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Literature for Young Children: Supporting Emergent Literacy, Ages 0-8
Literature for Young Children: Supporting Emergent Literacy, Ages 0-8, 6/e is written for early childhood teachers and childcare professionals to help them learn to recognize high-quality children’s literature and effectively use it to support emerging literacy development in preschool and primary-age children. It not only exposes the literary merits of eary childhood literature, but also explains how to use children’s literature as a teaching tool, offering a myriad of developmentally appropriate strategies for sharing literature with young children…. More >>
Literature for Young Children: Supporting Emergent Literacy, Ages 0-8
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Understanding Peer Influence in Children and Adolescents
- ISBN13: 9781593853976
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Scientists, educators, and parents of teens have long recognized the potency of peer influences on children and youth, but until recently, questions of how and why adolescents emulate their peers were largely overlooked. This book presents a comprehensive framework for understanding the processes by which peers shape each other’s attitudes and behavior, and explores implications for intervention and prevention. Leading authorities share compelling findings on such topics as how drug use, risky sexual behavior, and other deviant behaviors “catch on” among certain peer groups or cliques; the social, cognitive, developmental, and contextual factors that strengthen or weaken the power of peer influence; and the n… More >>
Understanding Peer Influence in Children and Adolescents
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Bereaved Children and Teens: A Support Guide for Parents and Professionals
Bringing together fourteen experts from across the United States and Canada, Bereaved Children and Teens is a comprehensive guide to helping children and adolescents cope with the emotional, religious, social, and physical consequences of a loved one’s death. The result is an indispensable reference for parents, teachers, counselors, health-care professionals, and clergy.
Topics covered include what to say and what not to say when explaining death to very young children; how teenagers grieve differently from children and adults; how to translate Protestant, Catholic, or Jewish beliefs about death into language that children can understand; how ethnic and cultural differences can affect how children grie… More >>
Bereaved Children and Teens: A Support Guide for Parents and Professionals
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Vanilla Manila Folder Games: For Young Children
“Vanilla Folder” activities are easy to store and make, and they hold children’s attention. The only materials needed are Manila file folders, marking pens, construction paper, scissors, and glue. The clearcut format of this book, which includes folders, patterns, and directions, will assist any educator in developing basic curriculum materials while staying within a limited budget. You’ll discover the simplicity and run that thousands of teachers already love…. More >>
Vanilla Manila Folder Games: For Young Children
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Preschool Education in America: The Culture of Young Children from the Colonial Era to the Present
This comprehensive history describes policies and programs for the education of three-, four-, and five-year-olds in the United States since the colonial era. It also traces efforts to make preschool education part of the public school system and shows why these efforts have been rejected, despite increasing evidence that preschools are beneficial for all young children. 24 illustrations…. More >>
Preschool Education in America: The Culture of Young Children from the Colonial Era to the Present
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