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Early Childhood Education

Early Childhood Education


FOCUSED OBSERVATIONS: HOW TO OBSERVE YOUNG CHILDREN FOR ASSESSMENT AND CURRICULUM PLANNING (SECOND EDITION)

Learn the importance of and how to use observation in your early childhood classroom
Intentional teaching begins with focused observations and systematic documentation of children's learning and development. Focused Observations, Second Edition, explains why observation is one of the best methods to get to know each child well, track progress, and plan individualized curriculum. It also provides tools and techniques to help you strengthen your observations, create portfolios with rich documentation, and support each child. You will also learn how to share your findings with families and grow as an observer through review and reflection activities. Learn answers to common questions about observation, including
  • Why should I use observation in my classroom?
  • What does effective observation and documentation look like?
  • How do I fit observation in so that it doesn't take away from teaching and interacting with children?
  • How do observation and documentation work with early learning guidelines?

    CD-ROM (With Publication) / 2013 / () /

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    ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN THE PRESCHOOL SETTING

    Working with Children and Families to Support English Language Learners.
    Chapter 1: Development of English Language Learners
    Chapter 2: Working with Families of English Language Learners
    Chapter 3: Integrating Content Learning & English Language Learners

    DVD / 2011 / () / 60 minutes

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    MANAGING EVERYDAY CHALLENGES THROUGH POSITIVE GUIDANCE

    Learn how the physical environment can support social and emotional development. Re-direction and setting limits aid in positive development. Finding "hot spots" can help ease difficulties.

    Chapter 1: Developing Positive Relationships to Support Young Children's Social and Emotional Development
    Chapter 2: Preventive Practices in the Preschool Classroom
    Chapter 3: Developing Social Skills and Utilizing Positive Guidance Strategies in Managing Everyday Challenges

    DVD / 2011 / () / 60 minutes

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    NATURE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

    See how teachers use nature and the environment to help children learn across a wide array of disciplines. Visit two playscapes, or natural playgrounds, to see how teachers integrate nature into all learning. Learn the key features of this new phenomenon. Watch teachers as they help children learn to love nature and gain higher levels of thinking about the environment, science & their place in the world.

    Chapter 1: Romancing Nature
    Chapter 2: Designing Nature Spaces
    Chapter 3: Environmental Education

    DVD / 2011 / () / 60 minutes

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    MATHEMATICAL THINKING: GEOMETRY, PATTERNING & MEASUREMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

    Learning shapes deepens mathematical understanding. Children build future math skills through patterning. Measurement begins in infancy. Exploring length, volume and time supports later learning.

    Chapter 1: Geometry
    Chapter 2: Patterning
    Chapter 3: Measurement

    DVD / 2010 / () / 90 minutes

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    ART IN UNIVERSALLY DESIGNED PRESCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS

    Discover how to awaken creative expression and encourage artistic growth. Learn how the Universal Design for Learning supports the success of children. Explore how to implement art experiences that meet the developmental needs of children at all levels.

    Chapter 1: Art as an Open-ended Process
    Chapter 2: Universal Design and Art Education
    Chapter 3: Art and the Integrated Curriculum

    DVD / 2009 / () / 84 minutes

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    LANGUAGE ARTS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

    Learn how use quality literature and opportunities for interactive reading. See how to promote a child's understanding of print. Explore ways to integrate literacy activities throughout the learning environment.

    Chapter 1: Quality Literature is the Foundation for Interactive Reading
    Chapter 2: Knowledge of Print Awareness and Emergent Writing Guides Planning
    Chapter 3: Planning for Intentional Teaching Opportunities Throughout the Classroom

    DVD / 2008 / () / 90 minutes

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    MATHEMATICS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

    Observation and reflection informs instructional strategies. Learn how to integrate mathematics throughout the learning environment to create intentional teaching opportunities.

    Chapter 1: Knowledge of Mathematical Thinking Guides Planning
    Chapter 2: Teacher Reflection Informs Planning
    Chapter 3: Planning for Intentional Teaching Opportunities

    DVD / 2008 / () / 67 minutes

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    SCIENCE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

    Learn to extend science activities to promote higher-level thinking. See how integrating science learning throughout the environment can create a rich and meaningful science curriculum.

    Chapter 1: Children's Development of Scientific Knowledge Guides Planning
    Chapter 2: Teacher Reflection Informs Planning
    Chapter 3: Integrating Science Throughout the Classroom

    DVD / 2008 / () / 83 minutes

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    SOCIAL STUDIES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

    Understand how the learning environment can support social studies learning. Learn how to encourage children to learn collaboratively, becoming contributing citizens in a community. See how to help children construct an understanding of time, supporting history content standards.

    Chapter 1: Creating an Environment that Supports Social Studies Content
    Chapter 2: Fostering a Classroom Community
    Chapter 3: Building a Foundation for History

    DVD / 2008 / () / 84 minutes

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    BEYOND BABYSITTING: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT CHILD CARE QUALITY, AND WHY IT MATTERS

    Beyond Babysitting documents several early care and education professionals at an urban child care center over the course of three years. Learn what quality is, what quality looks like, and why quality is vital to the future of communities with productive and flourishing citizens in this child care documentary from DVAEYC.

    DVD (With English and Spanish subtitles) / / () / 30 minutes

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    BUILDING STRUCTURES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN (COMPLETE SET)

    By Ingrid Chalufour, Karen Worth

    This comprehensive set makes it easy to get started with the Building Structures with Young Children curriculum. Six basic and eight advanced workshops guide you step by step through the curriculum, developing skills in inquiry-based teaching and science education. The full-color DVD presents eight real-life vignettes of the curriculum in action for observation, reflection, and discussion.

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    BUILDING STRUCTURES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN (TRAINER'S SET)

    By Ingrid Chalufour, Karen Worth

    The comprehensive trainer's set makes it easy to get started with the Building Structures with Young Children curriculum. Six basic and eight advanced workshops guide you step-by-step through the curriculum, helping you facilitate as teachers build their skills in inquiry-based teaching and science education. The full-color DVD presents eight real-life vignettes of the curriculum in action for observation, reflection, and discussion.

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    DISCOVERING NATURE (COMPLETE SET)

    By Ingrid Chalufour, Karen Worth

    You can introduce children to the wonders of science with Discovering Nature With Young Children, a nationally field-tested curriculum funded partly by the National Science Foundation. Rather than focusing on learning facts without direct experience or observing random objects on a table, Discovering Nature makes science the exploration of materials and phenomena. It then gives children opportunities to learn from that experience.

    The comprehensive trainer's guide and video give you an in-depth look¡Xand visual tour¡Xof the complete Discovering Nature with Young Children curriculum. The guide goes step by step through discussion plans, sample charts and forms, and extensive resource suggestions. The DVD includes eight real-life vignettes of the curriculum in use in the classroom.

    The curriculum guide helps teachers prepare themselves and their classroom for a new approach to science learning. It guides teachers as they plan open and focused explorations, ranging from indoor terraria to outdoor animal searches and habitat discussions. Later, it helps teachers observe, assess, and document children's learning.

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    DISCOVERING NATURE (TRAINER'S SET)

    By Karen Worth, Ingrid Chalufour

    This comprehensive trainer's set provides an in-depth look¡Xand visual tour¡Xof the complete Discovering Nature with Young Children curriculum. The trainer's guide takes you through the curriculum step-by-step, with discussion plans, sample charts and forms, and extensive resource suggestions. The full-color trainer's DVDcontains eight real-life vignettes of the curriculum in use in the classroom.

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    EARLY LEARNING STANDARDS AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT: BEST PRACTICES IN THE FACE OF CHANGE

    By Gaye Gronlund, MA, Marlyn James MA

    One of the few staff development books on early learning standards, this resource will assist directors and trainers in guiding early childhood staff to fulfill learning standards¡Xwithout compromising best practices. Written by respected consultants Gaye Gronlund and Marlyn James, it includes activities for reflecting on issues, such as how much teachers should direct each type of classroom activity, and helps staff developers assist teachers in strengthening their observation and documentation skills.

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    EXPLORING WATER WITH YOUNG CHILDREN (COMPLETE SET)

    By Ingrid Chalufour, Karen Worth

    Water is all around us. In the third component of the Young Scientist Series, teachers learn how to guide children in deepening their understanding of liquids, and water, in particular. Teachers begin by preparing themselves and their classroom for investigations ranging from experimenting at the water table to exploring water in nature. Next, teachers hone their ability to guide children's open and focused explorations of water and its properties, and learn how to best observe, assess, and document learning. Four detailed chapters help children learn important science inquiry skills including questioning, investigating, discussing, and formulating ideas and theories.

    The comprehensive trainer's guide and video makes it easy to get teachers started with the Exploring Water with Young Children curriculum. Six basic and eight advanced workshops guide teachers step by step through the curriculum, developing skills in inquiry-based teaching and science education. The guide also includes strategies for supporting teachers over time through mentoring and guided discussions, as well as detailed charts, forms, and reproducible overheads for extended study and reflection. The full-color DVD presents eight real-life vignettes of the curriculum in action for observation, reflection, and discussion.

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    EXPLORING WATER WITH YOUNG CHILDREN (TRAINER'S SET)

    This comprehensive trainer's set makes it easy to ground teachers in the Exploring Water with Young Children curriculum. Six basic and eight advanced workshops help you guide teachers step-by-step through the curriculum, developing skills in inquiry-based teaching and science education. The full-color DVD program presents eight real-life vignettes of the curriculum in action to promote observation, reflection, and discussion.

    DVD (Color, With Guide) / / () / 37 minutes

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    FAMILY BASED PREVENTION 5 - NURTURING HEALTHY AND SOCIALLY COMPETENT CHILDREN

    How can adults build resiliency in youth? Learn how you can overcome the barriers to resilience, such as the death of a parent or grandparent, poverty, job loss or the disability of a parent. Learn how to help a child develop self-esteem and how a sense of personal security builds resilience. See how working with families across a broad array of issues can help children build resiliency. Understand the language of resiliency.

    Learn how a small change in the classroom can help support children's social competence. How can this challenge of social competence be addressed among English language learners? How can communication and problem solving help children build social competence? This DVD addresses these questions and more.

    DVD / / () / 164 minutes

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    FAMILY BASED PREVENTION 6 - SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN YOUNG CHILDREN

    What is emotional literacy? Learn the importance of teaching emotional literacy to young children. How can social/emotional development be supported through building empathy, expressing feelings and building a sense of confidence and competence? Brainstorm ways to teach emotional literacy.

    When do the first signs of friendship emerge? When do children learn empathy? How do friendships support cognitive and social development? Learn how to help children build friendship skills through turn taking, sharing and play. Learn how to help children build friendship skills by entering play and role modeling.

    DVD / / () / 154 minutes

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    FAMILY BASED PREVENTION 7 - HEALTHY AND SUCCESSFUL CHILDREN: ROLES FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS AND PARENTS

    Understand how to delineate the significance of protective factors in young children. Learn strategies for supporting the development of assets and protective factors. Understand the importance of social marketing as a strategy for increasing parent involvement.

    Understand key risk factors and important family protective factors. What are the barriers to parent involvement that teachers can address? Learn ways to promote parent involvement. Learn social marketing strategies that can increase parent engagement. Experience ways family celebrations and reading nights can involve families in prevention.

    DVD / / () / 158 minutes

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    FAMILY BASED PREVENTION 8 - FAMILY COMMUNICATION: ROLES FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS AND PARENTS

    Learn the importance of building positive family communication skills in parents and children. Apply strategies to help parents enhance effective family communication skills. Help children and parents improve listening skills. See how non-verbal skills like avoiding eye contact and fidgeting can block communication.

    Learn strategies that facilitate pro-social development. Understand active listening through encouraging, clarifying, repeating, reflecting and summarizing. Learn how to help children build problem solving skills and conflict resolution. See how effectively managing our own emotions can help us teach the same skills to children.

    DVD / / () / 200 minutes

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    FAMILY BASED PREVENTION 9 - BUILDING DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS IN YOUNG CHILDREN: ROLES FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS AND PARENTS

    Learn how to explain risk and protective factors associated with healthy behaviors in children. Identify key developmental assets in children and apply strategies to help children build them. Understand the three key areas in identifying risk factors in children.

    Understand the importance of building self-esteem and resiliency in children. What are the key components in helping children build self-esteem? How can a sense of uniqueness help children build developmental assets? What is the role of race, culture, and ethnic background in building a sense of uniqueness in children? Help children define their own power as a means to build self-esteem.

    DVD / / () / 183 minutes

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    LANGUAGE OF ART, THE

    Inspired by an approach to teaching and learning born in Reggio Emilia, Italy, The Language of Art describes explorations in a variety of art media, including fingerpaint, clay, found objects, and pen and ink.

    DVD (With CD, Publication) / / () /

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    SECOND HOME: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A MODEL EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM

    By Claire Copenhagen Bainer, Liisa Hale

    Learn how to replicate a thoughtfully designed, developmentally appropriate learning environment¡Xone in which young children are engaged in responsive, nurturing relationships with caregivers and peers. Second Home offers an intimate account of a typical day in such a setting. Age-specific chapters describe children's interactions with teachers and peers and the teachers' roles in creating a rich, harmonious environment for play. Also discussed are:
  • the history and theory behind play-based, child-centered teaching
  • the importance of routines, rules, and transitions
  • how to build trusting family-teacher relationships
  • how to train and inspire staff
    • The DVD offers on-site vignettes that vividly illustrate the teaching concepts, as well as a video that provides an overview of BlueSkies for Children, a culturally diverse early childhood program in Oakland, California.

    DVD (Closed Captioned, With Publication) / / () / 84 minutes

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    SOYUL & TEACHER YVETTE: ADVENTURES IN PRESCHOOL SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

    By Sally Durbin, Phil Bedel

    Soyul and Teacher Yvette: Adventures in Preschool Second Language Acquisition, showcasing one dual language learner across fourteen months of preschool. An avenue for observation, it offers a dynamic view of the stages and strategies involved in second language acquisition. The featured video presents a singular case study of one child over time, capturing the trajectory of her language development.

    Soyul and Teacher Yvette: Adventures in Preschool Second Language Acquisition consists of three twenty-minute videos and expressly supports:
  • Directors of early childhood education centers,
  • Instructors at colleges and universities,
  • Monolingual and bilingual teachers,
  • Parents and families.
    • Each video serves as a springboard for flexible, mobile professional development:
  • Video One documents Soyul, Teacher Yvette, and the four stages of preschool second language acquisition;
  • Video Two zeroes in on the characteristics of each stage with commentary on Soyul's language abilities;
  • Video Three focuses on the teaching strategies appropriate to Soyul at each of the four stages and the benefits of supporting the first language and culture of the dual language learner.


    • DVD (Closed Captioned, With English and Spanish Subtitles, CD-ROM) / / () / 60 minutes

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    START SEEING DIVERSITY: THE BASIC GUIDE TO AN ANTI-BIAS CLASSROOM

    See one community's effort to create a responsive child care program and learn to recognize and combat bias.

    Organized for stand-alone use as a student text, the training handbook provides a framework for understanding bias as it emerges among preschool children. Nine detailed chapters treat six areas of bias¡Xgender, age, sexual orientation, race and ethnicity, economic class, and physical abilities¡Xas well as the goals and guiding assumptions of anti-bias curriculum. Accompanying discussion questions encourage readers to examine their own memories and experiences.

    DVD (With Publication) / / () / 52 minutes

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