Powerful Interactions are exchanges between teachers and children that extend learning hand-in-handwith nurturing positive relationships. The combination of relationship building and instruction creates the optimal condition for children to learn. When teachers are intentional and purposeful about doing both, they create Powerful Interactions!
The book is grounded in the reality of your everyday life as a teacher. It is also grounded in research on effective teaching and child development. It offers a three-step process that will transform some of your everyday interactions into Powerful Interactions and specific, manageable strategies to help you incorporate all three steps into your practice.
The book is grounded in the reality of your everyday life as a teacher. It is also grounded in research on effective teaching and child development. It offers a three-step process that will transform some of your everyday interactions into Powerful Interactions and specific, manageable strategies to help you incorporate all three steps into your practice.
Developmentally Appropriate Practice is the essential resource for the early childhood field. With sections that focus on Infants and Toddlers, the Preschool Years, the Kindergarten Year, and the Early Primary grades, each age-specific section of this comprehensive book provides
- an overview of development and learning across all domains
- hundreds of concrete examples of exemplary practice
- NAEYC's position statement
- a CD of articles from Young Children and video of developmentally appropriate practice in action
This book is published by the IB. It offers a range of proven engagements to inspire young children to inquire ad take action. Strategies, dialogues, samples and references are included.
Lively and insightful, this book demonstrates how inquiry can look and sound in the early years, helping educators recognize and guide their children's inquiries and empower them to deepen their understanding.
Lively and insightful, this book demonstrates how inquiry can look and sound in the early years, helping educators recognize and guide their children's inquiries and empower them to deepen their understanding.
Developmentally Appropriate Play is an informative and accessible book full of ideas and anecdotes regarding play in educational settings. It describes different levels of play and how to move chaotic, low-level interactions into developmentally challenging and satisfying play.