Education and Study aids / Preschool and Elementary

Primary School English-Language Education in Asia: From Policy to Practice

by Bernard Spolsky & Young-in Moon

In Asia, English is no longer a foreign language but a key resource for education, government, business and the general public. Whereas thirty years ago, British and American experts believed that the best way...

Planning for Possibilities in the Early Years

by Annie Woods

Planning is central to the role of any early years practitioner and involves careful consideration of resources and the learning environment, learning outcomes, observation and assessment and the unique abilities...

The Paraeducator in the Elementary School Classroom: Workbook

by Diane R. Page

This workbook, to accompany the Facilitator's Manual, is a resource that will be used throughout the year. Its 12 chapters correspond to the 12 training modules in the manual. Contains reproducible notebook...

Language Development for the Young Child: A Language Skill Workbook for Teaching Preschool Children

by Ernistine W. Rainey

This publication answers the needs of preschoolers who come from environmentally deprived backgrounds or who have developmental and/or perceptual problems. Instructions for each unit explain how projects address...

Using Stories to Teach ICT Ages 6 to 7

by Anita Loughrey

Using stories to teach ICT is a new, excellent series of four books that will make the teaching of ICT a more exciting and creative cross-curricular experience. The aim of the series is for ICT to be presented...

Using ICT in the Early Years: Parents and Practitioners in Partnership

by Alex Morgan & John Siraj-Blatchford

A step-by-step guide on how to teach young children a variety of ICT in a meaningful and creative way. This title, written by ICT experts in the early years, Prof. John Siraj-Blatchford and Dr. Alex Morgan,...

The Budding Scientist

by Stephanie Roselli

Curious kids will delight in the joy of scientific discovery through the fifty fun activities in The Budding Scientist! This book is filled with great ways for you and your child to learn about how our world...

Another Encyclopedia of Theme Activities for Young Children: Over 300 Favorite Activities Created by Teachers

by Kathy Charner

Actively engage children's imaginations with more than three hundred activities for young children organized into a variety of popular themes—from the alphabet to the weather. The result of a nationwide contest...

Math and Science Investigations: Helping Young Learners Make Big Discoveries

by Sally Anderson

Young children are naturally interested in the patterns and processes occurring in the world around them. They are beginning to learn about the changes happening each day, month, and season. They are starting...

The Budding Chef

by Kate Kuhn

Curious kids will delight in the 50 fun-filled recipes in The Budding Chef! Full of great ways for parents and their budding chefs to have fun together, this introduction to cooking is brimming with kitchen...

The Budding Gardener

by Mary Rein

Curious kids will delight in the fifty fun-filled gardening activities in The Budding Gardener! The Budding Gardener offers great ways for parents and their budding gardeners, ages three to six, to create memories...

101 Rhythm Instrument Activities for Young Children

by Abigail Flesch Connors & Deborah Wright

The perfect book to introduce rhythm instruments to young children! Children make the sound of the ocean waves using shakers, pretend to be a train using sand blocks, create a rainstorm with rhythm sticks, and...

Sensory Integration: A Guide for Preschool Teachers

by Christy Isbell & Rebecca Isbell

Do you have a child in your early childhood classroom who:

• Climbs on top of furniture and jumps off?
• Covers his ears when children are singing?
• Refuses to touch clay, paint, or sand?
• Often falls down and skins...

Teaching Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

by Clarissa Willis

What do you do when a three-year-old with autism falls on the floor kicking and screaming?

How do you communicate with a child who looks away and flaps his hands?

Who can help if you suspect a child in your class...

The Most Beautiful Color of All

by Kelly T. Fischer

A box of colored pencils comes to life as Bettle Blue, Oliver Orange, Yasmin Yellow, Gertrude Green, and Beesile Black try to prove which of them is the most beautiful. Bur Grandmother Priscilla Purple know...

The Moon Throws a Birthday Party

by Kelly T. Fischer

The Moon plans a birthday party and invites all of his star friends. Expect, that is, the most important star, the Sun,. And Sun has quite a temper! Wind hopes that Moon will invite everyone to the party. What...

Miseducation: PRESCHOOLERS AT RISK

by David Elkind

Designed to help parents avoid the miseducation of young children. Dr. Elkind shows us the very real difference between the mind of a pre-school child and that of a school age child.

How to Handle Hard-to-Handle Preschoolers: A Guide for Early Childhood Educators

by Maryln Appelbaum

Early childhood educators know all too well how challenging and demanding pre-K children can be. But couple that with learning or behavioral disorders and teaching kids in the classroom can be even more of a...

Planning for Learning through Nursery Rhymes

by Rachel Sparks Linfield

Plan for six weeks of learning covering all six areas of learning and development of the EYFS through the topic of nursery rhymes. The Planning for Learning series is a series of topic books written around the...

Meeting Special Needs: A practical guide to support children with Epilepsy

by Rachel Baker

This is a practical, informative guide on how to care for young children with epilepsy. It is aimed at professionals working in child-care, but may also be of use to parents and anyone else wishing to know more...