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Many curriculum books treat teaching as something teachers do to or for children. Deb Curtis and Margie Carter, best-selling authors in the early learning field, believe teaching is a collaborative process in which teachers reexamine their own philosophies and practices while facilitating children's learning. Each chapter in this curriculum framework includes a conceptual overview followed by classroom stories and photographs to illustrate the concepts. The book helps teachers create materials and a classroom culture reflective o... read more

Caring for Infants with respectInternationally renowned infant specialist Magda Gerber, M.A., the founder of RIE, offers a healthy new approach to infant care based on a profound respect for each baby's individual needs and abilities. First published 1998.

DoP 2006 This book provides:a comprehensive overview of the history of observation in early childhood education; a range of practical techniques, both qualitative and quantitative for practitioners; a section, mainly for researchers, on ethics and also recording, analysing, and reporting observational data.

This lively account of early childhood education and care in postwar New Zealand is a follow-up to the author's earlier study. "Discovery of Early Childhood, which traced the origins of institutional care for young children in Europe and New Zealand. The evolution of systems of care and the increasing importance of preschool are documented. Because children are central to New Zealand's social history, this book also serves as a remarkable record of social movements. The postwar search for security, the radicalism of the 1960s ... read more

Drawing on research, theory and practice, this book presents ways in which practitioners, working in partnership with parents, can give children a successful start to school. Written in an accessible style, the book helps early years practitioners planning transition programmes for new children and offers ideas for developing their professional practice when working with families. Starting school at the age of four or five is recognized as a major adjustment in a child's life which can determine his or her future success in educati... read more

"The Treasure Basket and Heuristic Play" promote extraordinary capacities of concentration, intellectual brilliance and manipulative mastery for babies and young children. The approach appears deceptively simple: offering natural and house-hold objects to babies and toddlers can transform their learning. It is based on much more complicated research into how babies learn, the principles of learning, research evidence, and the author's own personal experience of working with the under 3s. The book provides: a new approach to underst... read more

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Music therapy is well established as a particulary effective way of working with people with autism - helping them to communicate, ameliorating symptons of distress and helping them to cope better with an uncertain and confusing world. This book looks at the reasons why this is so.In the first part of the text Dorita S. Berger looks in detail at those characteristics of autism, especially sensory integration problems, which are amenable to music therapy. In the second part she shows how, at a neurological level, the purity of sound... read more

While paediatric healthcare professionals view play as the treatment tool of choice for children under school age, the theory and practice underpinning play-based therapeutic approaches often remain less clear to individual practitioners. Paediatric intervention approaches are increasingly being questioned, and individual practitioners constantly asked to provide evidence-based practice. In response, a more coherent understanding and fresh discussion on children's play and utilisation of play for therapeutic purposes is needed, esp... read more

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Comprehensive and user friendly, this ideal professional reference and graduate text provides a developmentally informed framework for assessing 3 to 6 year-olds in accordance with current best practices and IDEA guidelines. The authors are leading clinician-researchers who take the reader step by step through selecting appropriate measures, integrating data from a variety of sources, and using the results to plan and evaluate effective interventions and learning experiences. It's coverage encompasses screening and assessment of co... read more

- Instructional note to caregivers - Full color illustration - Text formatted into font suitable for the primary level - Activities to reinforce skills in: - Phonemic Awareness - Phonics - Vocabulary - Fluency - Text Comprehension - Word list - Author Biography

This unique resource provides a comprehensive review of current knowledge about phonological awareness, together with practical guidance for helping children acquire needed skills. Up-to-date findings are synthesized on the development of phonological awareness; its role in literacy learning; and how it can be enhanced in children at risk for reading difficulties and those with reading disorders or speech or language impairments. Of particular value to general and special educators and speech-language professionals, the book's clea... read more

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Now newly enlarged and updated, this groundbreaking book presents the body's role in thinking and learning in a popular readable style, thoroughly supported by scientific research. Biologist and educator Carla Hannaford tells us why we must move, and shows us how to move to fully activate our potential as learners. First published 1995; this 2nd edition 2005.

In 'Getting Started with Schemas', you will learn about what schemas are, how to spot them, and then how to use them to enhance teaching and learning. You will also learn how schemas support the delivery of Te Whariki and the development of children's learning dispositions and working theories. First published December 2008, Auckland A-4 / 132pp

Do computers really help our children to read, write or think, or do they stifle their development, divert crucial resources, and substitute technology for teaching and learning? This book paints a compelling picture of how our uncritical rush to use computers in schools had led to an unhelpful revolution in education. First published 1998; this updated, Australasian edition 2001.

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