Child's Play: Introducing Music and Literacy through Picture Books provides students with a wide variety of picture book suggestions to enrich childhood education programs and curriculum. The literacy components within each picture book support children's development of speaking, reading or viewing, listening, writing, and movement. Music components build children's recognition and understanding of dynamics, form, melody, rhythm, style, texture, and timbre or tone color. The picture book suggestions reflect diverse authors, illustrators, story characters, and contexts, and are organized into five distinct themes: animals, people, movement, objects, and mindfulness. Each chapter is further divided into five separate ages and developmental stages, offering recommendations for infants, toddlers, pre-schoolers/pre-kindergarteners, kindergarteners, and early elementary school students. Readers are provided with learning objectives and activity suggestions for each picture book, encouraging future and practicing educators and providers to engage their students and help develop their literacy and music skills. Featuring kid-tested, teacher-approved picture book references, Child's Play is an ideal supplementary resource for courses and programs in childhood education and development.

Developing Language and Literacy: Effective Intervention in the Early Years describes successful intervention programmes to improve the phonological skills, vocabulary, and grammar of young children at risk of reading difficulties. * Presents two structured intervention programmes to provide support for young children with language and literacy difficulties * Describes clearly how to improve the language and foundation literacy skills of young children in the classroom * Includes information about how to assess research, and how to monitor and design intervention strategies for use with individual children * Helps teachers to develop an understanding of the intervention and research process as a whole * Additional journal content to support this title is available click here

There is something absolutely magical about a child who is embarking on the amazing journey called kindergarten. They are so innocent, pure, and impressionable. They are at an incredible stage in their lives-so young, yet so very ready. This book was written as a gift to parents whose children are at this wonderful stage. My intention is to share with you every insight that I have gained as a mother and as a teacher. Whether this is your first child going into kindergarten or your last child-even if you've had a gap in time where you haven't been in a kindergarten classroom for a while-this book is for you. Enjoy

This is an illustrated collection of fifty of the greatest nursery rhymes or traditional songs for young children. Nursery rhymes aid in a child's development. Music and rhyme increase a child's ability in spatial reasoning which leads to greater success in school in the subjects of mathematics and science.

Life transitions differ concerning the intensity of the change and the intensity of the child's reaction to that change. For most children, the first and most significant transition is from the family home to an institution of early care and education, which includes preschool. These transitions can also include children's passage from kindergarten to elementary school. However, the intensity of the child's reaction is related to the size of the change that is happening and also to who or what is involved in that change and the importance a child attributes to that someone or something. Supporting Children's Well-Being During Early Childhood Transition to School is an essential scholarly publication that examines evidence-based practices and approaches that fully support a child's well-being during transition periods in early childhood. It serves as a resource to rethink contemporary transition theoretical models, research studies, and applied practices. Featuring a wide range of topics such as emotional competency, language learners, and professional development, this book is ideal for academicians, psychologists, early childhood educators, daycare centers, curriculum designers, policymakers, researchers, education professionals, and students. Topics Covered: Curriculum Design Early Childhood Education Emotional Competency Equity Family-Teacher Partnership Kindergarten Language Learners Linguistics Professional Development School Readiness