Early Childhood Education

This text sheds light on a deeply hidden, yet powerfully debilitating, experience of childhood: sexual abuse. The author strives to accurately present information on the complex dynamics that have an impact on individuals, families, school environments and society at large. With these dynamics in mind, the author presents a collection of varied issues that will better prepare a child care professional in working with children who have been abused.

"Creative Activities for Young Children, 7th Edition," uses creative activities and developmentally appropriate material to foster the educational growth of children through grade 5. This technology-savvy guide incorporates creativity into all curriculum content areas. References for children's books have been divided by the groupings of Pre-K, K-3, and Grades 4-5 for greater ease of use.

A theme based curriculum, this book is presented in Alpha order and contains over 2500 new activities, books, and songs; five new multicultural themes, new green themes, and various sections have been updated. Themes range from Ants to Zoo animals. Each theme contains a variation of the following content depending upon that theme: Curriculum, web, theme goals, concepts for the children to learn, vocabulary, bulletin board, parent letter, music, fingerplay, science, math, dramatic play, arts and crafts, sensory, large muscle (gross), small muscle (fine), field trips, social studies, group time, cooking, transitions, books, multimedia, recordings and song titles.

"A multidisciplinary, multicultural view of developmental coordination disorder, this work presents current advances in theory and practice of this debilitating condition in children. Chapters are authored by specialists from such fields as medicine, occupational therapy, physical therapy, pediatric neurology, human movement, and psychology."

"This new resource will help early childhood professionals implement strategies to support young children's positive approaches to learning-their enthusiasm (interest, joy, and motivation to learn) and their engagement (attention, persistence, flexibility, self-regulation, and other essential learning behaviors). Along with extensive research, the text includes images of practice in early education programs in culturally, economically, and linguistically diverse settings."--Jacket.

Child advocacy expert Richard Louv directly links the lack of nature in the lives of today's wired generation—he calls it nature-deficit—to some of the most disturbing childhood trends, such as the rises in obesity, attention disorders, and depression.

"What kind of person am I? What kind of professional will I become?" These are the questions that the authors pose to the reader in Who Am I in the Lives of Children, Eighth Edition . Taking a child-centered approach and focusing on values and ethics the authors present the foundation and the tools that pre-service teachers need to become the kind of teacher that can make a difference in a child's life. Practical and clear in its orientation, the book lays out the foundation of the field of early childhood education. Each chapter in the book is constructed to help students to gain awareness, acquire knowledge, or develop skills in an essential are of early childhood education. Each chapter builds on the one before it to present a constructivist, developmental approach to the field. It is the hope of the authors that students reading the book will be empowered to become a competent, nurturing, and reflective early childhood educator and an active and committed advocate for young children.