| Description |
1 online resource (576 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction to an Early Childhood Center -- Chapter 1: Growth and Development: Health and Nutritional Issues -- Physical and Motor Development -- Oral Language Development, from Nonverbal Communication to Speech -- Great Start: The Preconception-to-Toddler Health Plan -- Children with Special Needs: Disabilities and Handicaps -- Children and Nutrition -- Resources for Growth and Development -- Chapter 2: Social and Emotional Development |
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Emotional Development in the Preschool Child -- Socioemotional Development -- Developmental Prediction -- Temperament: An Important Factor in Both Normal and Problem Development -- Helping Children Make Friends -- Resources for Social and Emotional Development -- Chapter 3: Family Issues -- Who Cares for Children? -- Parenting in Changing Times -- Parents' Concerns -- Coping with Practical Issues in Child Rearing -- The Role of the Mother -- Help Your Husband Be a Great Dad -- Parenting a Disabled Child -- Coping with Practical Issues Relating to the Exceptional Child |
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An Argument Against Spanking -- Child Abuse -- Child Abuse and Neglect-Looking Back, Looking Ahead -- Making a Connection: Linking the Unique Issues of Early Development, Strategic Planning, and Family Empowerment -- Resources for Family Issues -- Chapter 4: Child Care and Early Education -- Ripeness is All -- Educare-New Kid on the Block -- Choosing Appropriate Early Childhood Programs -- Why the High/Scope Curriculum Works for Children -- The Kindergarten Curriculum Revisited -- Investment of Cultural Pluralism in Children's Learning -- Early Childhood Education for Peace |
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An Inspiring Example of Community-Supported Day Care: Reggio Emilia, Italy -- The Physical Design of a Child Care Center -- Simplemindedness in Education Reform -- Resources for Child Care and Early Education -- Chapter 5: The Expressive and Cultural Arts -- Turning Babies on to Books -- The Rhythms of Language, Literature, and Life -- Children's Early Reading -- Poetry and Young Children -- Bringing Children and Books Together: Learning Through Literature -- Picture Books: The Art form Designed for Children -- Growing Into Literacy Via Children's Literature, Children's Music and Movement |
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The Use of Street Games in Language Programs -- Providing Challenge Through Play: Implications from Japanese Practice -- Choosing Toys for Young Children -- Children in a World of Music -- Recorded Music -- The Effects of Television on Young Children's Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Development -- Computers in Early Childhood -- Resources for the Expressive and Cultural Arts -- Chapter 6: Social Policy Issues -- Young Children in the Postmodern World -- Meeting the Needs of Children: An Outline for Family Support -- Vanishing Dreams: The Plight of America's Young Families |
| Summary |
Published under the auspices of the New York Public Library, this expanded, reorganized and updated edition of Resources for Early Childhood: An Annotated Guide for Educators, Librarians, Health Care Professionals, and Parents (1985), includes new essays by the most important theorists in the early childhood field today |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Resources for Social Policy Issues |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Searson, Michael
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Sheiman, Deborah Lovitky
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| ISBN |
9781135817183 |
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1135817189 |
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