Schools and pre-schools

Help for reading teachers in continuous monitoring, assessment and instruction that targets students' problem areas This vital resource offers classroom teachers and literacy coaches practical assessments that can be used to evaluate key areas in students' reading performance.

DIPLOMA MATTERS In our current education system too many high school students wind up with too few choices.

DIPLOMA MATTERS In our current education system too many high school students wind up with too few choices.

Leading for Learning Written by acclaimed school reform advocate Phillip C.

In his best-selling classic Boys and Girls Learn Differently, Michael Gurian explained the origin and nature of gender differences in the classroom.

Score your highest on the Spanish-translated GED Passing the GED provides Spanish-speakers with expanded job and educational opportunities, like attending college or starting a successful career.

Score your highest on the Spanish-translated GED Passing the GED provides Spanish-speakers with expanded job and educational opportunities, like attending college or starting a successful career.

Problem-solving techniques for all aspects of the English teacher's job This unique time-saving book is packed with tested techniques and materials to assist new and experienced English teachers with virtually every phase of their job from lesson planning to effective discipline techniques.

Problem-solving techniques for all aspects of the English teacher's job This unique time-saving book is packed with tested techniques and materials to assist new and experienced English teachers with virtually every phase of their job from lesson planning to effective discipline techniques.

You may have noticed out-of-school-time care is burgeoning.

Thoughtfully created learning centers are bubbling with opportunities for active learning.

Every child belongs.

Nature is not simply what we teach.

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Develop children's problem-solving and critical-thinking skills?

Whether you are a teacher looking for ways to strengthen the math learning in your early childhood classroom, an educator in a community of practice who wants to learn more about teaching math in developmentally appropriate ways, or a teacher-educator who wants to offer students an easy-to-use reference and guide for helping young children develop their math competencies and skills, this text will help you make math learning a fun and worthwhile activity in your setting.

Rebuild, Recover, and Reopen You can't stop a disaster from happening, especially when Mother Nature is the force behind it.

The child-care industryessential to American families and to the American economyis at risk of complete collapse.

What can you add to your early childhood classroom that will immerse children in rich learning, reduce challenging behaviors, and develop confidence as well as critical thinking and problem-solving skills?

Now that you've identified the market need for high-quality child care and you've taken the first steps to building your practice, what's next?

Storms, flooding, earthquakes, epidemics, tornadoes, fire.

Children are expected to read, write, count, and sit still at younger and younger ages.

The authors of the acclaimed book From Biting to Hugging: Understanding Social Development in Infants and Toddlers bring educators another go-to infant and toddler resource in Crying and Laughing: The Emotional Development of Infants and Toddlers.

The Basics of Starting a Child-Care Business,the first book in The Business of Child Care series, walks readers through each step of planning, developing, and launching their own child-care business.

Sometimes misbehavior isn't what it seems.

The Power of Presence: A Guide to Mindfulness Practices in Early Childhood is written for today's educators who feel pressured by unrealistic demands, are overwhelmed by the daily chaos of early childhood teaching, and seek to find peace in their classrooms.

Communities of practice are an age-old phenomenon representing teamwork.

In a complex and changing landscape of scarce funding, high turnover rates, and differing views about priorities, the early childhood profession needs an anchor.

Professional development is important, but early childhood professionals get just as bored, worn out, and disengaged from learning as their younger counterparts do.

Resource books often provide tips and tricks for managing challenging behaviors, but what happens when those tactics dont work?

Take a fresh approach to community service and giving back.

Because their vocabularies haven't yet caught up with their thoughts and emotions, young children often struggle to communicate.

While the visual and performing arts are powerful curricular companions to early STEM experiences, educators may not have the tools and resources to introduce art beyond painting and drawing.

Young children are born scientists with an innate desire to analyze and investigate the world around them.

Child-care environments play an important role in how babies, toddlers, and two-year olds experience learning.

Preschool is a time of wonder when curiosity, development, and learning intersect.

When was the last time you got down on your hands and knees to see your classroom from a child's height?

Children are spending less timebeing outside in nature, playing,imagining, and learning abouttheir surroundings.

Environments are a complex interaction of physical elements, including sensory components, design and organization, aesthetics, nurturing attributes, and pedagogical resources.

How do children learn about the world around them?

The Complete Resource Book for Infantsis a collection of experiences and activities that maximize learning and development for children from birth to eighteen months.

Art Across the Alphabet contains art-centered activities for children ages three to six to reinforce letter recognition, build phonemic awareness and pre-reading skills, and associate reading with FUN!

Science and math concepts are embedded in the things children do every day.

Literacy Play is chock-full of creative dramatic play activities that teach important pre-reading skills while bringing childrens imaginations to life!

When you bend yourself into a letter shape or have an alphabet phone conversation, learning to read is FUN.