The No-Cry Separation Anxiety Solution: Gentle Ways to Make Good-bye Easy from Six Months to Six Years
A tear-free approach to child separation blues from the bestselling 'No Cry' author a generation of parents have come to trust
Almost every child suffers some sort of anxiety during their first six years of life. Babies cry when grandparents hold them, toddlers cling to mommy's leg, children weep when their parent leaves them at daycare, at school, or to go to work.
Written for both in-service and trainee teachers, this new title is a practical, up-to-date guide on how to teach children to read using synthetic phonics - the approach that will be adopted in all schools in England from 2007. It describes different approaches to systematic phonics teaching, together with the rapid progress in word recognition ability that can result. The book also includes case studies, advice on how to diagnose children's phonic skills, and how to locate and remediate their weaknesses. It also provides guidance on how teaching assistants can support the work of the classroom teacher.
Babies are not born talking, they learn language, starting immediately from birth. How does this process take place? When do children master the skills needed for using language successfully? What stages do they go through as they learn to understand and talk? Do the languages they learn affect the way they think? This new edition of Eve Clark's highly successful textbook focuses on children's acquisition of a first language, the stages of development they go through, and how they use language as they learn.
A classic children story teaches being your own person. It is rather long (as for a kid), but nicely divided into many short chapters. Unlike some today children books, it has some more advanced words sprinkled in that would be good for teaching. The story is about an owl who finds what he truly loves in life (the meadow and sunshine) and is able to finally feel comfortable and accepted doing what he loves. Great for a parent to read to a child or for older children who have been reading for a while.
Learning and Teaching Early Math: The Learning Trajectories Approach
In this important new book for pre- and in-service teachers, early math experts Douglas Clements and Julie Sarama show how 'learning trajectories' help teachers become more effective professionals. By opening up new windows to seeing young children and the inherent delight and curiosity behind their mathematical reasoning, learning trajectories ultimately make teaching more joyous. They help teachers understand the varying level of knowledge and thinking of their classes and the individuals within them as key ...
