. Brazelton and Sparrow point out, siblings are learning from one another and deep, close relationships are forming that will last a lifetime. In this absolutely indispensable addition to the Brazelton Way series, the authors show how parents can defuse much of the bickering, while helping to strengthen warm relationships. They help parents understand the universal “Touchpoints” of sibling rivalry at each age, as well as the problems in particular family situations. From the combined delight and resentment that a sibling feels toward a new baby, to birth order, blended families, sex play, scapegoats, meltdowns, and competition in school, parents will find welcome advice in this wise, comforting book.	Parenting and Relationships
Use Your Words : How Teacher Talk Helps Children Learn	Mooney, Carol Garhart	Use Your Words examines the ways early childhood teachers talk to children, pointing out commonly missed opportunities to support cognitive development, develop receptive and expressive language, and aid children in their primary developmental task of making sense of the world. From the author of Theories of Childhood, this humorous and thoughtful guide contains a wealth of classroom examples, as well as clear alternatives for transforming the language teachers use in the classroom.	Schools and Teaching
Utah Core Competencies (First Edition)	Utah Professional Development System	The Core Competencies of Utah represent a collaborative effort between a number of early care and youth education agencies throughout the state. The competencies were written and developed in response to the need to develop a state-wide consistent base for training and other Professional and Career Development Systems.	Miscellaneous
Weaving the Literacy Web : Creating Cirriculum Based on Books Children Love	Vestergaard, Hope	From Goodnight Moon to The Very Hungry Caterpillar, books capture the attention and imagination of young children the way few other things can. Weaving the Literacy Web provides a framework for developing engaging, developmentally appropriate curriculum in the preschool classroom through the use of books children love. Six chapters offer an introduction to book-based webbing and ideas for activity planning, as well as helpful tips for observing children’s interests and evaluating books for the classroom library.	Literacy
Week By Week : Plans for Observing and Recording Young Children	Nilsen, Barbara A.	This book provides a systematic plan for observing and recording information about young children. It is designed to enable professionals who work with young children build portfolios for the children. It presents techniques on how to use the various methods of recording with examples, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each method. In addition, the text includes a review of developmental milestones to guide observers. This book also provides suggestions for communicating observations to the child and family in a positive, descriptive manner. This is a helpful text for all professionals involved in observing and recording the behavior of young children.	Schools and Teaching
What is Montessori? : A Basic Guide to The Principles, Practices, and Benefits of a Montessori Education	Pederson, Heather / Pederson, Jason A.	Authored with invaluable insights from Montessori trainers, teachers, and available literature, as well as the latest perspectives from cognitive and developmental research, What is Montessori? is designed to provide a thorough yet concise understanding of the Montessori method and its advantages in an easy-to-follow format. Montessori education offers a phenomenal environment and platform for a child s intellectual growth and emotional well-being. It provides the path for children to become the confident, creative, compassionate, unique, intelligent, happy individuals that they were meant to be. The goal of What is Montessori? is to better inform parents about this wonderful educational approach. Moreover, it succinctly outlines what modern science has to say about the pedagogy's benefits.	Schools and Teaching
When Young Children Need Help : Understanding and Addressing Emotional, Behavioral, and Developmental Challenges	Hirschland, Deborah	You know what it's like to spend time with youngsters who are particularly puzzling or hard to help. When Young Children Need Help helps early childhood educators make sense of what is going on for such children and use that understanding to promote growth and mastery. Written for child care center staff, family child care providers, preschool teachers, and pre-service teachers, this book is useful for any reader who wants to reach the most troubling children in his or her care. This engaging book encourages a collaborative approach and emphasizes that even when a child needs outside services and supports, what goes on in school or in care remains central to making progress. When Young Children Need Help offers its perspectives and strategies through highly readable stories that bring children with challenges alive in all their quirky uniqueness.	Hot Topics
Where Do Babies Come From? : A Delightful First Look at How Life Begins	Royston, Angela	Photographs of a seedling, a hatching egg, nursing kittens, and parents with their baby illustrate the concept of reproduction.	Hot Topics
Why is Mommy's Tummy So Big? : Questions Children Ask About the Facts of Life	Atkinson, Mary	Explores the subject of human development and sexuality through simple questions and answers, such as "Why don't daddies have babies," "Why do babies sleep alot," and "Why does my big sister have spots on her face?"	Hot Topics
Wild, Wild West : 26 Songs and Over 300 Activities for Young Children	Schiller, Pam	From "Oh, Susanna" to "Buffalo Gals," children will sing and learn about the legendary Wild West. The enclosed CD features 26 songs-old favorites and originals-and the book offers more than 300 activities that teach children about cowboys, cowgirls, the rodeo, and life on the prairie. Every song has: Literacy Links to teach comprehension skills, letter knowledge, and phonemic awareness Curriculum Connections to integrate the content of the song with curriculum areas such as math, art, sand and water play, science, outdoor play, field trips, and discovery a "Did You Know?" section with fun and interesting facts related to the song a vocabulary list to enhance children's language skills theme connections home activities to extend the learning related children's books All children love to sing and learn, so the book includes both English language learner strategies and special needs adaptations.	Music
Winning Ways : Becoming a Team Player	Schweikert, Gigi	Strong partnerships with families create a better environment for children to learn and grow. This three-pack of Partnering with Families workbooks addresses the realities of working with families and provides effective steps to help early childhood professionals initiate and maintain efforts as they build mutually respectful relationships in their program.	Schools and Teaching
Winning Ways : Being a Professional	Schweikert, Gigi	Strong partnerships with families create a better environment for children to learn and grow. This three-pack of Partnering with Families workbooks addresses the realities of working with families and provides effective steps to help early childhood professionals initiate and maintain efforts as they build mutually respectful relationships in their program.	Schools and Teaching
Winning Ways : Partnering with Families	Schweikert, Gigi	Strong partnerships with families create a better environment for children to learn and grow. This three-pack of Partnering with Families workbooks addresses the realities of working with families and provides effective steps to help early childhood professionals initiate and maintain efforts as they build mutually respectful relationships in their program.	Schools and Teaching
Working in the Reggio Way : A Beginner's Guide for American Teachers	Wurm, Julianne P.	Working in the Reggio Way helps teachers of young children bring the innovative practices of the schools in Reggio Emilia, Italy, to American classrooms. Written by an educator who observed and worked in the world-famous schools, this groundbreaking resource presents the key tools that will allow American teachers to transform their classrooms, including these: Organization of time and space Documentation of children’s work Observation and questioning Attention to children’s environments This workbook also contains interactive activities for individual or group reflection.	Schools and Teaching
Worms, Shadows, and Whirlpools : Science in the Early Childhood Classroom	Worth, Karen / Grollman, Sharon	This book represents a new way to think about science education for young children. Based on the growing understanding that even the littlest learners are powerful thinkers and theory makers, it identifies important science inquiry skills and concepts appropriate for the very young. What's more, it makes a strong case for integrating science into the curriculum right from the start - creating a context for the development of language, mathematical thinking, and social skills. Authors Karen Worth and Sharon Grollman define and illustrate what science education can and should be. They draw upon what is known about the learning, effective teaching, and science education of young children by using the daily work of teachers and children in Head Start, kindergarten, day care, and preschool programs. They fill their book with teacher stories, photographs, and examples of children's work, plus commentary highlighting particular teaching strategies and child learning. Read this book and understand what a quality science program encompasses. Then see what the youngest students can do given the opportunity to explore phenomena and materials that draw upon their natural curiosity, captivate, motivate, and prepare them for ideas important to later learning.	Mathematics, Science, Technology
Writing in Preschool : Learning to Orchestrate Meaning and Marks	Schickedanz, Judith A. / Casbergue, Renee M.	Writing skills that develop in early childhood, especially during the preschool years, are a clear and strong predictor of children's later writing achievement and literacy skills. During these crucial two to three years, a young child's writing evolves from scribble to script, making it essential for teachers to support preschoolers as they learn to communicate and express meaning through their writing.	Literacy
Young Children and Picture Books (Second Edition)	Jalongo, Mary Renck	When adults share picture books with young children, they build their lifelong literacy and enjoyment of reading. In beautiful full color, the new edition of this popular book will help recognize quality in children's literature and illustration and see how to use picture books to best advantage. Following an introduction, this book is organized into the following seven chapters: (1) Importance of Picture Books; (2) Quality in Picture Books; (3) Bringing Children and Books Together; (4) Young Children's Responses to Picture Responses to Picture Books; (5) Acquiring Literacy through Picture Books; (6) Families and Picture Books; and (7) Linking Picture Books with Curriculum. This book concludes with: A Final Word--The Future of Picture Books. The following are appended: (1) Outstanding Picture Book Authors and Illustrators; (2) Internet Resources on Children's Literature; (3) Board Books; and (4) Selected Books for Toddlers, and Resources for Teachers. A list of references is also included.	Literacy
Young Exceptional Children : Practical Ideas for Addressing Challenging Behaviors (Monograph Series No. 1)	The Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children	Most challenging behaviors can be addressed without removing young children from inclusive settings. This monograph shows how you can more effectively prevent, identify, and address challenging behaviors by taking a positive behavioral approach that: Utilizes developmentally appropriate managment techniques, includes preventative measures and intervention strategies, and enlists families in designing and carrying out interventions.	Hot Topics
Young Investigators : The Project Approach in the Early Years (Second Edition)	Helm, Judy Harris / Lilian Katz	An introduction to the project approach with step-by-step guidance for conducting meaningful investigations with young children. Throughout the text, readers listen to teachers’ concerns, witness how they find solutions to challenges, and experience how excited children become during project work. This book is appropriate for those new to using the Project Approach, as well as for teachers who already have experience with implementing the Project Approach.	Schools and Teaching