Children get the most out of a learning experience by the environment that is created in the classroom
From the time of their birth, children want to know how the world works and actively seek out information. How educators respond to their quest is what this book is all about.
For early childhood educators, this book aides in making visible and exploring the definition of what gender means in contemporary culture.
With easy-to-implement ideas that incorporate nature, children's artwork, and everyday classroom materials, the photographs and ideas in this book promote creativity, learning, and simple beauty.
"Children deserve to spend their days in well-designed environments that support their needs and stimulate their learning. Adults who spend their days teaching and caring for young children deserve environments...
Note: This is the loose-leaf version of Creating Environments for Learning and does not include access to the Enhanced Pearson eText.
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The recommendations of this book provide an opportunity to improve the quality of the care and the education that children receive, and ultimately improve outcomes for children.
Carmen speaks Spanish at home; in school, she usually says one- or two-word phrases in English or combinations of English and Spanish phrases with English-speaking peers while speaking Spanish with Ms. Bullock and her Spanish-speaking ...
Supporting gender diversity in early childhood classrooms: A practical guide. Kingsley Press. Paus, T., Collins, D. L., Evans, A. C., Leonard, G., Pike, B., & Zijdenbos, A. (2001). Maturation of white matter in the human brain: A review ...
Transforming Your Outdoor Early Learning Environment invites center and home-based educators to reimagine and reconstruct their image of conventional children's play yards as they know them and to create beautiful outdoor learning spaces on ...