“How can we tell where children stand in their physical, cognitive, socioemotional, language, and creative development?  Do we test them?  Measure them? Compare them?”         This textbook teaches students how to become observers and how to document their findings using one tool:   The Child Development Checklist .  The author posits that the best method to determine a child’s strengths is for the teacher to observe the young child in the regular classroom based on a particular set of criteria.  The reasons for assessing children in this manner are:    It allows students of child development to gain an in-depth understanding of real children and their sequences of growth.   It helps teachers of young children to become aware of each child’s growth and to support individual development with appropriate activities and materials.      Once the child’s strengths have been assessed, the book then provides suitable lesson plans and activities to support the child’s development.      New To This Edition:       NEW!  Presents new information on how to become an observer--How to get started, when and how long to observe, what to look for in children, and how to record.    This is critical for new students and teachers.  (See Chapter 1 Ex. p. 9, 11, 12)      NEW!  Suggests a lternative approaches to child assessment–These include visual documentation, i.e. art, photos, videos, and using documentation panels.    This is Important for evaluating both children and program.  (See Chapter 1 Ex. pp 23-26).       NEW!  Offers new information on self-esteem in young children–Explains how and why a child should develop a secure attachment relationship with a teacher.    Sets the stage for child’s success. (See Chapter 3 Ex. pp 81-82).       NEW!  Includes new research on the brain showing the importance of physical exercise for children–The research shows that exercises increases brain synapses that improve permanent memory development.   Even clapping helps.  (See Chapter 6, Ex.p.267)

Observing Development of the Young Child

Janice J. Beaty

Reference

Merrill Pub. Co

Preschool Appropriate Practices, 3e takes the original approach of containing a chapter for each of the 13 learning centers in a preschool classroom, and shows teachers and students how to set up these centers for children's self-directed learning. It treats the teacher as a facilitator with creative ideas for involving children in all aspects of their learning including rule-making and curriculum planning. As the book title suggests, these activities integrate with the National Association for the Education of Young Children's (NAEYC) developmentally appropriate practice (DAP), a nationally recommended set of early childhood practices.

Preschool Appropriate Practices

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Harcourt School

One of the few books that successfully combines observation techniques with child development, this user-friendly book takes an applied approach that allows students to observe, record, and interpret child development by looking at particular behavior. Using the observation data to determine the level of a child's development, plans and activities are illustrated to show readers how to help children strengthen specific areas of development. Chapter coverage discusses developmental assessment instruments—along with alternate approaches to child assessment using shadow studies, play-based assessment and child interviews, as well as digital camera photos. It also includes information on the emergence of emotions in young children, new brain research showing the importance of physical development, sharing observational data with parents, and a child skills checklist that can be used by teachers to determine children's levels of development. For early childhood teachers.

Observing Development of the Young Child (5th Edition)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Beaty, Janice J. Beaty, Janice J.

Psychology & Counseling

PRENTICE/HALL

This book presents a discussion of the basic classroom skills that are essential to teachers in preschool, center-based child care, Head Start, and pre-kindergarten settings. The content is built around the 13 functional areas of the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential, which also makes it useful for those who are updating their skills or preparing for the national CDA credential. Includes a Children's Curiosity Checklist. Discusses important findings in brain research. Expands material dealing with social skills. Offers practical hints on managing anger for both teachers and children. For Preschool Teachers.

Skills for Preschool Teachers (6th Edition)

50 Early Childhood Literacy Strategies

Pearson Education US

In this first novel of the National Park Adventure Series, sixteen-year-old Darrell Freeman narrates the story of his ten-year-old brother Jarod and their strange camping experiences among the weird trees and peculiar critters of Joshua Tree National Park in the California desert. While their Mom, a book illustrator, pursues her art, the boys take off in their vintage orange VW camper bus to see the park. Jarod, an indigo child with psychic abilities, is able to call up the native critters and talk with the Joshua Trees and granite boulders that are scattered everywhere. Thus the brothers learn that the area is not only ancient but sacred, and that the trees and boulders need help--their help. The park lies between two Earth faults and the Earth is beginning to rumble. The brothers start their quest at once to find the special tree and particular boulder that will tell them what to do. Meanwhile, a lady and man in a black SUV start their own quest to find the brothers and steal the strange buzzing rock Jarod found the first day. What causes the rock to buzz? No one knows. Before the tale is done the SUV people steal the rock, but the boys recover it with the help of a mysterious Indian shaman. Then they must find the ''proper resting place'' to bury the rock to stabilize the park. Do they succeed?
 Includes Glossary, Bibliography, and Readers Guide

Jarod and the Mystery of the Joshua Trees, A National Park Adventure Series Book

Children's Books

Action & Adventure

Sunstone Press

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