Download or read book Purposeful Play written by Kristine Mraz and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Play is serious business. Whether it's reenacting a favorite book (comprehension and close reading), negotiating the rules for a game (speaking and listening), or collaborating over building blocks (college and career readiness and STEM), Kristi Mraz, Alison Porcelli, and Cheryl Tyler see every day how play helps students reach standards and goals in ways that in-their-seat instruction alone can't do. And not just during playtimes. "We believe there is play in work and work in play," they write. "It helps to have practical ways to carry that mindset into all aspects of the curriculum." In Purposeful Play, they share ways to: optimize and balance different types of play to deepen regular classroom learning teach into play to foster social-emotional skills and a growth mindset bring the impact of play into all your lessons across the day. "We believe that play is one type of environment where children can be rigorous in their learning," Kristi, Alison, and Cheryl write. So they provide a host of lessons, suggestions for classroom setups, helpful tools and charts, curriculum connections, teaching points, and teaching language to help you foster mature play that makes every moment in your classroom instructional. Play doesn't only happen when work is over. Children show us time and time again that play is the way they work. In Purposeful Play, you'll find research-driven methods for making play an engine for rigorous learning in your classroom.

Download or read book So Much More Than the ABCs written by Molly F Collins and published by . This book was released on 2024-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do early childhood educators foster young children’s understanding of reading and writing during this emergent literacy period? Moreover, how can they nurture a love of reading and writing? With these two questions at its core, the revised edition of this bestselling resource provides: A comprehensive and updated overview of what literacy development looks like for children from birth through age 5; Instructional approaches that support robust early language, literacy, and content knowledge learning; Considerations for choosing and sharing materials and for designing the physical environment in ways that support language and literacy learning; Recommendations for developmentally appropriate books that engage children’s minds and imaginations; Authentic writing samples that showcase young children’s thinking around and explorations with mark making. Grounded in new research and drawn from the authors’ extensive experience, this book gives educators the tools they need to create and build on learning opportunities that will lead to thriving, motivated readers and writers.

Download or read book Teach Smarter written by Vanessa J. Levin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-04-29 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover new, practical methods for teaching literacy skills in your early childhood classroom. Has teaching early literacy skills become a stumbling block to getting your preschool students kindergarten ready? Break out of the tired “letter of the week” routine and learn how to transform your lessons with fun and effective techniques. Teach Smarter: Literacy Strategies for Early Childhood Teachers will equip teachers to infuse every aspect of their teaching with exciting hands-on literacy teaching methods that engage students and help them build authentic connections with books, so that 100% of their students will have a strong literacy foundation and will be fully prepared for success in kindergarten and beyond. Respected author Vanessa Levin, veteran early childhood educator and author of the “Pre-K Pages” blog, breaks down the research and translates it into realistic, actionable steps you can take to improve your teaching. Features specific examples of teaching techniques and activities that engage students in hands-on, experiential learning during circle time, centers, and small groups. Offers a simple, four-step system for teaching literacy skills, based on the foundational principles of early literacy teaching Demonstrates how to build your confidence in your ability to get 100% of your students ready for kindergarten, long before the end of the school year Understand the problems with traditional literacy teaching and identify gaps in your current teaching practice with this valuable resource.

Download or read book Preschool Practice written by Joan Hoffman and published by School Zone. This book was released on 2019-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Offers a variety of exercises that will help your child practice scissor skills and other readiness basics, such as story order, counting, matching, and beginning sounds. The interesting activities with clear directions will provide hours of educational fun for your child"--Page 4 of cover

Download or read book The Everything Parent s Guide to Special Education written by Amanda Morin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-04-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be your child's best advocate! Children with special needs who succeed in school have one thing in common--their parents are passionate and effective advocates. It's not an easy job, but with The Everything Parent's Guide to Special Education, you will learn how to evaluate, prepare, organize, and get quality services, no matter what your child's disability. This valuable handbook gives you the tools you need to navigate the complex world of special education and services, with information on: Assessment and evaluation Educational needs for different disabilities, including multiple disabilities Current law, including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Working within the school system to create an IEP The importance of keeping detailed records Dealing with parent-school conflict With worksheets, forms, and sample documents and letters, you can be assured that you'll have all you need to help your child thrive--in school and in life!

Download or read book Already Ready written by Katie Wood Ray and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the very first chapter of this informative and inspiring book, a clear picture emerges of how even three- and four-year-olds' capacities for serious authorship can and should be supported. - Lillian G. Katz Coauthor of Young Investigators: The Project Approach in the Early Years By the time they reach preschool or kindergarten, young children are already writers. They don't have much experience, but they're filled with stories to tell and ideas to express - they want to show the world what they know and see. All they need is a nurturing teacher like you to recognize the writer at work within them. All you need to help them is Already Ready. Taking an exciting, new approach to working with our youngest students, Already Ready shows you how, by respecting children as writers, engaged in bookmaking, you can gently nudge them toward a lifetime of joyful writing. Katie Wood Ray and Matt Glover guide you through fundamental concepts of early writing. Providing numerous, helpful examples of early writing - complete with transcriptions - they demonstrate how to: make sense of children's writing and interpret how they represent sounds, ideas, and images see important developmental signs in writers that you can use to help them grow further recognize the thinking young children engage in and discover that it's the same thinking more experienced writers use to craft purposeful, thoughtful pieces. Then Ray and Glover show you how little ones can develop powerful understandings about: texts and their characteristics the writing process what it means to be a writer. You'll learn how to support your writers' quest to make meaning, as they grow their abilities and refine their thinking about writing through teaching strategies such as: reading aloud working side by side with writers sharing children's writing. Writing is just one part of a busy early childhood classroom, but even in little doses, a nurturing approach can work wonders and help children connect the natural writer inside them to a life of expressing themselves on paper. Find that approach, share it with your students, and you'll discover that you don't have to get students ready to write - they're Already Ready.

Download or read book The Big Book of Pre K Learning Centers written by Diane C. Ohanesian and published by Teaching Resources. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stretch children's minds and imaginations - and help them meet the standards - with dozens and dozens of fresh activities for your classroom learning centers. each of the five sections of this treasury is devoted to a different learning center - literacy, math, dramatic play, blocks, and art. Within each section, you'll find delightful ideas and projects that integrate math, literacy, science, and more. These flexible, cross-curricular activities are designed to engage children, foster independent learning, and develop essential skills. Create learning center magig in your classroom each and every day!--

Download or read book The Most Important Year written by Suzanne Bouffard and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eye-opening look inside pre-K in America and what it will take to give all children the best start in school possible. At the heart of this groundbreaking book are two urgent questions: What do our young children need in the earliest years of school, and how do we ensure that they all get it? Cutting-edge research has proven that early childhood education is crucial for all children to gain the academic and emotional skills they need to succeed later in life. Children who attend quality pre-K programs have a host of positive outcomes including better language, literacy, problem-solving and math skills down the line, and they have a leg up on what appears to be the most essential skill to develop at age four: strong self-control. But even with this overwhelming evidence, early childhood education is at a crossroads in America. We know that children can and do benefit, but we also know that too many of our littlest learners don’t get that chance—millions of parents can’t find spots for their children, or their preschoolers end up in poor quality programs. With engrossing storytelling, journalist Suzanne Bouffard takes us inside some of the country’s best pre-K classrooms to reveal the sometimes surprising ingredients that make them work—and to understand why some programs are doing the opposite of what is best for children. It also chronicles the stories of families and teachers from many backgrounds as they struggle to give their children a good start in school. This book is a call to arms when we are at a crucial moment, and perhaps on the verge of a missed opportunity: We now have the means and the will to have universal pre-kindergarten, but we are also in grave danger of not getting it right.

Download or read book Creative Curriculum written by Teaching Strategies and published by Delmar Pub. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Creative Curriculum comes alive! This videotape-winner of the 1989 Silver Apple Award at the National Educational Film and Video Festival-demonstrates how teachers set the stage for learning by creating a dynamic well-organized environment. It shows children involved in seven of the interest areas in the The Creative Curriculum and explains how they learn in each area. Everyone conducts in-service training workshops for staff and parents or who teaches early childhood education courses will find the video an indispensable tool for explainin appropriate practice.

Download or read book Phonemic Awareness written by Michael Heggerty and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Essential Homeschool Preschool and Pre K Workbook written by Hayley Lewallen and published by Rockridge Press. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Big Preschool Workbook Ages 3 5 written by Gogo Hub and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-29 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GOGO Hubs products shipped and sold by Amazon are genuine and authentic. Check out our complete line of educational resources at Amazon.com BOOK FEATURES 140+ pages: Pre K activity pages, 1 award certificate For ages 3-5 8.5" x 11" pages with durable glossy cover PreK Workbook consists of: Pre-writing, Alphabet, Patterns, Colors & Shapes, Coloring, Sequence, Groups, Sizes, Differences, Mazes, Dot-to-Dot, Numbers & Early Math Kid friendly illustrations reinforce the lessons PREPARATION - Are you feeling overwhelmed with homeschooling your little one? Let us help you prepare your child for Kindergarten with our easy-to -follow Pre K learning materials. Keep kids "classroom ready" with these wonderful supplemental learning tools ENGAGING - The Big Preschool Workbook includes 140 fun, engaging exercise pages that make preschool learning fun! The Pre K workbook builds knowledge and skills for a solid foundation to help young learners master readiness basics for the next grade. Kids encounter squares, rectangles, patterns, a tooth brush maze, counting pennies and more! This toddler activity book features fun illustrations to color in with focused activities to entertain children while they grasp concepts and skills that they can enforce in real-life application. PRESCHOOL LEARNING WORKBOOKS - Using Preschool Curriculum based workbooks are a great way to nurture learning. Writing by hand, lights up specific areas of a child's brain, improving their ability to not only remember what they learn but to think of new brilliant ideas. The preschool prep eases little ones into critical learning without feeling overwhelmed and discouraged. HOMESCHOOL FRIENDLY - Preschool Workbooks are a great learning resource for at home or in the classroom and allows parents to supplement their children's learning in the areas they need it most. When kids finish the book, you can print and fill in the included award completion certificate to reward a job well done. RESULTS - Our toddler learning activities have helped educate kids, creating lifelong learners. The prek learning materials teach the alphabet letters, primary phonics, pre-writing skills, colors and shapes. Kids learn numbers, basic math, and following directions. With easy directions and visual clues, our preschool workbooks are fun and easy to use to help expand skills through reinforcement learning. Our Preschool Math Workbooks, Kindergarten and PreK Workbooks, Readers, and Letter Tracing Workbooks are all crafted through a kid's eyes while integrating parent and teacher standards. OUR STORY - Almost 20 years ago, long-time educator Marie worked closely with her fellow educators, and quickly identified a need for at-home learning materials to help parents support and supplement their children's classroom curriculum. GOGO Hub was born as a quickly emerging educational leader in children's workbooks for preschoolers and elementary school children. GOGO Hub, the Go-To for parents remains family-owned, focused on excellence, responsive to customers, and committed to the community. GOGO believes that education is everywhere and is passionate about making products that inspire life's learning moments. We continually update new content, reflective of the forever changing standards, evolving teaching methods, and overall best practices.

Download or read book Big Preschool Workbook written by Gogo Hub and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-14 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GOGO Hubs products shipped and sold by Amazon are genuine and authentic. Check out our complete line of educational resources at Amazon.com BOOK FEATURES 120 pages: Pre K activity pages, 1 award certificate For ages 3-5 8.5" x 11" pages with durable glossy cover PreK Workbook consists of: Pre-writing, Alphabet, Patterns, Colors & Shapes, Coloring, Sequence, Groups, Sizes, Differences, Mazes, Dot-to-Dot, Numbers & Early Math Kid friendly illustrations reinforce the lessons PREPARATION - Are you feeling overwhelmed with homeschooling your little one? Let us help you prepare your child for Kindergarten with our easy-to -follow Pre K learning materials. Keep kids "classroom ready" with these wonderful supplemental learning tools ENGAGING - The Big Preschool Workbook includes 120 fun, engaging exercises that make preschool learning fun! The Pre K workbook builds knowledge and skills for a solid foundation to help young learners master readiness basics for the next grade. Kids encounter squares, rectangles, patterns, a tooth brush maze, matching socks and more! This toddler activity book features fun illustrations to color in with focused activities to entertain children while they grasp concepts and skills that they can enforce in real-life application. PRESCHOOL LEARNING WORKBOOKS - Using Preschool Curriculum based workbooks are a great way to nurture learning. Writing by hand, lights up specific areas of a child's brain, improving their ability to not only remember what they learn but to think of new brilliant ideas. The preschool prep eases little ones into critical learning without feeling overwhelmed and discouraged. HOMESCHOOL FRIENDLY - Preschool Workbooks are a great learning resource for at home or in the classroom and allows parents to supplement their children's learning in the areas they need it most. When kids finish the book, you can print and fill in the included award completion certificate to reward a job well done. RESULTS - Our toddler learning activities have helped educate kids, creating lifelong learners. help little The prek learning materials teach the alphabet letters, primary phonics, pre-writing skills, colors and shapes. Kids learn numbers, basic math, and following directions. With easy directions and visual clues, our preschool workbooks are fun and easy to use to help expand skills through reinforcement learning. Our Preschool Math Workbooks, Kindergarten and PreK Workbooks, Readers, and Letter Tracing Workbooks are all crafted through a kid's eyes while integrating parent and teacher standards. OUR STORY - Almost 25 years ago, long-time educator Marie worked closely with her fellow educators, and quickly identified a need for at-home learning materials to help parents support and supplement their children's classroom curriculum. GOGO Hub was born as a quickly emerging educational leader in children's workbooks for preschoolers and elementary school children. GOGO Hub, the Go-To for parents remains family-owned, focused on excellence, responsive to customers, and committed to the community. GOGO believes that education is everywhere and is passionate about making products that inspire life's learning moments. We continually update new content, reflective of the forever changing standards, evolving teaching methods, and overall best practices.

Download or read book Pre K written by Scholastic Early Learners and published by Scholastic Early Learners. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early years make up an important time in children's learning. They prepare future school pupils for the classroom. This workbook is part of a series that provides fun, teacher-approved actibities to introduce children to key learning concepts. This book focuses on: building awareness of what to expect at pre-k or preschool, sorting and matching items, developing pencil-control skills.

Download or read book Let s Learn Play Kids Workbook Pre K Kindergarten written by Chelzea Jett and published by . This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for a fun and engaging way to teach your preschool or kindergarten students basic skills such as letters, numbers, and shapes? Look no further than the Let's Learn & Play Kids Workbook Pre-K & Kindergarten! With a size 8.5 x 11 inches plus 60+ pages of carefully crafted activities, this activity book is designed to help little learners develop important skills through tracing and other fun exercises. Each page features a new activity, from tracing letters and numbers to matching shapes and completing patterns. The clear and simple instructions make it easy for parents or educators to guide children through the exercises, while the engaging illustrations keep kids motivated and excited to learn. Whether you're looking for a workbook to use at home or in the classroom, the Let's Learn & Play Kids Workbook Pre-K & Kindergarten! is a fantastic choice. With a variety of activities that cover a range of skills, this activity book is perfect for helping little ones develop important skills while having fun at the same time!

Download or read book Preschool Basic Skills Fine Motor and Scissor Skills written by Scholastic Teaching Resources and published by Teacher's Friend. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Put young children on the road to learning success with this collection of fun, reproducible skill-building practice pages.Put young children on the road to learning success with this collection of fun, reproducible skill-building practice pages. Perfect for home or school, these age-appropriate activities teach and reinforce key skills, such as alphabet and number recognition, colors and shapes, visual perception, classifying, fine-motor skills, and so much more.

Download or read book Early Concepts Ages 3 5 written by and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Big Skills for Little Hands(R): Early Concepts for ages 3 and up provides essential practice for understanding early concepts, following directions, and developing motor skills. With 192 pages of fun activities, this workbook offers hands-on practice with letters, numbers, colors, and shapes. Current state standards have increased the academic demands on kindergarten students, making early learning more important than ever. Big Skills for Little Hands: Early Concepts engages early learners in activities that will keep them entertained while deepening their understanding for early learning concepts. Designed to support early learning guidelines, this workbook features engaging activities and essential practice to help your child follow directions, recognize numbers and letters, and refine motor skills. Give children a head start in their academic journey by encouraging early learning at home. The Big Skills for Little Hands series supports fine motor development and exposes children to essential early concepts like letters, numbers, colors, and shapes. With the help of this series, children will have fun cutting, tracing, pasting, counting, writing, and coloring their way to classroom readiness! Designed to help build confidence, the perforated pages allow children to proudly display their work upon completion! For complete classroom readiness, be sure to look for other titles in this series: *Big Skills for Little Hands: Cut and Paste *Big Skills for Little Hands: Trace and Draw *Big Skills for Little Hands: Color and Fold