
Being Your Child's Most Important Teacher
A Guide for Families with Young Children
- 183 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
Being Your Child's Most Important Teacher
A Guide for Families with Young Children
About this book
Prepare young learners for school with engaging learning experiences! With this book, nationally renowned educator Rebecca A. Palacios provides families with ideas for learning opportunities that can happen every day. The resource includes a variety of free or low-cost learning activities that boost literacy, math, and science skills, and offers guidance for preparing children for school and preventing summer learning loss. Early childhood experiences pave the way for later success in school and life. The ideas and activities in this book help support children's mental, emotional, and social growth as they get ready to enter school. Using these strategies, families can enrich and enlighten children with a sense of wonder. Build school readiness for young learners with this exciting book!
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Page 2 - Credits
- Page 3 - Table of Contents
- Page 4 - Table of Contents (cont.)
- Page 5 - Preface
- Page 11 - Section I: Young Children and Learning
- Page 13 - The Four Es: Expression, Experiences, Explanations, Extras
- Page 24 - Why Do Children Ask Questions?
- Page 27 - Engagement in Learning: It’s About What’s Important to the Learner
- Page 33 - Oral Language Experiences for Young Learners
- Page 37 - A Young Child’s Approach to Learning
- Page 43 - Blanket Your Child with Success
- page 48 - Fine Motor Development
- Page 53 - Section II: Everyday Activities
- Page 55 - Learning to Cook and Cooking to Learn
- Page 60 - Music for Young Learners
- Page 64 - Learning through Water Play
- Page 69 - Drawing for Young Learners
- Page 73 - Outdoor Play for Young Learners
- Page 78 - Inspiring Creativity in Young Children
- Page 83 - The Allure of Technology for Young Learners
- Page 88 - Books, Books, Books!
- Page 93 - Take Your Young Child to the Library
- Page 97 - The Building Blocks to Literacy
- Page 103 - Learning to Count and Counting on Learning
- Page 109 - Children Making Sense of Numbers: Number Sense
- Page 115 - Science: Setting the Stage
- Page 119 - Science Explorations
- Page 124 - More Science Explorations
- Page 129 - The Wonder of Weather for Children
- Page 134 - STEAM for Young Learners
- Page 140 - Teaching Young Children about Work
- Page 145 - The World at Their Fingertips
- Page 151 - Section III: Going to School
- Page 153 - Learning Routines and Routines to Learn
- Page 158 - Kindergarten Readiness: Physical and Social/Behavioral Indicators
- Page 165 - Kindergarten Readiness: Academic Indicators
- Page 172 - Preventing Learning Loss
- Page 177 - Going to School: The Learning Continues
- BackCover