Curriculum (Social/Emotional Development)
Anti-Bullying and Teasing Book for Preschool Classrooms

Format: Book
Author: Sprung, Barbra A.          
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Brief Description:
Learn how teasing and bullying can affect a child's learning, physical health, and emotional well-being. With over 40 activities that focus on controlling teasing and bullying by cultivating friendships, community, and positive feelings, this book will show you how to address harmful behavior before it develops and create an environment in which all children feel safe, comfortable, and welcome

 

Essential Touch: Meeting the Needs of Young Children

Format: Book
Author: Carlson, Frances M.
Publication Date: 2006

Brief Description:
Some early childhood programs have adopted no-touch policies, and others allow only a very minimal level of physical contact between teachers and children. Yet touch is as necessary as food or water for young children to thrive and grow physically, cognitively, socially, and emotionally. Experiences of touch in all its forms—whether nurturing touch from adults, tactile explorations of the environment, or physical interactions with peers— are essential to high-quality early care and education. From this book, practitioners will learn just why touch is essential in young children’s development and how it can be incorporated safely in early childhood settings, from the infant program to the primary classroom. Comprehensive Member Benefit.

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Learning Games: Exploring the Senses through Play


Format: Book
Author:
Silberg, Jackie
Publication Date: 2006

Brief Description:
How do children learn about the world around them? They touch, taste, see, smell and hear it, of course! With over 200 activities, "Learning Games" will delight children as they expand their learning by engaging all of their senses. Children can explore their sense of smell, for example, by making an air freshener from cloves and oranges, taking a "smelly walk" to identify different smells, or by making sweet smelling pictures. The chapters are organized by each of the five senses, with a bonus chapter of multi-sensory activities. The games and activities are designed to help children identify and appreciate their senses-essential tools for understanding their world

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They Don't Like Me: Lessons on Bullying and Teasing from a Preschool Classroom

Format: Book
Author:
Katch, Jane
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Brief Description:
Learn how to prevent exclusion and provide support for children who are being teased and bullied. They Don't Like Me is a fascinating, absorbing look into the social lives of children and will help you explore the painful problems of bullying, teasing, and exclusion.

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Social and Emotional Development of Infants and Toddlers Video Series (#816, #817, #825)

Format: DVD
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Brief Description:
SAVE when you order all three videos in the Social and Emotional Development of Infants and Toddlers Video Series. These videos, Communication and Learning (#816), Making Friends and Getting Along with Peers (#817), and Acquiring Self-Regulation (#825) are based on the research of From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development. Produced by The Child Care Collection at Ball State University. SET NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD! (#826S).

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