Ellen Booth Church

Nurturing Next-Generation Innovators (eBook, ePUB)

Open-Ended Activities to Support Global Thinking

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Children need a broad view of the world to better work with others and achieveacademic success. That means being able to see many perspectives, listen toothers, and share their own ideas and perceptions. Nurturing Next-GenerationInnovatorsaims to prepare the next generation of global citizens with simpleactivities that start with identifying different perspectives and thenchallenge themto notice what they perceive. The themes in Nurturing Next-Generation Innovatorsare meant to ask children tonotice relationships, investigate same and different, use perceptions to developinductive and deductivereasoning, and evaluate their processes and thinking. Allof this in the context of fun songs, games and activities. This book is organized differently than the traditional activity book, which is dividedinto sections by skill or curriculum area. Instead, it is divided into four majorthemes that walk childrenthrough increasing understandings of their place in theworld. Literacy, math, science, motor skills, and social skills are woven into eachtheme.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gryphon House Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780876596692
• Artikelnr.: 45689266

Autorenporträt

Ellen Booth Church, a former associate professor of early childhood at SUNY Farmingdale, has shared her unusual approach of combining cognitive learning experiences with creative play in a variety of books, magazines, and articles for early childhood educators. Church is currently an adjunct professor of early childhood at Nova Southeastern University and is developing preschools in India and Nepal as well as presenting keynotes at conferences around the world.