Education : Preschool & Kindergarten

Sixteen international academics and researchers report findings from the Innovative Forms of Organizing (INNFORM) program, a collective endeavor of an international research network lead from Warwick Business School, UK, and involving six other European universities and one each from the U. more...

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Learn Basic Sight Words. Book 1 was so popular we have added another book to this series. Book 2 introduces a further 21 basic sight words at the next degree of difficulty to the 24 introduced in Book 1. Book 2 follows the same sequence of activities as Book 1 using large and small motor activities and sentence reading and writing activities with contextual clues to introduce each word. The activities used repeat for each word so that independence is quickly achieved and students can complete the activity on their own as a follow-up activity to instruction. Activities for each word are:. - tracing over a large model of the word. - copying over the word and writing it independently. - cutting out the muddled letters of the word and sticking them in the correct order. - selecting the correct word from a selection of words. - completing a sentence (use basic vocab and picture clues for understanding) with the word and reading the sentences. - cutting out the muddled words of one of the sentences and putting it together in the correct order. These activities are ideal for building into a book that the children can keep and read and re read and take home to share. The importance of being able to retain and instantly recognize the basic sight words to a good start in reading cannot be overstated. This resource will supplement classroom teaching and develop independence and success. more...

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'The book is easy to read. It provide[s] a practical guide to some tried-and-tested speaking and listening activities which may be useful for the beginning Foundation or Key Stage One teacher' - Special!. Lots of ideas and suggestions for activities using and encouraging talk in the classroom make this book a lively, practical guide to encouraging young children to develop their verbal reasoning skills and to communicate more effectively. There is advice on how to tie in these activities with the various curriculum subjects and the following are covered: osetting up a talk corner. ousing story bags and story boxes. ousing circle time and playing games to encourage talk. In each activity there are directions for helping children with special educational needs, working with teaching assistants and other adults in the classroom, planning and assessing work and finding suitable resources. A selection of photocopiable material is included and all the suggestions and ideas in the book have been tried and tested by the author in her own classroom. The focus of this book is on young children aged five to eight years, but the activities can be adapted to suit those younger or older. more...

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`Easily the most theoretically sophisticated and practically useful discussion of sociocultural and critical approaches to literacy learning that has appeared to date' - James Paul Gee, Tashia Morgridge Professor of Reading, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Making Literacy Real is the essential reference text for students who want to understand literacy theory and successfully apply it in the classroom. Each chapter examines a theoretical model, accompanied by a discussion of case study material with a leading proponent of the field, including Barbara Comber, Michele Knobel, Colin Lankshear, Barbara Rogoff and Brian Street. more...

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This book is concerned with how children learn or "master" certain tasks. Consequently, mastery motivation is a key factor in understanding cognitive and social development. The book brings together experts who review and present findings. more...

Price: $87.95