The Trouble With Play

Author: Grieshaber, Susan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN: 0335237916
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 142

Book Description
This book departs from some of the ideas about play that are held dear by many in early childhood education and prompts teachers to understand and implement thoughtful approaches to play in the early years, raising questions about fairness and equity.

The Trouble With Perfect

Author: Helena Duggan
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1474958532
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270

Book Description
Strange things are happening in the town that used to be Perfect. Things are being stolen... then children start going missing too. And everyone is blaming Violet's best friend, Boy. But Boy's not BAD - is he? To find out what's going on, Violet must uncover secrets from the past and battle a gruesome zombie monster. Town is in trouble - double trouble - and it's up to Violet to save it. A reissue of this quirky and creepy sequel to the bestselling A Place Called Perfect, for fans of Roald Dahl, Neil Gaiman and Tim Burton. "Your heart is in your mouth and you're knee-deep in adventure..." MG Leonard, author of Beetle Boy

The Ambiguity of Play

Author: Brian Sutton-Smith
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674044185
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
Sutton-Smith focuses on play theories rooted in seven distinct "rhetorics"--The ancient discourses of fate, power, communal identity, and frivolity and the modern discourses of progress, the imaginary, and the self. In a sweeping analysis that moves from the question of play in child development to the implications of play for the Western work ethic, he explores the values, historical sources, and interests that have dictated the terms and forms of play put forth in each discourse's "objective" theory

Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood

Author: Children's Issues Coalition
Publisher: Ian Randle Publishers
ISBN: 9766371288
Category : Action research
Languages : en
Pages : 145

Book Description
Caribbean Childhoods: From Research to Action is an annual publication produced by the Children s Issues Coalition at the University of the West Indies, Mona. The series seeks to provide an avenue for the dissemination of research and experiences on children s health, development, behaviour and education, and to provide a forum for the discussion of these issues.

Shakespeare and the Problem Play

Author: E.L. Risden
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 078647243X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 233

Book Description
Shakespeare's plays provide a rich source of genre variation as well as moral or ethical issues that invite deep study. The genre issue often proves the very moral crux where Shakespeare raises the most complex questions. He aimed to build good plays, not simple fulfillments of genre demands. To him "good plays" meant leaving his audience with problems to consider. This book begins with those works most commonly appearing in studies of problem plays, The Merchant of Venice, Troilus and Cressida, All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure; moves to some comedic problem plays, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Twelfth Night; and then to tragic problem plays, Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear. It concludes with some problems in the history and romance genres for the issues they raise in love, adventure, and governance: Henry IV, Part 1, Henry V, Cymbeline, The Tempest, and Love's Labor's Lost.

Making and Tinkering with STEM

Author: Cate Heroman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781938113284
Category : Early childhood education
Languages : en
Pages : 139

Book Description
Explore STEM concepts through making and tinkering!

The problem

Author: Albert Ramsdell Gurney
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Book Description

The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Grownups

Author: Stan Berenstain
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375980857
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
Come for a visit in Bear Country with this classic First Time Book® from Stan and Jan Berenstain. Brother and Sister think Mama and Papa are too bossy, so the Bear family decides to switch places so they can see what life is like through each other’s eyes. This beloved story is a perfect way to teach children about empathy and appreciating their family.

Arthur's Teacher Trouble Book/tape

Author: Marc Brown
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780316113892
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
This package contains a classic Arthur adventure, illustrated with bright, bold, full-color art, and a fun filled sound track that includes lively character voices and an original musical score. There's even a new theme song, ""Say Hello to Arthur?"," included on both sides.

From Neurons to Neighborhoods

Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309069882
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 610

Book Description
How we raise young children is one of today's most highly personalized and sharply politicized issues, in part because each of us can claim some level of "expertise." The debate has intensified as discoveries about our development-in the womb and in the first months and years-have reached the popular media. How can we use our burgeoning knowledge to assure the well-being of all young children, for their own sake as well as for the sake of our nation? Drawing from new findings, this book presents important conclusions about nature-versus-nurture, the impact of being born into a working family, the effect of politics on programs for children, the costs and benefits of intervention, and other issues. The committee issues a series of challenges to decision makers regarding the quality of child care, issues of racial and ethnic diversity, the integration of children's cognitive and emotional development, and more. Authoritative yet accessible, From Neurons to Neighborhoods presents the evidence about "brain wiring" and how kids learn to speak, think, and regulate their behavior. It examines the effect of the climate-family, child care, community-within which the child grows.