Early Childhood Education

One of the many challenges facing early childhood teachers is how to meet academic standards while creating learning environments that honor young children's mathematical curiosity. In Early Childhood Math Routines Empowering Young Minds to Think, author Toni Cameron introduces us to a set of short whole-group and partner routines designed to engage young children in meaningful math thinking and build problem-solving communities.

For decades early childhood educators in high-quality programs have understood that the transition into reading and writing occurs naturally when young children are surrounded by opportunities to interact with print in ways that are meaningful to them. The original edition of More Than Letters, first published in 2001, showed teachers how to intentionally help children develop literacy skills through hands-on, play-based activities. Like the original edition, the Standards Edition is based on theory and research. It contains new chapters that specifically focus on developing the skills needed to decode literature and informational text. Expanded chapters include activities that target specific concepts included in national literacy standards.

Child-centered lesson planning can have a daily positive impact on your time and energy and on the quality of children's learning and engagement--but it takes organization and a toolbox full of strategies and ideas. Whether you are just beginning your career in early childhood education or have many years of experience in the classroom, this book helps you to assess where you are and what you are doing and provides you with tips and resources to inspire creative, developmentally appropriate teaching approaches. In each chapter, you'll find Real-life examples showing what is possible when teachers work together to enrich and personalize teaching.

Transform playtime with your preschooler into an educational and enjoyable experience with The Ultimate Preschool Activity Guide. Written by a mother of three and former schoolteacher, Autumn McKay, this book is a must-have for parents, grandparents, teachers and caregivers of 3-5 year olds. It offers over 200 engaging, hands-on activities that take only minutes to prepare with items you already have in your house. With this guide, you can provide your child with stimulating activities that will help them learn, grow, and bond with you.

What is an emotion-rich classroom? Similar to how a print-rich environment exposes children to a variety of printed materials, an emotion-rich one intentionally surrounds children with a wide range of social emotional learning experiences and supportive interactions. Create an Emotion-Rich Classroom provides frameworks for planning and implementing strategies to support emotional development in children. This practical and easy-to-use resource helps early childhood educators develop the emotional literacy of the young children in their classrooms. Readers learn how to: increase children's emotional vocabulary model how to recognize and cope with various emotions support self-regulation and reduce challenging behaviors discuss emotions in others and in storybook characters support and engage families in fostering emotional skills at home

Helping Children Create, Collaborate, and Communicate--with Technology  Children are growing up with technologies as part of their daily lives at home and in school. For educators, it is important to understand how to use technologies to promote learning in developmentally appropriate ways. This book helps you make thoughtful, informed decisions that will enhance what you are already doing to support children's learning.  Learn how to: Use technologies in ways that build on, not detract from, the learning children gain through play  Introduce technologies using a gradual release of responsibility model  Foster children's storytelling, reflection, early coding skills, and more  Use technologies to enrich your partnerships with families and invite them into the classroom community  Work with colleagues to develop a digital culture that supports the program's goals  With the guidance in this book, you'll be able to evaluate technologies and understand how to put them to their best uses in your program. 

Aimed at all beginning teachers involved in early years teaching. This text looks at the unique role of the early years teacher and outlines how you can support the development of children as unique individuals through an enabling environment, building success through effective relationships, outstanding provision and purposeful assessment. It encourages you to think about your own development in a holistic sense in order to promote outstanding professional practice. The Essential Guides for Early Career Teachers provide accessible, carefully researched, quick reads for early career teachers, covering the key topics you will encounter during your training year and first two years of teaching.  They complement and are fully in line with the new Early Career Framework and are intended to assist ongoing professional development by bringing together current information and thinking on each area in one convenient place.

Develop critical language skills through exploration, creativity, and play! Unlock the joy of language with this easy-to-use resource featuring over 80 engaging activities designed to help students detect, manipulate, and play with the sounds of language. This resource is your go-to guide for helping students master the sounds of language through fun, hands-on activities. From singing songs and exploring patterns in poems and chants to diving into imaginative role-playing games, every activity invites children to connect with language--and with each other--in meaningful ways. Skills children will develop: Recognizing individual words, syllables, rhymes, and phonemes. Building foundational phonological awareness critical for lifelong reading success. Collaborating and connecting with peers through language-based play. Whether you're a teacher or a parent, this resource provides the tools to turn learning into an adventure. With a focus on play, creativity, and connection, every activity helps pre-K through first grade children build the skills they need to thrive as readers--all while having a great time!

Bring the science of reading directly into the classroom! Developed for Grades PK-K, this resource provides teachers with exciting strategies to develop students' foundational literacy skills. This book offers easy-to-use lessons and methods to give young learners practice with phonological awareness, letter recognition, comprehension, content knowledge, and emergent writing. With these research-based strategies, early childhood teachers can make reading and writing fun, meaningful, and effective! This book meets College and Career Readiness and other state standards.