"Social Studies for the Preschool/Primary Child, 9/e," written by respected authors Sharon Castle and Renee C. Falconer, and begun by the late Carol Seefeldt, remains one of the most popularly read texts on teaching social studies to young children. Filled with a multitude of ideas, suggestions, and activities that prospective early childhood teachers can use to interest young children in social studies, the practicality and applicability of this resource is proven. Not only will novice teachers learn the content and methods of teaching social studies, but also they will be given sound ways to integrate social studies in other areas of the curriculum, including science, the arts, literacy and literature, and mathematics. The importance of understanding and using child development knowledge is a focus throughout the book. It includes a full chapter on play as a crucial part of children's learning and development, and incorporates ideas for play throughout the material.Revised with the most current research, topics, and more, the book includes three extensively revised chapters to offer all of the 10 NCSS Thematic Strands; a new emphasis on the use of such technology as e-mail, digital cameras, and the World Wide Web; and thoroughly incorporates the current NAEYC standards for quality, curriculum, and professional preparation.

Social Studies for the Preschool-Primary Child

Education & Teaching

Seefeldt, Carol

Schools & Teaching

Merrill Pub. Co

Early Childhood Education: An Introduction is based on the belief that teachers of young children must be highly skilled-knowledgeable about children, their parents, and the community in which they live, as well as the processes of teaching curriculum content. The authors take a comprehensive, integrated approach, offering preservice teachers a complete and current overview of the field. Extensive revisions in each chapter of the Fourth Edition reflect not only current references, but also the most current thinking in the field of early childhood education today.

Early Childhood Education: An Introduction

Barbour, Nita

The only book available that specifically addresses the kindergarten year, it enables readers to become highly skilled and effective teachers with four and five year old children, their families, and the community. The goal of this comprehensive guide is to provide readers with the knowledge of how four and five year olds behave and to offer information about materials and activities that can be used in their professional careers, thus providing a solid foundation on which to develop teaching skills. Today's Kindergarten: The Past Is Present; Understanding Readiness; Four- and Five-Year-Olds Grow and Develop; Are Schools Ready for Four- and Five-Year-Olds?; Classrooms are Ready; Teachers are Ready to Guide Children's Social Behaviors; Planning an Integrated Curriculum; Assessing Kindergarten Children; Art in the Kindergarten; Music and Movement; Literacy Learning for Four- and Five-Year-Olds; Language Arts for Four- and Five-Year-Olds; Four- and Five-Year-Olds Learn Math; Children Study Their World: The Physical, Biological, and Social Sciences. For current and future Preschool and Kindergarten teachers.

Kindergarten: Fours and Fives Go to School

Wasik, Barbara A.

PRENTICE/HALL

Based on a solid theories and research regarding child growth, development, and learning, this book presents a multitude of practical ideas, suggestions, and guides for introducing young children to social studies content. Play and activity are integrated throughout the book, which reflects the author's philosophy that play serves not only as the integration of social studies curriculum, but also functions as the basic mode of children's learning. A complete chapter on celebrating diversity offers a solid foundation of curriculum materials, methods, and practices for teaching young children to value themselves and each other. Other coverage includes ideas for using current technologies and resources from the Internet to enhance the learning process. All other areas of the curriculum are involved—integrating social studies with biological and physical sciences, art, literature, mathematics, reading, and writing—to extend and enrich children's education. The book is specifically designed for teachers of pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and primary grade children.

Social Studies for the Preschool/Primary Child (6th Edition)

Pearson College Div

Based on Dewey's theory of learning, this text consists of eight clear, concise, and useable guides for planning meaningful learning experiences in the social studies for children in childcare settings, nursery or preschool programs, Head Start, and kindergartens. Primary grades can also engage in active experiential learning too, as each experience is extended to the early primary grades. This is the only activity book that includes experiences in history, geography, economics, and living in a democracy together. Describe how to plan and implement experiential learning. Contains continuos learning activities and teaching ideas. Explains how to assess and evaluate children's learning and the effectiveness of each experience. Appropriate for readers wishing to learn about early childhood social studies.

Active Experiences for Active Children - Social Studies

Galper, Alice

For courses in Early Childhood Science, Block Methods, and Early Childhood Teachers of Science. This practical book guides teachers of three-to five-year olds in planning and in implementing meaningful science skills and experiences. Using the most up-to-date research, the authors provide an excellent balance of theory and practice that are tied to the Benchmarks for Science Literacy, the National Science Education Standards, and NAEYC guidelines for developmentally appropriate practice.

Active Experiences for Active Children : Science

Reference

Prentice Hall (Sd)

Based on the theories of John Dewey, the constructivist view of children's learning, and current curriculum guidelines for mathematics, this latest book in the authors' Active Experiences series provides six clear, concise, and usable guides for turning mathematics instruction into activities that three-to-five year olds will find engaging. They involve group work, investigations, and projects; are grounded in children's interests and needs; and, build, one upon the other to form a coherent learning curriculum. Additionally, each conforms to the most recent standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Review of children's literature illustrates the numerous ways to use child-appealing stories, poems, and pictures to teach mathematics. A full chapter on resources provides information for lesson planning and more, pre-screened for relevance to book-sanctioned activities. Thorough treatment of the home-school connection discusses the authors' views on collaboration between teachers and families. Coverage of “setting up” the mathematics area of a classroom—addresses both indoor and outdoor spaces, health/safety issues, organizing for inclusions, and making spaces visually appealing. Ideal for professionals in childcare, preschool, Head Start, and other early learning environments.

Active Experiences for Active Children: Mathematics

Science & Math

Mathematics

Based on three of the best known and heralded theorists (Dewey, Vygotsky, and Piaget), this comprehensive resource tool illustrates and demonstrates how teachers can plan meaningful learning experiences that lead to reading and writing. The content and concepts included in the book are based on those found in the joint position statement of the International Reading Association and the National Association for the Education of the Young Child. Readers will feel confident that they know how to plan activities that hold meaning for children—activities that will actually keep children's minds and bodies engaged and will lead to productive learning of language and development of literacy. A separate chapter on “Second Language,” along with chapter-by-chapter features, brings learners up-to-date on this increasingly prevalent demographic issue in education, and prepares them to address it in every aspect of their instructional planning and delivery. Other key chapter topics include building connections to home and community: extending active literacy experiences, and the form and structure of language learning. For pre-service and practicing teachers.

Active Experiences for Active Children: Literacy Emerges

For introductory courses in teaching Kindergarten and Preschool. The only text available that specifically addresses the kindergarten year and kindergarten readiness, it enables students to become highly skilled and effective teachers with three, four, and five year old children, their families, and the community. The goal of this comprehensive guide is to provide readers with the knowledge of how three, four, and five year olds behave and learn and to offer information about materials and activities that can be used in their professional careers, thus providing a solid foundation on which to develop teaching skills. Changes to the second edition include an expansion of coverage to include three-year olds, expansion of coverage of parent involvement and of diversity, and a new chapter on social studies.

Early Education: Three, Four, and Five Year Olds Go to School (2nd Edition)

Pearson

This popular book provides a multitude of practical ideas, suggestions, and activities that prospective early childhood teachers can use to both interest young children in social studies and integrate social studies with other sciences, art, literature, mathematics, reading, and writing. Because play is the basic means of young children's learning, the book offers a full chapter on the topic and incorporates ideas for "playing" throughout the material. It also presents a separate chapter on diversity in the classroom, children's literature citations/references in every chapter, and a strong focus on child development throughout. There is a new emphasis on the use of such technology as e-mail, digital cameras, and the World Wide Web in this edition; and, current NAEYC standards for quality, curriculum, and professional preparation are thoroughly incorporated. For social studies teachers at the primary grade school level.

Social Studies for the Preschool/Primary Child

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