180 Days of Science for Prekindergarten
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Help prekindergarten students boost their science knowledge with engaging and effective daily practice activities. 180 Days(tm): Science for Prekindergarten: Uses daily activities to explore the three strands of science: life, physical, and earth and space Motivates students with quick learning activities focused on building content knowledge, analyzing data, and communicating results Makes at-home learning, whole class instruction, or small group support quick and easy Includes full-color pages, standards-based activities, easy-to-follow instructions, and an answer key to quickly assess student understanding Parents appreciate the teacher-approved activity books that keep their child excited about learning. Perfect for homeschooling, to reinforce learning at school, or to prepare for kindergarten. Teachers rely on the daily practice workbooks to save them valuable time. The easy-to-implement activities are great for classroom or at-home learning. The activities can also be used for intervention skill building to address learning gaps. Aligns to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
Key Concepts in Early Childhood Education and Care
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Key Concepts in Early Childhood Education and Care, Cathy Nutbrown's second edition, explains the key ideas and issues in Early Childhood clearly and concisely, keeping students up-to-date with the latest developments in the field. New entries include:Attachment Babies' learning and development Children's CentersCitizenshipDigital TechnologiesEarly Years Foundation Stage Early Years Professional StatusNeuroscienceSexualitiesThe rest of the book has also been thoroughly updated and revised, and includes coverage of heuristic play, Early Literacy Development and Parental Involvement.The book offers starting points which provide a clear focus, further reading and discussion of research on thirty-five key topics. It is a must-have for students studying courses in early childhood education and care.Professor Cathy Nutbrown directs and teaches on Masters and Doctoral programs in Early Childhood Education at the University of Sheffield.
Literacy Learning for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
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Literacy Learning Begins at Birth . . .  . . . and continues throughout our lives! Birth to age 5 is a critical period in building the foundation for later success in reading and writing. Educators play a vital role in nurturing young children''s early language and literacy knowledge and skills. However, the specific practices that support literacy development in early childhood are often different than those used with older children.     From some of the foremost early literacy development experts in the field comes this practical resource that is a must-have for all educators of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Using eight key practices--Knowing, Showing, Designing, Including, Engaging, Explaining, Observing, and Responding--as the framework, the authors discuss how educators can support five important areas of young children''s early literacy development: Language and knowledge Print concepts Sounds and letters Writing Text comprehension A range of features highlights information about these areas and practices, including the latest research findings, recommended resources, tips for integrating technology into play and learning, and more.      With this book, explore how to create effective, appropriate, and fun learning opportunities for our littlest literacy learners. 
The SAGE Handbook of Inclusion and Diversity in Education
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This handbook examines policy and practice from around the world with respect to broadly conceived notions of inclusion and diversity within education. It sets out to provide a critical and comprehensive overview of current thinking and debate around aspects such as inclusive education rights, philosophy, context, policy, systems, and practices for a global audience. This makes it an ideal text for researchers and those involved in policy-making, as well as those teaching in classrooms today. Chapters are separated across three key parts: Part I: Conceptualizations and Possibilities of Inclusion and Diversity in Education Part II: Inclusion and Diversity in Educational Practices, Policies, and Systems Part III: Inclusion and Diversity in Global and Local Educational Contexts
Special Education
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A reference work that presents a chronology focusing on special education, its development, and the important issues that both positively and negatively affect the field. Updated through current events, this edition provides an excellent introduction to special education in all of its practical aspects-how it developed, its curriculum, assessment issues, the law, and advocacy.
Spotlight on Young Children: Social and Emotional Development, Revised Edition
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Nurturing Children's Social and Emotional Learning and Well-Being Children's relationships and experiences during their formative years have a far-reaching impact, and early childhood educators play a critical role in fostering the social and emotional competence children need to process and learn from these interactions. Explore how teachers can use the opportunities embedded in their curriculum, practices, and routines to support positive, healthy behaviors in children from birth through age 8. The revised and updated edition of this volume reflects recent advances in brain science, the field's heightened recognition of children's cultural contexts as central components of their social and emotional development, and more. It covers a wide range of timely and timeless topics, including how to Establish trusting relationships to teach, model, and reinforce positive behaviors Honor each child's dimensions of diversity and support the development of their individuality and humanity Engage in social justice projects that increase children's empathy and sense of agency Mitigate the effects of trauma in children's lives Implement strategies that relieve anxiety and teach coping skills Each article in this collection also includes questions to prompt deeper thinking on the content, highlighting connections to developmentally appropriate practice. Using the guidance in this resource, help children develop the social and emotional skills essential to their future well-being and success.
Kids Read The Best Stuff
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"This Textbook Was Designed for This Sort of Course. This course is an introductory survey of literature for children from infancy through puberty, with emphasis on the analysis of literary characteristics which determine age-appropriateness. Through the readings of picture books, poetry, folklore, fantasy, realistic fiction, biography, and informational books, students will gain an awareness of the history, genre, and theme in children’s literature. In their reading, students will also develop a familiarity with important authors and illustrators as they confront such issues as racism, sexism, multiculturalism, and censorship."
Methods of Teaching Early Literacy
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Theories, teaching strategies, and instructional materials pertinent to teaching reading and writing in grades PK-3, with an emphasis on integrating reading, writing, speaking, and listening, as well as integration across content areas while addressing diversity and inclusion.
Observation and Assessment in Early Childhood Education
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Teaching Early and Elementary STEM
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This Open Access Educational textbook, "Teaching Early and Elementary STEM", was written to support pre-service early childhood and elementary teachers in their journey to become facilitators of science, technology, engineering, and math, or “STEM,” and "integrated STEM" in their future classrooms. Students who read and use this text will deepen their understanding of “STEM” and “integrated STEM,” learn what early childhood and elementary students need to know and be able to do in relation to STEM, and understand ways to create activity plans and implement current research-based approaches to teaching and pedagogy. This text arose out of our Early/Elementary STEM Collaboration project, which started in 2017 with the intention of increasing the quality of teacher preparation in STEM across early childhood and elementary education. The team is composed of math and science education professors, classroom in-service teachers, and pre-service teachers in pre-school through fifth grade. We are driven by the values of collaboration, strengths-based approaches to teaching and learning, constructivist philosophy of teaching and learning, and applied STEM experiences to increase access and equity. Our model of preparing pre-service teachers has been published elsewhere in more detail (Robertson, Nivens, & Lange, 2019). We built this open access product to include the following: 1) completely new content that includes input from our team as well as examples of integrated STEM learning experiences; 2) adaptations of existing resources, and; 3) compilations of existing free resources (e.g., Next Generation Science Standards).
Teaching in a Digital Age: Third Edition
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The book examines the underlying principles that guide effective teaching in an age when all of us, and in particular the students we are teaching, are using technology. A framework for making decisions about your teaching is provided, while understanding that every subject is different, and every instructor has something unique and special to bring to their teaching. The book enables teachers and instructors to help students develop the knowledge and skills they will need in a digital age: not so much the IT skills, but the thinking and attitudes to learning that will bring them success. Book release date (third edition): 18 August, 2022. For subsequent updates, see Updates and Revisions in the front matter of the book.
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