Search results for ""Author Gaye Gronlund""
Redleaf Press Individualized Child-Focused Curriculum: A Differentiated Approach
Learn to meet each child where they are in their development.How do you focus on each individual child in a full classroom? Learn to integrate individualized curriculum into daily practice with this step-by-step guide. Using Developmental Studies, a new tool created and successfully field-tested by the author, implement a truly child-focused and individualizing curriculum, meeting each child where she or he is and ultimately making teaching easier and more rewarding.
£38.66
Redleaf Press Focused Observations How to Observe Young Children for Assessment and Curriculum How to Observe Young Children for Assessment and Curriculum Planning
Intentional teaching begins with focused observations and systematic documentation of children's learning and development. With these tools and techniques, early childhood educators can purposefully observe children, create portfolios with rich documentation, and plan curriculum that supports every child.
£67.50
Redleaf Press Planning for Play, Observation and Learning in Preschool and Kindergarten
Play is an important vehicle for learning in the early years. With intentional planning frameworks, this resource provides teachers with tools and strategies to organise and develop curriculum around high-level, purposeful play. Practical application techniques help teachers create a cycle of planning and observation as they use a play-based curriculum to help young children thrive in the classroom.
£34.16
Redleaf Press Make Early Learning Standards Come Alive: Connecting Your Practice and Curriculum to State Guidelines
Updated to reflect the continuing evolution of early learning standards, this book offers help and hints, support and clarification, and clear explanations of how you can make early learning standards come alive in your early childhood classroom or program. You'll find tools to communicate exactly how you are addressing children's learning as you plan for cognitive and foundational skill development, as well as suggestions to assess children's progress. Easy-to-read charts present information about each major content area or area of development and descriptions of what those standards might look like in classrooms. The charts also suggest activities and interactions to support a child as he or she makes the first attempts toward the standard, progresses toward it, and finally accomplishes the standard.New to this edition: A chapter focusing on Approaches to Learning standards The most recent information on early learning standards from across the country References to the Common Core State Standards and their relationship to early learning standards
£24.26
Redleaf Press Developmentally Appropriate Play: Guiding Young Children to a Higher Level
Enhance the depth and richness of children's play. Developmentally appropriate play is complex, long-lasting, and all-engaging for children. It requires facilitation and guidance, thoughtful planning, and attention to the environment and materials. Developmentally Appropriate Play follows the new Developmentally Appropriate Practice guidelines from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and includes information to help you: • Identify and plan purposeful play • Guide children to make choices • Interact with children to enhance play • Provoke children into more complex play • Add representation to further enrich play • Incorporate standards into play
£32.36
Redleaf Press Saving Play: Addressing Standards through Play-Based Learning in Preschool and Kindergarten
Play, academics, and standards can work together with the right strategies and support from educators. Take an active role in child-directed play to guide learning. Become a strong advocate for saving play in early childhood education by learning how it addresses the seven domains and Common Core Standards. Restore play to its proper role as both fun and educational.
£34.16
Redleaf Press Focused Portfolios: A Complete Assessment for the Young Child
Newly updated with current best practices in observation and assessment using portfolios. Focused Portfolios offers an innovative method to accurately document children's growth and development by observing them in the midst of their everyday activities. Used for years in programs across the country, this easy-to-use system has recently been updated to reflect current best practices in observation and assessment using portfolios, include information on apps and other digital tools to create portfolios for individual assessment and parent engagement, and incorporates individual state standards to develop portfolios that reflect the child's performance.
£38.66
Redleaf Press Focused Observations: PowerPoint Presentation
Present clear and concise information as you teach focused observation and systematic documentation skills in staff development sessions, college courses, or in-service workshops. This fifty-slide PowerPoint presentation directly corresponds to each chapter in the book Focused Observations: How to Observe Young Children for Assessment and Curriculum Planning. It highlights key concepts and helps students or participants reflect on their own observation styles, learn new techniques, and apply findings to their work. An instructional booklet with guidelines and tips is included.
£49.14
