New World Orders in Contemporary Children's Literature: Utopian Transformations
New World Orders demonstrates how contemporary children's texts draw on utopian and dystopian tropes in their projections of possible futures. In examining a diverse range of international children's literature and film produced between 1988 and 2006, the authors explore the ways in which children's texts respond to social change and global politics, giving shape to children's perceived anxieties and desires. The book argues that children's texts are crucially implicated in shaping the values of their readers.
Gifted and Talented in the Early Years - Practical Activities for Children aged 3 to 5
How can we identify gifted and talented young children in pre-school settings and how can existing resources be used to challenge and stimulate them? In Gifted and Talented in the Early Years: Practical Activities for Children Aged 3 to 5, Margaret Sutherland offers tried-and-tested ideas and activities to help gifted children flourish.
Packed full of exciting ideas and powerful visual aids, A Creative Activities for the Early Years offers field-tested activities to help practitioners encourage and nurture young children's creativity and imagination. The author presents practical activities in art, dance and music and ideas on how to link them, and guidelines for making the most of music, lighting, space and nursery resources. This reader-friendly resource also provides: - Ideas for cross-curricular work - Suggestions for recording children's progress - Ideas for selecting materials
Themes With a Difference - 228 New Activities for Young Children
This new multi-cultural, anti-bias text offers a refreshing approach to combining science, math, social studies, music and art with whole language for children aged 3-6. Child-initiated, hands-on activities encourage children to explore which stimulates them to spontaneously use all parts of language -- speaking, listening, reading and writing. Early childhood educators can use these whole language experiences to lay a foundation for children to build on when they later focus on separate parts of language growth.
Teachers can always benefit from new techniques that allow them to teach writing in a more engaging and enjoyable manner, and a resource that identifies a plethora of excellent children's books that help students become successful writers would also be helpful. Books That Teach Kids to Write introduces busy educators to the finest in children's literature in all genres, appropriate for readers in grades K through 12; and provides effective ideas for using those books to stimulate and improve student writing.
