Early Learning

With this audiobook, we want to let our listeners know how vibrant and lively (as well as deadly) life in Britain was during the perhaps wrongly-titled “Dark Ages”. With the end of the Roman Empire, the local Britons were left to their devices, and it would be several people groups from a peninsula in Central Europe that would come to dominate the island, making sure their presence was known through a series of kingdoms, battles, clashes, victories, and defeats.

The affirmations and music on this download will aid to increase your child's self esteem and confidence, and build a more confident and positive outlook.

Clap your hands and sing along to this fresh take on a traditional singalong. The multicultural children in this colorful early learner encourage action and imagination, and two full spreads at the end teach "hello" in 36 languages, and the names of the children and their countries of origin.

In this playful look at patterns, Brian P. Cleary and Brian Gable provide many examples of repeating sequences of shapes, colors, objects, and more. The comical cats of the wildly popular Words Are CATegorical® series show how patterns can be found all around us. Peppy rhymes and kid-friendly examples make pattern practice fun!

Zak wants a hot dog! He runs to the park to get one. But what happens when he gets to the hot dog stand? This book focuses on the phonemes y and z.

For all the roads we choose to travel, and even those we don't, Fred Rogers has an observation, a story, some insights to share. Whether you're facing graduation, a new job, a new baby, marriage, any change in your life, expected or not, the wisdom that Mister Rogers offers can contribute mightily to the grace with which you handle the change. It all comes down to knowing we're valuable, and that we're worthy of that value. As Fred would say, "You don't have to be anything more than who you are right now."

Especialista na abordagem italiana de Reggio Emilia, a autora apresenta nesta obra uma proposta de formação de professores, coordenadores pedagógicos e gestores da Educação Infantil e séries iniciais do Fundamental I pautada na cultura do coletivo e na importância do grupo na construção do conhecimento.

Today’s children face intense pressure to meet rising academic standards and prepare for future careers, but most fall dangerously short. Early struggles with language and literacy often snowball into lasting disadvantages. Millions of U.S. kids don’t learn to read well in elementary school, driving low adult literacy rates and threatening the nation’s economic productivity, public health, and social equity. In Reading for Our Lives, journalist Maya Payne Smart shows that the literacy crisis starts at home.

Explore the true beauty of child development and learn how to help your child grow! The Lemon Tart is book three in The Art of Early Learning series. Supertot Smart Art is at it again! It is his first day at nursery school! Supertot Smart Art uses his advanced skills to help the other children while creating a little bit of silly mischief along the way. The Lemon Tart is entertaining for all ages and includes age-related developmental milestones for 13-month-old children.

Supertot Smart Art is going to the circus. He loves to point to the animals in his circus book when Poppa reads to him, but today he will be able to point to the real circus animals. If you know Smart Art, things don't always go as intended, but don't worry, Smart Art has a plan. Will it work or will things get a little bit out of hand? You will find out when you listen to this book. The Broken Cart is entertaining for all ages and includes age-related developmental milestones for 30-month-old children.

Don't Touch That Dart is book four in The Art of Early Learning series. Supertot Smart Art is starting to get into everything and Momma wants to keep him safe. Will that be possible when Aunt Kaye comes to visit? Smart Art tries to help while creating a little bit of silly mischief along the way! Don’t Touch That Dart is entertaining for all ages and includes age-related developmental milestones for 18-month-old children.

Explore the true beauty of child development and learn how to help your child grow. A Fish Named Bart is book two in The Art of Early Learning Series. Supertot Smart Art is at it again! After hearing Grandpa read a bedtime story, Bart the fish has a wish. Supertot Smart Art uses his advanced skills to help Bart get his wish....

Explore the true beauty of child development and learn how to help your child grow. In the first book of the series, Supertot Smart Art escapes from the newborn nursery as he tries to help the other babies learn right from the start! He will make you smile, laugh, and open up your heart to the amazing possibility and pure bliss.

The beginning of modern Europe was a time of confusion, excitement, suspicion, hope, despair, and ideas. It was a time of a lot of change spread out over just a few hundred years, but the end result was a completely different world than the one that had come before it. This audiobook includes details of the transition from the Middle Ages to the early modern era, where Europe saw significant shifts across the continent in phases.

Negli ultimi quindici anni gli adulti che hanno avuto a che fare con il mondo dell'infanzia, insegnanti o genitori, hanno dovuto confrontarsi in modo graduale ma inesorabile con una crescente terminologia medico-psichiatrica: disturbi dell'attenzione, autismo, dislessia, discalculia... Le certificazioni sono aumentate in maniera esponenziale e molti bambini - che un tempo sarebbero stati indicati come turbolenti, indisciplinati, in difficoltà - oggi hanno una diagnosi precisa.

The cat walked through the world, with its whiskers, ears, and paws. In this glorious celebration of observation, curiosity, and imagination, Brendan Wenzel shows us the many lives of one cat and how perspective shapes what we see. When you see a cat, what do you see?

For over fifteen years, researchers have described a crisis in our nations' early learning classrooms. Hundreds of children are expelled from childcare and preschool every day; a rate nearly three times that of kindergarten-twelfth grade students. Each child's expulsion is symptomatic of a larger crisis—an overburdened, underfunded, undervalued, and fragmented early education system. No Longer Welcome starts a critical conversation between and across sectors of the early childhood field.

Come and join the fun as a group of creatures from the Indian jungle shows children from all over the world how to dance to the animal boogie! An elephant, a sloth bear, a vulture, and a snake are some of the characters who will help you boogie your way through this playful story. A lively, rhyming tale with a musical score, and an easy-to-learn dance routine teach children coordination and make sure that they have plenty of fun at the same time.

Nikki ist an ihrer versnobten Schule todunglücklich. Täglich führt sie den Kampf gegen ihre eigene Ungeschicklichkeit und das angesagteste Mädchen der Schule. Unterstützt von Zoey, Chloey und ihrem Schwarm Brandon tritt sie im Kunst-Wettbewerb gegen ihre Konkurrentin an. Als Nikkis Kunstwerk zerstört wird, erscheint die Lage hoffnungslos. Doch mit Hilfe ihrer Freunde gewinnt Nikki den Wettbewerb und den Respekt ihrer Mitschüler.

Kein Abenteuer ist zu groß, wenn die Phantasie nicht zu klein ist. Und niemand ist zu jung oder zu alt, um was zu erleben. Auch nicht, wenn man nur ein winziger Mäuserich ist, so wie ich. Alles was man braucht, ist eine ordentliche Portion Herz, Witz und Verstand.