Help With Raising Your Nursery Or Preschool Children 26 Great Ideas For Parents And Preschool Teachers

I wrote this book to help the many parents and mainstream nursery school teachers who need to know more about living with, teaching, and better directing the efforts of children who are difficult to manage. These children may bedifficult for a variety of reasons. Poor impulse control, poor self-esteem, frustration over a lack of appropriate play skills, as well as more severe reasons, such as deep emotional problems, chemical imbalances or even family problems (history).

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.

This reassuring guide to navigating nursery school life-both at home and in the classroom-is the most comprehensive book on the subject. Nancy Schulman and Ellen Birnbaum draw on their decades of experience at the 92nd Street Y Nursery School to respond to parents' hunger for practical information on a wide range of topics, including: • What to look for in a preschool • Strategies for separation, discipline, toilet training, and bedtime • The best toys, books, and activities at every stage • How to stimulate your children without overscheduling them • Ways to talk about difficult topics like divorce, illness, or death • How to support your child's social and intellectual development Schulman and Birnbaum have devoted their lives to listening to and understanding young children, and the advice they offer is as warm and humorous as it is comforting and wise.

This collection of articles is compiled to offer parents and teachers guidelines to help navigate between a child's intentions and his or her behavior. The book consists of 43 brief chapters divided into 9 sections. Articles in section one, "Guiding Young Children's Behavior," address issues of discipline, setting limits, effective rules, and dealing with unacceptable behavior. Articles in section two, "Communicating with Young Children," examine use of constructive communication and loving words. Articles in section three, "Teaching Children Responsibility," explore issues of obedience, decision-making, and self-control. The articles in section four, "Coping with Stress in Special Situations," discuss issues of child care, traveling, divorce, stress, and death, while those in section five, "Coping with Stress in Everyday Situations," focus on anger, fear, and medical care. Articles in section six, "Keeping Your Child Healthy," explore issues of good health habits, eating well, and medical visits, and those in section seven, "Exercise and Fitness for Young Children," examine issues of physical fitness, active time, and enjoying the outdoors. Articles in section eight, "Young Children's Safety," examine preschooler safety and protecting children from abuse. Finally, articles in section nine, "Finding the Positives," address issues of promoting positive behavior and sending positive messages to children. Each of the sections ends with a listing of resources for further information.(SD)

52% of parents admit they never read to their child. Toddlers watch 4.5 hrs of TV daily. More children are obese, enter school developmentally delayed and need special education. So Sally Goddard Blythe draws on neuroscience to unpack the wisdom of nursery rhymes, playing traditional games and fairy stories for healthy child development. She explains why movement matters and how games develop children's skills at different stages of development. She offers a starter kit of stories, action games, songs and rhymes.

Packed with 375 full-color photographs of care essentials, emotions, and stages of growth (12–36 months), it gives busy parents a visually-driven reference filled with general advice, parenting tips, toddler behaviors, and resources in easy-to-understand format.

Parent involvement has the single most important role in preparing a child for early literacy success and future academic achievement. This SHARE (School and Home are Engaged) educational resource is a practical tool for early learners, parents and teachers interested in building a foundation for success in school. Using Parent Engagement in Early Learning: Preschool 1, parents are equipped with an easy-to-follow curriculum using common household materials for hands-on activities full of learning. Children will have fun and gain confidence while learning the skills that will equip them for a great start in kindergarten and beyond. In addition, each activity has built-in tools for documentation of progress that are invaluable to teachers. Based on current research in early childhood best practices, the activities are designed to extend the essential components of early childhood curriculum into the home and everyday life. The 20 activities in Parent Engagement in Early Learning: Preschool 1 content are most practical for children who are in the beginnings of preschool learning and development. Caregivers practice cognitive, physical and social-emotional learning experiences with their child, enriched with positive affirmations for building confidence and a love of learning. Recognizing colors, sensory exploration, letter recognition, expanding vocabulary, sorting, spatial concepts, ordinality, neighborhood and community, recognizing sounds, rhyming, gross motor, fine motor and problem solving are some of the skill areas addressed using free or inexpensive materials. Each activity comes with an explanation of how it addresses child development, easy-to-follow instructions, and parent-teacher communication built right in. Whether being used in conjunction with a school setting or independently, utilization of these hands-on activities will foster parent-child relationships and equip children with foundational building blocks for success!

"Now parents can take advantage of the training and experience of preschool teachers in Deb Ellsworth and Tina Charney's just-published book, Your Amazing Preschooler: How You Can Have the Same Capable, Confident and Cooperative Child at Home that Teachers Have at School. The book is filled with anecdotes and examples, tips and tools from the authors' years of experiences working with hundreds of young children. This lively real-life approach makes the authors' advice and ideas relatable and interesting. Unlike many parenting books, this book takes a positive approach, rather than a “fix the problem” approach. The authors see young children as inherently competent-as people who are driven to learn and grow more competent in all areas of development: social, emotional, behavioral, cognitive, and creative. They guide caregivers in using the young child's own strengths and level of development to help their child grow and develop into the capable, confident young person they are striving to become. Read this book for new insights into your preschool child, new (and surprising) ideas on how to enhance your child’s everyday experiences, and new ways of thinking about your child. And enjoy many real-life examples and quotes of what preschoolers do, think, and say."--www.youramazingpreschooler.com.

The directors of one of the country’s most admired preschools, the 92nd Street Y Nursery School in New York City, draw on their fifty years of combined experience—as educators, admissions directors, parents, and respected leaders in early education—to give parents of children between the ages of three and five the guidance they need to feel confident and empowered. Authoritative, comprehensive, and tremendously reassuring, here’s a no-nonsense guide to navigating nursery school life both at home and in the classroom, and a celebration of a very special time in the life of a child. The early years of childhood are a singular time in the life of a family, a period of unparalled growth and discovery for parents as well as for children. It’s a time of unique closeness, of physical and emotional intimacy and intensity. And it’s at precisely this time that a child today takes his or her first steps into the world beyond the cocoon of home and family. This can be exciting, gratifying, glorious; it can also be a source of ambivalence and anxiety. For many parents, letting go of our children is one of the greatest challenges we’ll ever face. Nancy Schulman and Ellen Birnbaum’sPractical Wisdom for Parentsis a response to the hunger for practical information that accompanies this incomparable epoch in the life of a child, the result of thousands of relationships with young children and their families. What should we look for in a preschool? How can we best assess what kind of preschool is right for our child? How can we help our children prepare for the increasingly pressurized interview process, and how can we prepare for it ourselves? What are the most effective and painless strategies for separation, discipline, toilet training, and bedtime? How can we stimulate our children without overscheduling them, and where should we draw the line? What are the best books, toys, and activities at every stage, and how can we best support and encourage a child’s early social and intellectual development, at home as well as at school? In the classroom, in parent workshops, in the admissions office, and as parents themselves, Nancy Schulman and Ellen Birnbaum have devoted their lives to listening to and understanding children between the ages of three and five.Practical Wisdom for Parentsis as warm and humorous as it is reassuring and wise: a marvelous resource from two experienced, knowledgeable educators.