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120 pages for planning the entire year! Unique pages for planning Early Childhood Interest Centers! Sample plan pages and numerous helpful hints included!. Easy to use 9 1/2" x 12" size!
Discover new, practical methods for teaching literacy skills in your early childhood classroom. Has teaching early literacy skills become a stumbling block to getting your preschool students kindergarten ready? Break out of the tired “letter of the week” routine and learn how to transform your lessons with fun and effective techniques. Teach Smarter: Literacy Strategies for Early Childhood Teachers will equip teachers to infuse every aspect of their teaching with exciting hands-on literacy teaching methods that engage students and help them build authentic connections with books, so that 100% of their students will have a strong literacy foundation and will be fully prepared for success in kindergarten and beyond. Respected author Vanessa Levin, veteran early childhood educator and author of the “Pre-K Pages” blog, breaks down the research and translates it into realistic, actionable steps you can take to improve your teaching. Features specific examples of teaching techniques and activities that engage students in hands-on, experiential learning during circle time, centers, and small groups. Offers a simple, four-step system for teaching literacy skills, based on the foundational principles of early literacy teaching Demonstrates how to build your confidence in your ability to get 100% of your students ready for kindergarten, long before the end of the school year Understand the problems with traditional literacy teaching and identify gaps in your current teaching practice with this valuable resource.
More than 1,200 activities that engage every type of learner by one of Gryphon House's best-selling authors.
This fantastic, daily classroom planner features 88 planning pages with blank headings so you can fill in your schedule, rules for writing, spaces to list absences, a reminder area, and more The flexible format allows you to record all the week's information for quick and easy access. You'll also find student information pages, a year-at-a-glance page, birthday pages, seating charts, and more Perfect for back to school, The Perfect Plan Book helps you organize your new school year and features a spiral binding for durability and convenience.
Weekly lesson plan pages for six different subjects. Records for each of four 10-week quarters can be read on facing pages. Plus helpful tips for substitute teachers. 8-1/2" x 11". Spiral-bound.
With one hundred days of plans, Daily Preschool Experiences has learning center activities for learners at every developmental level. Organized by topic, each of the twenty units has a five-day plan, taking teachers through an entire week of activities. Each plan includes: A morning circle activityRelated children's bookVocabulary wordsExtension activitiesActivities for four different learning centers (Art, Math, Science, Language/Dramatic Play) The learning center activities have three levels of learning for beginning, developing, and experienced learners. Because children advance at different rates, teachers can select the activities that fit the developmental levels of the individual children in the class. With the learning-center approach to teaching in Daily Preschool Experiences, children are involved in active exploration and sensory stimulation in a fun-filled learning environment.
Play is an important vehicle for learning in the early years. With intentional planning frameworks, this resource provides teachers with tools and strategies to organize and develop curriculum around high-level, purposeful play. Practical application techniques help teachers create a cycle of planning and observation as they use a play-based curriculum to help young children thrive in the classroom. Gaye Gronlund is an early childhood education consultant who trains early childhood educators across the country. She is the author of six books.
This book was designed to meet the special needs of a preschool or day care teacher. This great book includes 52 lesson plan sheets, class information sheets which provide the teacher with ample space for recording specific information about each child, and special information sheets for any special information about each student. You will also find and all-purpose award and a "What We Did Today" chart that you may send home with each child.
Child-centered lesson planning provides a system to strengthen teaching. Great lesson planning helps teachers to choose a range of strategies that match what children are learning and doing-- from directed mini-lessons to facilitated group activities.
