The Kinderchat Guide to the Classroom

The Kinderchat Guide to the Classroom
Author: Heidi Echternacht
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2021-08-19
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000415414

From the founders of #Kinderchat, this book provides a comprehensive, friendly guide to teaching in the early childhood classroom. Organized around the same core topics as #Kinderchat, conversational yet authoritative chapters cover everything a novice teacher needs to know, from setting up your classroom to establishing routines and engaging with parents. Learn how to effectively incorporate play, meet the needs of diverse learners, and cover curriculum like a pro. With helpful tips for working with a range of program structures, this is a must-have read for anyone new to the kindergarten or pre-K classroom.

The Kinderchat Guide to Elementary School Projects

The Kinderchat Guide to Elementary School Projects
Author: Heidi Echternacht
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2023-10-31
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000986365

The Kinderchat Guide to Elementary School Projects takes the structure, philosophy, and child-centered, playful approach to learning most commonly seen in early childhood and shares how to scale and apply for the wider elementary school community. From one of the founders of the popular online Kinderchat group, this book shows how inviting play into academic learning forms an essential "back and forth" between application and skill development. Learn how to foster discovery, playfulness, imagination, and spontaneity into the elementary school academic curriculum, while keeping skills in the foreground. Offering lesson plans, scaffolded implementation techniques and methodologies, these unique and approachable projects are ready to use by in-service elementary educators, seasoned professionals, and school leaders.

Universal Design for Learning in the Early Childhood Classroom

Universal Design for Learning in the Early Childhood Classroom
Author: Pamela Brillante
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2022-04-24
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000570851

Universal Design for Learning in the Early Childhood Classroom, Second Edition focuses on proactively designing PreK through Grade 3 classroom instruction, environments, and assessments that are flexible enough to ensure that teachers can accommodate the needs of all the students in their classrooms. Featuring updated language and examples to elevate discussions about inclusion and access along with a stronger anti-bias focus, this second edition includes new content on trauma-informed practice, strength-based approaches, social-emotional learning, family partnerships, and using remote and virtual technology. Highly practical and easy to use, this book remains THE essential guide to UDL in the early years.

Sparking Curiosity through Project-Based Learning in the Early Childhood Classroom

Sparking Curiosity through Project-Based Learning in the Early Childhood Classroom
Author: Elizabeth Hoyle Konecni
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2022-12-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000807355

Learn how to tap into and illuminate the creative potential in all learners with this inspiring and practical book. This book teaches educators to unlock the creativity in all learners while celebrating inquiry at its highest levels. Each chapter explores how to create learning spaces that invite deep inquiry, initiate thoughtful conversations, invite wonder and curiosity in learning each day, and maintain high levels of engagement. The approachable framework is built around the three-phase project model and is broken down into a user-friendly planning tool, explaining how to approach project-based teaching and learning in any early childhood classroom. Coupled with noteworthy true stories, sample units, and example pictures, early childhood educators will come away with tools and plans to enhance teaching and learning practices in their classroom through a project-based approach.

The New Leader's Guide to Early Childhood Settings

The New Leader's Guide to Early Childhood Settings
Author: Elaine Margarita Mendez
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 105
Release: 2022-10-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000738388

Learn how to effectively lead and make an impact in early childhood and primary school settings. The New Leader’s Guide to Early Childhood Settings explores how to empower educators and caregivers, advocate for early intervention, promote culturally responsive teaching, and confront common fears and hurdles. Packed with helpful resources and strategies, chapters feature key tips about effective communication, leveraging technology, and questions for reflection. Practical and accessible, this engaging guidebook delivers quick, effective advice whether you're just starting out or are an experienced leader newly jumping into the early years.

Playful Education

Playful Education
Author: Dee C. Ray
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2022-12-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000790886

Playful Education provides a guide for you to activate the powers of play to boost your teaching practices and increase your effectiveness as an educator. Based on Virginia Axline and Garry Landreth’s play therapy, this book is an operational and practical guide on using play therapy to strengthen your holistic learning development and relationships with students. Chapters offer practical responsive interventions for children with behavioral and academic challenges and preventative practices. You will learn the purpose and goals of implementing play times, (i.e., PlayBreaks), with individuals and groups of students, skills necessary to facilitate playtimes, and how to transfer play skills to the larger classroom. Educators will learn the foundations of play therapy and how they can be used to guide play within a classroom setting. Expanding beyond the classroom, this book is loaded with playful activities to enhance child-teacher relationships and integrate play throughout the school.

Global Citizenship Education for Young Children

Global Citizenship Education for Young Children
Author: Robin Elizabeth Hancock
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2022-07-07
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000599612

Designed to assist educators of young children in building awareness of their roles as members of a global community in an increasingly divided world, this essential guide is an illuminating resource which answers the question: "Is it possible to teach global citizenship in the first five years of life?" Global Citizenship Education for Young Children takes a close look at the practice of two preschools with vastly different histories, curricula and demographics and introduces readers to the range of possibilities that exist within early childhood global citizenship education. Snapshots of practice, strategies to employ and opportunities for self-reflection provide readers with concrete guidance for how to build learning environments that encourage global citizenship in the first years of life.

The EduProtocol Field Guide

The EduProtocol Field Guide
Author: Marlena Hebern
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2018-01-24
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781946444608

Are you ready to break out of the lesson-and-worksheet rut? Use The EduProtocol Field Guide to create engaging and effective instruction, build culture, and deliver content to K-12 students in a supportive, creative environment.

A Moving Child Is a Learning Child

A Moving Child Is a Learning Child
Author: Gill Connell
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2014-08-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1575425327

In order to learn, kids’ need to move! Grounded in best practices and current research, this hands-on resource connects the dots that link brain activity, movement, and early learning. The expert authors unveil the Kinetic Scale: a visual map of the active learning needs of infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and primary graders that fits each child’s individual timetable. Teachers, parents, and caregivers will find a wealth of information, actionable tips, and games they can use to support children’s healthy development—all presented in a lively, full-color format with demonstrative diagrams and photos. A final section offers easy-to-implement activities geared to the Kinetic Scale. Downloadable digital content includes printable charts, games, and activities from the book plus a PowerPoint presentation for professional development, parent handouts, and bonus activities. An ideal tool for coaches, mentors, and trainers.Introducing the Kinetic Scale unique framework encompassing all the elements of movement: reflexes, sensory tools (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, balance, and intuition), motor tools (power, coordination, and control), and language based on six stages of movement development from birth to age 7: snugglers, squigglers, stompers, scampers, scooters, and skedaddlers designed to foster a balanced diet of physical activity that helps each child move, grow, and learn on the child’s individual timetable

Matching Books to Readers

Matching Books to Readers
Author: Irene C. Fountas
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1999
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This reference provides a comprehensive, up-to-date levelled reading list. Created with the input of hundreds of early literacy teachers, it compiles more than 7000 caption books, natural language texts, series books, and children's literature for kindergarten through grade three.