Julie Powers, Sheila Williams Ridge

Nature-Based Learning for Young Children (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Nature-Based Learning for Every Preschool Setting is designed to provide ideas for all early childhood educators ranging from novice nature educators to highly experienced nature educators in a wide range of ecosystems, including forests, cities, prairies, coastal, and deserts. It includes background information on a range of nature topics, reproducible parent newsletters, sample play-based lesson plans, guidance and health and safety issues related to nature activities, ideas for free/inexpensive equipment and materials and for big ticket items, ideas for family involvement, and connections to early childhood learning standards. Chapters are divided by nature topic so readers can dip in right away where they want to start exploring.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Redleaf Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781605545974
• Artikelnr.: 54568222

Autorenporträt

Julie Powers, MA, grew up in the Sonoran Desert and lives in Maui, HI, during the school year and outside Telluride, CO, in the summers and loves each ecosystem. She has an MA from Pacific Oaks College, a BA in child development from the University of Arizona, and an AA in early childhood education from Pima Community College. Julie is an associate professor of early childhood education at University of Hawaii Maui College. She was the founding director of both Dodge Nature Preschool in West St. Paul, MN, and Valley View Preschool, an inclusion-based public preschool, in Tucson, AZ. She has taught, developed curriculum, and directed in a wide range of preschool programs, including public schools, non-profits, for-profits, Head Start, and a campus lab school. She has consulted for programs ranging from the Air Force Child Development Centers to the Phoenix Zoo. She is the author of Parent Engagement in Early Learning .

Sheila Williams Ridge, MA, has a BA in biology from University of MN and an MA in education from Concordia University, St. Paul, MN. She is the director of the Shirley G. Moore Lab School at the University of MN and an instructor for the Institute of Child Development. She is also an adjunct professor for Hamline University in St. Paul, MN. Sheila serves on the governing boards for the Natural Start Alliance, the Minneapolis Nature Preschool, and the Friends School of Minnesota.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Developing Relationships with Families
Scenario 1: What is Going on at School? or Building Trust
Scenario 2: Fear of Men, Strangers, and Dangerous Persons, or the Boogeyman
Scenario 3: The Parent Who Drains You, or "Excuse me, but I have some
children here who need my attention."
Chapter 2: Communicating with Families
Scenario 4: Recommending Children for Assessment, or "What is wrong with
Tim?"
Scenario 5: When Parents Don't Read Your Newsletters, or "Why didn't you
tell me she has a field trip today?"
Chapter 3: Policies that Work for Families and Staff
Scenario 6: Parents who Don't Follow School Rules, or "But we're special!"
Scenario 7: Fear of Health Problems Part 1, or The Sun Devil
Scenario 8: Fear of health Problems Part 2, or Typhoid Mary
Scenario 9: The Parent Who Won't Leave, or "How can I miss you when you
won't say good-bye?"
Scenario 10: The Late Parent, or "Is it 6:15 already?"
Scenario 11: The Parent Who Wants Special Treatment, or "If it's not too
much trouble..."
Scenario 12: The Child with Special Needs, or "Why didn't you tell us?"
Chapter 4: Finding Common Values between Home and School
Scenario 13: When Beliefs from home and the Program Don't Match, or
Holidaze
Scenario 14: Controlling Pretend Play, or "Not my son!"
Scenario 15: Fear of Losing Influence over One's Own Child or "Whose child
is this anyway?"
Scenario 16: Separating Twins, or "Why can't my boys be together?"
Chapter 5: Child Development Issues
Scenario 17: Taking School Toys Home, or "My little Jesse James"
Scenario 18: The Parent Who Personalizes her Child's Rejection, or "Then
you can't come to my birthday party."
Scenario 19: The New School Year, or "Where are my daughter's friends?"
Scenario 20: The Child Who Can Do No Wrong, or "Not my baby!"
Chapter 6: Involving Your Director to Work Well with Families
Appendix: Checklist for Analyzing Scenarios
References