Early Learning Environments That Work4 reviews Christy Isbell, Betty Exelby, ... Gryphon House, 2001 A Virtual Blueprint To An Exemplary Learning Environment + good for orgainizing + All you Need for Setting up your Classroom! I would suggest buying two books (if no others) on designing early childhood environments: Kritchevsky's/Prescott's PLANNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN PHYSICAL SPACE and this one. Isbell moves you through ever meticulous detail to designing the class, from setting up your mental/education ...             Reflecting Children's Lives: A Handbook for Planning Child-Centered Curriculum2 reviews Deb Curtis, Margie Carter Redleaf Press, 1996 A great workbook for developing a child-centered classroom + Excellent resource for teachers of young children This book gives preschool teachers a framework for evaluating their teaching practices, and understanding the value of a child-centered curriculum. The authors do a wonderful job of explaining their philosophy, and demonstrating how it can be effective in real-life classrooms. A must-read for all ...             The Happy Child: Changing the Heart of Education6 reviews Steven Harrison Sentient Publications, 2002 Harrison questions the reason for education + Absolutely must-read for all parents, educators, politicians, and public citizens + Easy fast read on alternative education + The book to read on contemporary culture and education...             Tumbling Over the Edge - a rant for children's play Turn The Page Press, Inc, 2005 Regardless of whether you are a parent, a teacher, school administrator or student of education, from within the pages of this book you will benefit from Bos and Chapman's years of practical experience, insight, and wisdom and will come away with a better understanding of your own children and the children you work with. "Tumbling Over the Edge - a rant for children's play" is both timely and ...             Anti-Bias Curriculum: Tools for Empowering Young Children (Naeyc (Series), #242.)5 reviews Louise Derman-Sparks National Association for the Education of You, 1989 Required Reading + Essential ECE Teacher Resource + I am still searching for this book I was shocked to see the low reviews given this book, and once I read them thought I should chip in my 2 cents to offset the bizarre review previously submitted. This book is a standard for anyone interested in issues around equity and diversity and how the politics of our culture can best be ...             No Contest: The Case Against Competition29 reviews Alfie Kohn Mariner Books, 1992 Did Adam Smith Get It Wrong? + No Contest review + Hits the Mark + Important Issue             Beyond Behavior Management: The Six Life Skills Children Need to Thrive in Today's World5 reviews Jenna Bilmes Redleaf Press, 2004 Finally! + Essential for early childhood educators + A great resource for preschool teachers + Beyond Behavior Management: The Six Life Skills Children Need to Thrive in Today's World + Excellent             Multiple Intelligences: The Theory In Practice, A Reader5 reviews Howard Gardner Basic Books, 1993 Super!! + Depends on What You are Looking For + Erste pädagogische Gehversuche einer Theorie + Excellence in the science of teaching but a bit redundant             Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs (N.A.E.Y.C. Series #234)6 reviews National Assoc for the Education of Young Children, 1997 Most Influential Piece of Early Childhood Writing Since '60s + Good source for EC teachers + Great buy + great resource for to be teachers! + Needed by all childcare professionals             FAILURE TO CONNECT: How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds -- and What We Can Do About It21 reviews Jane M. Healy Simon & Schuster, 1999 Excellent Book + educational + computers and children Part 1: Digital Dreams Meet Reality Part 2: Digital Childhood Part 3: Doing It Right When The Time is Tight What is inside this book: Gives tips for choosing software Josh Barbanel of the New York Times sets 4 criteria for good educational software Gives guidelines for using software Discusses ...             The War Play Dilemma: What Every Parent And Teacher Needs to Know (Early Childhood Education Series (Teachers ...1 review Diane E. Levin, Nancy Carlsson-Paige Teachers College Press, 2005 Common sense approach to a complex subject Carlsson-Paige and Levin give seasoned and accessible help to parents who are trying to determine if the behavior they are seeing warrants concern or not. They help us see the difference between developmentally appropriate conflict/ weapon play and the truly worrying obsesion that "entertaiment" ...             Frames Of Mind: The Theory Of Multiple Intelligences26 reviews Howard Gardner Basic Books, 1993 Original and intelligent way of understanding human abilities + Stunning + Freedom to Pursue Our Natural Gifts! In one sense what Howard Gardner does in this book is expand our sense of what the human mind is and the human being actually does. For instead of accepting what had long been the standard model in which there are essentially only two different kinds of Intelligence, verbal and mathematical he ...             In Their Own Way: Discovering and Encouraging Your Child's Multiple Intelligences5 reviews Thomas Armstrong Tarcher, 2000 A light in the tunnel of failure + It just makes sense + Seven intelligence Types + You'll never force a square peg into a round hole again! + Should be required reading             Together We're Better: Establishing Coactive Environments for Young Children1 review Bev Bos Turn the Page Pr Inc, 1990 Co-Active Learning For any parent or educator interested in creating a stimulating co-active learning environment for children, Bev Bos says it all in Together We're Better. She tells us how to set up play environments with the right materials to stimulate children to learn through making creative choices.             Designs for Living and Learning: Transforming Early Childhood Environments14 reviews Deb Curtis, Margie Carter Redleaf Press, 2003 Amazing + Enchanting + Excellent early childhood ideas for environments + GREAT Book!             It's Not a Bird Yet: The Drama of Drawing Ursula Kolbe Peppinot Press, 2005             Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community22 reviews Alfie Kohn Association for Supervision & Curriculum Deve, 1996 Refreshing and thought provoking + Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community I thoroughly enjoyed Alfie Kohn's book. It was a refreshing look at creating a democratic classroom where students are engaged, empowered, and respected. It will definitely influence how I behave in the classroom in the fall. It has led me to explore his other views and books on education and on ...             Reclaiming Childhood: Letting Children Be Children in Our Achievement-Oriented Society7 reviews William Crain Holt Paperbacks, 2004 Returning childhood to the kids + Everyone Should Read This Book + Yes! Let the child be a child or you'll pay later! + Good but goes too far + Reclaiming Childhood             Young Investigators: The Project Approach in the Early Years (Early Childhood Education Series (Teachers ...1 review Judy Harris Helm, Lilian Katz Teachers College Press, 2000 Love this book I used it in teaching an Early Chilhood Methods and Materials Class. Helm does a really great job of explaining the child-directed nature of the Project Approach. She shows how to make the process come alive inside as well as outside of the classroom. I would recommend this to instructors as a ...             Play, Projects, and Preschool Standards: Nurturing Children's Sense of Wonder and Joy in Learning2 reviews Gera Jacobs, Kathy Crowley Corwin Press, 2006 It's a workbook of ideas + excellent book Play, Projects and Preschool Standards: Nurturing Children's Sense of Wonder and Joy in Learning reviews state early learning standards for the very young, linking these standards with existing curricula and surveying projects and play activities which support them. Preschool teachers and daycare ...