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Leverage shared services alliances and knowledge hubs to increase skills, save time and money, and advance the field of early childhood education.
Shared services is a fairly new concept in the early childhood space but one that is gaining traction through the work of a number of individuals and organizations across the country. Shared services knowledge hubs and alliances together allow us to collaborate with other professionals and save time and...
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"Nurturing The Future: A Guide to Early Childhood Education" is your comprehensive resource for unlocking the potential of young minds. Dive into the world of early childhood education as you explore the importance of each developmental stage, understand the role of play in learning, and discover effective teaching strategies. Create a positive learning environment that fosters growth and curiosity, and gain insights into assessment and evaluation...
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Fifty percent of what children need to know is learned between birth and the age of six. These first years of a childs life forge a permanent impact on their future. In The Visone Method, authors Carmine and Phyllis Visone provide parents and teachers with a comprehensive, innovative understanding of how a childs learning develops in the early years. Step-by-step, the method identifies the most credible procedures for each stage of development. This...
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A strong comprehension of early childhood theory is fundamental to early childhood educators' abilities to make informed decisions about the ways they support children's development and learning. In this book, Carol Garhart Mooney writes about the important task early childhood educators have to understand the foundational theories behind their daily practices. When this is accomplished, they are better able to refine their practices, create thoughtful...
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Written by Letha Marchetti, leading neurodevelopmental occupational therapist Letha Marchetti, Dragons & Daisies: Keys to Resolve Baffling Behavior In Early Childhood Education is a real find! Teaching children to master self-control is the heart of this book and Letha's work. The activities Letha shares are fun, engaging, and life changing to children & teachers. This is an essential reference for everyone who works with young children.
7) Calm Down Already!: A Practic Guide to Using Meditation and Reiki During Early Childhood Education
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This is an interactive book that introduces to early childhood, elementary teachers, home care providers, and parents, the tools needed to successfully promote a harmonic environment using unconventional techniques such as: positive affirmations, meditation, Reiki, soothing sounds, and various relaxation techniques which could be incorporated into both the classrooms and households.
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Christine E. Wilson, Ed.D provides the exact steps, processes and tools to take you by the hand in an entertaining and no-nonsense style using her techniques, knowledge of the early childhood education field, social psychology, marketing and knowledge of digital products to get the freedom to work for yourself and leverage your incredible passion for early childhood education into your own consulting business.
This guide covers:
• Finding your...
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viii, 137 pages ; 30 cm
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"The outdoor environment is now an integral part of many early years settings and schools, but is it being used to its full potential? Providing extensive, challenging and ever-changing outdoor play experiences is an essential and valuable aspect of early years education. This book offers comprehensive guidance on how the outdoor environment can be used to teach and challenge all children across a range of settings drawing on forest school practice....
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416 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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Overview: There's more than one way to be smart! This award-winning curriculum for three- to six-year-olds offers a complete plan for every learning style. Revised and updated, the new edition of this classic bestseller is full of new activities based on the latest research about how children learn. Each activity now includes a Morning Message and Home Connections, and many of the original activities have been updated to include ideas for outdoor...
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xxiv, 231 pages ; 24 cm
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"Why do some children succeed while others fail? The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs. But in this book the author argues that the qualities that matter most have more to do with character: skills like perseverance, curiosity, conscientiousness, optimism, and self-control. The book introduces us to a new generation...
16) No small matter
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1 videodisc (74 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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The first feature documentary to explore the most overlooked, underestimated, and powerful force for good in America today: early childhood education. Through poignant stories and surprising humor, the film lays out the overwhelming evidence for the importance of the first five years and reveals how the failure to act on that evidence has resulted in an everyday crisis for American families, and a slow-motion catastrophe for the country.
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1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Providing parents, caregivers and child care providers with information to help young children develop social, emotional and cognitive skills. Topics include conflict resolution, tantrums, separation anxiety and sharing.
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xxi, 265 pages ; 23 cm
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"Eva Moskowitz has built a national reputation as the founder and leader of Success Academy Charter Schools, one of the country's most highly regarded networks of schools, but while most people know Eva for her success in educating 20,000 mainly low-income students who are routinely accepted to our nation's best universities, she has also been responsible for raising three children of her own. In A+ Parenting, Eva shares what she has learned both...
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