Bøger udgivet af National Association for the Education of Young Children

Highlights the wonder of infants' and toddlers' development, learning, and loving capabilities. The authors describe how very young children engage with teachers and the environment to gain a sense of self and self-worth; of belonging, relating to others; communicate easily and effectively; act on their ideas; problem-solve; and move successfully.

Connecting theory to practice, this book highlights the importance of play for the social, emotional, and intellectual development of very young children. It combines theoretical and practical information and includes guidance about how to improve interactions with children, select materials for young children, and work with families.

Apply the information, strategies, and ideas in this book to provide content-rich, joyful learning experiences; balance child-guided and adult-guided play; set up play environments with learning goals in mind; and offer suggestions and questions during play to prompt children's reflection and deeper learning.

Use the powerful strategies of play and storytelling to help young children develop their ""math brains"". This easy-to-use resource includes fun activities, routines, and games inspired by children's books that challenge children to recognise and think more logically about the math all around them.

A resource for directors and administrators of early childhood programs serving children from birth to age 5. The topics, frameworks, and strategies covered create a foundation for those new to the role, but directors at all levels and serving in a variety of settings will find the practical tips and strategies discussed in this book useful.

Presents helpful information for all family child care providers including tips and strategies to help develop and manage a well-organised business; ways to maximize dual-use spaces and enhance learning materials and routines; guidelines and tips to help balance home and professional needs; and creative ideas to boost children's learning.

This foundational resource for educators of children from birth to third grade explores what observation and assessment are, why to use them, and how; ways to integrate documentation, observation, and assessment into the daily routine; practices that are culturally and linguistically responsive; and more.

Educators looking for a simple, straightforward introduction to the core concepts of teaching and supporting children with disabilities alongside their peers will want to have this resource at their fingertips. This guide is filled with practical information that will help educators who work with children ages birth through 8 teach children with disabilities alongside their peers.

How do pre-schoolers learn and develop? What are the best ways to support learning in the early years? This revised edition of The Intentional Teacher guides teachers to balance both child-guided and adult-guided learning experiences that respond to children's interests and focus on what they need to learn to be successful in school and life.

Full of engaging, effective ways to introduce the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct and explore real-life, thorny ethical issues that face early childhood educators. Includes tools and techniques that the authors developed through their extensive experience teaching about ethics and the NAEYC Code.

Rituals and traditions have the power to shape classroom routines into times that build meaningful connections and bonds among children, families, and teachers, creating a sense of community and a positive learning environment. This book includes examples and practical information about developing rituals and traditions in your classroom or preschool programme.

There's a whole world outdoors waiting to embrace young children - with their curiosity, imagination, and enthusiasm - and to impart its treasures. This title invites you to explore this world with children from birth to age 8. Part ballad to nature, part irresistible invitation to teachers, this book will awaken and renew your own joy in nature - and move you to experience it with young children.

Edited and compiled just for kindergarten teachers, this resource explains developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) so teachers can apply DAP in their work with kindergartners. Chapters include: What Is Developmentally Appropriate Practice?; A brief introduction to the main ideas of DAP; Connecting DAP to excellent teaching; and An Overview of Development in the Kindergarten Year.

In this collection of articles from Young Children and Beyond the Journal, experts discuss the historic roots of the social studies field, explain how quality books can help children understand themselves and others, and provide many examples of teachers and children engaged in meaningful social studies.

Teaching and learning STEM subjects is more accessible than ever before! Children will be inspired, delighted, and challenged as they use everyday materials and STEM concepts to design and build solutions to problems faced by characters in their favorite books.

Creativity is a cornerstone of complex, unconventional thinking, and developing creativity begins at a young age. With this book, early childhood teachers will discover how to tap into and scaffold children's natural curiosity and creative abilities.

Developmentally appropriate practice is so fundamental to the early childhood field that all new educators need a sound grasp from the very start. While DAP's basic concepts aren't difficult or arcane, they can be understood wrongly or incompletely. This engaging little book describes the core concepts and makes them meaningful to everyday practice for preschool teachers.

Children's early science experiences are the foundation for future science learning and comprehension - throughout their school years and life. This collection of articles from NAEYC's journal Young Children showcases how to support children's science explorations from infancy to age 8.

Early childhood directors manage through relationships. This important book guides a director through the steps to build respectful, dynamic, and welcoming relationships with families and staff. It covers all traditional early childhood administration topics, from financial management to marketing and development, while also recognizing and exploring the human side of management.

This updated and expanded edition will inspire teachers to make it possible for children to spend more time outdoors, have safe environments, and be free to learn through exploration. Each chapter ends with action items to improve children's access to safe, clean, and interesting places in your community and is packed with resource ideas for further exploration.

Describes how and why play is important. The play workshop experiences for educators that are outlined in this book help teachers understand and promote play-based learning as part of developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programmes. Journal reflections, along with photos from play workshops, illustrate the power of play to change professional and personal lives.

Learn to engage infants, toddlers, and preschoolers in experiences that foster oral language and content knowledge, literacy skills, and cognition.

To cope with the environment they live in, children need to learn about their physical and social worlds; acquire language; regulate their bodies, emotions, and thoughts; and gain competence in literacy, maths, science, and other knowledge domains. This collection outlines important dimensions of their early cognitive development and describes approaches for promoting it.

Through teacher research, teachers engage in the systematic study of their own practice to answer questions they have about teaching and learning, and their own effectiveness. This book explores what teacher research in early childhood settings looks like; why it is important to the field of early childhood education; and how teacher educators can support it.

Drawing from evidence-based practice and the latest research, this book explains the multitude of benefits of big body play for young children's social-emotional, cognitive, and physical development. Also learn how to organise the physical environment, set rules and policies, and supervise the play.

Offers developmentally appropriate, research-based strategies for promoting children's literacy learning in preschool, kindergarten, and elementary classrooms and infant/toddler settings. Alive with classroom photos and children's work, the book offers crystal-clear guidance and exciting ideas for teachers to help young children on the road to reading and writing competence.

Expanded and updated, this classic book helps teachers discover exciting possibilities for block play. It details the rich contributions of blocks to creative and dramatic play as well as to science, maths, social studies, and other learning domains. It also includes practical tips for equipping and organising the block area, plus a chapter on large blocks.

Filled with practical strategies and useful information on maths and science, this book offers learning centre ideas; engaging activities; practical suggestions that are easy to implement; ideas that support the development and learning; and children's book recommendations.

Filled with practical strategies and useful information on art, music and movement, and dramatic play, this book offers learning centre ideas; engaging activities; practical suggestions that are easy to implement; ideas that support the development and learning; and children's book recommendations.

Outlines the core ideas of DAP as practiced in kindergarten so teachers can deepen their everyday practice.