This is a new miniature edition of the Children's Bible, which will be treasured and enjoyed by children and adults of all ages. It features stunning, full-page illustrations and includes maps of the ancient lands to bring stories from the Old and New Testaments vividly to life. It also features a comprehensive 'Who's who in the Bible' to help children remember the characters and their stories. This carefully written text is suitable for reading aloud to young children or for older children to read independently.

For courses in Creative Arts in Early Childhood Education. This text emphasizes process over product in guiding preservice teachers to guide preschoolers and primary-grade chidren in creatively expressing themselves in the arts: visual arts, dance and movement, and drama. Key changes to this edition include a new feature on extending creativity into the home with families, more multicultural content and examples of multicultural art forms, and a new section in each chapter addressing national standards.

By balancing research coverage and theory with applied practice, "Music and Movement: A Way of Life for the Young Child, Seventh Edition, "gives the most comprehensive and current treatment to the topic of music and movement while encouraging teachers to not only inspire young children to move with music but be inspired themselves to join our youngest musicians and dancers in the fun.

This is a new edition of the Children's Bible, which will be treasured and enjoyed by children and adults of all ages. Stunning, full-page illustrations include maps of the ancient lands to bring stories from the Old and New Testaments vividly to life. It also features a comprehensive 'Who's who in the Bible' to help children remember the characters and their stories. This carefully written text is suitable for reading aloud to young children or for older children to read independently.

A pocket-sized collection of some of the best-known Greek myths, specially written for young children to enjoy. With vivid illustrations throughout to bring the stories of gods, monsters and mortals to life. Perfect for reading aloud, with a pronunciation guide at the back to help with Greek names.

A beautifully illustrated picture atlas that takes children on a magical journey around the world. Each map is crammed with fascinating details to pore over and talk about and thematic pages describe people and places around the world. Includes a 'Trip Around the World' quiz and an index of place names.

For many years collectors and dealers alike tended to overlook dolls made of cloth in favor of their china and bisque contemporaries. Fortunately, this situation has changed dramatically in recent years. This book covers the story of cloth dolls from their ancient ancestors through to present day examples. This one easy-to-use volume with over 500 illustrations provides the most comprehensive study guide for this area in doll collecting available today. A value range is also included with each caption for easy reference.

A journey from sceptic to passionate practitioner. Blending research with personal stories and drawing from healing paradigms from around the world, The Other Side of the Valley distils reams of scientific and subjective experience into a coherent and simple approach to life. Whilst charting the author's personal journey from sceptic to complete acceptance of healing through altered states of consciousness the book is also designed to provide a pragmatic approach to healing and well-being.

HEARING EYES chronicles author Linda Edwards' personal prophetic life stories that were taken from her 25 years of journaling. These "modern day parables" will capture the attention of those who enjoy unusual stories and can be instrumental in teaching the reader how they too can hear the Lord speak to them through their life events and through what they see. Linda candidly reveals how her prophetic marriage to Michael is a "marriage made in Heaven," yet, seemed like "hell on earth" the first six years.Several of the most important words that the Lord has clearly spoken to Linda include the following commands, revelatory words, and instructions that she chose to obey and to share more fully within HEARING EYES."Write the vision ..." Habakkuk 2:1-2"I will give you POWER against darkness ""If you trust ME, I will make him a Godly man ""You are a picture of the Church and I am turning up the heat ""Foil the plans of voodoo ""Teach how to see in the Spirit ""I will come if you will open your umbrella ""The Church will not be effective in the marketplace until the marketplace comes out of the Church ""Wear the fire scarf and stand before them as a sign that fire is coming to the heart of Texas ""It is time to unveil the picture of the Church "Linda Edwards, a native Texan, is married to Michael Edwards, military retiree. The Edwards graduated in 2000 from Christ For The Nations Institute, Dallas, Texas, where Linda served as student body president from 1999-2000. Linda has been guest speaker at several Women's Aglow meetings and churches. Michael and Linda are co-founders of Hearing Eyes Ministries (HEM).

For courses in Creative Arts in Early Childhood Education.This text emphasizes process over product in guiding preservice teachers to guide preschoolers and primary-grade chidren in creatively expressing themselves in the arts: visual arts, dance and movement, and drama. Key changes to this edition include a new feature on extending creativity into the home with families, more multicultural content and examples of multicultural art forms, and a new section in each chapter addressing national standards. New to this Edition MyEducationLab To package this text with the course-specific version of MyEdLab use this ISBN: 0-136-10109-7 Many changes and major revisions in this fifth edition provide a comprehensive look at the creative arts and how the arts can expand our understanding of the teaching and learning process.Inclusion of Mathematics, Science, Social studies and the Language Arts Standards.Each of the content chapters presents the national standards for mathematics, science, social studies and language arts and describes how these standards can be integrated into visual and performing arts lessons. This feature will help students and instructors answer the question: "How do I include the creative arts within a standards driven curriculum?" This new feature will enable students and instructors to address all of the national content areas standards in ways that are appropriate for young children.Curriculum Planning, Lesson Plans and Arts Integreation.The chapters on music, dance and movement, visual arts and theatre (drama) presents strategies for developing lesson plans to encourage using the arts as an all encompassing arena for including mathematics, science, social studies and the language arts within a creative arts curriculum.Assessment.Assessment procedures are presented and described to provide students and instructors with concrete ideas that will provide children opportunities to demonstrate their capabilities in a fair and accurate manner in an authentic setting that is integrated into the instructional process.
Theory Into Practice: Implications for Teaching.These sections take a critical look at theory and presents ideas for linking theory to practice. Suggestions are provided for developing activities based on the developmental level of the children. This feature demystifies what can be abstract theoretical ideas and describes theory in terms of children's active learning modalities.Where Does a Teacher Get Ideas for Creative Arts?This feature presents ideas gleaned from practicing teachers about how they use children's interests in deciding on ideas for process oriented art lessons. Successful lessons from teachers are included throughout the chapters on music, dance and movement, visual arts and theatre.

This is a tale of an inspired journey from corporate dinosaur to dynamism in action. Maxine is a newly appointed chief executive who inherits an ailing organization. The organization has a very poor reputation based on historical mismanagement and poor performance. Maxine inherits a board of directors who are either rigid and set in their ways or poorly equipped to be operating at director level. This is the story of how Maxine uses her vast range of leadership skills to turn the company into a thriving, flexible, dynamic and successful organization. Dr. Linda Edwards is the founder of Rising Star Training & Consultancy. She is an executive coach, traner and writer with a reputation for enabling personal and organizational transformation. A chief executive at the age of 32, she has spent the last 13 years working as a consultant and coach to numerous organizations, Linda currently lives in Goytre in rural South Wales with her husband Robert, two cats, Bramble, and a Welsh sheepdog, called Star. www.LindaRisingStar.com

This novel text engages future teachers in the processes of creativity to encourage creative growth and participation in their classrooms. It emphasizes process, rather than product, so teachers learn that once they tap into their own creativity they are better equipped to help children participate in the creative process.

New and expanded content in the fourth edition includes:

• National standards for drama, visual arts, dance, and music and examples of how teachers can address them
• A new Families feature in each chapter explaining how families can support children's creative activities at home
• Expanded and deepened multicultural content in the prose and in exploring the arts through a multicultural context
• Children's literature and recommended books in each chapter for integrating literature and the arts

This wide-ranging and highly readable introduction focuses on the contemporary fascination with the big questions about God and the supernatural, setting out clearly and fairly what people believe and their reasons for believing it. All the major faiths are covered, along with new and alternative movements, neo-pagan and New Age thought, and spiritualities of human potential and self-enhancement. Offering a wealth of information on key concepts, movements, and thinkers, A Brief Guide to Beliefs will be especially helpful to students of religion or related subjects, and to all who want to know more about the most popular and influencial beliefs in the world today.

Philosophy -- dry and remote? Think again. It's as relevant as tonight's news, as immediate as the choices you make in a career. If you want to interact wisely with the world you live in, you need to understand the ideas that shape its commerce, launch its humanitarian efforts, trigger its wars, and profoundly impact the way you yourself approach God, life, and relationships. Postmodernism, Platonism, Humanism, Existentialism, Feminism, Rationalism, Fundamentalism, New Age . . . They're more than just terms. They're structures of thought you encounter constantly. This book gives you a fundamental grasp of what they are and how they influence your dealings with the world . . . and its dealings with you. You'll gain essential insights into over 40 of the world's major thinkers. Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Descartes, Kant, Locke, Marx, Nietsche, Freud, Wittgenstein . . . A Brief Guide to Ideas introduces to you these and many more of the great philosophers. You'll develop a working knowledge of numerous key ideas and movements. And you'll learn how philosophers and religions through the ages have grappled with critical questions that influence your life today.