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Organized and Engaged
Simple and Effective Strategies to Support Executive Function
Price:
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9781636501345
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: Gryphon House
With stronger executive-function skills, children are better able to:
- follow and remember a sequence of directions,
- self-monitor and regulate their emotions and behaviors,
- develop problem-solving and organization skills, and
- work on projects from start to finish.
Organized and Engaged: Simple and Effective Strategies to Support Executive Function explains what executive function is, why it matters, and how it differs from self-regulation. Discover strategies, activities, and play-based ideas to support children's classroom success.
Bridging Gaps
Implementing Public-Private Partnerships to Strengthen Early Education
Price:
CA$39.95
ISBN: 9781636501321
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: Gryphon House
In Bridging Gaps: Implementing Public-Private Partnerships to Strengthen Early Education, author Sarah Taylor Vanover dispels the myths and explains the opportunities of a mixed-delivery system. Discover the benefits and challenges of child-care partnerships such as Early Head Start with private and family child-care settings and private child-care programs with state-funded preschools. Explore how to address credentialing, professional development, and implementing IDEA, and learn the differences between mixed delivery and universal pre-K.
Empowering Your Child to Fly
A Family's Guide to Early Childhood Inclusion
Price:
CA$67.95
ISBN: 9781636501284
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: Gryphon House
Empowering Your Child to Fly: A Family's Guide to Early Childhood Inclusion offers advice for navigating the early intervention and special education systems from an educator who has experienced these systems as a child, as a parent, and as a professional.
- Understand screening, evaluation, and assessment.
- Discover helpful resources.
- Learn how to work with your team of specialists and educators.
- Discover strategies to identify your child's strengths and consider a future vision for your child.
- Explore your role as an advocate for your child.
- Explore ideas for creating learning spaces at home and embedding learning into everyday routines.
- Discover how to do all of this while staying healthy and strong, with a sense of balance in your life.
Including All Children
Transitioning to an Inclusive Early Learning Program
Price:
CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781636501246
Pub Date: December 2023
Imprint: Gryphon House
Children who have disabilities cannot wait until kindergarten to experience an inclusive environment. Families of children with disabilities struggle to find high-quality care for their children, but many child-care programs do not know how to support these families. Including All Children: Transitioning to an Inclusive Early Learning Program is a guide to help programs care for all children, regardless of their ability levels. This book will fill in the information gaps that many early childhood professionals have around inclusion: What is inclusion and why is it important? How do you craft a vision and mission for an inclusive child care? How do you create policies to transition to an inclusive program? How do you create accommodations for children?
How do teachers work with a child therapist? What can a program do to support teaching staff? With perspectives from parents, directors, and teachers, as well as tips and ideas on...
Accessible Learning Spaces
A Guide to Implementing Universal Design in Early Childhood
Price:
CA$40.95
ISBN: 9781636501161
Pub Date: November 2023
Imprint: Gryphon House
Everyone, not just children with identified learning challenges, has unique needs. Universal design for learning (UDL) addresses potential barriers to education and finds ways to make learning more accessible to all. This book will help you create a classroom environment that supports the abilities of all children in the classroom design, learning materials, assistive technology, computer programs, and accommodations. Simple adaptations can make a big difference! Learn how to create a stimulating environment where children feel safe and comfortable. Create a menu of options so children can learn in ways that work best for them. Set up a flexible and adaptable learning environment to provide equal access and freedom of movement. Explore ideas for do-it-yourself educational materials and more!.
Body Safety for Young Children
Empowering Caring Adults
Price:
CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781636501307
Pub Date: November 2023
Imprint: Gryphon House
Talking about sexual abuse is the key to preventing it. Avoiding talking about body safety and sexual-abuse prevention is what abusers want. Body Safety for Young Children: Empowering Caring Adults gives parents, guardians, caregivers, and teachers the information, resources, tools, and helpful real-life tips to help keep children safe. This book takes the fear out of sexual-abuse prevention and makes it approachable by making a partnership between parents and teachers.
Calm and in Control
Simple and Effective Strategies to Support Young Children's Self-Regulation
Price:
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9781636501260
Pub Date: October 2023
Imprint: Gryphon House
Self-regulation isn't something we're born with. It's a skill we learn and improve over time. The better we are at self-regulation, the more successful we will be at life's tasks. Most children learn...
Find the Joyful Leader Within
Banishing Burnout in Early Childhood Education
Price:
CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781636501123
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: Gryphon House
As an early educator, you face many challenges. You may be asking yourself if you're in the right place, doing the right thing. You may be wondering if you're making a difference. You may be feeling symptoms of burnout but see opportunities to be a positive influence on individuals around you.
Change your life and transform your leadership by embarking on a joyful journey today. Even if you do not have an official leadership position, you can lead with joy. If you are an individual who uplifts, guides, and inspires others, then you are a joyful leader!
Throughout this book, Teresa Byington offers ideas for bringing joy to your work with intentionality. Discover ways to rise now by implementing strategies to help you become a more joyful leader. Find ways to shine on the individuals that you lead and inspire them to be more joyful. Filled with...
Elevating Equity:
Advice for Navigating Challenging Conversations in Early Childhood Programs
Price:
CA$45.95
ISBN: 9781636501147
Pub Date: July 2023
Imprint: Gryphon House
Elevating Equity
Advice for Navigating Challenging Conversations in Early Childhood Programs
Angela Searcy, EdD
Elevating equity requires educators to be mindful of how to include children, families, and colleagues in all parts of early childhood programming. Elevating equity is all about creating systems that celebrate everyone! Sounds great-but how do you do it?
Elevating Equity: Advice for Navigating Challenging Conversations in Early Childhood Programs takes a positive approach by embracing differences and meeting readers where they are.
* Get nonjudgmental, practical advice from an experienced trainer and educator.
* Find out how to have healthy, respectful, and productive conversations about what equity means and how it looks in practice.
* Discover strength-based, evidencegrounded techniques that lead to professional growth and learning in your early childhood program.
With practical examples, research, tips, advice, self-reflections, and real stories-shared with Angela Searcy's warm humor-you'll discover how to find common...
Developing and Implementing Effective Discipline Policies
A Practical Guide for Early Childhood Consultants, Coaches, and Leaders
Price:
CA$25.95
ISBN: 9780876599464
Pub Date: June 2023
Imprint: Gryphon House
Developing and Implementing Effective Discipline Policies
A Practical Guide for Early Childhood Consultants, Coaches, and Leaders
Sascha Longstreth, PhD, Sarah Garrity, EdD, and Lisa Linder, PhD
Learn how to rethink discipline policies, strengthen team spirit, and implement policy changes with Developing and Implementing Effective Discipline Policies, the workbook companion to the award-winning book Effective Discipline Policies. Written for early childhood administrators and principals, trainers, coaches, and consultants, this book can help guide your policies to success!
Using the five-step model, discover how to use the data gained from the unique Teaching and Guidance Policy Essentials Checklist (TAGPEC) tool to:
* build teams
* rethink discipline approaches
* develop young children's social-emotional competence to reduce challenging behaviors
* train staff
* implement school-wide policies
* support continuous quality improvement efforts
Successful behavior-guidance approaches in early childhood programs aren't only possible, they are also highly successful! With this...
The Basics of Growing a Child-Care Business
Price:
CA$29.95
ISBN: 9780876599426
Pub Date: July 2024
Imprint: Gryphon House
The Basics of Growing a Child-Care Business shows you how to stand out from the competition. The book offers clear strategies for growth:
Charm: Grab the customer's attention. Create a solid foundation for your marketing strategy.
Advise: Establish yourself as an expert and set your sales goals.
Delight: Design your customer experience, and create an ongoing sales pipeline.
Track: Gather data, measure your results, and adjust your approach.
The third in the Basics of Child Care series, The Basics of Growing a Child-Care Business includes information on understanding your ideal customer, writing a marketing plan, creating a responsive service system, and tracking your performance. With key terms, case studies, key questions, and exercises to help you apply the concepts, this book will set you on your way to growing and strengthening your child-care business.
Building Equitable Early Learning Programs
A Social-Justice Approach
Price:
CA$32.95
ISBN: 9780876599402
Pub Date: May 2023
Imprint: Gryphon House
Building Equitable Early Learning Programs
A Social-Justice Approach
Ebonyse Mead, EdD, and Tameka Ardrey, PhD
Equity means individuals get what they need to succeed. As early childhood classrooms and programs become increasingly more culturally and linguistically diverse, educators need ideas for connecting with families to learn what children need. The more families are engaged, the better the outcomes for children. Early childhood administrators and teachers can collaborate to create equitable and inclusive learning environments where children and families feel welcome.
Building Equitable Early Learning Programs: A Social-Justice Approach gives educators the facts, examples, strategies, and approaches needed to create and sustain programs and practices that can best serve our communities.
* Learn how to adapt culturally inclusive educational practices beyond cultural-awareness months and holidays.
* Discover how to use professional learning communities, honest discussions, and reflection to inform real action.
* Find ways to engage authentically and strengthen...
Evaluating Natureness
Measuring the Quality of Nature-Based Classrooms in Pre-K through 3rd Grade
Price:
CA$64.95
ISBN: 9780876598498
Pub Date: April 2023
Imprint: Gryphon House
Evaluating Natureness
Measuring the Quality of Nature-Based Classrooms in Pre-K through 3rd Grade
Patti Ensel Bailie, PhD, Rachel A. Larimore, PhD, Arianna E. Pikus, MS
Nature-based early childhood education is a rapidly growing trend! Although many schools and programs have incorporated nature-based learning, educators can feel at a loss when trying to evaluate quality in this learning approach. But don't worry-Evaluating Natureness: Measuring the Quality of Nature-Based Classrooms in Pre-K through 3rd Grade is here to help!
Designed with early education practitioners, researchers, and policy makers in mind, the NAture-Based Education Rating Scales (NABERS) for Pre-K and K-3 let professionals easily collect standardized information to measure the quality of education settings in the areas of:
* Program goals and curriculum practices
* Staffing
* Environment
* Community partnerships
* Family engagement
Whether you want to evaluate an existing nature-based program or discover how to shift your program...
Dig In
Outdoor STEM Learning with Young Children
Price:
CA$42.95
ISBN: 9780876599259
Pub Date: December 2022
Imprint: Gryphon House
Develop children's problem-solving and critical-thinking skills? Check.
Support children's communication and collaboration skills? Check.
Inspire children's creativity and innovative thinking? Check.
Meet early learning standards in literacy, math, and more? Yes, please!
How can early childhood teachers do all this? By engaging children in outdoor STEM discoveries!
Dig In: Outdoor STEM Learning with Young Children provides strategies, ideas, real-life examples, and information to help you get children outside and learning, all while meeting required early learning standards and objectives. Explore the Learning Life Cycle and discover fresh ideas for engaging children in deeper explorations and experiences outdoors that will stick with them into kindergarten and beyond. Have more aha moments, seize learning opportunities, invite questions, and investigate answers-while supporting rich STEM learning.
Chapter 1: The Richness of Outdoor Learning
Chapter 2: The Learning Life Cycle
Chapter 3: The Deep Thinkers and the Child-Teacher-Land Relationship
Chapter 4: Planting...
Trauma-Sensitive Care for Infants, Toddlers, and Two-Year-Olds
Price:
CA$58.95
ISBN: 9780876599181
Pub Date: December 2022
Imprint: Gryphon House
Immerse children who experience a rough start in life in the highest quality of care.
Maltreatment during the first three years of life is of utmost concern. Not only are the numbers of harmed infants and toddlers staggering, maltreatment during this vulnerable period alters children's development in such a way that it robs them of reaching their full human potential. As an infant-toddler child-care provider, you are a "first responder" to this national crisis, playing a key role in the early identification of maltreatment and unhealthy patterns of development. You can be a gateway to healing.
In Trauma-Sensitive Care for Infants, Toddlers, and Two-Year Olds, discover practical advice and strategies to nurture harmed children and start them on the path to healing. - Create spaces that communicate safety.
- Provide predictable routines.
- Nurture connectedness and attachment.
- Use rhythm to support brain development.
- Nurture healthy social-emotional development.
- Use play to encourage self-regulation and self-confidence.
- Care for yourself...
Partnering with Nature in Early Childhood
A Guide to Outdoor Experiences
Price:
CA$90.95
ISBN: 9780876599297
Pub Date: November 2022
Imprint: Gryphon House
Nature is not simply what we teach. Nature is how we teach.
Join the growing nature-based learning movement! Written for educators by educators, Partnering with Nature turns theoretical ideas about the benefits of nature in childhood into achievable results.
Discover how to meet state-mandated early learning standards while enjoying daily nature-based activities. With a sample class schedule, a list of essential items to carry in a backpack, an outline of seasonal topics, seasonal activities at a glance, and an assessment tool, this practical, inclusive guide demonstrates how nature can support preschool children's learning. Partnering with Nature is filled with practical advice that will allow early childhood teachers who are new to nature-based education to venture forward with confidence.- Discover simple approaches to creating a nature-based classroom.
- Learn how to safely and effectively take children outdoors to explore the world beyond your four walls.
- Find tips for meeting some of the ongoing challenges that...
Organized and Engaged
Simple and Effective Strategies to Support Executive Function
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9781636501345
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: Gryphon House
With stronger executive-function skills, children are better able to:
- follow and remember a sequence of directions,
- self-monitor and regulate their emotions and behaviors,
- develop problem-solving and organization skills, and
- work on projects from start to finish.
Bridging Gaps
Implementing Public-Private Partnerships to Strengthen Early Education
CA$39.95
ISBN: 9781636501321
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: Gryphon House
Empowering Your Child to Fly
A Family's Guide to Early Childhood Inclusion
CA$67.95
ISBN: 9781636501284
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: Gryphon House
Empowering Your Child to Fly: A Family's Guide to Early Childhood Inclusion offers advice for navigating the early intervention and special education systems from an educator who has experienced these systems as a child, as a parent, and as a professional.
- Understand screening, evaluation, and assessment.
- Discover helpful resources.
- Learn how to work with your team of specialists and educators.
- Discover strategies to identify your child's strengths and consider a future vision for your child.
- Explore your role as an advocate for your child.
- Explore ideas for creating learning spaces at home and embedding learning into everyday routines.
- Discover how to do all of this while staying healthy and strong, with a sense of balance in your life.
Including All Children
Transitioning to an Inclusive Early Learning Program
CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781636501246
Pub Date: December 2023
Imprint: Gryphon House
How do teachers work with a child therapist? What can a program do to support teaching staff? With perspectives from parents, directors, and teachers, as well as tips and ideas on...
Accessible Learning Spaces
A Guide to Implementing Universal Design in Early Childhood
CA$40.95
ISBN: 9781636501161
Pub Date: November 2023
Imprint: Gryphon House
Body Safety for Young Children
Empowering Caring Adults
CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781636501307
Pub Date: November 2023
Imprint: Gryphon House
Calm and in Control
Simple and Effective Strategies to Support Young Children's Self-Regulation
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9781636501260
Pub Date: October 2023
Imprint: Gryphon House
Find the Joyful Leader Within
Banishing Burnout in Early Childhood Education
CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781636501123
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: Gryphon House
As an early educator, you face many challenges. You may be asking yourself if you're in the right place, doing the right thing. You may be wondering if you're making a difference. You may be feeling symptoms of burnout but see opportunities to be a positive influence on individuals around you.
Change your life and transform your leadership by embarking on a joyful journey today. Even if you do not have an official leadership position, you can lead with joy. If you are an individual who uplifts, guides, and inspires others, then you are a joyful leader!
Throughout this book, Teresa Byington offers ideas for bringing joy to your work with intentionality. Discover ways to rise now by implementing strategies to help you become a more joyful leader. Find ways to shine on the individuals that you lead and inspire them to be more joyful. Filled with...
Elevating Equity:
Advice for Navigating Challenging Conversations in Early Childhood Programs
CA$45.95
ISBN: 9781636501147
Pub Date: July 2023
Imprint: Gryphon House
Advice for Navigating Challenging Conversations in Early Childhood Programs
Angela Searcy, EdD
Elevating equity requires educators to be mindful of how to include children, families, and colleagues in all parts of early childhood programming. Elevating equity is all about creating systems that celebrate everyone! Sounds great-but how do you do it?
Elevating Equity: Advice for Navigating Challenging Conversations in Early Childhood Programs takes a positive approach by embracing differences and meeting readers where they are.
* Get nonjudgmental, practical advice from an experienced trainer and educator.
* Find out how to have healthy, respectful, and productive conversations about what equity means and how it looks in practice.
* Discover strength-based, evidencegrounded techniques that lead to professional growth and learning in your early childhood program.
With practical examples, research, tips, advice, self-reflections, and real stories-shared with Angela Searcy's warm humor-you'll discover how to find common...
Developing and Implementing Effective Discipline Policies
A Practical Guide for Early Childhood Consultants, Coaches, and Leaders
CA$25.95
ISBN: 9780876599464
Pub Date: June 2023
Imprint: Gryphon House
A Practical Guide for Early Childhood Consultants, Coaches, and Leaders
Sascha Longstreth, PhD, Sarah Garrity, EdD, and Lisa Linder, PhD
Learn how to rethink discipline policies, strengthen team spirit, and implement policy changes with Developing and Implementing Effective Discipline Policies, the workbook companion to the award-winning book Effective Discipline Policies. Written for early childhood administrators and principals, trainers, coaches, and consultants, this book can help guide your policies to success!
Using the five-step model, discover how to use the data gained from the unique Teaching and Guidance Policy Essentials Checklist (TAGPEC) tool to:
* build teams
* rethink discipline approaches
* develop young children's social-emotional competence to reduce challenging behaviors
* train staff
* implement school-wide policies
* support continuous quality improvement efforts
Successful behavior-guidance approaches in early childhood programs aren't only possible, they are also highly successful! With this...
The Basics of Growing a Child-Care Business
CA$29.95
ISBN: 9780876599426
Pub Date: July 2024
Imprint: Gryphon House
The Basics of Growing a Child-Care Business shows you how to stand out from the competition. The book offers clear strategies for growth:
Charm: Grab the customer's attention. Create a solid foundation for your marketing strategy.
Advise: Establish yourself as an expert and set your sales goals.
Delight: Design your customer experience, and create an ongoing sales pipeline.
Track: Gather data, measure your results, and adjust your approach.
The third in the Basics of Child Care series, The Basics of Growing a Child-Care Business includes information on understanding your ideal customer, writing a marketing plan, creating a responsive service system, and tracking your performance. With key terms, case studies, key questions, and exercises to help you apply the concepts, this book will set you on your way to growing and strengthening your child-care business.
Building Equitable Early Learning Programs
A Social-Justice Approach
CA$32.95
ISBN: 9780876599402
Pub Date: May 2023
Imprint: Gryphon House
A Social-Justice Approach
Ebonyse Mead, EdD, and Tameka Ardrey, PhD
Equity means individuals get what they need to succeed. As early childhood classrooms and programs become increasingly more culturally and linguistically diverse, educators need ideas for connecting with families to learn what children need. The more families are engaged, the better the outcomes for children. Early childhood administrators and teachers can collaborate to create equitable and inclusive learning environments where children and families feel welcome.
Building Equitable Early Learning Programs: A Social-Justice Approach gives educators the facts, examples, strategies, and approaches needed to create and sustain programs and practices that can best serve our communities.
* Learn how to adapt culturally inclusive educational practices beyond cultural-awareness months and holidays.
* Discover how to use professional learning communities, honest discussions, and reflection to inform real action.
* Find ways to engage authentically and strengthen...
Evaluating Natureness
Measuring the Quality of Nature-Based Classrooms in Pre-K through 3rd Grade
CA$64.95
ISBN: 9780876598498
Pub Date: April 2023
Imprint: Gryphon House
Measuring the Quality of Nature-Based Classrooms in Pre-K through 3rd Grade
Patti Ensel Bailie, PhD, Rachel A. Larimore, PhD, Arianna E. Pikus, MS
Nature-based early childhood education is a rapidly growing trend! Although many schools and programs have incorporated nature-based learning, educators can feel at a loss when trying to evaluate quality in this learning approach. But don't worry-Evaluating Natureness: Measuring the Quality of Nature-Based Classrooms in Pre-K through 3rd Grade is here to help!
Designed with early education practitioners, researchers, and policy makers in mind, the NAture-Based Education Rating Scales (NABERS) for Pre-K and K-3 let professionals easily collect standardized information to measure the quality of education settings in the areas of:
* Program goals and curriculum practices
* Staffing
* Environment
* Community partnerships
* Family engagement
Whether you want to evaluate an existing nature-based program or discover how to shift your program...
Dig In
Outdoor STEM Learning with Young Children
CA$42.95
ISBN: 9780876599259
Pub Date: December 2022
Imprint: Gryphon House
Support children's communication and collaboration skills? Check.
Inspire children's creativity and innovative thinking? Check.
Meet early learning standards in literacy, math, and more? Yes, please!
How can early childhood teachers do all this? By engaging children in outdoor STEM discoveries!
Dig In: Outdoor STEM Learning with Young Children provides strategies, ideas, real-life examples, and information to help you get children outside and learning, all while meeting required early learning standards and objectives. Explore the Learning Life Cycle and discover fresh ideas for engaging children in deeper explorations and experiences outdoors that will stick with them into kindergarten and beyond. Have more aha moments, seize learning opportunities, invite questions, and investigate answers-while supporting rich STEM learning.
Chapter 1: The Richness of Outdoor Learning
Chapter 2: The Learning Life Cycle
Chapter 3: The Deep Thinkers and the Child-Teacher-Land Relationship
Chapter 4: Planting...
Trauma-Sensitive Care for Infants, Toddlers, and Two-Year-Olds
CA$58.95
ISBN: 9780876599181
Pub Date: December 2022
Imprint: Gryphon House
Maltreatment during the first three years of life is of utmost concern. Not only are the numbers of harmed infants and toddlers staggering, maltreatment during this vulnerable period alters children's development in such a way that it robs them of reaching their full human potential. As an infant-toddler child-care provider, you are a "first responder" to this national crisis, playing a key role in the early identification of maltreatment and unhealthy patterns of development. You can be a gateway to healing.
In Trauma-Sensitive Care for Infants, Toddlers, and Two-Year Olds, discover practical advice and strategies to nurture harmed children and start them on the path to healing.
- Create spaces that communicate safety.
- Provide predictable routines.
- Nurture connectedness and attachment.
- Use rhythm to support brain development.
- Nurture healthy social-emotional development.
- Use play to encourage self-regulation and self-confidence.
- Care for yourself...
Partnering with Nature in Early Childhood
A Guide to Outdoor Experiences
CA$90.95
ISBN: 9780876599297
Pub Date: November 2022
Imprint: Gryphon House
Join the growing nature-based learning movement! Written for educators by educators, Partnering with Nature turns theoretical ideas about the benefits of nature in childhood into achievable results.
Discover how to meet state-mandated early learning standards while enjoying daily nature-based activities. With a sample class schedule, a list of essential items to carry in a backpack, an outline of seasonal topics, seasonal activities at a glance, and an assessment tool, this practical, inclusive guide demonstrates how nature can support preschool children's learning. Partnering with Nature is filled with practical advice that will allow early childhood teachers who are new to nature-based education to venture forward with confidence.
- Discover simple approaches to creating a nature-based classroom.
- Learn how to safely and effectively take children outdoors to explore the world beyond your four walls.
- Find tips for meeting some of the ongoing challenges that...