Download or read book The Importance of Being Little written by Erika Christakis and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Christakis . . . expertly weaves academic research, personal experience and anecdotal evidence into her book . . . a bracing and convincing case that early education has reached a point of crisis . . . her book is a rare thing: a serious work of research that also happens to be well-written and personal . . . engaging and important.” --Washington Post "What kids need from grown-ups (but aren't getting)...an impassioned plea for educators and parents to put down the worksheets and flash cards, ditch the tired craft projects (yes, you, Thanksgiving Handprint Turkey) and exotic vocabulary lessons, and double-down on one, simple word: play." --NPR The New York Times bestseller that provides a bold challenge to the conventional wisdom about early childhood, with a pragmatic program to encourage parents and teachers to rethink how and where young children learn best by taking the child’s eye view of the learning environment To a four-year-old watching bulldozers at a construction site or chasing butterflies in flight, the world is awash with promise. Little children come into the world hardwired to learn in virtually any setting and about any matter. Yet in today’s preschool and kindergarten classrooms, learning has been reduced to scripted lessons and suspect metrics that too often undervalue a child’s intelligence while overtaxing the child’s growing brain. These mismatched expectations wreak havoc on the family: parents fear that if they choose the “wrong” program, their child won’t get into the “right” college. But Yale early childhood expert Erika Christakis says our fears are wildly misplaced. Our anxiety about preparing and safeguarding our children’s future seems to have reached a fever pitch at a time when, ironically, science gives us more certainty than ever before that young children are exceptionally strong thinkers. In her pathbreaking book, Christakis explains what it’s like to be a young child in America today, in a world designed by and for adults, where we have confused schooling with learning. She offers real-life solutions to real-life issues, with nuance and direction that takes us far beyond the usual prescriptions for fewer tests, more play. She looks at children’s use of language, their artistic expressions, the way their imaginations grow, and how they build deep emotional bonds to stretch the boundaries of their small worlds. Rather than clutter their worlds with more and more stuff, sometimes the wisest course for us is to learn how to get out of their way. Christakis’s message is energizing and reassuring: young children are inherently powerful, and they (and their parents) will flourish when we learn new ways of restoring the vital early learning environment to one that is best suited to the littlest learners. This bold and pragmatic challenge to the conventional wisdom peels back the mystery of childhood, revealing a place that’s rich with possibility.
Download or read book Necessity s Child written by Sharon Lee and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stirring SF adventure from master storytellers Sharon Lee and Steve Miller¾#16 in the award-winning Liaden Universe® saga. Space ships, action, adventure¾all tied together with a strong dollop of romance and clan intrigue¾make this a compelling series for a wide range of readers, from romance to military SF lovers. The kompani see none as an enemy, and yet few as friend. The kompani exist in many places, living quietly in the shadows, thriving off the bounty that others have no wit to secure, nor skill to defend. Their private history is unwritten; their recall rooted in dance and dream. The Clan Korval is in many ways the opposite of the kompani. The interstellar trading clan is wealthy in enemies, fortunate in friends. Korval protects itself with vigor, and teaches even its youngest children the art of war. And when representatives of Clan Korval arrive on the planet Surebleak where the kompani has lived, secret and aloof, the lives of three people intersect¾ Kezzi, apprentice to the kompani's grandmother; Syl Vor, Clan Korval's youngest warrior; and Rys, a man without a world, or a past. Necessity's Child is a standalone adventure in the popular and exciting Liaden Universe®. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Download or read book The Indecency and Unlawfulness of Baptizing Children in Private Without Necessity and with the Publick Form Etc written by Martin STRONG and published by . This book was released on 1692 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Necessity of Instructing Children in the Scriptures an Anniversary Sermon on Deut Vi 6 7 Etc written by Simon OCKLEY and published by . This book was released on 1713 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On the Importance of an Early Correct Education of Children written by William Euen and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On the Importance of an Early Correct Education of Children Embracing the Mutual Obligations and Duties of Parent and Child written by William Euen and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On the Importance of an Early Correct Education of Children Embracing the Mutual Obligations and Duties of Parent and Child Also the Qualifications and Discipline of Teachers with Their Emolument and a Plan Suggested Whereby All Our Common Schools Can Advantageously be Made Free the Whole Interspersed with Several Amusing Chaste Ancedotes Growing Out of the Domestic and Scholastic Circle written by William Euen and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Children on the Move written by Mike Dottridge and published by UN. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of children are on the move, both within and between countries, with or without their parents. The conditions under which movement takes place are often treacherous, putting migrant children, especially unaccompanied and separated children, at an increased risk of economic or sexual exploitation, abuse, neglect and violence. Policy responses to protect and support these migrant children are often fragmented and inconsistent and while children on the move have become a recognised part of today's global and mixed migration flows they are still largely invisible in debates on both child protection and migration.
Download or read book On the Importance of educating the Infant Children of the Poor Containing also an account of the Spitalfields Infant School written by Samuel Wilderspin and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Importance of Fathers in the Healthy Development of Children written by Jeffrey Rosenberg and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Importance of Religious Education and the Duty of Instructing the Children of the Ignorant Poor Illustrated in a Sermon Preached in Aid of the Funds of the Belfast Sunday School Society Etc written by Rev. William CARR (A.M.) and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book State Manual of the Courses of Study for the High Schools of Oregon written by Oregon. Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journal of the American Medical Association written by American Medical Association and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Official Magazine written by International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen, and Helpers of America and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Importance of Women s Status for Child Nutrition in Developing Countries written by Lisa C. Smith and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2003 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until recently the role of women's social status in determining their children's nutritional health went largely unnoticed. That is, until researchers began to ponder the Asian Enigma- the question of why malnutrition is much more prevalent among children in South Asia than in Sub-Saharan Africa, even though South Asia surpasses Sub-Saharan Africa in most of the principal determinants of child nutrition. This report uses data from 36 countries in three developing regions to establish empirically that women's status, defined as women's power relative to men's, is an important determinant of children's nutritional status. It finds that the pathways through which status influences child nutrition and the strength of that influence differ considerably from one region to another. Where women's status is low, this research proves unequivocally that policies to eradicate gender discrimination not only benefit women but also their children.
Download or read book Bibliography of Child Study for the Year written by Louis N. Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New York Journal of Medicine written by Stephen Smith and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-28 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.
