For over two decades, Skills for Preschool Teachers has prepared teachers, teaching assistants, college students, classroom volunteers, and CDA candidates to work with children three-to-five years of age in preschools, center-based child care, Head Starts, and pre-kindergartens.  The skills for working with young children are presented in 13 easily-readable, fact-filled chapters, each of which is based on one of the CDA "functional areas": safe, healthy, learning environment, physical, cognitive, communication, creative, self-concept, social, guidance, family, program management, and professionalism. Its use of practical checklists for observing children and the classroom environment has been a hallmark of this text, as well as its use of the latest children’s picture books as lead-ins to every curriculum area covered. Practitioners will appreciate the appropriate NAEYC Program Standards in every chapter, as well as a section on inclusion and how to help children with disabilities succeed in classroom activities. New topics in this ninth edition include: how to respond to bullying in the classroom and playground; an expanded discussion of brain research and cognitive development; critical information on helping “dual-language learners” who are learning English as well as their own home language; and creating a professional portfolio. Proven in content and clearly written, this sound resource provides the practitioner with solid, practical tips, new research, and empirically-based methods and strategies for working with and teaching young children in an array of educational settings.

One of the few books that successfully combines observation techniques with child development, this user-friendly text takes an applied approach that allows students to observe, record, and interpret child development by looking at particular behavior. Using the observation data to determine the level of a child's development, plans and activities are illustrated to show students how to help children strengthen specific areas of development.

Product Description: Unique alignment of chapters for each of the 13 learning centers in a preschool classroom make PRESCHOOL APPROPRIATE PRACTICES, 4th Edition a must have resource for preschool teachers. Emphasis is placed on setting up preschool centers for self-directed learning, treating the teacher as a facilitator...read more

Product Description: Preschool Appropriate Practices, 3e takes the original approach of containing a chapter for each of the 13 learning centers in a preschool classroom, and shows teachers and students how to set up these centers for children's self-directed learning...read more

Early Literacy in Preschool and Kindergarten: A Multicultural Perspective is an applied book focusing on how literacy develops in young children and the ways in which teachers can encourage the natural emergence of early reading and writing. It has a special emphasis on multicultural children’s literature, including detailed descriptions of over 200 multicultural children’s books. Packed with practical supports and strategies for teachers, such as early literacy checklists to help understand children’s capabilities and many suggestions for using classroom materials and centers to support literacy, this book is a valuable resource for early childhood professionals.   Key changes to this book include: More explicit labeling of emergent literacy terms and development of language acquisition and literacy  behaviors More about recognizing educational standards and evidence-based research More on how infants and toddlers acquire language More strategies to support English-language learners and children with special needs

Product Description: Thoughtful and timely, this book will help readers learn how to create an everyday preschool environment in which children feel safe; and, how to provide for children's safety in a variety of emergency situations without creating an atmosphere of fear...read more

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Hard cover textbook written for elementary school students. This is a valuable reference for any student of Guam's history. Enhanced by historical photos from Guam's museum collections, as well as modern color photos, the carefully researched text brings to life the people and events from ancient to contemporary Guam.

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Product Description: This book reflects the new approach to guidance in the preschool classroom, focusing on positive rather than inappropriate behaviors. It provides future and current teachers with the skills to create a prosocial physical environment, to anticipate and prevent inappropriate behavior from happening, and to help children manage their own behavior...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Describes how to select appropriate, non-stereotyped picture books about different ethnic groups, and suggests ways of using them to develop common ground in such areas as family life and physical activity (view table of contents)

Product Description: Book by Jannssen, Dale H., Beaty, Janice J.

Product Description: Dale Janssen takes on the eyes of Mark Twain walking in Twain's steps all across America