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9780908609604

Getting Started with Schemas : Revealing the wonderful world of children's play order quantity
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NZ$ 50.00 each
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Author: Nikolien van Wijk
Published by: Playcentre Publications
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

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9781876138165

Making Links : A Collaborative Approach to Planning and Practices in Early Childhood order quantity
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Author: Anne Stonehouse & Janet Gonzalez Mena
Published by: Pademelon Press Pty Ltd
Written by two highly regarded early childhood professionals, this collaborative approach focuses on what teachers need to know about children, how they translate that information into plans and practice in early childhood services, and ways to engage parents in the process.
Paperback 186pp h245mm

First published February 2004.

Also includes Making Links Parent Partner : A Guide for parents about what matters in Early Childhood services
32 pages, first published 2006.


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9780807748435

Making Links : A Collaborative Approach to Planning and Practice in Early Childhood Programs order quantity
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Author: Janet Mena-Gonzalez & Anne Stonehouse
Published by: Teachers' College Press,U.S.
This book is about creating an environment, experiences, interactions, and relationships that allow children (birth to age 5) in center-based and family child care programs to have authentic experiences that will promote their development and learning. To address planning and practice the authors zero in on knowing and respecting the individual child, the group, and working in partnership with families. Rather than focusing on educational activities per se, the emphasis is on paying attention to the child's whole experience in the program. The authors examine what you need to know about children and their families, how to translate that information into plans and experiences, and how to include parents in the process. The authors wrote this book to be a "collaborative encounter with readers".

First published December 2007.

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9780908912964

Understanding Children's Development : A New Zealand Perspective (4th edition 1998) order quantity
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Author: Anne B. Smith (Professor and Director, Children's Issues Centre, University of Otago, New Zealand) with a chapter by Keith Ballard
Published by: Bridget Williams Books
Looks at how and why children develop and how they are influenced by people and events in their lives. This fourth edition is completely revised and brings new theoretical concepts into the New Zealand context.
Also contains a chapter on Disability and Development by Keith Ballard.

1st edition published 1982; this 4th edition 1998.

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9780073370637

Child Development (12th edition 2008) order quantity
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Author: John W. Santrock
Published by: McGraw-Hill Contemporary
Thorough. Accurate. Reliable. Engaging. These are just a few of the words used by adopters and reviewers of John Santrock's "Child Development." "Child Development" is widely considered the most accurate and up-to-date topically-organized text in the field. Used by hundreds of thousands of students over eleven editions, its learning goals-driven learning system provides a clear roadmap to student understanding of the content. The fully revised twelfth edition reinforces the highly contemporary tone and focus by featuring hundreds of new citations.


First published 1982; this 12th edition published 2008.


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9781572309647

Phonological Awareness : From Research to Practice order quantity
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Author: Gail T. Gillon (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
Published by: Guilford Press
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 clear recommendations for assessment and intervention show how to translate the research into day-to-day teaching and clinical practice. Methods and activities are described for working with preschoolers to adolescents, including those with special learning needs. Illustrative case studies and concise chapter summaries are additional useful features of this student- and practitioner-friendly volume.

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9780805833669

Speaking, Reading and Writing in Children with Langauge Disabilities : New Paradigms in Research and Practice order quantity
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Author: Katharine G. Butler & Elaine R. Silliman (eds)
Published by: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc,US
This work shows that being literate requires more than functional literacy, the recognition of printed words as meaningful. It requires the knowledge of how to use language as a tool for analyzing, synthesizing, and integrating what is heard or read in order to arrive at new interpretations.
The ability to use language in more literate ways has always been a central outcome of education. Today, however, being literate requires more than functional literacy, the recognition of printed words as meaningful. It requires the knowledge of how to use language as a tool for analyzing, synthesizing, and integrating what is heard or read in order to arrive at new interpretations.
Specialists in education, cognitive psychology, learning disabilities, communication sciences and disorders, and other fields have studied the language learning problems of school age children from their own perspectives. All have tended to emphasize either the ... more

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9781847921079

The Philosophical Baby : What Children's Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love and the Meaning of Life order quantity
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Author: Alison Gopnik
Published by: The Bodley Head (UK)
For most of us, having a baby is the most profound, intense, and fascinating experience of our lives. Now scientists and philosophers are starting to appreciate babies, too. The last decade has witnessed a revolution in our understanding of infants and young children. Scientists used to believe that babies were irrational, and that their thinking and experience were limited. Recently, they have discovered that babies learn more, create more, care more, and experience more than we could ever have imagined. And there is good reason to believe that babies are actually cleverer, more thoughtful, and even more conscious than adults. This new science holds answers to some of the deepest and oldest questions about what it means to be human. A new baby's captivated gaze at her mother's face lays the foundations for love and morality. A toddler's unstoppable explorations of his playpen hold the key to scientific discovery. A three-year-old's ... more

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9780914409397

Concepts for Care : Essays on Infant/Toddler Development and Learning order quantity
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Author: J Ronald Lally , Peter L Mangione & Deborah Greenwald (eds)
Published by: WestEd
Leading experts in infant/toddler development have contributed succinct essays drawn from research, theory, clinical case studies, and carefully documented practice. Each essay represents current thinking in the field of infant/toddler development and care. Individually and as a collection, the essays provide a springboard for reflection, discussion, and further exploration, especially for infant/toddler professionals seeking to enhance their programs and for students in the field of early care and education.

Physical Info: 0.89 cms H x 22.81 cms L x 17.83 cms W (0.33 kgs) 137 pages

First published 2006.

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9780070474499

Child Care Design Guide order quantity
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NZ$ 205.00 each
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Author: Anita Rui Olds
Published by: McGraw-Hill Contemporary
Daycare has become the growth industry of the 1990s. Virtually unknown 30 years ago, it is now the primary child-rearing environment for a majority of American children. It is estimated that the average child spends 10 hours a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year, for 5 years in this environment. There are no precedents for this growth and speed of development, and critical issues involving learning, safety, comfort, movement, and control have not been addressed in depth. How can architects and designers plan the best centers, centers that provide a genuine spirit of place, given available resources? This book answers this question by providing authoritative, useful information on how environments impact children and how to design and renovate functional, develeopmentally rich, pleasing centers.

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9780073378541

Infants, Toddlers, and Caregivers : A Curriculum of Respectful, Responsive Care and Education (8th edition 2009) order quantity
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NZ$ 135.00 each
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Author: Janet Gonzalez-Mena & Dianne Widmeyer Eyer
Published by: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Combining a child-centered philosophy with problem-solving strategies, and a thorough discussion of diversity, Infants, Toddlers, and Caregivers serves as an ideal introduction to curriculum and care for infants and toddlers. .
The approach to caregiving that underlies the text is based on Magda Gerber's philosophy combined with a bold new approach to the extensive 62 years of research done by her late colleague, Emmi Pikler. Focusing on the concept of respect in child care, both pioneers based their curriculum around responding to each individual child's needs in a warm and sensitive manner. Stressing the need for physical and social growth through planned and unplanned learning exercises, Gerber and Pikler's approach to childcare aims to develop the mental, physical, and emotional progress of each child. In addition to the new approach to Pikler's research, the new edition features expanded discussions on race, natural ... more

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9780325008837

Mentoring Early Childhood Educators : A Handbook for Supervisors, Administrators & Teachers order quantity
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Author: Carol Hillman
Published by: Heineman Educztional Books (USA)
"This book is a tour-de-force, deceptively simple and yet breathtaking in its scope."
- Mary Eames Ucci, Educational Director, Wellesley College Child Study CenterThe first few months in the classroom are a combination of on-the-job training and rite of passage, a time when novice teachers need someone to show them the ropes and be there to answer the tough questions. But if you are a teachers mentor or supervisor, your task isnt as simple as it seems. What is the best way for you and your teaching community to propel a new teacher into a joyful, engaging career in the classroom?

In "Mentoring Early Childhood Educators," Carol Hillman shares an innovative, collaborative supervisory model that gives preservice and novice teachers the opportunity to discover what real classrooms look and feel like while they develop the skills and thoughtfulness to work through both everyday issues and the more difficult problems of practice. From ... more


 
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9780325017143

Reading Begins at Home : Preparing Children Before They Go to School (2nd edition 2008) order quantity
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Author: Dorothy Butler & Marie M Clay
Published by: Heinemann Educational Publishers
"Reading Begins at Home "is a book early childhood educators can recommend to parents. It is a straightforward account of proven ways in which parents can help their children with reading - before they go to school. Internationally acclaimed reading authorities Dorothy Butler and Marie Clay present research-based ideas for at home instruction in beginning reading concepts - instruction that anyone can use with little kids: parents, guardians, grandparents, or anyone else interested in nudging young readers toward a lifetime of literacy. The techniques are based on decades of exploring how young children come to read, on what they have to master to become readers, and on the relationship between a literate home and success in school. Butler and Clay describe one-to-one learning situations that occur in everyday life and describe ways they can be turned into opportunities for beginning reading instruction at home. They show how children ... more

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9780131727946

Theories of Childhood : An introduction to Dewey, Montessori, Erikson, Paiget and Vygotsky - restricted title order quantity
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Author: Carol Garhart Mooney
Published by: Prentice Hall
Restricted title in New Zealand.

An intensive look at the ideas of five groundbreaking educational theorists, Theories of Childhood examines the work of John Dewey, Maria Montessori, Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget, and Lev Vygotsky in relation to early childhood care. An easy-to-learn overview of the theorist opens each chapter. Author Carol Garhart Mooney then distills their work to reveal how it relates to child care and children. Dewey examines the relationship of curriculum to life; Montessori, the need for carefully prepared classroom environments; Erikson, an approach to making children healthy and comfortable; Piaget, the knowledge of children's thought processes; and Vygotsky, the importance of teachers and peers in learning. Perfect for undergraduate programs, community college courses, training workshops, or to help keep your staff aware of the theory behind good child care practice.

First published 2000.

 
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9781876138295

Visions of Creativity in Early Childhood : Connecting Theory, Practice and Reflection order quantity
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Author: Joy Lubawy
Published by: Pademelon Press
Joy's stories from her many years of experience give us an insight into the comples dance of connections between children, teachers and families.

 
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