Elizabeth Pantley gets dozens of e-mails daily about her bestselling sleep book, "The No-Cry Sleep Solution". "No-Cry Sleep" covered babies up to age two, but many of the parents are asking what to do about older children who are being awakened by a baby's cries, refusing to go to bed or to stay in bed, having nightmares, or getting into the ...
America's Favorite Pediatrician brings the wonderful support and insight of his best-selling Touchpoints to parents of children three to six. For decades, new parents have relied on Dr. Brazelton's wisdom. But all "Brazelton babies" grow up. Now at last, the internationally famous pediatrician, in collaboration with an eminent child psychiatrist, ...
This book emphasizes both constructivist and explicit strategies for teaching literacy to young children within an integrated language arts approach. With a thought-provoking and rich presentation, renowned author Lesley Morrow explores literacy development as an active process between children and adults to create meaning and real purpose. The ...
This classic title in the bestselling Positive Discipline series guides parents in helping their young children learn valuable social skills both in and outside the classroom while avoiding the power struggles that often come with the challenges of learning and growing.
What begins as a business move born of pure financial desperation turns into a woman's quest to reinvent herself, and in the process expose the unbelievably preposterous underbelly of Manhattan's elite private school admissions process for five year olds.
Any parent of a toddler knows the drill: youre having a nice day with your child, then suddenly-meltdown! How to react? Or not react? I Brake for Meltdowns offers parents welcome relief: an annotated listing of all the exasperating things little kids do and step-by-step advice on how to handle each situation. From Public Meltdowns to In Search of ...
The updated chapters include information on phonemic awareness and preschool reading, additional references, the latest Perry Preschool research results, recent research relating to brain development, and a complete description of a consistent approach to problem solving. Written for early childhood practitioners and students, this manual presents ...
This title covers thirty easy ways you can give your children a head start on essential education skills. "Kitchen-Table Play & Learn" gives you structured yet fun lessons to teach your preschoolers the basics of education at home. These 30 lessons include games and activities that help you hone your children's motor skills, number and letter ...
Crying in the checkout lane, squabbling with playmates over a new toy, or refusing to go to bed on time. Common Sense Parenting skills can help you handle these day-to-day challenges you face with your young child. Included in this book is: How to set reasonable expectations based on your child's age, development, and abilities. How to give your ...
This resource provides classroom-tested ideas and methods for linking math and literature skills in the primary grades. Incorporating popular literature into math instruction offers an opportunity for students to experience mathematics separately from the traditional routine of workbook and textbook exercises. Ten classroom lessons, student ...
Your road map through the ups and downs of early childhood Almost every child, at some point during their early years won't listen, will throw a tantrum, will be mean or aggressive, shy or withdrawn, be a picky eater, and more. As a parent, you know that differences in children's learning styles and temperaments are a given. However, when any of ...
How we raise young children is one of today's most highly personalized and sharply politicized issues, in part because each of us can claim some level of "expertise." The debate has intensified as discoveries about our development-in the womb and in the first months and years-have reached the popular media. How can we use our burgeoning knowledge ...
Provides early childhood professionals with a framework for understanding the emotional lives of the young children they serve. The book combines a theoretical foundation with a practical basis for making preschool classrooms function as therapeutic environments.
Choosing a pediatrician, toilet training, and the terrible twos--these are some of the topics of this informative and entertaining guide. Parents will learn how to deal with common problems and find easy strategies for promoting good hygiene, daily dental care, table manners and politeness.
"It's all about dialogue, isn't it?", asks Lorraine, a black third-grade teacher whose story becomes a central motif. And indeed, it is the dialogue that prevails in this book, as parents and teachers learn how they must talk to each other and to their children, if every child is to secure a sense of self in the schoolroom, no matter what the ...
Within an integrated language arts approach, this book emphasizes both constructivist and explicit strategies for teaching literacy to young children within an integrated language arts approach. With a thought-provoking and rich presentation, renowned author, Lesley Morrow explores literacy development as an active process between children and ...
This sequel to the popular Math and Literature (K-3) features 20 classroom-tested lessons based on popular children's books including The Greedy Triangle One Hundred Hungry Ants, and Two of Everything. An accessible, entertaining resource with an introduction by Marilyn Burns.
If you're a parent, you may have already discovered the dearth of literature on a very important period in your child's life: ages two to five, known as the preschool years. The first book of its kind, The Preschool Years brings together in a single, superbly organized volume the advice of parents, and the latest thinking of experts, on one ...
Written expressly for teachers, this highly readable guide offers the specific techniques needed to facilitate the natural progression of second-language acquisition in young children. Teachers will learn how to create a supportive classroom environment for children learning English as a second language - with effective ways to measure progress, ...
This comprehensive resource to the best picture books, nonfiction, nursery rhymes, fingerplays, action rhymes, and craft ideas for preschool storytime is ideal for children's librarians, preschool and primary teachers, and parents. It contains references to 1,000 beloved books for children ages three to five, along with the complete text for 500 ...
Developed with education specialists Will help to build communication and cognitive skills and give children confidence for the classroom. Full of fun and passionately pink, My Big Pink Book of Everything is a dreamcome- true for pink-mad little girls. With interactive questions and entertaining activities, this book covers key early ...
In an easy-to-read format, this collection of stories aims to refresh the souls and rekindle the spirits of mothers of preschoolers, encouraging them through this short, but most precious period of time in their children's lives.
arances on NBC's "Today" show, Dr. Rimm provides clear, workable advice for guiding children from toddlerhood through kindergarten. With an aim of starting children on the path to achievement in school and in life, Rimm discusses teaching social skills, finding good day care, dealing with sibling rivalry, preparing for kindergarten, and more.
The directors of one of the countrys most admired preschools draw on their 50 years of combined experience as educators, admissions directors, and parents to give moms and dads of children between the ages of three and five the guidance they need to feel confident and empowered.
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